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15 Food Experiences to Book First

28 tours  ·  from $28 a head

This is the shortlist you would send a friend: 15 food experiences worth the money, each with its price, its traveller verdict and the one thing to know before you book.

Small Group Cooking Class & Market Food Tour in Florence - What You Actually Cook and Eat
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Small Group Cooking Class & Market Food Tour in Florence

1.Small Group Cooking Class & Market Food Tour in Florence

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 1,574 reviews · 5 hours (approx.) · from $62Our pick

Meet a local chef in central Florence, visit Mercato Centrale, taste artisan foods, then make bruschetta, fresh tagliatelle, ravioli, sauces, and tiramisu. Chefs such as Federico, Tommaso, Alice, and Jon guide the class. You finish with lunch, Chianti, recipes, and a diploma.

“Great experience! Would really recommend. Federico was a great ‘teacher’ and we made some delicious typical Italian food.”

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Athens: Food Market Visit and Cooking Class with Wine - Walking through Varvakios Agora
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Athens: Food Market Visit and Cooking Class with Wine

2.Athens: Food Market Visit and Cooking Class with Wine

★★★★★★★★★★4.9 · 1,087 reviews · 4 hours · from $81

Meet at The Greek Kitchen on Athinas 36, walk with your cook through Varvakios Agora, then prepare dolmades, spanakopita, imam baildi, tzatziki, and portokalopita. English-speaking cooks such as Vasia, Despina, and Thanasis lead a relaxed class with wine, soft drinks, and Greek liquor.

“We had a great time! Our teacher, Veskia was very nice, knowledgeable and kind. We made five dishes and visited the market. For the cooking part, each table worked as a team. A woman on the other table was celiac and a lot of care was taken to prevent cross contamination and to prepare separate dishes. I highly recommend this event. I look forward to trying the recipes once home!”

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Undiscovered Charleston: Half Day Food, Wine & History Tour with Cooking Class - Rainbow Row, the French Quarter, and the streets between
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Undiscovered Charleston: Half Day Food, Wine & History Tour with Cooking Class

3.Undiscovered Charleston: Half Day Food, Wine & History Tour with Cooking Class

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 948 reviews · 4 hours (approx.)

Chef Forrest Parker leads a 90-minute walk from the Pineapple Fountain through Charleston’s historic district, linking food, architecture, and difficult history. Then watch him prepare three Lowcountry recipes at Bistro Au Vin, enjoy wine-paired lunch, and take the recipes home.

“Six of us met in Charleston for a girls weekend. From the very beginning, Chef Forrest ("Gump") set the tone with his warm, engaging personality—he is not only entertaining but also deeply knowledgeable about Charleston’s history, food, and culture. The walking portion of the tour was truly special. We explored lesser-known streets filled with stories that brought the city’s past to life. Chef wove together Charleston’s layered history with vivid detail, helping us appreciate the architecture and craftsmanship. This historical context gave us a much deeper understanding of how the city has evolved and why its culture is so unique today. The tour culminated in a beautifully prepared meal that...”

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Vietnamese Food Cooking Class in Hanoi with Market Experience - What Dong Xuan Market adds to the class
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Vietnamese Food Cooking Class in Hanoi with Market Experience

4.Vietnamese Food Cooking Class in Hanoi with Market Experience

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 778 reviews · from $45

Meet at Hoang’s Cooking Class on Hang Buom Street, choose three dishes from nine options, shop for ingredients at Dong Xuan Market, then cook and eat your meal. Guides such as Laura, Daisy, Kitty, and Love may lead the session.

“So much fun! Market tour and excellent cooking class! We created 3 dishes and we actually learned stuff haha!”

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Milan: Italian Cooking Class with Food and Wine - Fresh pasta, flour, and the lessons you take home
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Milan: Italian Cooking Class with Food and Wine

5.Milan: Italian Cooking Class with Food and Wine

★★★★★★★★★★4.7 · 509 reviews · 3 hours · from $80

Spend three hands-on hours at Chef and the City in Milan with Ilaria and her team. Make three Italian dishes, including fresh pasta, bruschetta, gnocchi, or dessert, then sit down with wine to eat what you prepared. Recipes are included for your kitchen at home.

