Cooking Classes · FULL-DAY
Every trip has one free morning. These 15 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.”
Starting at 1 pm, Susan guides you by bicycle through villages, rice fields, coconut farms, and a 300-year-old Khmer temple. You’ll shop for ingredients at a local market, cook a Vietnamese meal together, enjoy the pool, and possibly watch sunset. Hotel pickup in central Can Tho is included.
“Our family of 5 had the most wonderful stay at Susan’s. We stayed three nights and had a two day tour. Susan has curated an amazing Mekong experience encompassing food, farming, culture and history as well as some exercise! We also had time to enjoy her luxurious Read more”
Spend a full day with a Gambian family in their compound, guided by Black & White Safari. Shop for ingredients at Serrekunda Market, wear traditional dress, make baobab and hibiscus drinks, then cook and eat lunch together. Private transport, a local guide, beverages, and hotel pickup are included.
“This was the best excursion I have been on so far on my cruise through west Africa. We were looking for a true peek into local life here in The Gambia, and Black and White Safari could not have delivered that experience more perfectly. We werRead more”
Leave Agadir’s coast for Green Akal in Sidi Boushab, where Oumayma and her family lead a farm visit and three-hour tagine class. You’ll tour the vegetable garden, meet sheep, peacocks, and chickens, share lunch, rest beneath olive or lemon trees, and finish with Moroccan tea.
“Our visit the eco-farm was truly a highlight of our travels in Morocco. From the moment we arrived, Oumayma and her family welcomed us with genuine warmth and hospitality that made us feel like part of their household rather than touristRead more”
Start with Thom or Hoan at Hoi An Market, tasting fruit and learning about Vietnamese herbs. Then take a 35-minute boat ride to a family home on a river island, cook regional dishes, eat in Grandma’s garden, and return by boat.
“This is one of the best experiences/ courses I've ever done. As someone who never does reviews, I had to get around to writing this one. Our guides Thom & Hoan expertly and patiently guided my family group of 5, aged 13 - 77 through a marRead more”
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.”
Spend eight hours outside Ho Chi Minh City with a small group of up to eight. Visit an organic farm, see local animals, tour a rice paper factory, pick ingredients, and prepare prawn wraps, papaya salad, and banana spring rolls with guides such as Alice, Linh, or Dante.
“What a treat! We had a class with just the two of us and chef Linh. We learned so much about the ingredients with our walk around the farm and Linh's explanations. The day was well-paced with cooking, talking and eating. Linh's insights inRead more”
Join Malika and Anurag in their New Delhi home for a private, full-day cooking class. Choose your menu, prepare 7 to 8 Indian dishes, taste about 12 foods, and leave with recipes, cooking tips, and a vegetarian thali plus non-vegetarian dinner.
“LOVED this session with Malika and Anurag. I had so much fun cooking a Diwali themed dinner. I’m pescatarian, so they customised the entire menu for me (the egg curry was a highlight). I’m also a kitchen noob, and Malika was very clear and kind with her guidance. Between courses, we walked the neighbourhood, met the neighbours, and enjoyed the view over the city from the roof. This is more than a cooking class. This is an authentic family moment in the heart of real Delhi. WITH INCREDIBLE PAKORAS. 🤤”
Spend about nine hours hiking from Doi Hang through bamboo forest and Lisu, Akha, and Lahu communities. Guides such as Sammy, Marley, and Moe lead the route, with bamboo-cooked lunch, a waterfall bath, tea views, and a 30-minute hot-spring soak.
“Jungle hiking!!! Put on your best hiking shoes and be ready to test your climbing abilities. Although it wasn't super extreme, it was still I hike. The bamboo cooking was very interesting and very tasty. Our guides where great.”
Start with hotel pickup and a market visit, then cook four Vietnamese dishes with a local chef and eat your own lunch. An English-speaking guide, private car, and city stops at Phap Lam Pagoda, Dragon Bridge, and Love Bridge round out the seven-hour day.
“Our guide Mr.Dzung was great and very accommodating with waiting for us to take a shopping break and get a foot massage during the tour. Driver Yang, was super—-nice comfortable car and very helpful. We loved the cooking class exRead more”
Leave Ho Chi Minh City at 3 a.m. for Cai Rang Floating Market, a rice noodle stop, Muoi Cuong Cocoa Farm, and a local market. Cook bunh xeo and spring rolls with a family, nap in a hammock, and visit fruit gardens and rice fields before returning around 3 to 4 p.m.
“It was a wonderfull and very informativ day in the Mekongdelta. We have been visiting a cacao farm and a noodle factory and afterwards we cooked (bunh Xeo and spring rolls) with a family at the coutryside! Our tourguide was great! We had such a beautiful day! Thanks to Trieu Trinh!”
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