Best Cooking Classes Worldwide — Our Top 12

1.HCM:Mekong Delta Boat,Khotcake cooking Coconut Village,SmallGroup

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 2,374 reviews · from $16Our pick

Leave Ho Chi Minh City for My Tho and Ben Tre by coach, boat, bicycle, and foot. Visit a bee farm, coconut candy workshop, village canal, and Vinh Trang Pagoda. You can cook Khot pancakes, taste local drinks, enjoy lunch, and travel with up to 25 people.

“We thought the guide tam gave us interesting background to religion and culture in Vietnam. He has a nice sense of humor and English was good”

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2.Cai Be Mekong Delta Tour: Cooking Class, Cycling & Craft Villages

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 1,881 reviews · from $39

Travel from Ho Chi Minh City to Cai Be for a boat ride, folk music, craft workshops, antique homes, Vietnamese cooking class, garden lunch, and easy countryside cycling. Guide assignments vary, with Mark and Abe among the guides praised for clear English and helpful service.

“I had Mark as my tour guide and he was incredible. He had a great attitude towards his work and came off as genuinely interested in what he was showing and ensuring his guests had the best time. The tour itinerary itself was also great, and gave great insight into Vietnam. Definitely recommend anyone to book this tour if they’re down south.”

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3.Mekong Delta 4 Islands, TukTuk, Boat, Try Khot Cake Local Cooking

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 1,148 reviews · from $23

Spend about nine hours visiting My Tho and Ben Tre with a guide such as Tim, Thanh, Tommy, or Tam. Expect Vinh Trang Pagoda, motorboat and rowing-boat rides, a tuk-tuk or electric-car trip, tropical fruit, coconut candy, a Vietnamese lunch, cycling, traditional music, and a Bánh Khọt cooking lesson.

“Me & my wife greatly enjoyed the different activities that we did, ESPECIALLY our amazing tour guide Thanh! Too bad our bus had outdated utilities & the air conditioning barely worked. It was a hot day too, 30-32 degree celsius (90-95 degrees farenheight). I’d still recommend doing this! It was both affordable & fun!!”

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4.Thai cooking class &Market tour by Amazon Prime Series Chef.

★★★★★★★★★★4.9 · 266 reviews · 4 hours · from $70

Chef Wandee, a mentor to two finalists on Amazon Prime’s The World Cook Season 2, leads this small-group Khao Lak class. Tour a local market, choose dishes from 29 recipes, make curry paste from scratch, and cook in an open-air garden kitchen. Hotel pickup, recipes, and video clips are included.

“Delicious experience! We started off with a great tour of the Bang Niang Fresh Market and were shown how coconut cream and coconut milk are made. The cooking class that followed was excellent and the staff are extremely helpful and friendly. We made a papaya salad, some fried pork on lemongrass skewers, a massaman curry and some coconut pancakes. Everything was absolutely delicious. Shoutout to Chef Wandee for allowing us to dip into her local craft beer collection! My only wish is that we could have cooked more dishes!”

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5.Cai Rang Floating Market Biking Cooking Class in Can Tho Rural

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 172 reviews · from $30

Start early from Can Tho for Cai Rang and Phong Dien floating markets, with breakfast on the river. Guides such as Trinh, An, Nhu Y, and Nga lead you through small canals, a fruit garden, rice noodle production, and quiet country roads. Expect an active, food-focused day for about $30.

“First of all, thank you so much to our tour guide An, our boat driver, and Khoi who drove us from HCM to the floating market! They were all so lovely! An provided us with lots of information as she is one of the people who grew up in the flRead more”

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6.Mekong Delta Tour with Cooking and Kayaking

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 126 reviews · from $170

Join an English-speaking guide for a 9-hour Mekong Delta trip from Ho Chi Minh City. Cruise by motorboat and sampan, sample fruit, cook Vietnamese dishes, then kayak or cycle through rural waterways. Guides such as Tu and John add a personal touch.

