9 Best Pizza Making Classes in NYC

Published on December 15, 2017 at 10:27 am by Gabriela Vatu in Lists

With as many studies as there are being done out there, there must be at least one attesting that pizza is the best kind of food out there, so we thought we’d try to find the best pizza making classes in NYC so you could learn to make your own.

If you’re really passionate about pizza, you can even try out these 5 Hands On Pizza Making Classes For Couples and Groups in NYC, in case you might want to take your partner along and have a fun experience.

Pizza is delicious in all shapes and sizes, although there’s been a lot of debate online about whether pineapple should ever touch this Italian dish. Regardless of which side of the discussion you’re on, and what other toppings you enjoy, pizza is certainly a kind of food mostly no one will ever refuse. It’s not only delicious, but it’s also easy to make.

As long as you learn how to make the dough, you can then decorate it with whatever you have in the fridge, if you’re not going for something specific and choose to go shopping beforehand. Sure, you can buy pre-made crusts or frozen pizzas that you just have to throw in the oven for a few minutes, but they can never taste the same as one made fresh.

In order to learn the ins and outs of pizza-making, we thought you’d be best off if you learned from a professional and not just followed a recipe you found online. In order to create our list of best pizza classes NYC, we went on Class Curious and took a look, searching for cooking classes featuring pizza recipes. We also went the old fashioned way and used Google to locate some other places so you have more options. We tried to rank the classes by the price of the class, but it should be mentioned that each location has a different-lenght course, so it may not be too relevant. Either way, we hope you enjoy these 9 best pizza making classes in NYC.

9. Institute of Culinary Education

The Institute of Culinary Education, also known as ICE is located on Liberty Street, not too far from the World Trade Center. While the place doesn’t offer out-right pizza-making classes, it does offer a cooking camp for kids ages 10 to 17 which also focuses on the Italian dish.

The $650 tuition covers 5 days of camp where attendees will learn loads of things. For instance, they’ll start off by learning basic kitchen techniques and knife skills, advance to handmade pasta, pizza and even Asian cooking. In the day that’s dedicated to pizza-making, students will learn how to make white pizza, cheese pizza, calzone, or even a chocolate dessert pizza, so you’ll be covered in all aspects.

Not only will you grasp all the skills you need to handle dough, but you’ll also learn the secret of perfectly distributing the toppings, and learn how to bake it all to perfection depending on your preferences.

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8. International Culinary Center

Up next is the International Culinary Center whose New York campus is on Broadway. The place offers a 4-hour Saturday class in pizza-making that costs $195, although there are also shorter versions of this class that costs a bit less.

So what will you learn during this workshop? Well, you’ll get to make pizza dough from scratch, learn all about how toppings are best mixed together and more. More importantly, as they put it, “crust is key,” so you’ll also get to learn about whole wheat dough and how to create a perfectly crisp brick-oven effect even in your own home.

The class notes mention attendees will learn how to make the perfect Margherita pizza since pretty much every other pizza starts from there. You’ll also learn how to make Tarte Flambée and spinach, goat cheese and herb on whole wheat crust.

7. Pizza A Casa

Over on Grand Street, you’ll find Pizza A Casa, a place that’s fully dedicated to teaching people how to make the delicious dish. The place offers both evening and afternoon classes in pizza-making, each for $195 per individual working alone or $295 for two people working as a team, whether that’s couples, friends, or family.

The cooks here will teach you how to make your dough from scratch, producing the best results. You’ll also get to learn the secrets of the perfect pizza sauce, which you can also make yourself so it turns out better than anything you can buy at the store and for way less too.

One of the things classes here are famous for is the way the instructors stretch the dough to form the perfect crust – and you’ll get to learn how to do this too. Not only will you learn how to mix the ingredients, they’ll also teach you where to source them from and how best to balance the flavors.

6. Rustico Cooking

Over at Rustico Cooking, which is located in the heart of Manhattan on West Street, you can either hold a private cooking party or enjoy a hands-on cooking class.

The cooking classes are perfect for individuals, couples, or even small groups. While some of the classes being offered here go through an entire menu from appetizers to deserts, others are focused on specific dishes, such as pizza.

For instance, one of the upcoming such events is the Neapolitan Pizza Class where you will learn to make your own custom pizza, starting off from basic Margherita and working your way from there. They’ll also teach you how to make Pizza Rosa with speck, arugula, truffle oil and mascarpone, or Pizza Dolce with apricot and chocolate, which aren’t versions you’re likely to do yourself. During class you’ll learn how to work with yeast, knewad dough and shape the pizza, while also controlling the oven temperature.

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5. The Brooklyn Kitchen

Over at the Brooklyn Kitchen, we discovered quite a few classes in making homemade pizza. For two hours, this course will teach you how to make pizzas that will put delivery to shame.

The $95 class will teach attendees to create a Neapolitan-style pizza in your own kitchen. It will start off with mixing and knewing dough from scratch, shaping and stretching it, as well as learning techniques for topping and finishing. Every student will get to create their own custom pizza and, of course, sit down and have a well-deserved bite.

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4. Taste Buds Kitchen NYC

Up next on our list of best pizza making classes we have Taste Buds Kitchen NYC, which isn’t too far from Broadway street. Dubbed the “Incredible Handmade Pizza” class, the chefs will teach you how to create a pizza from scratch, sharing with your secret tricks behind working with yeast and preparing the dough from scratch, as well as how to properly shape the dough and create a wide range of thin-crust pizzas.

The two-hour class costs $79 and you’ll have to bring in your own drinks because once the pizza is done you’ll get to sit down and enjoy yourself.

3. Sur la Table

Sur la Table is a pretty famous store where you can buy cookware, tools, knives, appliances and so on and so forth. What they also do is host cooking classes in their shops.

Well, among the many types of dishes you can learn to make here, there’s also a Summer Pizzas on the Grill class which you can attend.

The instructors will walk you through preparing dough, teaching you how to form it and, lastly, how to grill it to perfection. The classes last for 2 hours in general, but that time might extend by half hour if necessary, and you’ll have to work with other students in groups of four. The class costs $79.

2. Baking Coach

Located on Broadway Greenland Road, the Baking Coach kitchen seeks to teach you a lot about how to prepare your own food, including pizza.

For instance, it holds a two-hour class on Pizza and Pretzel, which will have you mastering dough recipes for either situation.

The class fee is $55, and there’s also a one-time lifetime registration fee of $15. Since you’re going to pay those extra $15, you should know they also host workshops for cupcake decorating, focaccia bread and ravioli making, cake baking, cake pops and more.

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1. Green Apron Kitchen

Finally, at the top of our list, we find the Green Apron Kitchen, based off on Bay Parkway in Brooklyn.

Partaking in a pizza class will have your wallet shorter by $50. Classes are open even to kids, as long as they’re at least 6. Attendees will make their own pizza dough, roll out their pizzas and add whatever toppings they want. They’ll even work on a Caesar salad, including the dressing, while the pizza is busy cooking.

Classes last for 90 minutes, so you should be busy for a while.

That being said, these have been the best pizza making classes in NYC.

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