The 6 Best Cooking Classes in the World

1.Cooking Class Hoi An:Local Market, Basket Boat, Fishing & Cooking

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 3,660 reviews · from $28Our pick

Spend about 4.5 hours exploring Hoi An’s market, riding a bamboo basket boat through Cam Thanh’s nipa palms, trying net fishing, and cooking four Vietnamese dishes. Guides such as Hai, Ly, Lily, and Phuong lead the class, which includes hotel pickup, a welcome drink, bottled water, recipes, and a full meal.

“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”

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2.Market Tour, Basket Boat Ride and Cooking Class

★★★★★★★★★★4.8 · 2,208 reviews · from $17Best value

Meet your English-speaking guide at the Ivegan shop for a Hoi An market visit, a 40-minute bamboo basket boat ride through water coconut palms, and a rural cooking class. Guides such as Anna, Thao, Linh, and Thuy lead hands-on lessons covering dishes such as bánh xèo, phở, steamed rice rolls, and chè.

“We had such a fantastic time on this tour! Thao was so kind and helpful, making it an experience we will remember for a long time & take the delicious recipes back to Ireland! Thank you again Thao 💗”

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3.Basket Boat with Lantern-Making & Cooking Class Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.9 · 1,444 reviews · 4h 30m · from $30

Meet an English-speaking guide such as Lily, Hami, Rose, or Henry for a five-hour Hoi An outing. Shop at a local market, ride a coracle through Cam Thanh’s coconut groves, make a lantern, then cook Cao Lau, rice pancakes, spring rolls, and papaya salad with chicken.

“Amazing! Really enjoyed making lanterns, the coconut boat tour and making a traditional vietnamese meal. Great value for money and our tour guide was brilliant. Thank you so much ♥️”

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4.Hoi An Cooking Class(Local market,Basket Boat,Fishing & Cooking)

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 1,323 reviews · from $28

Spend about 4.5 hours with an English-speaking chef such as Tram or Sonny, starting with a Hoi An market visit and fresh ingredient shopping. You’ll cook several Vietnamese dishes, ride a round basket boat through Bay Mau Coconut Forest, and try catching crabs. Hotel pickup, food, safety gear, and recipe cards are included.

“This was a great experience. From the pick up to the drop off everything went smoothly. Going to the market to shop for ingredients was the best. And the Basket boats were so much fun. Sonny, the Chef, was not only skilled but very entertaining and made the whole group look good. And the food was delicious. It was one of the best cooking tours I have taken. I will do it again next time I am in Hoi An. I definitely recommend this tour. Just do it. It was great.”

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5.Basket Boat Ride, Cooking Class by Hangcoconut

★★★★★★★★★★4.9 · 802 reviews · 3 hours · from $19

Start with a coracle ride through Bay Mau nipa forest, where local boat rowers show you crab fishing, boat tricks, and countryside life. Then join chef Thuy or another local instructor for a hands-on class making three or four Vietnamese dishes. Hotel pickup, transport, entry, and your meal are included.

“Really good fun, my children really enjoyed, staff are so friendly, the cooking lesson was so fuch's fun as well, thank you to Lin”

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6.Bay Mau Cooking Class w/ Market & Basket Boat Option

★★★★★★★★★★4.9 · 292 reviews · 3 hours - 330 minutes · from $25

At Bay Mau Cooking Class, an English-speaking chef such as Trang, Mo, Hon, or Kieu guides you through four Vietnamese dishes, including pho. Choose the market and basket boat option for fresh ingredients, a Cam Thanh coconut forest ride, and hands-on cooking with stone mortars, wooden pestles, rice milk, and rice paper.

“We were picked up by Mo our chef and guide and taken to the market. Please note that if you do an afternoon option, the market is mostly closed. We took the basket boat option which was kind of touristy but still fun. The cooking class was excellent. Mo showed us the traditional ways to make rice milk and rice paper. We cooked 4 dishes; soup, beef salad, prawn fresh rolls and crispy pancakes. Mo’s instruction was excellent and always careful and friendly explaining. The bus dropped us back to our hotel. A great trip.”

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