“This tour was a highlight of my time in Saigon. Tu is probably the best tour guide out of all of the million tour guides in Vietnam. He is smart, compassionate, interesting, and a great singer, too! Everything listed on the tour was delivered, anRead more”

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7.Full-Day Experience in Mekong Cycling and Authentic Home Cooking

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 89 reviews · from $64

Start at 1 pm in central Can Tho for a guided bike ride through villages, rice fields and coconut farms. Visit a 300-year-old Khmer temple, shop at a local market, cook dinner with Susan, and use the swimming pool. Hotel pickup and bicycles are included.

“We had a lovely time with Susan, our group would highly recommend, the itinerary is exciting and interesting for all ages. Susan made us feel very at home and shared so much local knowledge with us, the accomodation, food and pool were amazing!”

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8.HCM: 2-Day Mekong Floating Market with Cooking & Bike Ride

★★★★★★★★★★4.6 · 68 reviews · from $87

Travel from Ho Chi Minh City to My Tho, Ben Tre, and Can Tho with an English-speaking guide. Visit Cai Rang Floating Market, taste coconut candy and honey tea, ride sampans through small canals, make bánh xèo or bánh khọt, and cycle through the countryside.

“It was amazing. I met some beautiful people from the group but also on the tour itself. Our guide Ry was the best!!”

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9.Cooking class & Vibrant Market by Scooter/Tuktuk (Half-Day)

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 55 reviews · from $49

Spend five hours in Ben Tre with a local chef, traveling by scooter or tuk-tuk to a market, tasting fruit and street food, choosing ingredients, and cooking four to five Mekong dishes. The menu changes with the market, with vegan, vegetarian, and non-vegan options available.

“We had a great day and really enjoyed this cooking class. We could choose the dishes by ourselves from a menu. In the morning we went to the market to buy the ingredients. During cooking everything was explained to us and afterwards we had a perfect lunch.”

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10.Cai Be Mekong Delta: Cooking Class, Cycling, Craft Villages

★★★★★★★★★★4.4 · 36 reviews · from $36

Spend a full day in Cai Be with an English-speaking guide such as Peter, Min, or Jonathan. Travel by shared boat and paddle boat, cycle Tan Phong Island, cook lunch in a garden, visit an ancient house, and see coconut candy and crispy rice popcorn made by hand.

“Our Guide Min was very helpfull and friendly. Only floating Markets are not more existing. Lunch was surprisingly in a very good quality. Bicycle Tour was my Highlight.”

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11.Douro Valley: Traditional Cooking Class, Farm Tour and Lunch

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 28 reviews · 4 hours · from $175

At Quinta de Louredo, Fabio and his family welcome you for a four-hour farm visit, harvest, and hands-on cooking class. Taste vinho verde, olive oil, cheeses, and farm produce, then prepare a traditional three-course Portuguese lunch while hearing the family story and helping support the farm’s recovery after wildfire.

“What a fabulous half-day ... greeted with a lovely "brunch" of breads, jams, cheeses, olives, wine, verbena tea (from fresh verbena on the farm); followed by a walk around the farm, and conversation about how they are recovering from a devastating fire last year. Our "cooking lesson" was chopping ingredients for a fabulous tomato soup, and a cod & french fries dish that was oh-so-tasty ... and then traditional holiday desserts (we helped separate eggs for the custard)”

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12.Top Home Cooking Class with Stunning River View AC Kitchen

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 25 reviews · from $38

Join Lua and her family at a spotless, air-conditioned apartment kitchen in Ho Chi Minh City. Over three hours, you will prepare three Vietnamese dishes from scratch, eat the meal together, and learn practical techniques for home cooking. Vegetarian, vegan, gluten-free, and other menus can be arranged.

“Very well organized and pleasant to do ! It was nice experience we did in family. So much food we couldnt eat everything !”

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