Hang or display pots, pans, ladles, knives, forks and spoons. These are not only ideal for decorating a cooking classroom, they can also be functional and educational. A display featuring historic cooking utensils can help teach students how cooking techniques were accomplished in the past. Newer cooking utensils can be hung or displayed for appearance but used by students when needed. No cooking classroom is complete without paying artistic respect to the tools used in the trade.
Set up two or three tables with dinnerware. Choose place settings to decorate as well as educate. Part of cooking is the presentation of the food. Dinnerware plays an important part in the process. Choose a rustic dinner setting, a casual dinner setting and an elegant dinner setting for variety and to illustrate to students the various ways of presenting food.
Hang food artwork on the walls. Photographs or paintings will work. Select artwork that portrays the food in vivid, mouth-watering color. This is an ideal way to keep your students in the mindset of creating dishes that will please people. Ideally, select artwork that features some of the most complex dishes or cooking techniques you teach.
Set up a curio cabinet to display spices. Fill it with a range of common and less common spices. This is ideal for decorative purposes, but it will also give your students access to the spices and seasonings they may need in preparing the dishes you teach.
Hang a bulletin board and place photographs of your students' signature dishes on it. This is an effective way to encourage and inspire your students by highlighting the hard work they put into implementing the techniques you've taught them.