Top China Cooking Classes

Glad you come eating the Chinese food to know the art behind it on this Yangshuo cooking and local market experience. Meet your expert-guide in yangshuo，and explore the busy market to study about how to choose the fresh ingredients. Next ，enjoy your hands-on cooking class：prepping staple yangshuo dishes -beer fish，and also take a cup of family tea .A choice of time slots gives you useful flexibility.

Sichuan Hotpot has a history of at least 1700 years. Today Sichuan Hotpots have been increased in category to include the "Red Pot" (Spicy hotpot flavor with chili peppers and Sichuan peppercorns), the “White Pot” (Non-spicy hotpot flavor with broth) and ‘Double Pot’ (Including the first two). With the help of your guide, you will be cooking both the spicy hotpot and the Non-spicy pot and learn to cut and set dishes with decorations, which will be guided by a professional chef. This experience will have a very unique local market visit as well, you will try to learn and taste the different foods in this beautiful city.

Hong Kong is renowned throughout Asia for its unique cuisine, so what better place to experience a cooking class than the island metropolis. This small-group experience, an ideal choice for travelers seeking a hands-on cultural experience, reveals products you may otherwise have missed during a local market tour and provides insight into Hong Kong’s intricate cuisine. Plus, you can choose from a morning or afternoon departure time to suit your schedule.

Welcome to Guangzhou, the birthplace of Lingnan culture. YumChina Kitchen invites you to experience authentic Cantonese cuisine and Chinese food culture. This hands-on cooking class lets you explore Guangfu traditions in practice. You will be guided by professional Cantonese chefs, who teach you ingredient selection, seasoning and practical cooking skills. We offer hundreds of classic and modern dishes with customizable lessons, so you can fully enjoy learning and cooking. Ideal for food lovers, cultural travelers and anyone wanting to improve cooking skills. Welcome to join with family, friends or colleagues to master Cantonese cuisine and create unforgettable memories in Guangzhou.

Authentic Flavor, fun hands-on experience. we teach you the real techniques of Chinese cuisine. Our class is fully customizable to your cravings, 100% hands-on, and taught in fluent English. You leave with a delicious meal and the skill to recreate genuine flavors in your home kitchen.

Eating is one of the great pleasures of visiting China. Learn how to take the experience back home with you in this private dim sum cooking class in Shanghai's French Concession. Under your instructor's guidance, gain a deeper understanding of flavors and techniques as you learn how to make your choice of two bite-size treats, including dumplings, egg rolls, and desserts.

Biang biang noodles are one of the iconic dishes from Xi’an. Learn to make them yourself with this half-day small-group cooking class. Visit a spice market to learn about and gather ingredients, then learn to make the noodles in a traditional Chinese courtyard, while enjoying local tea. Afterwards, enjoy your creations with beer or other beverages.

Start the day by exploring Lijiang’s oldest market to shop for your cooking class, with hands-on instruction led by a local Naxi minority family. Each person will prepare and eat three dishes.

Take a private cooking class in the home of your chef-instructor to learn about Chinese cuisine and experience daily life in Shanghai. Start with hotel pickup and a guided market tour that includes samples of popular snacks. Then head to your instructor’s home for a hands-on cooking lesson. Afterward, enjoy a lunch or dinner that you helped to make, accompanied by lively conversation.

During this 4-5 hours unique Dumpling making workshop, you’ll be taken into an authentic local spice market to explore it with fun challenges to complete and learn different species of Sichuan spices and ingredients that will be used in the following cooking class. The class will be carried out in a traditional Sichuan style courtyard. You’ll be treated with Sichuan local tea as it’s local’s custom to treat friends and visitors. After that, you then will be guide to start the cooking process by a professional chef in a cozy kitchen. Finally, you can enjoy the dumplings with delicious fillings made by yourself along with some beers or beverages. For it’s really informative, interesting and fun, this class will be an unforgettable experience in your lifetime.

Not a typical bar crawl: This experience focuses on connection, culture, and atmosphere rather than just drinking. Explore real hutong life at night: Walk through historic alleys where old Beijing meets modern youth culture. Drink like a local: From craft beer bars to street-side convenience store drinking — experience authentic social rituals. Cultural storytelling through nightlife: Learn how traditional baijiu culture coexists with modern drinking trends. Meet people, not just places: Connect with locals and travelers from around the world in a relaxed, social setting.

Discover the rich tea culture at Qixian Peak Scenic Area in Yangshuo, where lush tea terraces meet stunning karst landscapes. This hands-on activity invites you to pick tender tea buds under the guidance of local gardeners, donning traditional bamboo hats and carrying baskets. Experience the meticulous art of tea processing—stir-frying, rolling, and drying—transforming fresh leaves into aromatic 'Cuiyu' green tea. The highlight is tasting the tea you’ve crafted, all while surrounded by breathtaking scenery that blends nature and culture seamlessly.

