Cooking Classes · FULL-DAY
Every trip has one free morning. These 7 full-day cooking classes justify it, priced and timed so you can decide over breakfast and get back to the eating.
Start with hotel pickup and a local market visit, then cook eight Thai food categories at Smile Organic Farm near Chiang Mai. Choose your dishes, adjust spice, and cook vegetarian or vegan meals with guidance from instructors such as Natalie, Lili, Anya, or Nina.
“Amazing experience! The food was very tasty and fun to make and our guide (Anya) was so friendly and funny!”
Join LIMON Tours from Shinjuku for a full day around Mount Fuji and Hakone. You’ll make ramen from scratch, cruise Lake Ashi, visit Oshino Hakkai, and climb to Chureito Pagoda. Guides such as Hiro, Mayumi, and Sojiro are known for friendly, helpful service, but weather can change the route.
“It was amazing! We really loved our guide! His name being Sojiro. We had an incredible time making ramen and looking at Mount Fuji! we were very tired by the end of the day but we had an incredible time and it was one of our favorite days on our trip.”
Spend 8 to 9 hours exploring rural Crete by 4WD from Heraklion. Guides such as Mario, Giannis, Manos, and Vagelis lead you through goat milking, pottery, cooking, Lasithi villages, an olive oil mill, and a long wood-oven lunch. Pickup, lunch, wine, and water are included.
“Jesus was an amazing guide, very knowledgeable, fun, and engaging. He did his best to make everyone content and it was a loooong day for him! Some of the highlights included milking a goat on a small farm, and all the beauty that Crete has to offer. Lunch was very good and everyone was very hospitable. Would definitely recommend this trip.”
At Le Foodist in Paris’s Latin Quarter, you’ll cook a three-course French meal with instructors such as Paulo, Luc, or Frédéric. Expect market-fresh ingredients, six to eight practical techniques, wine, cheese, and a long lunch in English.
“Chef Lucas was absolutely wonderful! We had the greatest morning and really enjoyed ourselves. Will definitely be taking everything we learnt home with us.”
Meet at Le Foodist in the Latin Quarter for croissants and coffee, then shop a local market with an English-speaking chef such as Luke, Fred, or Luc. Return to cook a seasonal four-course meal, learn French techniques, and sit down with wine, cheese, and stories about French food and culture.
“Great day with Chef Frederick. Lovely group of people and great food and wine. Learnt some helpful strategies and recipes that we will definitely use.”
Travel from Ho Chi Minh City to Cu Chi for a hands-on day of farming and cooking. Feed livestock, gather vegetables, mushrooms, fruit, and herbs, then prepare a healthy Vietnamese lunch with a professional chef. Pickup, guide, lunch, recipes, and a certificate are included.
“This experience was brilliant. The tour guide was lovely and very knowledgeable. This is an experience I would definitely recommend.”
Start with hotel pickup, visit a Chiang Mai market to learn about Thai ingredients, then cook 5 to 6 dishes at an organic farm near the city. English-speaking guides such as Luna and Netty lead the class, with lunch, ingredients, water, and recipes included.
Pick a dish, a city, or the shape of the day.
