Pop-Up cooking classes in a hired kitchen

Home cooks, couples, friends booking a group night, and workplaces wanting team activities.

Ticket price per person for a single class, or a fee for a multi-week course. Private group bookings can be charged at a higher per-head rate.

• Confident cooking in a chosen cuisine
• Clear teaching and demonstration
• Basic marketing and bookings
• Time and food cost management

• Food business registration with your local council may be needed, check what applies to teaching classes where food is eaten
• Public liability insurance, and check whether the kitchen owner requires their own cover
• Food safety training and allergen handling, as students may have allergies
• Class sizes that are too small to cover kitchen hire and ingredients

Startup costs are estimated at typically around $800 to $4,000, depending on kitchen hire, ingredients, equipment, insurance and how you promote your classes. Hiring a kitchen by the session avoids the cost of leasing premises.

Monthly revenue is estimated at typically around $600 to $3,000, depending on class prices, group sizes and how many sessions you run. Classes that are too small may not cover kitchen hire and ingredients. It typically takes around 6 hours a week or more.

Things to check: food business registration with your local council may be needed for classes where food is eaten, so check what applies. Also check public liability cover, whether the kitchen owner requires their own cover, and food safety training and allergen handling.