Singapore Wet Market Visit & Hands-On Cooking Class
Recommended by 99% of travelers
Singapore
- 3 hours (approx.)
- Group discounts
- Mobile ticket
- Offered in: English
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Overview
Learn to cook like a local with this small-group cooking class with market visit in Singapore. Start the morning with a visit to a local wet market to learn about different ingredients and enjoy breakfast at a local coffee shop, where you will also learn how to order coffee. Learn different cooking techniques and how to make several authentic local dishes from scratch, along with insights on Singaporean history and culture.
- Hosts are licensed guides and experienced chefs
- Prepare and enjoy several different local dishes
- Includes breakfast at a local coffee shop at the wet market
- Class size limited to 10 for more personalized attention
Sample Menu
Starter
Ngo Hiang
(Wed, Fri, Sat) Ngoh Hiang is the Singaporean version of Five-spice minced meat rolls wrapped in beancurd skin and fried until crisp.
Main
Hainanese Chicken Rice
(Wed, Fri, Sun) Hainanese Chicken Rice, one of Singapore's most favourite local dishes, consists of tender poached chicken & aromatic rice.
Dessert
Kueh Dadar
(Wed, Fri, Sun) Pandan crepes filled with grated coconut cooked in gula melaka palm sugar.
Starter
Vegetarian Spring Roll
(Tue, Thu, Sat) Crispy spring rolls filled with shredded vegetables and fried until golden brown.
Main
Hokkien Prawn Noodles (aka Singapore Noodles)
(Tue, Thu, Sat) A popular Singaporean dish made with a mix of yellow noodles and seafood, simmered in rich seafood broth.
Dessert
Ondeh Ondeh
(Tue, Thu, Sat) Traditional dessert made from Pandan glutinous rice balls filled with melted gula melaka and coated in grated coconut.
What's Included
- Bottled water
- Guided wet market visit with licensed tour guide.
- Simple local breakfast at a neighbourhood coffee shop
- All ingredients and cooking equipment
- Hands-on cooking class with experienced local chef
- Meal of the dishes prepared during class
- Digital recipes after the class
- Gratuities
- Transportation to & from meeting point
Meeting and Pickup
Meeting point
- Let's Go Cook Singapore!Crawford Ln, #01-57 Block 462, Singapore 190462
Located on the ground floor of Block 462 Crawford Lane, #01-57, at the junction of Jalan Sultan & North Bridge Road. Find us on Google Maps by searching Let’s Go Tour Singapore. Please arrive on time.
End point
This activity ends back at the meeting point.Start time.9:00 am
What To Expect
Additional Info
- Confirmation will be received within 48 hours of booking, subject to availability
- Wheelchair accessible
- Stroller accessible
- Near public transportation
- This tour/activity will have a maximum of 10 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
I took this class with my 13yo son, who loves to cook, and we had a great time cooking and then eating our creations. It was quite a long class that included the wet market tour, cooking, and then eating, and chef Denise was awesome! She was very knowledgeable and we learned so much. Everyone kind of hung out at the end and no one was in a rush to leave, we had such a good time and the food (Hainan Chicken, Ngo Hiang) we had made was so delicious.
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Colin was a great tour guide, chef and teacher.
We enjoyed visiting the wet market seeing the vendors: vegetables, meat and fish, especially the stingray. We also enjoyed our breakfast and coffee. Colin continues to impress and teach us about cooking some wonderful dishes. We learn so much and would recommend this tour.
What a wonderful experience with Chef Colin - we very much enjoyed our walk around the wet market & local information - the interactive cooking with meal prep made the meal afterwards really memorable
Response from Host, Jun 2026
Thank you for your lovely review!
We're delighted to hear that you enjoyed exploring the wet market with Chef Colin and learning more about Singapore's local food culture. The market visit, hands-on cooking, and shared meal are designed to give guests an authentic and memorable experience, so we're glad it made such a positive impression.
We'll be sure to pass your kind words on to Chef Colin. Thank you for joining us, and we hope to welcome you back for another Singapore food experience in the future.
It was a fun, interesting and tasty experience! Enjoyed the wet market and now know why it is called that!
Response from Host, May 2026
Thank you for your lovely review! We’re glad you found the experience fun, interesting, and tasty.
The wet market visit is always a great way to understand Singapore’s food culture from the ingredients up — and we’re happy you now know why it’s called a “wet” market!
