Online cooking classes are the ultimate last-minute holiday gift for folks looking to up their skills in the kitchen.

These online cooking classes use videos or step-by-step written instructions and photos to help you master recipes and techniques. We found 20 different options for the best online cooking classes ...

Baking class is in session, and it's virtual. Abby Dahan, a decorated dessert champion, started The Bake School so you can learn classic French baking right from your own kitchen.

Ann LoParo, a Rocky River pastry chef who now holds virtual baking classes, is seen here with friends Jen (upper left) and Joyce, both in Sacramento, Calif. They are holding the galette they baked ...

Pastry Chef Tracy Dempsey, owner of Tracy Dempsey Originals, has started offering virtual baking classes via Zoom. Registration for the next class ends on August 14.

Join The Gourmandise School's Family Baking Class Parents and kids will create two delicious treats at home during the virtual event. And how fun: It all happens on the day of Halloween.

Cooking classes are baking up more participants across the country.

Classes will be themed from how to swap out ingredients and make something vegan, to cookie decorating and cake baking. But the classes will also have a purpose, Anderson said.

Rhoton said the program is already building a community; almost all of the baking students had either brought friends along or planned to introduce others to the class in the future.