Basil | Cooking Classes and Workshops WordPress Theme Overview
Basil is a WordPress theme with a fresh, highly visual style for cooking schools and businesses that run culinary workshops. Beyond classes, it also fits recipe-sharing sites, cookbook authors, chef and food blogs, and food-related shops, so a culinary brand can combine teaching, publishing and selling on one website.
The theme is developed by axiomthemes and sold on ThemeForest. Its admin tools let you build flexible cooking courses and classes, and it adds online recipe management with reviews, an Instagram feed and WooCommerce store compatibility. Layouts are built with WPBakery Page Builder, which also controls header and footer designs.
Basil ships with four homepages and a set of pre-built pages that load through one-click demo installation. It is actively maintained: version 1.3.15, released in September 2026, updated the bundled ThemeREX Addons plugin and tightened how demo data and theme options are handled, following a February 2026 release that fixed a theme vulnerability and added WordPress 6.9.1 compatibility.
Key Features of Basil | Cooking Classes and Workshops WordPress Theme
- Admin tools for creating cooking courses, classes and meal-preparation lessons
- Online recipe management with visitor reviews
- Four homepage designs plus pre-built inner pages via one-click demo install
- WooCommerce compatibility for selling cookbooks, class passes or kitchen products
- WPBakery Page Builder for page content, headers and footers
- Slider Revolution and Swiper Slider for visual banners
- Instagram Feed, Essential Grid and MailChimp compatibility
- WPML support for multilingual versions of the site
- Multiple blog styles with 20+ post animations, post views, likes, sharing and related posts
- 750+ Customizer options, interactive Ajax search, boxed or full-width layouts and custom widgets
Who Basil | Cooking Classes and Workshops WordPress Theme Is Suitable For
Basil is a natural fit for Canadian cooking schools, culinary studios, community kitchens offering classes, and chefs who run hands-on workshops, private group sessions or corporate team-building cooking events. Course pages let visitors compare classes by cuisine or skill level.
Food bloggers, cookbook authors and recipe developers can use it as a publishing hub, and specialty food or kitchenware retailers that also teach can add a WooCommerce shop. Bilingual businesses serving English and French speakers can use WPML to offer both languages.
Important Notes About Basil | Cooking Classes and Workshops WordPress Theme
Visual Composer Extensions All In One appears in the demo but is a paid plugin that is not included, and demo images are not part of the download. The changelog shows the elegro Crypto Payment and ThemeREX Socials plugins were removed in 2024, and Instagram Feed support has been dropped and re-added over time, so older tutorials may not match. A regular licence covers one website, and the vendor’s review excerpts are its own marketing.
Cooking classes should clearly disclose allergens and food-safety practices, and where food is prepared and served, provincial food-handling and public health rules may apply. Paid classes need a refund and cancellation policy under provincial consumer rules, and selling food products online is regulated. The owner is responsible for compliance.
Setup & Ongoing Management by AppiAppi
You choose Basil and purchase the licence on ThemeForest; axiomthemes develops and supports the theme. AppiAppi installs it with the required plugins, picks the homepage that suits your business, and replaces the demo with your branding, class listings, schedules, chef profiles, recipes and photography. We set up class booking or enquiry forms and connect WooCommerce if you sell class passes or products.
After launch, AppiAppi manages the site on an ongoing basis: we add new classes and recipes, keep schedules current, apply WordPress, theme and plugin updates, and respond to booking enquiries and orders. We also provide AI-assisted SEO and content support for class and recipe pages, matched to your subscription plan.
Original design by axiomthemes. This is the starting point — we customize it with your logo, colours, content, services and SEO structure. View original theme source