“Great class! We made an appetizer, pasta, and dessert. The chef was so kind and a wonderful teacher.”

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Mexican Cooking Class with Food Market Visit in Mexico City - The market visit: useful shopping, not a formal food tour
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Mexican Cooking Class with Food Market Visit in Mexico City

6.Mexican Cooking Class with Food Market Visit in Mexico City

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 506 reviews · 3 hours 30 minutes (approx.) · from $124

Meet chef José at Bucareli 165 for a market visit and hands-on Mexican cooking class. You’ll help choose ingredients, make dishes such as guacamole, tortillas, salsas, and guisados, then sit down to eat. Menus change with the season, and vegetarian options are available.

“This was an awesome experience seeing the market with Jose and then the 5 of us made an amazing meal. Learning the techniques and tricks are priceless.”

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Ao Nang: Hands-on Learn to Cook 3 Popular Thai's street food - Instructors who keep the class relaxed
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Ao Nang: Hands-on Learn to Cook 3 Popular Thai’s street food

7.Ao Nang: Hands-on Learn to Cook 3 Popular Thai’s street food

★★★★★★★★★★4.8 · 417 reviews · 2h 30m · from $28Best value

In a 150-minute Ao Nang cooking class, you choose a soup, main course, and salad, then prepare and eat all three in an open-air kitchen. Instructors such as New, Gataii, Tu, and Poppy guide each step, with vegetarian, vegan, and gluten-free changes available in advance.

“The cooking class was an excellent experience. Everyone could choose their own dish and cook exactly what they preferred, rather than everyone making the same meal, which we really appreciated. The instructor spoke very good English, was kind, funny, and created a relaxed, positive atmosphere. She guided us through the cooking clearly and professionally, answered all our questions, and was happy to repeat instructions when needed. There were plenty of customization options (spicy or not, with or without mushrooms), and nothing was a problem. At the end, we received a PDF recipe book and enjoyed the food we cooked ourselves. Highly recommended 😊”

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Florence: Cooking Class with Local Food Market Tour - What you cook in the Florence kitchen
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Florence: Cooking Class with Local Food Market Tour

8.Florence: Cooking Class with Local Food Market Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.9 · 407 reviews · 3 - 5 hours · from $63

Meet an English-speaking chef such as Alice, Roberta, Victoria, or Federico for a Central Market visit, tastings, fresh pasta, lasagna, tiramisù, and a shared Tuscan meal. The class runs 3 to 5 hours, costs $63, and includes wine, recipes, and vegetarian options with advance notice.

“Our teacher Alice was wonderful. Very professional courteous l, and sweet. My brother and I had a lot of fum! Highly recommend thus activity. Thank you”

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Learn to cook Indonesian food at Gili Cooking Classes Trawangan - Choosing between three, four, and six dishes
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Learn to cook Indonesian food at Gili Cooking Classes Trawangan

9.Learn to cook Indonesian food at Gili Cooking Classes Trawangan

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 352 reviews · from $33

At Gili Cooking Classes beside Trawangan Dive, local chefs guide you through three, four, or six Indonesian dishes in a small open-air kitchen. You will cook, eat, and learn about local ingredients, with vegan and vegetarian substitutions available. Classes run daily at 11:30am, 4pm, and 7pm or 8pm.

“The hosts were excellent who made it fun and interactive throughout, we had 6 varied and interesting dishes which all tasted great. Would recommend if you are visiting Gili T!”

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Mykonos: Cooking Class with Food and Wine - From the garden to the kitchen
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Mykonos: Cooking Class with Food and Wine

10.Mykonos: Cooking Class with Food and Wine

★★★★★★★★★★4.9 · 282 reviews · 5 hours · from $176

Spend about five hours at Mykonian Spiti with hosts such as Teta, Martina, Eleni or Matina. Visit the organic garden, prepare tzatziki, spinach pie, stuffed vegetables and beef with orzo, then sit down to eat with wine and local treats.

