Khmer Cooking Class Half Day (AM or PM)
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Phnom Penh, Cambodia
- 4 hours (approx.)
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Overview
Explore the Khmer cuisine of Cambodia in more depth and in a hands-on way with this private cooking class in Phnom Penh. Begin by visiting a market to experience local life and collect your fresh ingredients. In the kitchen follow your chef instructor as they take you through techniques and recipes of traditional Khmer dishes. Finish with a lunch or dinner made up of the food you created.
- Phnom Penh cooking class teaching several Khmer recipes
- Learn from a private instructor to get one-on-one help
- Dine on a meal of three traditional Cambodian dishes
- Take the recipes home as souvenirs to recreate the dishes in the future
Sample Menu
Starter
Fresh Vegetarian Spring Roll (V)
Main
Fish A Mok
Dessert
Banana Palm
What's Included
- Instructor
Meeting and Pickup
Meeting point
- Banana Cooking Class1, 4b Abdul Carime St. (21), Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Guest will meet at Banana Cooking Class and proceeding by Tuk Tuk to the local market where guest will be told and shown of Cambodian fruits, vegetables and spices.
End point
This activity ends back at the meeting point.What To Expect
Additional Info
- Confirmation will be received at time of booking
- Not wheelchair accessible
- Near public transportation
- Infant seats available
- This is a private tour/activity. Only your group will participate
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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
Aron_M
Fantastic afternoon shopping at the market and cooking a delicious Cambodian meal with Sophen. She is an entertaining, informative cooking expert! Thanks, Sophen!
Reviews
4.9
based on 360 reviews
Jayden_C, Feb 2026
Very cool little cooking class. The chef is friendly and very skilled, and was able to show us how to make some delicious meals. Highly recommended!
Aron_M, Feb 2026
Fantastic afternoon shopping at the market and cooking a delicious Cambodian meal with Sophen. She is an entertaining, informative cooking expert! Thanks, Sophen!
Bill_F, Jan 2026
This was a wonderful experience! Our chef, Lom Ang was a terrific host. She guided us through the market, explaining what traits she looks for in fresh food and herbs/spices. The food was delicious and so fresh. In particular, the yellow chicken curry was incredible!
Kate_M, Jan 2026
Enjoyed this cooking class with my 20-year-old son. The shopping and cooking were both a lot of fun and our food tasted great. Sophen was an excellent teacher and a lot of fun too!
Hancock_R, Nov 2025
An excellent experience - Lom Ang was so friendly and welcoming. I really enjoyed the market shopping and the curry was amazing!
Sean_L, Oct 2025
It was great fun. I went to the Market with Chef LomAng and bought all the ingredients from stalls, returning to the restaurant where tables wer laid out ready for us to cook. Everything was clear and explained very well. Cooked 3 lovely courses. A lovely experience.
Emma_B, Sep 2025
The class was great but I was the only person. The food was excellent. Since iw as alone, I asked if my driver could join me to dine but they said no. It would've been nice just to not eat alone and throw away half of the food.
michelle_c, Jul 2025
Great class, only the two of us. A quick visit to the local market to buy the produce and made a green mango salad, chicken curry and banana palm sugar dessert. The Chef and team were fantastic
steven_b, Apr 2025
Going to the market was a wonderful experience. We bought all our produce for the class and the food was excellently prepared. Our chef showed us how to prep all our veg and then how to cook our meal. Her English was understandable, for the most part.
Martin_M, Mar 2025
A fantastic experience - From buying the ingredients at a local market, preparing the dishes, and then eating what we cooked. This was a well organised event. To top it all, we were given the list of ingredients as well as the recipes, so that we can cook at home. A superb Cambodian culinary experience!!
Maddalena_Z, Feb 2025
The experience was amazing and the chefs super prepared! You should try once also because they give you the certificate!
TaraGeiger, Jan 2025
My friend and i had a great experience. We were taken to the market to help shop. Then the class was well organized and we made three dishes. They were delicious! I’d highly recommend this class
Patrick_R, Jan 2025
Going to the market to get all the ingredients was fun, cooking explained step by step tutor very friendly
ZoltanGabor_F, Jan 2025
Very nice experience. Starting with buying ingredients on the local market then cooking our own lunch. Finally taking our food to a table in the restaurant and everything together with our team members. Staff were very friendly and helpful ☺️
HuiLinEsther_N, Dec 2024
Really Fun, went to the market and received guidance on vegetables to buy. Accompanied to buy all ingredients to use, and possible substitutes in our own countries. Cooking class involved thr teacher's demonstration and having individual stoves and pots to cook our own portion. Really fun.
Jescinda_Y, Dec 2024
Took a tutu to Banana Kitchen. The chef greet n pass over the ingredients list n explained. We were then brought to Khumer local to shop for ingredients by tutu which included in the fee paid. Upon returned, the chef, explain ingredients required for each dish at a time, demo how to cut n participants will do like wise after she is done. Then the same is for cooking. She teaches all & we practice.