I took this class with my 13yo son, who loves to cook, and we had a great time cooking and then eating our creations. It was quite a long class that included the wet market tour, cooking, and then eating, and chef Denise was awesome! She was very knowledgeable and we learned so much. Everyone kind of hung out at the end and no one was in a rush to leave, we had such a good time and the food (Hainan Chicken, Ngo Hiang) we had made was so delicious.
Response from Host, May 2026
Thank you for such a lovely and detailed review! We’re so happy to hear that you and your 13-year-old son had such a great time cooking, eating, and enjoying the full experience together.
It’s wonderful that the wet market tour, hands-on cooking, and meal afterwards all made the class feel meaningful and relaxed. Chef Denise will be delighted to know that her knowledge and guidance made the session so enjoyable for both of you.
We also love hearing that everyone stayed around at the end — that’s always a good sign of a truly enjoyable class! Thank you again for joining us, and we’re glad the Hainan Chicken and Ngo Hiang were delicious.
This was a great experience, and we enjoyed our time with Chef Colin. He provided step by step instructions for cooking traditional Singaporean dished - Hainanese chicken rice, Ngoh Hiang (large fried chicken roll) and Kueh Dadar (dessert). My only disappointment was that I expected this to be a class for 10 individuals and it was a class for 14. I found on occasion that Chef Colin had some difficulty managing this size of a class but overall, we all enjoyed our experience.
Response from Host, May 2026
Thank you for your honest and thoughtful review. We’re glad to hear that you enjoyed the experience with Chef Colin and appreciated the step-by-step guidance in preparing traditional Singaporean dishes like Hainanese Chicken Rice, Ngoh Hiang, and Kueh Dadar.
We also appreciate your feedback on the class size. We understand that a larger group can affect the level of personal attention, and this is something we will take seriously as we continue improving the experience.
Thank you again for joining us. We’re happy that, overall, you still enjoyed the class and the time spent cooking together.
We had a fabulous experience and really enjoyed the chef Vivian!! She was great and the food we made was delicious!! We appreciate the experience and had a great time!!
Response from Host, Jun 2026
Thank you for your wonderful review!
We're delighted to hear that you had such a fabulous experience. Vivian will be thrilled to know that you enjoyed her company, the cooking session, and of course the delicious dishes you prepared together.
Thank you for joining us. We're glad we could help you experience Singapore through its food, culture, and flavours while creating some wonderful memories along the way.
Denise was a skilled chef and excellent teacher as well as an informative guide on our walking tour of the wet market and surrounding community
Response from Host, Jun 2026
Thank you for your wonderful review!
We're delighted to hear that you enjoyed both the wet market visit and the cooking class. Denise will be thrilled to hear your kind words about her teaching, culinary skills, and the insights she shared about the local community.
We're glad we could help you experience Singapore through its food, culture, and everyday life while creating some memorable experiences along the way.
Informative and hands on experience led by friendly and knowledgeable chef. We enjoyed our coffee and walkthrough at the market as well as techniques for making several Asian dishes, including dessert. We appreciate your help, Colin and will be sure to stir fry garlic the right way from now on!
Response from Host, Jun 2026
Thank you for your wonderful review!
We're delighted to hear that the experience exceeded your expectations. From the wet market visit and local coffee to the hands-on cooking session, we're glad you enjoyed learning about Singapore's food culture and culinary techniques.
Colin will be thrilled to hear your kind words. And yes—stir-frying garlic the right way can make all the difference! We're happy that you'll be taking some of those tips home with you.
Thank you for joining us, and we're glad we could help create some memorable culinary experiences while sharing the flavours and traditions of Singapore.
I think our leader,Vivian, did the best she could with what she had to work with, but the market experience was underwhelming and quite disappointing. Many vendors not open and mostly an elderly neighborhood. While the specific vendors we stopped at for a chat were engaging, most of the market was quiet and unengaging. So the market experience was definitely not satisfactory.
Vivian was enthusiastic and a good teacher but the food prep and cooking took way too long. I think she tried to plan the perfect meal and it ended up taking too long for my friend and me. And while it was interesting learning how to prep and cook, the end result was rather bland and didn’t have a lot of taste.
The food prep and cooking areas were in the back room of a bicycle tour shop so didn’t lend itself to a special environment for this experience. Stools were in short supply so after standing for an hour and a half prepping and cooking, I was pretty exhausted.
I appreciate Vivian’s efforts and sincerity in trying to provide a meaningful experience. She just didn’t have enough to work with in terms of the market and culinary environments.
