World Calendar of Cookbook Events

Brian Hart Hoffman – details

Brian Hart Hoffman (Bake from Scratch) Virtual Classes with Williams Sonoma

Apr 12 – Gluten-free baking with Sweet Laurel
Apr 17 – Kids Baking School – Star Wars Baking
Apr 19 – Baking with Georgetown Cupcakes – cakes and cupcakes
May 3 – Mother’s Day brunch with Kylie Mazon-Chambers
May 10 – Muffin mania – with Michelle Lopez
May 17 – Spring cookies with Emily Hutchinson
May 24 – Brioche hamburger buns
Jun 7 – Pride desserts with Kelly Field – hosted by Lance Bass
Jun 14 – Small batch baking with Alice Choi (Blogger: Hip Foodie Mom)
Jun 19 – Kids baking with Mickey & Friends
Jun 21 – Bundt baking with The Bros that Bundt
Jun 28 – Icebox desserts with Kate Wood

Brian Hart Hoffman – Better Baking Academy – details

April: Conchas
May: Strawberry Roulade
June: Gluten-Free Summer Fruit Coffee Cake
July: Summer Focaccia
August: Three Ways with Oatmeal Cookies
September: English Muffins
October: Pumpkin Bagels
November: Pecan Pie Hand Pies
December: Red Velvet Battenberg Cake

Zoë François

Zoë Bakes Cakes: Everything You Need to Know to Make Your Favorite Layers, Bundts, Loaves, and More

Mar 30 – Book Larder, Seattle WA (Virtual)

Hetty McKinnon

To Asia, With Love: Everyday Asian Recipes and Stories from the Heart

Apr 8 – Book Larder, Seattle WA
Aug 20, 21 – Scrumptious Reads, Australia – Cook Book Club

Reem Kassis

The Arabesque Table

Apr 17 – Online event – Omnivore Books – San Francisco CA
Apr 17 – Online event – Book Larder, Seattle WA
Apr 25 – Online event – Milk Street Kitchen, Boston MA
Apr 29 – Online event at Kitchen Arts & Letters

Julia Turshen – virtual event details

Simply Julia: 110 Easy Recipes for Healthy Comfort Food

Apr 15 – Cookbook Club – Archestratus Books + Food, Brooklyn NY

Jake Cohen

Jew-ish: A Cookbook: Reinvented Recipes from a Modern Mensch

Apr 13, 5:30-6:30pm – KOL AMI, Celebrating Israeli Food – online – details
May 1, 6-7:30pm – The Billy Harris Series – online – details (includes a copy of the book)

Kate McDermott – details 

Pie Camp

Apr 8 – Gluten Free Apple Pie – Kitchen Arts & Letters NYC
Jun 17 – Strawberry Rhubarb Pie – Kitchen Arts & Letters NYC

Kate has many pie classes scheduled.

Yotam Ottolenghi – details

Ottolenghi Flavour (A Life in Flavour Tour)

Apr 6, 7:30pm – Liberty Hall, Dublin
Apr 8, 7:30pm – St. George’s, Bristol
Apr 9, 7:30pm – Rose Theatre, Kingston
Apr 10, 7:30pm – Nottingham Playhouse
Apr 11, 7:30pm – The Lowry, Salford Quays
Apr 12, 7:30pm – Kings Theatre Edinburgh
Apr 13, 7:30pm – Union Chapel, London
Apr 14, 7:30pm – York Theatre Royal
Apr 17, 8pm – Oxford Playhouse

The Food Talks – details 

Past talks can be found on their podcast

Donna Hay – details 

Mar 31 – Free live virtual class presenting the author’s favourite Easter recipes and easy styling tips

Yotam Ottolenghi – Australia Tour

Jun 8 – Perth Riverside Theatre
Jun 9 – Adelaide Convention Centre
Jun 11 – Gold Coast The Star
Jun 12 – Hamer Hall Arts Center, Melbourne
Jun 13 – Sydney Darling Harbour Theatre
Jun 14 – Brisbane QPAC Concert Hall
Jun 18 – Canberra Theatre Centre

Gale Gand – cooking and baking classes – details

Facebook Live and Zoom classes, see details

Joanne Weir – details 

No new events

Janet Fletcher – details – Zoom classes

Wine Country Table

No current events.

