Join us for a special treat with local author, Erin Sarris! We will make cupcakes and buttercream frosting for a sweet treat. While our cupcakes bake, Erin will read her new book, Cupcakes Everywhere: One Sweet Tale of Overcoming Infertility. We’ll learn about how sometimes cupcakes are not so easy to make!

This is a caregiver and child class- no one will be sitting on the sidelines! :). Please register each person in your party.

In this class, you and your child will make a berry take on cinnamon rolls: an enriched yeasted dough, filled with berry preserves and berries. It's fun to roll up and slice, too!

Enjoy baking with your child and let us clean up the mess!

This is a TAKE AND BAKE class. We'll package your rolls for easy baking at home. They can also be frozen. 

Please register separately for each person who will attend. No one will be sitting on the sidelines!

Come cook with a firefighter! One of Jefferson Park's finest firefighters, Angel, will show us one of his favorite dishes he cooks for the firehouse. This is a great opportunity for kids (and the whole family) to meet a firefighter up close and personal and learn about what it's like to walk in a firefighter's boots.

The menu will include Angel's chicken chipotle bowls, salsa verde, chipotle salsa and churro donuts!

Ages 4+

A fun baking class for ages 5-11! Come make and decorate three different kinds of cute cupcakes just in time for spring!

If there's one thing we know for sure, it's that dragons LOVE tacos!

Inspired by the book, Dragons Love Tacos, by Adam Rubin, we will make homemade tortillas together using a tortilla press!

Each caregiver/ child team will make the recipes together. You are welcome to take it home or you may stay to eat together.

We'll read the book while an instructor cooks the tortillas.

Please register each person in your party.

You don't need to bring anything but may bring aprons/ water bottles if you like.

Chef Kathy Hardy Vega, owner of A Taste of the Philippines, will be leading our tastebuds on another delicious journey just in time for National Lumpia Day! We will make the classic chicken adobo, lumpia, cucumber salad and ube ice cream. Bring the whole family- you don’t want to miss this one!

Come celebrate St. Patty's day by making “Spotted Dog” Scones with choice of raisins or chocolate chips.

While our scones bake we will read "How to Catch a Leprechaun".

This is a caregiver and child class, please register each person in your party. No one will be sitting on the sidelines! :) 

Portage Park- SOLD OUT. Spots open at our Wicker Park location!

These cake pops are so fun to make!

Using cake, buttercream and melting chocolate, and a few other Leprechaun tricks, students will form their own cauldrons that are overflowing with gold and a rainbow!

Please note this is a drop off class. Consider checking out other local small businesses during class time!

Billy Z is a passionate home cook and baker from Chicago with a deep love for pizza and sandwiches. In 2021, he was diagnosed with Limb Girdle Muscular Dystrophy. After losing his ability to play basketball, he traded his jersey in for an apron and decided to use his culinary creations as a way to advocate and fundraise for the Muscular Dystrophy Association. Fueled by my namesake pizza, “The Tripping Billy”, he's done over 50 collaborations with Chicago restaurants and bars, raising over $47,000 since November of 2021.

Come learn to make tavern style pizza and sample his famous Tripping Billy Pizza with pizza pro, Billy Zureikat. Billy is an ambassador for the Muscular Dystrophy Association with an incredible story of how he became a skilled pizza artist.

This event is BYOB!

$50 per person/ a portion of the proceeds will go to MDA.

Thank you for your support!

Arnie the Doughnut has no clue doughnuts were made for eating! He will do everything he can to not be eaten by Mr. Bing!

Inspired by the book, "Arnie the Doughnut" by Laurie Keller, we will make homemade donuts!

Each caregiver/ child team will make the recipes together. You are welcome to take it home or you may stay to eat together.

We'll read the book while our donuts bake.

Geared towards ages 2.5-6 years old

$20 per person- Please register each person in your party  (1 caregiver + 1 child = 2 registrations).

Bring the whole family for this delicious Italian feast! 

We'll make pasta noodles from scratch for Fettuccine Alfredo, Neapolitan cookies for dessert and Italian sodas too!

