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The classes worth booking.
The 15 cooking classes travellers rate highest in Vietnam, from a basket-boat ride and market walk before the wok in Hoi An to pho and fresh spring rolls in Hanoi and the herbs of the Mekong. Market to table, dish by dish.
Hanoi market walk and cooking class in a garden villa. Shop ingredients, make dishes like bun cha, and support CSR projects.
Most Popular“What a fantastic day with Alex. We started buying ingredients at the market and then prepared the food under Alex's guidance and then cooked and ate the food. It was a fun and informative day and the food was great”
Shop Hanoi’s biggest market and cook five classic dishes with an English-speaking chef, then eat your meal with rice vodka in 3h15.
“Wonderful experience, great fun. Excellent instructor. I learned so much about Vietnamese food. It was also totally delicious. Hugely recommended”
Hoi An cooking class with Cam Thanh basket boat, market shopping, net fishing, and hands-on cooking of 4 dishes you eat. $28.90.
“This is a great experience and our Chef guide was so good a 5 star Chef The market tour and coconut boat ride was good and we got to eat the food we made so great value too”
Hoi An cooking class with market shopping, bamboo basket boat crab fishing, and a small-group 2-hour cooking session with what you make to eat.
“The experience was fun with the cooking far exceeding the expectation - and taste was yum! “Fishing” was fun if a little bit of novelty! A nice way to spend an afternoon. :-)”
Cai Be Mekong Delta day trip: craft villages, cooking class, cycling, and a boat return, starting from Ho Chi Minh City.
“Although this was a guided tour, with Abe, there were so many people along the way who helped make the trip memorable. It was a pleasure to see families at work in their businesses, to see how local food was made. At lunchtime, Read more”
Explore Hoi An’s local market, float through coconut palms by basket boat, then cook and eat classic Vietnamese dishes on an eco-friendly tour.
“Really nice experience ! Linh was the best teacher and the walk in the market was really cool”
Float Hoi An’s Thu Bon River by basket boat, learn lantern history, then shop and cook local dishes with a chef. Take your lantern home.
“This was incredible, so well organised and beautiful surroundings. Lyly was a delight and so informative. It’s such great value for surging you get with the tour 100/10 would recommend”
Hoi An half-day market tour, basket boat and crab fishing, then chef-led cooking with recipe cards, plus hotel pickup and safety gear.
“Was a great experience. Educational and entertaining to make several traditional Vietnamese dishes with food gathered from the market, then prepared together, and a tasty feast. Plus, the coconut boat tour was a fun bonus! Highly recommended for your trip to Hoi An!!”
Learn crab fishing by basket boat and cook Vietnamese dishes in the Bay Mau nipa forest with Hangcoconut.
“excellent, Thuy was amazing very friendly great chef.”
Hanoi market-and-cook class: visit Dong Xuan Market, choose 3 dishes from 9, cook hands-on, then eat with tea and coffee.
“Daisy was amazing and took us shopping in the market - not for the faint hearted but an excellent experience. She translated for the chef and also helped us as well S we prepared our 3 dishes. Daisy took photos and shared the recipes Read more”
A calm 3.5-hour Hanoi wood carving workshop in a hidden villa. Beginner-friendly guidance, tools, drink, and a take-home souvenir.
“Such a magical experience. The team couldn’t have been more helpful and welcoming - they really make you feel like part of the family. Highly highly recommended. Great communication, fun experience, learnt to cook such delicious food!”
Small-group Hoi An eco tour with market shopping, basket-boat fishing in Bay Mau, and a hands-on Vietnamese cooking class.
“Really good experience from the local market to eating what we prepared ! Only weird point was the basket boat where we tried to fish but others (asiats) toutists were just there to sing and party… a bit strange but ok !”
A 4-hour Saigon morning combining a cyclo ride, Ben Thanh Market shopping, a hands-on Vietnamese cooking class, and egg coffee.
“Overall a great experience, got to eat what we made, got a cyclo through the city and got copies of the recipes so we can cook them at home. We had a small group (myself and my travel companion with only one other person) which meaRead more”
Da Nang market-to-kitchen class: shop Chợ Bắc Mỹ An, cook 5 dishes, eat with rice vodka, take home a cookbook.
“This experience has been the highlight of the trip to Vietnam! My instructor Jenny was a knowledgeable guide to the market and excellent teacher. By itself, the shopping trip to the market was a great experience. The variety of fresh prodRead more”
Saigon’s Ben Thanh wet market and a chef-led hands-on cooking class with private stations, included dinner, and a Vietnamese cookbook for $33.
“Loved it. Amy was so pretty and patient. Would def recommend”