Catherine Walthers – cooking classes details

Robin Asbell – cooking classes details

Mar 30, 6-7:30pm – Classic Pot Stickers – Virtual
Apr 26 – 6-7:30pm – Better Know Your Gnocchi – Virtual

All classes at Cooks of Crocus Hill

Hugh Carpenter and Teri Sandison – details

No current events

The Farm Cooking School – details

Stockton, NJ – classes with Ian Knauer and Shelley Wiseman

Classes scheduled with social distancing and masks, check the schedule

There are classes with instructors who have not written cookbooks.

Institute of Culinary Education – New York City – details

Virtual Classes, see details

Classes with Jenny McCoy – details 
Classes with Melanie Underwood – details 
Classes with Peter Berley – details 
Classes with Diana Kuan – details 
Classes with Nick Malgieri – details 
Classes with Cara Tannenbaum – details 
Classes with Jennifer Abadi – details 
Classes with Alexandra Leaf – details
Classes with David Waltuck – details 
Classes with Kathryn Gordon – details 
Classes with Marge Perry – details
Classes with Dana Jacobi – details
Classes with Andrew Friedman – details 
Classes with Lior Lev Sercarz – details 
Classes with Renee Marton – details 
Classes with Einat Mazor – details 
Classes with Jackie Newgent – details

There are lots of other classes with instructors who have not written cookbooks.

De Gustibus Cooking School – New York City – details

No classes scheduled at this time.

Stonewall Kitchen – York, Maine details

Classes are scheduled with limited seating, check the schedule

There are recurring classes with Dana Moos, Lukas Volger, Christine Burns Rudalevige and Vanessa Seder as well as many other classes led by instructors who have not written cookbooks.

King Arthur Flour – Norwich VT details

Calendar contains virtual classes.

There are many other classes led by instructors who have not written cookbooks.

Milk Street Kitchen – Boston MA – details

Schedule of online classes – below cookbook authors “Cooking at Home”

Apr 8 – Cooking at Home with King Arthur Baking Company
Apr 13 – Sonoko Sakai – Japanese Curry
Apr 25 – Reem Kassis – The Arabesque Table
May 6 – Tung Nguyen – Cooking at Home
May 8 – Irina Georgescu – The Heart of Romanian Cooking
May 13 – Amy Zitelman – The Tahini Table
May 15 – Susan Herrmann Loomis – French Dinners

The Resort at Paws Up – Greenough MT – details

Cookbook Live – acclaimed cookbooks brought to life with the authors

There are other culinary events at the ranch not involving cookbook authors. 

Cook’s Pots & Tabletops – Eugene OR – details

Check site for last minute classes.

Hot Stove Society – Seattle WA – details

Virtual cooking classes are scheduled. See details.

There are classes with instructors who haven’t written cookbooks.

PCC Community Markets – Seattle WA area – details

Check details for virtual classes

Salt Water Farm – Lincolnville ME – details

Upcoming Workshops

Cooks of Crocus Hill – details

St. Paul, Edina, Stillwater, Kowalski’s Market at Woodbury and White Bear Lake – all MN

Other virtual events scheduled

Classes with Robin Asbell are scheduled. There are lots of other classes with instructors who have not yet written cookbooks.

Draeger’s Cooking School – details

San Mateo, Blackhawk, Menlo Park – all CA

Classes on currently on hold.

Classes are also scheduled with Joyce Jue, Michael Kalanty, Joanne Weir, Janet Fletcher, Linda Carucci, George Geary, and Tori Ritchie. There are many other classes with instructors who have not yet written cookbooks.

The Cook’s Warehouse – details

Atlanta, Decatur, and Marietta locations in Georgia

Virtual classes and some hands-on limited, check the schedule

Classes scheduled with Christy Seelye-King, Cynthia Graubart, Amanda Cushman, George Geary, Sheri Castle and Jennifer Booker. There are lots of other classes available with instructors who have not written cookbooks.

Central Market – details

Austin, Houston, San Antonio, Dallas, Fort Worth, Southlake, Plano

Cooking school is back in session with limited seating. Check the schedule.

Sarah Raven – details

Sarah has many gardening related classes on her schedule. 

Loretta Liu

London – all classes are held at Oncafe

Macarons, dim sum and eclairs classes.