Fantastic experience! We thoroughly enjoyed the history lesson told through food. The instruction was great, the markets were interesting, very friendly, and highly recommend. We will probably do it again next time we are in Singapore!
Lovely experience! Honestly I tried chicken and rice at a hawker and the chatterbox and I couldn't understand the hype behind it until this one. The rices, chicken and sauce we made are so flavorful! I can't wait to take the recipe back to the US and cook it for my toddler! It was also really nice to see everyday Singaporeans away from the glitz
We had a nice wet market tour and the opportunity to have toast for breakfast. We tried some snacks at the local food market. We made four dishes including shrimp rolls, chicken, rice and a dessert. Our our guide was very nice, and knowledgeable.
We all thoroughly enjoyed this experience. Vivian was so knowledgable, but also such a warm, friendly person. The visit to the local wet-market was an excellent way to start, and very informative. Then we all took part in the cooking processes, and, of course the eating! Delicious!
Vidhya was an excellent guide. She was very informative about the local culture with her depth of knowledge and her cooking skills were amazing.
The location is shared with a bicycle rental store, its dirty and very cluttered totally unhygienic for cooking and way too small , toilet facilities were poor also
Our chef, Collin, met us at the cooking school on time at 9am. We had a group of 4 (and 2 other couples) We immediately left for the wet market to shop fresh ingredients. We learned about the importance of choosing the right ingredients. I loved the individualized attention. We made 3 different dishes. All of which were fantastic, even for us first-timers. Thank you Collin for the wonderful experience!
My wife and I were traveling through Singapore on our honeymoon and this was such a great way to start one of our days here. Denise was so nice and gave us a great background on the history of Singapore, its people and these traditional dishes. The cooking class was so fun and we had a blast walking through the wet market learning about the food and culture. Highly recommend!
A great cooking class that gives you a perspective on Singapore, its culture, and food. The host was fantastic and the food amazing!
I’d say my only issue was that the food cooked was different than what was listed on Viator, but it was so good that it didn’t matter. Also, Viator doesn’t list the amount of time this class lasts, so we couldn’t plan anything after it. It took about 3.5 hours.
Colin the guide and chef was excellent and the trip was excellent all round 5 star
we were the only couple that was not from Singapore which was a bit strange
We loved this cooking class! It was so fun. Our instructor, Denise was AMAZING. The wet market tour was very educational and eye opening into the life of the Singaporean. She taught us how to order coffee (Singaporean style) and had us order it ourselves! We learned how to make multiple dishes and learned about local ingredients. The food turned out amazing (too much for us to finish ourselves!) and we ended up subsequently ordering these dishes at various spots throughout our trip:) This is a fun and educational class for all levels! Great cultural immersion. Highly highly recommend.
The food turned out great, even though Im not that great of a cook! The wet market tour was fun and informative.
We really enjoyed Collin's market tour and cooking class. We learned so much about different foods in Singapore on the market tour. In the cooking class he gave us detailed explanations about why certain foods were cooked using a certain method. We were also introduced to ingredients that we had never had before! The meal was delicious and we look forward to trying them at home! In addition, he gave us suggestions for things to do in Singapore, as well as foods to try!
Everything was done very well from the authentic breakfast to the market to the classroom. We got a real taste of local culture and enjoyed preparing the delicious meal. Colin was superb: excellent English and very personable. We loved our day.
Denise was a warm and welcoming host with lots of interesting history and information about Singapore and its food. We particularly loved the wet market visit and the menu itself was delicious
My daughter and I learned a lot from Chef Colin Goh during the market tour. The cooking class however needs to improve: (1) Provide Recipe; (2) Take into consideration the guests' preferences like I'm allergic to seafoods and I want to cook Hainanese Chicken Rice - that I wrote or informed the operator beforehand, and yet on the menu that day was Prawns; (3) Chef Colin was not able to give enough assistance or directions that most of what we did turned out not good. I took a lot of cooking classes around the world and most through Viator and it is the 1st time that I was disappointed with the finished products. That this happened in Singapore was a surprise. I thought everything in this country was amazing.
It was really a fun morning and also educational. The food was yummy also! Denise was a great guide.
The wet market tour was interesting,
We didn’t and haven’t received the recipes for what we cooked. I would have thought they would be handed out in the class.
There was no refreshments til our lunch, there could have been water offers during the 3hrs.
Colin was very informative and a great demonstrator
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