The fish A Mok is really gd, the banana dessert is a bit too sweet for me, but I guess we can cut the sugar. Gd hands on cooking experience. & u get to eat a fill meal of what u cooked.
Martin_H, Nov 2024
Great cookery class from start to finish everything is hands on even the buying of the ingredients from a local market. The chef was very good with clear instructions and help / guidance when needed. Highly recommended
timcrum68, Nov 2024
This was a great experience from start to finish. The experience is well organized. You start at the meeting where you are given a list of ingredients then shuttled to the local (BKK market) where you by your food items from a handful of stalls. (Don't worry, the process is overseen so if you need assistance, it's right there). After ingredients acquired its time to head back to the classroom to prep and cook your food. They guide you the entire time and can help you at any point. The best part - you eat your freshly prepared meal at the end. The meal is delicious! Well run. Great experience. I highly recommend.
Roslyn_P, Sep 2024
Highly Recommend. The cooking school was part of an amazing boutique hotel tucked away in a quiet street. When entering the premises, you were greeted by friendly staff and an amazing sense of tranquility, surrounded by lovely gardens. After our tuk-tuk ride to select our fresh ingredients and expert cooking class, I enjoyed a massage at their spa. Great experience and well worth it. They also have a great restaurant opposite, but I didn't have to the time to try.
Mamie_C, Aug 2024
It was a wonderful wonderful tasty experience! Chef Peark Lom Ang was a great teacher. She took us to the wet market to buy all of the fresh ingredients to make the meal. It was refreshing to see the actual market.
Then it was back to the Banana Cooking School to wash, peel and cook what we bought at the market. The kitchen in the school was beautiful, we cooked with relax music in the background with the chef and her staffs.
The instructions were really easy to follow and we ended up with a three course meal with fresh spring roll, chicken curry and banana dessert. My finished curry dish was the best I have ever eaten ( and I eat a lot of Asian food)!
It was an amazing experience and I highly recommend this fun activity. You won’t regret it!
Joy_N, Aug 2024
This was an amazing tour of the market and experience to make our own dishes, which tasted amazing despite that we were the chefs. It was fun and relaxing time, and the chef was very patient and showed us how to perform each step so that it was easy to follow along. HIghly recommend.
Marci_A, Aug 2024
Absolutely book this experience! Chef LomAng was an amazing teacher and the food was truly delicious. She showed us around the market and helped us pick out ingredients, and a full recipe for each dish was provided for us to take home with us as well. We made spring rolls, fish amok, and banana palm. We can’t wait to make these dishes for our friends and family when we get back to the US :) Thanks so much, Chef LomAng!!
Susan_D, May 2024
I am so glad that I took this cooking class. The instruction was very detailed and the food was fantastic. I would encourage anyone who is interested in cooking to take a class with Banana Cooking School.
Bindy_W, Apr 2024
Great fun and learnt how to cook my favourite Fish Amok, plus rice paper rolls and banana caramel. Chef Lom Ang from the Banana Cooking School is an excellent teacher. We shopped in the local market, which is always very colourful and full of interesting smells ( some not so good).
Then back at Le Rose to cook. I was lucky enough to have the morning session all to myself.
Thanks Lom Ang and your team at the Banana Cooking School.
Anne_E, Feb 2024
Our chef director was very good. Market shopping was interesting but the real treat was food preparation. All the staff helped us have a terrific experience. The food we prepared was delicious and plentiful. The accommodations for the entire affair was quite nice. We were a small group so it felt like we were treated even more special. Recommend experience.
Drina_J, Jan 2024
Wonderful experience in Phnom Penh and I highly recommend. Kitchen is set up in lovely clean boutique hotel facilitated and hosted by a professional team of staff.
Fun experience with local market visit for fresh produce and a delicious menu prepared to enjoy.
I also highly recommend booking into the hotel’s day spa, best massage in PP!
Peter_M, Jan 2024
What a great experience! I feel confident in buying from the markets now. Air conditioned, top class facilities, great recipes! My accomplice said the main course was the best he had eaten in the 10 days we’d been here (I agree).
Chef Lom Ang Peark was so good to work with. I’ve taken cooking classes in Vietnam, Thailand and Bali (Indonesia) and this one is right up with the best!
Sam_V, Jan 2024
Great experience. Especially if you have kids. The staff was great. Especially the head teacher (pictured here). Please take this trip. The visit to the market to pick the ingredients is also a nice experience. Very well planned
Blair_N, Nov 2023
The recipes were simple yet traditional Khymer. The instructor was experienced and very helpful. It was a bonus that the people we cooked with were interesting and fun!
Ted_W, Nov 2023
We started with a fun little tuk tuk ride to a _local_ market for some shopping. Then we got into prep and cooking. I received clear directions and the reasons for those directions. Although I cook a lot back home. I feel like the instructions were appropriate for inexperienced Cooks as well. I got a lot of great cultural context and conversation beyond just the recipes, which really made the class worthwhile for me.
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