$35 per person

Who says you need a date for Valentine's day?! Celebrate Valentine's Day with Kit: A Bar Supply Store and Schoolhouse. 

Kit: will lead us in making two fun cocktails and we'll teach you to make mini molten chocolate lava cakes. Come with a date or come solo! This could also be a fun date with your friends. 

This class is BYOB. We have glassware, bottle openers and ice.

$60 per person / BYO bar tools if you have them! You will want to bring a shaker, strainer, jigger and spoon. We will have a few to share

Bring the whole family to come learn about and celebrate the Lunar New Year!

We will celebrate by making steamed Jiaozi (dumplings) with a veggie filling, along with sautéing longevity noodles and decorating lunar new year sugar cookies!

$35 per person

Kuplink, kuplank, kuplunk! Sal and her mother are picking blueberries to can for the winter. But when Sal wanders to the other side of Blueberry Hill, she discovers a mama bear preparing for her own long winter. Blueberries for Sal is a classic that continues to be gobbled up by children, picky eaters, and parents everywhere. Inspired by the book, "Blueberries for Sal" by Robert McCloskey, we will make Blueberry Crumble!

Each caregiver/ child team will make the recipes together. You are welcome to take it home or you may stay to eat together.

We'll read the book while the crumble is in the oven.

$20 per person- Please register each person in your party  (1 caregiver + 1 child = 2 registrations).

This class will make you forget it's winter for just a little while. Kids will love whipping up cupcake batter and baking "ice cream cone cupcakes". While they bake, we'll mix up some buttercream frosting to top our cones! 

Ages 5-11

$45

When the Little Red Hen asks a cat, dog, and mouse for help planting some wheat, she gets no takers: "‘Not I!’ said the cat. ‘Not I!’ said the dog. ‘Not I!’ said the mouse."

They won’t water, cut, or grind the wheat... or help bake a cake with it, either. So in the end, the Little Red Hen eats the cake all by herself as well!

Join us as we make mini funfetti cakes with buttercream frosting! While our cakes bake, we will read The Little Red Hen.

This is a caregiver + child class.

Geared towards ages 2.5-6 years old

$20 per person/ Please register each person in your party (1 caregiver +1 child = 2 registrations)

Come cozy up and make a Parisian style dinner with the family including french onion soup, lemony sautéed green beans, and apple galette for dessert!

$35 per person

Everyone knows the cool beans. They’re sooooo cool.

And then there’s the uncool has-bean . . .

Always on the sidelines, one bean unsuccessfully tries everything he can to fit in with the crowd—until one day the cool beans show him how it’s done.

Inspired by the book, "The Cool Bean" by Jory John we will make black bean brownie bites with sprinkles! 

Each caregiver/ child team will make the recipes together. You are welcome to take it home or you may stay to eat together.

We'll read the book while our sweets bake.

Geared towards ages 2.5-6 years old

$20 per person / Please register each person in your party  (1 caregiver + 1 child = 2 registrations).

Attention young bakers! Come join us in making Strawberry shortcake with homemade whipped cream! Students will love making biscuits from scratch, chopping up strawberries and learning to make whipped cream without a recipe.

Ages 5-11

$45

Bring the family and join Chef Kathy Hardy, owner of A Taste of the Philippines, in making a MOUTHWATERING Filipino dinner.

Menu includes: pork belly, pancit, lumpia, and ube cheesecake bites. You don’t want to miss this one!

$35 per person

Come warm up on a cold morning and make some homemade oreos! Students will love practicing the basics of baking and getting to take home their very own homemade oreos (if they’re don’t eat them all up!)

Ages 5-11

$45

Learn to make cocktail shrubs and spritz cookies! These make awesome last minute gift ideas for the holidays. 

Schoolhouse will be teaming up with local business Kit: A Bar Supply Store, who will teach students to make their own flavored shrubs to level up your cocktail game. We will also learn to make spritz cookies to share with your friends and family! 

This event is BYOB

$60 per person