Aimee Twigger – food styling and photography workshops in Clapham, London – details 

Aimee’s Perfect Bakes

No current events

Food photography and styling workshops

Olivia Wollenberg – details

Livia’s Kitchen

No events currently scheduled 

Jeremy Pang / School of Wok – London (Covent Garden) details 

Hong Kong Diner

Asian cooking classes

Carol Deacon – details 

Cake decorating classes in Hertford

No classes currently scheduled

Divertimenti – details 

London and Truro, Cornwall (all classes listed here are in London)

Nothing on the calendar.

Classes scheduled with Celia Brooks, Da-Hae West, Eric Lanlard, Kylee Newton, Jackie Kearney, Sumayya Usmani, Jenny Chandler, Dan Doherty, Monisha Bharadwaj, Valentina Harris, Izy Hossack, Mina Manek, Sabrina Ghayour, Ed Smith, Kay Plunkett-Hogge, Jo Pratt, Julie Jones, Rachel de Thample, Elly Curshen and Rachel Green.
There are many other classes with teachers who have not yet written cookbooks.

Borough Market Cookbook Club – London – details 

Streaming events

Mar 31 – Digital Bookclub – Red Sands
Mar 31 – Virtual Tasting Table

Kitchen Arts & Letters with 92Y – New York City – details 

Apr 8 – Gluten free apple pie with Kate McDermott
Apr 21 – Sourdough with King Arthur Baking Company
Apr 29, 7pm – Online – The Arabesque Table – Reem Kassis
May 4, 7pm – Online – Vegetarian Chinese Soul Food – Hsiao-Ching Chou
May 12 – Vegetable Simple: Eric Ripert and Nigel Parry in Conversation with Nilou Motamed
Jun 16 – Matthew Raiford: Bress ‘n’ Nyam
Jun 17 – Strawberry rhubarb pie with Kate McDermott


Check for updates offering online classes.

Rizzoli Bookstore, New York NY details


There are many other cultural and book events not related to cookbooks.

Bonnie Slotnick Cookbooks – New York NY – details 

No events currently scheduled 

Greenmarket – New York NY – details

No current events

Books are Magic, Brooklyn NY – details

Apr 12 – Rebekah Peppler: A Table with Klancy Miller

There are many book events scheduled that do not pertain to cookbooks.

Archestratus Books + Food, Brooklyn NY – details

Virtual events through Zoom

Apr 15 – Cookbook Club – Simply Julia: 110 Easy Recipes for Healthy Comfort Food

There are other events that are not related to cookbook authors.

Stir – Boston – details

Stir at Home – see details above – Virtual cooking parties & ingredient kits

Politics and Prose Bookstore – Washington DC – details

Apr 20 – Nigella Lawson — Cook, Eat, Repeat: Ingredients, Recipes, and Stories – with Ina Garten
Apr 21 – Crying in H Mart

There are many other events not involving cookbook authors.

Bold Fork Books – Washington, D.C. – details

Mar 27, 3pm – Noble Rot Book: Wine from Another Galaxy – by Dan Keeling and Mark Andrew – details

A Cappella Bookstore – Atlanta GA – details 

Virtual events

There are many other cultural and book events not related to cookbooks.

Read It & Eat – Chicago IL – details 

New website coming soon.

Omnivore Books – San Francisco CA – details

Check details for virtual events

Apr 17 – Reem Kassis – The Arabesque Table

Book Passage – San Francisco, Corte Madera & Sausalito CA – details 

See schedule for online events.

Rakestraw Books – Danville CA – details 

All events virtual.

Now Serving – Los Angeles CA – details

Zoom events scheduled check details for updates

Book Larder – Seattle WA – details

Apr 8 –  Hetty McKinnon: To Asia, With Love
Apr 9 – Mezcal and Tequila Cocktails
Apr 17 – The Arabesque Table – Reem Kassis
Apr 27 –  Rebekah Peppler: A Table
May 14 – Vietnamese: Simple Vietnamese Food to Cook at Home
May 19 – The Flour Craft Bakery & Cafe Cookbook

Virtual events scheduled, check details

Powell’s – Portland, OR – details 

May 11 – Gregory Gourdet in Conversation With Michelle Tam about his new book Everyone’s Table

Check details for virtual events as well as events unrelated to cookbook authors.