In this experience class, you can make two local delicacies: Hong Kong-style egg tarts and custard mooncakes. Ideal for killing time. After the production is completed, you can enjoy it on the spot or take away the finished product with the packaging box. ::::::::Experience::::::::: - The instructor will teach you how to prepare two representative Hong Kong delicacies in English - The instructor will explain the history and origin of the food, and learn more about the stories of these two delicacies - The location is located in Tsim Sha Tsui, the center of Hong Kong, with convenient transportation and close to other tourist attractions - This activity is a baking class with an instructor. We also offer a self-service baking experience without an instructor. For details, please visit: https://www.viator.com/zh-TW/tours/x/y/d0-148395P1

Learn to knead dough, craft fillings, and shape dumplings like a local； Uncover the history and symbolism behind dumplings with a local guide； Savor your creations in a cozy, communal dinner paired with tea； Discover the art of dumpling making； Enjoy a joyful gateway to understanding China’s rich heritage。

Learn to make traditional Chinese dumplings using fresh organic ingredients in a small-group hands-on cooking class. Begin with a market walk guided by a local host to explore authentic ingredients, then prepare and boil your own dumplings. Vegan options are available upon request, making this class suitable for all food lovers.

Combine two popular Yangshuo experiences on this small-group guided tour. Enjoy hotel pickup from your Yangshuo accommodation, then travel by private vehicle to Seven Fairies Peak Tea Plantation, where you can pick tea leaves, try on a reed hat, and during harvest season, pick local kumquat fruit. Afterwards, visit Xianggong Hill for sweeping views over the countryside, including quiet villages and orchards along the way.

Learn to make Shanghai’s signature dumpling, xiao long bao, in this cooking class in Shanghai. These are called soup dumplings, because they have a broth inside the dumpling itself. Your teacher will be a passionate foodie, who will show you the technique involved. You’ll make some yourself, and cook them two ways. At the end, eat them together, and leave with a full belly and the recipe.

This is not a typical tea tasting; it is a curated, hands-on workshop designed to decode Chinese tea culture through a multidimensional lens of Art, Science, and Humanity, bringing both intellectually satisfying and sensorially delightful. Our Uniqueness: 1. Depth Over Demonstration: A Fusion of Fun, Interaction, and Knowledge * Beyond the Sip: Guests personally operate different traditional tea utensils, learning the precise techniques for various teas. 2. Superior Quality & Exclusive Access * Premium Teas Only: We serve superior-grade teas that are a class above the standard offerings found in tourist shops. * An Oasis of Calm: The experience is held in a serene, traditional-style tea room located in central Shanghai. 3. Expert Guidance with a Unique Perspective * Cultural Bridge Builder: Your guide is a tea expert, he also brings over 15 years of experience in cross-cultural exchange.

Discover the Chuancais Museum, the world’s only “edible museum,” and explore the cultural heritage of Sichuan cuisine through history and hands-on experience. Visit the Western Sichuan garden to see cultural relics and collections dating back thousands of years. Learn about traditional ingredients, including the heritage of Pixian chili bean paste, and explore the Kitchen God Ancestral Hall, honoring the patron of Chinese chefs. Under the guidance of professional chefs, take part in a hands-on cooking class and prepare three classic Sichuan dishes. Enjoy the meal you have made, relax in a traditional Sichuan tea house, and sample local snacks for a complete cultural experience.

This is the ideal pick for foodie travelers who are keen to expand their Chinese cooking skills. Rather than just watching online videos, enjoy a much more immersive experience that starts with a visit to a local spice market. Learn about Sichuan spices and local ingredients, then take part in a cooking class that focuses on “Bao Zi” steamed buns. At the end, enjoy your tasty creations with drinks.

Combine Chinese art culture, and cuisine in just a few hours on this private half-day private tour that lets you learn Chinese calligraphy and cooking with two classes. First, take a calligraphy class in the hutong area, then visit a local market to pick up ingredients before cooking and eating Chinese dumplings in a local family's home. Hotel pickup and drop-off are included for added convenience.

This experience takes place inside a real family courtyard home in Beijing’s historic hutongs, not in a classroom or commercial studio. You will learn Chinese calligraphy with step-by-step guidance, then prepare dumplings together with the host family and share a home-cooked lunch. Group sizes are small, allowing personal interaction, cultural storytelling, and direct engagement with daily local life. Guests leave with their own handmade artwork and a deeper understanding of traditional Beijing family culture.

Learn to cook like a local with this lesson in Yangshuo. After a convenient hotel pickup, head to a local market with your informative local instructor and discover the ingredients and flavors of Guanxi Province cuisine. Then, prepare a delicious meal with the help of a pro. Savor your creation while learning about local customs and folklore.