Los Angeles Cooking Camp 2025

We are the world’s biggest and best cooking camp for teens in Los Angeles. Our professional chef instructors teach students of all skill levels in commercial kitchens, making everything from scratch.

We have created an experience unlike any other summer program out there.

We focus on personal growth and development in the areas of independence, leadership, collaboration, self-care, empowerment, advocacy, creativity, and future-forward thinking.

Learn more about our day and sleep away culinary summer camp in Los Angeles below, and find out more about professional kitchens, our 100+ recipes, daily schedule, and more.

Professional chefs in commercial kitchens:

When it comes to the Summer Culinary family of programs, it always comes down to the kitchen. This is a pro level summer cooking camps with pro chefs in a pro kitchen.

We spend our day cooking at a professional teaching kitchen from 10am – 6pm. Packed with access to all the right equipment to create our culinary masterpieces. What will you create this summer?

We make all of our 100+ recipes from scratch; we have professional commercial kitchens to work in, and our staff is the best. Our culinary summer camp kitchen is located at the Los Angeles Cooking School located at 8690 Washington Blvd, Culver City, CA 90232

We chose the Los Angeles Cooking School as our host venue because of the professional-level equipment and set-up. It is a true teaching kitchen, and everything is fully loaded. It fulfills our slogan, Pro kitchens, Pro Chefs.

We looked at and studied over a dozen venues in the LA/SoCal area. We even heard of another program that uses hot plates in regular school classrooms. That’s not us. We are always about, first and foremost, pro kitchens. Access to pro equipment, inside our proprietary academic structure, with our trained pro chefs… this program provides access for each and every student to get on a rocket to the future!

DAILY SCHEDULE

Here is what an average day at campusLA looks like:

8am – 9am: Residential students get up, get dressed and have breakfast in the residences.

9:30: Get ready and walk over to the kitchen, a lovely short walk through a small park.

10am – 6pm: Dedicated kitchen time for all students. We conduct skill-building exercises, and they make their own lunch and dinner. Culinary arts students then cook their own lunch and dinner as part of the larger culinary instruction. Everything is made from scratch and everyone cooks!

5pm – 6pm: All food is plated and readied for demo. Everyone takes pictures of their plated food. Chefs inspect, taste, discuss and encourage students. Then everyone eats and packs up.

6pm: Day students head home, residential students go back to dorm.

6:00pm – 9:00pm: Evening activities. Curated events, games, excursions, it all happens now. Rogue Squads, karaoke, as much fun as we can dream up!

9pm – 11pm: Hang out and enjoy the dorms, our rooms, and chill with our new friends. The dorm in LA has a private outdoor patio area just for us, so we often screen movies, play music, play games and have fun there, it is the center of all the action.

Evenings: explore the local area after cooking camps classwork ends

We live at Loyola-Marymount College and have our own airport shuttle-style vehicles and professional drivers; we can head anywhere. We end up at some amazing LA destinations!

This group of students wanted to check out the beach; the other group Mann’s Chinese Theater. Either way, you can’t beat the attractions. We just have to beat the traffic so we head out just after rush hour.

campusLA Exclusive Event Night Trips:

The kitchen and dorm are finally IN Los Angeles! Our nightly activities will include seeing all the sites that LA has to offer! Like exploring Hollywood and other glamorous neighborhoods, as well as fun beach days!

Loyola – Marymount College is home to cooking camp in LA.

Our home and right off the beach! Our students are staying on the Loyola Marymount University campus! LMU is a traditional urban college campus with beautiful amenities and breathtaking sites of the Pacific. In the summer they only house summer camps and interns, so we’ll get to be part of a tight knit community!

Suite-style living: All students live in suites, apartment-style, with a total of 3-4 students in each suite. Each suite comes with a kitchenette, a living room with couches and everything, and a bathroom. This is a great opportunity to experience living with roommates, and having a space you can call your own. This is going to be fun! All staff (including our Health Director) live among the students to provide 24-hour security and oversight.

Los Angeles Cooking Camp Testimonials

Learn more About our Culinary Summer Camp in Los Angeles

Craving culinary adventure? Then swap textbooks for whisks and join our Los Angeles culinary summer camp for teens! Teens will dive headfirst into the City of Angels’ vibrant food scene, whipping up gourmet meals and decadent desserts alongside experienced chefs. LA, a global melting pot of flavors, offers a smorgasbord of gastronomic experiences, from sizzling street tacos to elegant farm-to-table feasts. This culinary playground unlocks access to diverse foods and cultures, making it the ultimate backdrop for your teen’s summer adventure. But it’s not just about mastering recipes! Cooking becomes a catalyst for collaboration, building life skills like teamwork, communication, and problem-solving as teens conquer culinary challenges together. So, if your teen’s taste buds are tingling for an unforgettable summer, let our LA cooking camp ignite their culinary passion, one delicious dish at a time!

Check out our Other Cooking Camp Locations

New York Culinary Camp – Experience the hustle and bustle of the city that never sleeps. Learn how you can become a Michelin star level chef this summer in New York.

Seattle Culinary Camp – Soak up everything Seattle has to offer this summer, while you learn how to take your cooking skills to the next level.

Washington DC Culinary Camp – Learn more about America’s capital and advance your culinary skills this summer

Austin Culinary Camp – Get first hand experience in one of the best up and coming cities in the United States, Austin Texas. Learn to cook like a pro!