Williams-Sonoma stores – details

Brian Hart Hoffman (Bake from Scratch) Virtual Classes with Williams Sonoma (for Brian’s classes click on his name below to go to registration information)

Apr 8 – Brunch with Bobby Flay
Apr 10 – Aug 7 – Breakfast club
Apr 12 – Brian Hart Hoffman – Gluten-free baking with Sweet Laurel
Apr 17 – Brian Hart Hoffman – Kids Baking School – Star Wars Baking
Apr 19 – Brian Hart Hoffman – Baking with Georgetown Cupcakes – cakes and cupcakes
May 3 – Brian Hart Hoffman – Mother’s Day brunch with Kylie Mazon-Chambers
May 6 – Mother’s Day Celebration with Trisha Yearwood
May 10 – Brian Hart Hoffman – Muffin mania – with Michelle Lopez
May 17 – Brian Hart Hoffman – Spring cookies with Emily Hutchinson
May 24 – Brian Hart Hoffman – Brioche hamburger buns
Jun 7 – Brian Hart Hoffman – Pride desserts with Kelly Field – hosted by Lance Bass
Jun 14 – Brian Hart Hoffman – Small batch baking with Alice Choi (Blogger: Hip Foodie Mom)
Jun 19 – Brian Hart Hoffman – Kids baking with Mickey & Friends
Jun 21 – Brian Hart Hoffman – Bundt baking with The Bros that Bundt
Jun 28 – Brian Hart Hoffman – Icebox desserts with Kate Wood

There are numerous other demos from chefs who have not yet written cookbooks.

The Cookbook Co. Cooks – Alberta – details

Classes are postponed.

Many other classes are scheduled with the Cookbook Co. Cooks’ own instructors as well as with Gail Norton, author and co-owner.

Appetite for Books – Westmount, Montreal – details

Every Thursday afternoon at 1pm Jonathan will be cooking on Instagram live with Heidi Small. Go to @beyondtheplate__ or @appetite4books for the live Instagram. Sign up for their newsletter for more information and to view past weeks link to cook along anytime!

All classes are demonstrations of recipes from the book plus tastings and all are at 6:30pm

Deerholme Farm – details

Cowichan Valley, Vancouver Island, BC Canada – classes with Bill Jones
In addition, there are foraging workshops and themed dinners

Cookbookbake – Brighton – details

There are other classes and events available.

Waterstones – details 


There are many author events not involving cookbooks.

Topping and Company – Bath, Edinburgh, Ely & St. Andrews – details

Check details for any online events added at the last minute. Events scheduled for authors who have not written cookbooks.

The Portobello Bookshop – Edinburgh – details

May 4 – The Green Barbecue by Rukmini Iyer

Check details for any online events

The British Library – London – details

Apr 13 – May 6 – Food Season – many events celebrating cookbooks and people in food. A few highlights below:

Apr 13 – Nose Dive with Harold McGee
Apr 24 – The Art and History of Pies with Calum Franklin author of The Pie Room
May 1 – Simply Raymond – Raymond Blanc
May 20 – Madhur Jaffrey: A Life In Food

Tasting Australia – details

Apr 30 – May 9, 2021 – see details

Books for Cooks – Melbourne, Australia – details

No current events

Scrumptious Reads – Brisbane, Australia – details

Mar 25 – Slow Victories: A Food Lovers Guide to Slow Cooker Glory – Book Launch

May 21, 22 – The Cook’s Apprentice – Cook Book Club – details
June 18, 19 – How Wild Things Are – Cook Book Club – details
Aug 20, 21 –  Hetty McKinnon: To Asia, With Love – Cook Book Club – details
Sep 17, 18 – Parwana – Cook Book Club – details

Many other classes and cookbook masterclasses (see details) scheduled for 2021.

Readings – Australia – details

Events scheduled for authors who haven’t written cookbooks.

Sydney Seafood School – Sydney, Australia – details

Check site for virtual cooking classes at SSS@Home

There are many other classes available with chefs and the school’s own instructors.

Accoutrement Cooking School – Sydney, Australia – details

No current classes.

Cook the Books – Auckland, New Zealand – details

Apr 25, 27, 28 – The Modern Preserver – Kylee Newton – sign up for 25th, sign up for 27th, sign up for 28th

Other classes with chefs who have not written cookbooks.

The Food Show – details

Apr 9-11 – Horncastle Arena, Christchurch
May 28-30 – Sky Stadium previously Westpac, Wellington
Jul 29-Aug 1 – ASB Showgrounds, Auckland

Yotam Ottolenghi – New Zealand details


Jun 15 – Wellington Michael Fowler Centre
Jun 16 – The Civic, Auckland

Kogebogeriet – Denmark – details

No current events

Penguin Random House UK – The Happy Foodie 

No current contests