10 Beijing Cooking Classes Worth Booking

1.Flavors of Beijing: Eat Like A Real Chinese

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 78 reviews · from $99Our pick

Join Chef Chao for a Beijing market walk, condiment lesson, and hands-on cooking class in a local home. You may prepare dumplings, noodles, dim sum, fish, pork, or beef, with a vegetarian menu on one scheduled day. Groups are capped at 12.

“This was one of our favourite experiences in Beijing. Chao the chef was really friendly and speaks excellent English. He took us on a market tour, showing us various foods and letting us try things. We then learnt how to make dumplings. Chao demonstrated the technique and then we made our own. He taught us knife skills and how to make the dumpling, fillings and cookings. He provided all recipes and techniques on pieces of paper for us to take home. After a busy morning cooking we were then able to eat all our dumplings which are delicious. It was really fun to also experience going inside a Hutong home.…”

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2.Beijing: Dumpling Making Workshop with Meal and Tea

★★★★★★★★★★4.7 · 69 reviews · 3 hours · from $35

Meet your English-speaking guide at 16:30, then learn to roll dough, prepare or work with fillings, and shape dumplings in several styles. Hosts such as Eric, Jenny, Janine, and Heyang lead the class, followed by dumplings, local dishes, tea, and drinks in a traditional Beijing setting.

“Heyang and his sister are excellent teachers. I booked this knowing nothing about how to make dumplings. But they guide you through the entire process and the meaning of dumplings in Chinese culture and cuisine. We made dozens of both meat and vegetable dumplings. I got to chat with the other participants as the dumplings were boiled. In the end, we got to eat a delicious meal and have a few beers. Highly recommended experience in Beijing.”

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3.Online Cooking Class Beijing Dumplings and Cuisine by Sunflowerli Renowned Chef

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 65 reviews · from $20Best value

Join Chef Miss Sunflower Li from Beijing for a private 60 to 90 minute Zoom cooking class. Choose dumplings, hand-pulled noodles, dim sum, fried rice, mapo tofu, kung pao chicken, or a vegan option. You shop for ingredients in advance, then cook from scratch at home.

“We had an absolutely amazing cooking class with Sunflower. It was both fun and very informative. We learned how to make authentic dumplings, Kung Pao chicken, and bok choy with mushrooms. We felt like we were in her home in Beijing Read more”

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4.China’s Favourite Street Food Cooking Workshop

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 16 reviews · from $80

At a private workshop in Beijing’s Dongcheng district, Dom teaches you how to mix batter, cook jian bing on the pan, and fill it with traditional savory ingredients or playful choices such as chocolate and banana. You’ll hear the dish’s story, make several crepes, and return home with useful cooking know-how.

“I did the jian bing workshop with some of my friends in September. It was a ton of fun! I really enjoyed getting to make as many jian bings as I wanted and getting to both make the dough and cook it on the pan myself. I definitely needed a few tries to get the techniquRead more”

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5.Beijing Forbidden City, Summer Palace, Hutong and Dumpling Making

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 10 reviews · from $190

Spend eight hours with a private guide and driver visiting Tiananmen Square, the Forbidden City, a historic hutong, and the Summer Palace. Your family-hosted hutong stop includes lunch and hands-on dumpling making. Guides may speak English, Spanish, French, German, or Russian.

“Erica is a very attentive tour guide. She took a lot of great photos and had a lot of information about each location.”

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6.Private Hutong Culture Tour with Dumpling Cooking Class plus Cricket Fighting Game

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 5 reviews · from $176

Spend six hours exploring Beijing with a private guide, visiting Lama Temple and Confucius Temple, riding a rickshaw through hutongs, making dumplings with a local family, watching cricket fighting, and walking to Houhai Lake. Hotel pickup, lunch, entrance fees, and transport are included.

“Lily was our guide and we have a fantastic time with her from the time we met her ..making the dumplings were just awesome food was great highly recommend this trip ..:”

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7.Beijing: Vegan Home Cooking & Local Market Tour with Sanxia

★★★★★★★★★★4.8 · 4 reviews · 4 hours · from $47

Join Sanxia in Beijing’s Tongzhou District for a market visit and hands-on vegan cooking class. You’ll choose seasonal ingredients, make dumplings, noodles, buns, and other Chinese dishes, then share tea and a home-cooked meal. English and Chinese sessions suit private groups of 1 to 8.

“Super friendly and was able to learn a lot about cooking as well as everyday life in Beijing.”

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8.Online Cooking Class Hand Pulled Noodles by Sunflower Li

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 3 reviews · 2 hours

Chef Sunflower Li leads a private, English-language Zoom class on making Xi’an-style Biáng Biáng noodles from scratch. You’ll mix, stretch, pull, cook, and season wide belt noodles, with vegan options and flexible Beijing-time scheduling for groups of up to five.

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9.Dumpling Cooking Class and Local Market Tour

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 3 reviews · from $80

Visit Zhaojunsheng Vegetable Market near Beijing’s Hutong area, choose fresh ingredients, then prepare and cook dumplings from scratch in a traditional courtyard. Your English-speaking instructor guides the four-hour class, with several fillings and vegan-friendly choices. Groups are limited to eight people.

“Super fun experience! 2 young girls from Beijing with excellent English. We went to a local market together to get groceries and made the Dumplings from scratch. Beautiful building that we prepped and cooked in.”

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10.Beijing: Private Dumpling Cooking Class in Local Family

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 3 reviews · from $160

Join Catherine Lu Tours for a four-hour private visit to a Beijing family home. Shop at a local wet market, fold dumplings, cook two Chinese dishes, and share the meal. Hotel transfers, drinks, and an English-speaking guide are included.

“Catherine gave me a terrific time. From providing transport to and from my hotel (vital in a city of traffic problems) to making sure I understood the process. Her family and team were very welcoming and helpful. I strongly recommend her lessons.”

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