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Kitchen Core World
Master knife skills, heat control, and flavor balancing.
Difficulty: Beginner
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Free interactive cooking courses
RecipeNest Worlds are guided cooking courses built from authored lessons, practice missions, and hands-on projects. 3 are published so far - Kitchen Core, Ramen, Pasta - each with quizzes, unit badges, and a course certificate.
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Ramen World
Stop cloudy broth - fix it in one step.
Difficulty: Expert
- Units
- 10 units
- Required course activities
- 73 activities
- Course mini-games
- 10 coming soon
Free while in testing - no credits needed.
Includes every lesson, badges, and a certificate. Mini-games are coming soon and do not block progress.
Free while in testing
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Pasta World
Master silky-smooth sauces from scratch.
Difficulty: Intermediate
- Units
- 7 units
- Required course activities
- 38 activities
- Course mini-games
- 7 coming soon
Free while in testing - no credits needed.
Includes every lesson, badges, and a certificate. Mini-games are coming soon and do not block progress.
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Common questions
Are the RecipeNest cooking courses free?
Yes. Every published course is free to start while the courses are in testing. You need a free RecipeNest account so your lesson progress, unit badges and course certificate can be saved, but there is nothing to pay and no membership required.
Do I need an account to take a course?
Yes, a free one. A course route remembers which lesson you reached, which unit badges you have earned and whether you have finished the certificate, and all of that is stored against your account so you can stop and pick it up later on any device.
Which cooking courses are available, and how hard are they?
3 courses are published: Kitchen Core World (Beginner), Ramen World (Expert) and Pasta World (Intermediate). Each course page shows its difficulty, how many units and activities it contains, and how far through it you are.
How long does a cooking course take?
Each guided lesson takes a few minutes, and practice missions are self-paced because you carry them out in your own kitchen. There is no timer and no schedule - a course can be finished in a few sittings or spread over weeks, and your place is saved either way.
Do I get a certificate?
Yes. You earn a badge for each unit you complete, and finishing every activity in a course awards a course certificate you can view and print from your account.
What are practice missions?
Practice missions are hands-on tasks you do at the stove rather than on screen - reproducing a technique the lesson just covered. They are self-paced, and they can be skipped if you would rather read on, so a mission never blocks the rest of a course.