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Best Food Creative Writing Classes in 2023

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This directory of creative writing courses will help you find the right class for you. Simply filter by genre, price, and location to find the writing class that best fits your needs.

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Margaret Fulton, Ruth Reichl, Pete Wells, Anthony Bourdain: all accomplished food writers, who got their start, somewhere, with a short restaurant review or magazine article. Breaking into food writing isn’t as difficult as it may seem. All it takes is a knowledge of food, a winning idea and the ability to sell your story, and yourself, to a food publication.

Prerequisites: No prerequisites

Location: Online

Categories: Food

Level: Any

Class size: Unlimited

Price: €1,350.00

Start date: June, 2023

Website: https://onlinecourseinfo.cordonbleu.edu/food-writing-for-...

Creative Writing & Food Culture

The School of The New York Times


New York City is the cultural capital of the world and home to an abundance of thriving creative fields: writing, food culture and music, among others. If it’s happening anywhere, it’s happening in New York City. This course will encourage students to deeply explore their senses and to let their experience inspire their own expression via the lenses of written expression, musical creativity and contemporary food movements.

Prerequisites: Open to rising 10-12, graduating seniors.

Location: New York

Categories: Food

Level: Beginner

Class size: Limited

Price: $5,975.00

Start date: Open all year round

Website: https://nytedu.com/courses/pre-college/creative-writing-f...

Writing About Food

Amsterdam Writing Workshops


Food writing can take practically any form: Cookbooks and recipes, cookbook reviews, culinary travel writing, “foodoirs” (food memoirs) and personal essays, food blogs, profiles of chefs and food producers, feference pieces on food, restaurant reviews—and more. The goal of this workshop: to help you find your voice as a food writer. You’ll think, dream, and write about food.

Prerequisites: No prerequisites

Location: Online

Categories: Food

Level: Beginner

Course length: 2 sessions (4 hours)

Class size: Unlimited

Price: Free

Start date: Open all year round

Website: https://www.amsterdamwriting.com/workshop/writing-about-f...

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Secrets of Great Food Writing

University of Toronto


Combine your love of food and your passion for writing into a deliciously creative talent. Learn the principles of great food writing and the techniques for recipe development – even the skills for interviewing and story pitching – whether your goal is to create newspaper or magazine articles, blog posts, social-media content or a cookbook.

Prerequisites: No prerequisites

Location: Toronto

Categories: Food

Level: Beginner

Course length: 8 sessions (2.5 hours)

Class size: Limited

Price: $649.00

Start date: Open all year round

Website: https://learn.utoronto.ca/programs-courses/courses/2400-s...

Focus on Food Writing

Write Like A Honey Badger


Whether you’ve only ever kept your own blog or you’re already earning money from your food writing, this six-week class is designed to take you to the next level. Using weekly lessons, interactive tools, and personal feedback, students will learn about and then put into practice the elements of creating and selling great food writing.

Prerequisites: No prerequisites

Location: Online

Categories: Food

Level: Any

Course length: Est. 6 weeks (Self-paced with asynchronous teaching)

Class size: Limited

Price: $420.00

Start date: Open all year round

Website: https://www.writelikeahoneybadger.com/classes/food-writin...

Food Writing

Gotham Writers


If you savor eating and drinking, food writing will suit your taste. Here you will learn about the full spectrum of food writing—reviews, memoir, essay, articles, blogs, books—as well as writing craft and how to market your work.

Prerequisites: No prerequisites

Location: New York

Categories: Food

Level: Beginner

Course length: 10 sessions (3 hours)

Class size: 16

Price: $419.00

Start date: Open all year round

Website: https://wp.writingclasses.com/courses/food-writing/


In this five-week intensive course, we will take inspiration from work in top-tier publications such as Bon Appétit, the New Yorker, and the New York Times. You will explore ways to incorporate food (both literally and symbolically) into your own writing, brainstorm food-inspired stories you want to tell, *spice* up your prose, and more.

Prerequisites: No prerequisites

Location: Online

Categories: Food

Level: Beginner

Course length: Est. 5 weeks (Self-paced with asynchronous teaching)

Class size: 14

Price: $310.00

Start date: September, 2023

Website: https://creativenonfiction.org/product/honest-to-goodness...


Food is never just food--it’s history, it's culture. It's also love, politics, luxury, necessity, art, and science. It is inextricable from both its place of origin and wherever it’s served. In this class, we’ll talk about combining “food” and “place” into compelling stories.

Prerequisites: No prerequisites

Location: Online

Categories: Food

Level: Beginner

Course length: Est. 4 weeks (Self-paced with asynchronous teaching)

Class size: Limited

Price: $259.00

Start date: June, 2023

Website: https://writingworkshops.com/products/writing-about-our-t...

Writing Essays About Travel & Food

Austin Writing Workshops


In this class, we’ll talk about combining “food” and “place” into compelling stories. The "place" you write about can be as accessible as your hometown. You will also have the option to write from memory, maybe even profile that chef you've always had a crush on. And you can do it all from the comfort of your home.

Prerequisites: No prerequisites

Location: Austin

Categories: Food

Level: Any

Course length: Est. 4 weeks (Self-paced with asynchronous teaching)

Class size: Unlimited

Price: $259.00

Start date: Open all year round

Website: https://writingworkshops.com/products/writing-about-our-t...


In this generative memoir-writing workshop led by award-winning writer Gina Rae La Cerva, we’ll use the subject of food as a starting point to explore our inner worlds. We’ll access deep memories, connect to our childhoods, examine our heritage, and reflect on our personal growth.

Prerequisites: No prerequisites

Location: Online

Categories: Food

Level: Any

Course length: 4 sessions (1.5 hours)

Class size: 30

Price: $225.00

Start date: August, 2023

Website: https://www.atlasobscura.com/experiences/course-food-writing


Using food as the central theme to explore childhood memories of comfort, denial, trauma, and joy, this class will highlight examples within well-known food essays --why they work and how we as writers can transform our writing through others' work.

Prerequisites: No prerequisites

Location: Online

Categories: Food

Level: Any

Course length: 1 session (3 hours)

Class size: 12

Price: $85.00

Start date: Open all year round

Website: https://grubstreet.org/findaclass/class/what-we-talk-abou...


Do you read cookbooks before bed? Do you love sharing stories of making tamales in your auntie’s kitchen, or of the first time you tried Sichuan food? If yes, then join us for our new sensory writing group which meets monthly in the Curio Spice Lab. Sensory Storytelling at Curio is designed to inspire your curiosity and offer a creative outlet to explore food writing.

Prerequisites: No prerequisites

Location: Boston

Categories: Food

Level: Any

Course length: 1 session (1.5 hours)

Class size: 5

Price: Free

Start date: Open all year round

Website: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/sensory-storytelling-food-wr...

How to choose a food writing class

Looking to build your writing skillset, learn more about your genre, or finally finish that food article you’ve been working on? You’re in the right place. That’s why we built this directory of the best writing courses.

However, creative writing classes aren’t one size fit all. If you’re planning to join a food writing class in particular, you’ll want to make sure that it matches what you’re seeking to learn about food writing.

So make sure to consider the following questions when you’re researching food writing courses:

  • Who is the instructor? How many years of experience do they have in food writing?
  • Is there something in particular you’d like to learn about food writing? Does this course include it?
  • How long is the course, and where is it taught?
  • How much does the food writing course cost? Does it fit into your budget?

More food writing resources

Whether you’re a new or established author, there are always evergreen resources out there to how to get a headstart on food writing. 

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