“Worth every penny!! The transportation was a breeze, our teacher Martina was the BEST, and the food we cooked was out of this world. Probably my favorite experience in Mykonos.”

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Cooking Classes and Traditional food tasting in Tirana - A welcome with coffee, snacks, wine, and raki
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Cooking Classes and Traditional food tasting in Tirana

11.Cooking Classes and Traditional food tasting in Tirana

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 282 reviews · 4 hours (approx.) · from $49

Join Sindi at Go as Local in Tirana for a four-hour, hands-on Albanian cooking class. Prepare Tave Kosi, Lakror, and Sheqerpare, then sit down to eat with homemade wine, raki, coffee, tea, snacks, and fellow food lovers.

“I had the best time with Sindi. She’s amazing, funny, and makes everybody welcome. Plan a little more time, as you will have some bottles of wine, do everything from scratch and have a good time with the others in the group! 🫶🏻”

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Cook Moroccan Food & Try on Traditional Clothes like a local - Cooking tagine, couscous, or pastilla
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Cook Moroccan Food & Try on Traditional Clothes like a local

12.Cook Moroccan Food & Try on Traditional Clothes like a local

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 213 reviews · from $61

Spend four hours in Wissal’s Casablanca home cooking family recipes with her mother, from tagine and couscous to salads and pastilla. You’ll enjoy tea, mocktails, sweets, and local conversation, then try traditional caftans and takchitas for photos. Vegetarian and vegan menus are available by request.

“This experience, the first after the night I arrived Morocco could not have been better selected for me to be welcomed in! I know I love to cook and eat but I had no idea the thrilling experience that awaited with Wissal. To start with, the conversation before our meeting was pRead more”

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Lisbon Market and Food Tour with Cooking Class and Lunch - Inside the professional Cooking Lisbon kitchen
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Lisbon Market and Food Tour with Cooking Class and Lunch

13.Lisbon Market and Food Tour with Cooking Class and Lunch

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 117 reviews · 4 hours (approx.) · from $141

Meet your chef at Cooking Lisbon at 9:30 am, walk to a local market, choose fresh fish and produce, then prepare a Portuguese meal in a small group of up to 12. Expect hands-on cooking, wine, and dishes such as peixinhos da horta, cataplana, and Algarve orange roll.

“Great morning with market visit and cooking class. The visit was fun and the food was amazing. We would definitely do this again.”

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Rhodes Wine & Food Tour: 10 Meal Course Lunch, Wine Tasting, Cooking Class - Wine tasting with a certified sommelier guide
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Rhodes Wine & Food Tour: 10 Meal Course Lunch, Wine Tasting, Cooking Class

14.Rhodes Wine & Food Tour: 10 Meal Course Lunch, Wine Tasting, Cooking Class

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 109 reviews · 4 hours (approx.) · from $156

Spend about four hours at a Rhodian family winery with host Jason, a certified sommelier guide. Tour the vines and distillery, taste five or six wines, help prepare three local dishes, then sit down to a 10-course meal with unlimited wine.

“Truly enjoyable experience. The vineyard was beautiful, Jason, the owner was gracious and welcoming. We learned a great deal about wine from him and then prepared our own meal to be enjoyed by the group. It was wonderful in every way!!”

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Santorini Family Farm Food & Wine Tour with Cooking Class - Megalochori and its narrow stone lanes
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Santorini Family Farm Food & Wine Tour with Cooking Class

15.Santorini Family Farm Food & Wine Tour with Cooking Class

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 107 reviews · 4 hours 30 minutes (approx.) · from $145

Spend four and a half hours with Anna or Ana Maria exploring Megalochori, Santorini farming, local wine, and a hands-on cooking class. You’ll pick up island food traditions, prepare tomato fritters and fava, taste four wines, and eat beneath a family tree. Pickup and small groups are available.

“Lovely guide explained the terrain, history and significance of local farming present day. Rustic setting with local cuisine. Simple and very satisfying. Not to be missed!”

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