Live online cooking classes from your kitchen

Home cooks, couples and friends looking for a fun evening, people learning a new cuisine, and companies booking team sessions.

Ticket price per class or a small course bundle. You can also charge more for private group sessions for offices and families.

• Confident cooking and clear explaining
• Comfortable on camera
• Planning menus and timings
• Basic marketing on social media

• Check whether your municipality requires a home-based business licence
• Business insurance: ask a broker whether commercial general liability covers online teaching and advice on food safety
• You are teaching, not selling prepared food, but check with your local public health unit if you plan to give out any food
• Give clear allergy and knife safety guidance in your class notes
• Register for GST/HST once you pass the small supplier threshold, and check provincial rules, including Quebec's French-language requirements if you market there

Startup costs are typically estimated at around $300 to $1,500, depending on your camera, lighting, microphone, booking tools and basic marketing. You may already own much of what you need in your kitchen.

Monthly revenue is typically estimated at around $300 to $2,000, depending on how many live sessions you run, your ticket prices and how many students or companies book. Hours can start small, around five per week.

Check whether your municipality requires a home-based business licence, and ask a broker whether commercial general liability covers online teaching. Also give clear allergy and knife safety guidance, and check GST/HST and Quebec language rules if relevant.