Explore Vietnamese Cuisine: Cooking Class from Ho Chi Minh City

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Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

7 hours 30 minutes (approx.)
Pickup offered
Mobile ticket
Offered in: English

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Overview

Spend a day exploring Vietnamese cuisine in Ho Chi Minh City, starting with a market visit, on this private excursion. On arrival at the cooking school, take a tour of the garden farm and harvest its fruits. A professional chef demonstrates how to prepare four authentic dishes that you sit down to enjoy for lunch. Hotel pickup and drop-off are included in this full-day tour.

Private Ho Chi Minh City cooking class with a master chef
Visit the market to purchase ingredients
Tour a farm and harvest from the garden
Learn to cook Vietnamese dishes and enjoy a meal

Sample Menu

Starter

Prawn wrap with coriander/Special spring roll /Vietnamese Pancake

Main

Papaya salad with BBQ Meat /Seafood/Vegetables and Stew Chicken with mushroom

Dessert

Banana spring roll with coconut cream or orange sauce

What's Included

Lunch
All activities
Local driver/guide
Hotel pickup and drop-off
Private tour
Transport by private vehicle
Air-conditioned vehicle

Alcoholic drinks (available to purchase)

Meeting and Pickup

Pickup points

Select a pickup point

Pickup details

Pick-up service provided at accommodations within Ho Chi Minh City

Operating hours
.7:30 am

What To Expect

Additional Info

Confirmation will be received at time of booking
Not wheelchair accessible
Please advise any specific dietary requirements at time of booking

Near public transportation
No heart problems or other serious medical conditions
This tour/activity will have a maximum of 8 travelers

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Cancellation Policy

You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.

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Featured review

Ralph_W

Excellent from start to finish. Guide was lovely and spoke excellent English. Fascinating tour of the market and the garden to pick some of the ingredients. Easy to follow instructions from the chef to make some delicious dishes. Transfer to and from the class was very good. Excellent day out.

Reviews

4.8

based on 40 reviews

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Countryside cooking school adventure

Eliza_W, Nov 2025

Excellent experience. We were met by Lin, our chef & guide at our door, soon after the driver picked us all up and we headed in an ample vehicle to a local market outside the city not far from the cooking school. After seeing all the local produce, meats and fish we headed on the school where we went out back to the fields and picked herbs and vegetables for our menu. The tables were set for us to embark on the preparations of four delicious courses. It was outstanding! Highly recommend Lin and this tour!

Really nice time.

Ralph_W, Jan 2019

Amazing and highly recommended ! On...

Samira R, Nov 2017

Amazing and highly recommended ! On time pick up , clean car, good English ! Cshee the chef was amazing and made it a fun educational experience !

An exhilarating educational...

rose l, Jan 2017

An exhilarating educational experience. Well organised and pzrofessional. Our chef Mi was extremely knowledgeable and had a wonderful sense of humour. The food was delicious. Would love to go back again. Rose

This was a great and fun experience...

Christopher D, Jan 2017

This was a great and fun experience cooking genuine healthy Vietnamese food. The location its out of town on a quiet small family farm. The chef was entertaining, helpful, patient and knowledgable. You prepared more food than you could realistically eat. Worth every dollar.

For me this was one of the best...

Godfrey S, Nov 2016

For me this was one of the best things since sliced bread. Anyone at all interested in Vietnamese cooking should go. Well run, lovely people and you get to eat all that you have cooked, and believe me, it was gorgeous. Bucket list, plus loads of on line recipes.

Everything was as advertised...

roman r, Feb 2016

Everything was as advertised , wonderful experience - food will change my life , more flavor ,l ess butter. roman reese @Nashville Beach

excellent. We toured the local market...

Jay C, Nov 2015

excellent. We toured the local market and then picked produce at their own organic farm. Then we cooked the food. the chef had great recipes and also taught us how to properly balance the flavors. i would suggest booking the tunnels the same day because they are close to each other and a long drive from the city.

Super doswiadczenie.

Katarzyna, Feb 2020

Kurs super. Szef bardzo sympatyczny, bylo wesolo, mozna sie duzo nauczyc, wszystkie potrawy z menu gotowalismy sami pod okiem Szefa. Smakowaly wspaniale. Super doswiadczenie trzeba tylko znac angielski albo miec kpgos kto bedzie tlumaczyl. Polecam serdecznie.