konfetti's Top 30 Cooking Schools in Germany and Austria 2025

Cooking boom 2025: konfetti publishes the Top 30 Cooking Schools in Germany and Austria. Vegetarian and vegan cuisine on the rise.

COLOGNE, December 18, 2025

Booking platform konfetti takes stock and presents the highly anticipated ranking of the Top 30 Cooking Schools in Germany for 2025. The ranking, based on booking figures, five-star guest reviews, and website traffic, confirms that cooking classes are more firmly embedded in people's leisure time than ever. Shared experiences and the trend toward plant-based cuisine are front and center.

Germany Is Cooking Veggie and Vegan

Demand for vegetarian and vegan menus reached a new high this year. Cooking schools report a stronger desire for wholesome, meat-free dishes that don't rely on meat substitutes.

Fréd Terré of studio32 Berlin confirms the trend: “We're getting more and more requests about our menus that aren't explicitly vegan, asking whether they can be made vegan too. What people specifically want is skipping substitute products and creating dishes on the plate that work well on their own merits.”

Asian cuisine in particular is proving to be a popular frontrunner here. Claudia Frey of Kochschule Düsseldorf explains: “Asian cuisine is especially interesting right now because it often gets by without meat substitutes. We're seeing very clearly that this authentic style of cooking has become an absolute favorite among our guests.”

This trend is even winning over professionals from outside the field: one absolute highlight was a master butcher attending the vegetarian masterclass at studio32, who came away with an enthusiastic new perspective on food.

Source: Kochschule Düsseldorf

Geographic Hotspots: Berlin and North Rhine-Westphalia Lead the Way

Geographically, the capital and North Rhine-Westphalia share the title of cooking strongholds.

• Berlin leads the city ranking with eight placements in the top 30, remaining the hotspot for hobby chefs.
• North Rhine-Westphalia follows closely behind, also placing eight of the most popular locations.
• Bavaria is also well represented with four cooking schools.

The 30 Most Popular Cooking Schools of 2025

• Kochschule Düsseldorf – Düsseldorf
• studio32 Berlin – Berlin
• Katana Sushi – Hamburg
• RunningPapaya – Berlin
• Food Atlas Kochschule – Hanover
• Frankfurt for Cooks – Frankfurt am Main
• Barbaras Kochschule – Schwetzingen, near Mannheim
• Bijoux Mankelei – Berlin
• Koch- und Grill Akademie Berlin – Berlin
• Pigi Psimenou – Berlin
• Asia Food-Cooking – Cologne
• KochRaum Instinct – Berlin
• Chef*in Kochkurse & Events – Hanover
• Team Candy – Düsseldorf
• Rink & Rink – Bonn
• Pintoköln – Cologne
• Cooking Italy – Mannheim
• Moni's Kochbude – Frankfurt am Main
• Rosi kocht! – Erlangen
• Koch-Agentur – Dresden
• moSushi – Düsseldorf
• Meijin – Cologne
• Ayur Aahar – Munich
• Pasta & Pastry – Nuremberg
• Kikuya – Stuttgart
• Julian Kutos – Vienna (Online)
• BBQ Raum Hürth – Hürth
• Gube 20 – Munich
• Fork Knife – Berlin
• Berlindaisuki – Berlin

Source: Studio32 Berlin

About konfetti:

konfetti is the first stop for booking cooking classes and special experiences. The platform partners with over 2,000 regional providers, including cooking schools, restaurants, wine and cocktail bars, and creative venues, and lists more than 10,000 experiences, including over 1,000 different cooking classes across Germany and Austria.

From pasta and sushi classes to vegan cuisine and exclusive dinner experiences: konfetti makes culinary variety easy to book. Providers benefit from purpose-built software that lets them manage their classes online, reach new audiences, and focus on what matters most — sharing their passion for cooking with participants.

Over 500,000 users already trust konfetti as their platform for high-quality classes and experiences, and that number keeps growing.

konfetti's Top 30 Cooking Schools — Methodology: The top 30 konfetti cooking schools in Germany and Austria for 2025 were compiled from booking figures, five-star guest reviews, and website traffic data on gokonfetti.com for the period from 01/01/2025 to 12/01/2025. The criteria listed were weighted, and cooking schools were scored based on these data points, resulting in an overall score for each qualifying school. Schools were then ranked in the list according to this score.

Source: Konfetti GmbH

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