18 Cooking Techniques & Terms Word Searches to Print and Play
Pick a puzzle, choose one of 11 printable designs and download the PDF with its answer key. Free, no sign-up.
Cooking Techniques & Terms Shaped Word Searches2
The grid is the picture: cupcake, birthday cake. Print one and color it in once it is solved.
Easy Cooking Techniques & Terms Word Searches4
8x8 grids with 8 words. Words run across and up and down, never diagonally, and some read backwards.
Medium Cooking Techniques & Terms Word Searches4
11x11 grids with 9 to 10 words. Words run across, up and down, and diagonally, and some read backwards.
Hard Cooking Techniques & Terms Word Searches8
15x15 grids with 12 words. Words run across, up and down, and diagonally, and some read backwards. Players finish them in a median of 3 minutes 30 seconds on their first try.
Cooking Techniques Word Searches: From Simple Verbs to Molecular Gastronomy
How cooking works, in words: simple cooking verbs, food storage, kitchen safety and restaurant roles for beginners, then recipe instructions, advanced techniques, sous vide and dietary needs, and finally knife skills, molecular gastronomy, baking chemistry and French culinary terms.
Simple Cooking Verbs and Safety in the Kitchen are ideal for a first cooking class with kids. Culinary students can review with French Culinary Terms or Advanced Baking Chemistry. The cupcake and birthday cake shapes are perfect for a party.
Which Cooking Techniques & Terms word search should you print?
Here is where to start at each level, from the simplest grids to the ones with words in every direction.
Shaped puzzles: to print and color
2 puzzles. Good first picks: Cupcake Shaped and Birthday Cake Shaped.
Easy: ages 5 to 8
4 puzzles. Good first picks: Simple Cooking Verbs, Food Storage and Safety in the Kitchen.
Medium: ages 8 to 12
4 puzzles. Good first picks: Recipe Instructions, Advanced Cooking Techniques and Sous Vide Terms.
Hard: teens and adults
8 puzzles. Good first picks: Detailed Knife Skills, Molecular Gastronomy Terms and Advanced Baking Chemistry.
Cooking Class Activities With Word Searches
- After Simple Cooking Verbs, follow a simple recipe and act out each verb.
- Use Safety in the Kitchen before any cooking activity with children.
- Print the Birthday Cake Shaped puzzle for a birthday party table.
Cooking Techniques & Terms Word Search FAQ
How many Cooking Techniques & Terms word searches are there?
There are 18: 4 easy, 4 medium, 8 hard and 2 shaped. All of them can be played online or printed as a PDF with an answer key.
Is there a cooking verbs word search?
Yes, Simple Cooking Verbs is an easy puzzle, and Recipe Instructions is a medium one.
Are there culinary school word searches?
French Culinary Terms, Detailed Knife Skills, HACCP Terminology and Fine Dining Terminology are hard puzzles.