Ho Chi Minh City
The Saigon cooking classes ranked: wet-market shopping with the chef, cyclo pickups to the kitchen and private cook stations where your pho broth is your own problem. The cookbook some classes send home is the real souvenir.
Discover the authentic Mekong Delta with a full-day tour featuring cooking classes, cycling, craft villages, and scenic boat rides—all for just $39.
Most Popular“I had Mark as my tour guide and he was incredible. He had a great attitude towards his work and came off as genuinely interested in what he was showing and ensuring his guests had the best time. The tour itinerary itself was also great,…”
Discover the authentic Mekong Delta with this full-day tour featuring cycling, cooking classes, boat rides, and local village visits, all for around $30.
“The bike ride & cooking was fun, bit sad that they still have Rooster fighting. Be prepared for a 3 hr round trip in the bus”
Join Chef Vu in Ho Chi Minh City for a hands-on Vietnamese cooking class with market tour, cyclo ride, and delicious food for an authentic experience.
“Chef Vu makes the whole learning experience very fun. Getting the Cyclo ride, going through the market, learning to cook the menu, and then eating what you made......what's not to like? We are from the States but the others in the class were from Australia,…”
Experience Vietnam's culinary heritage with a guided market tour and hands-on cooking class for authentic dishes, recipes, and cultural insights.
Discover authentic Vietnamese cuisine with a chef-led cooking class and wet market tour in Ho Chi Minh City. Learn, taste, and take home new skills.
“After cooking your own three dishes, be prepared to enjoy your dishes, in addition to dessert and ice water to rinse it down. The class was vibrant with lots of tourists wanting to learn how to cook dishes of Vietnam. It included a good amoRead…”
Explore Vietnam’s Mekong Delta on a full-day tour from Ho Chi Minh. Enjoy boat rides, a cooking class, biking, kayaking, and authentic local sights.
“We had an amzazing day with our guide Huong! She really kept it fun and joyful. It is a very full day of many activities like boat rides, kajaking, cycling, listening to traditional music, seeing how coconut products are prepared and a little bit of…”
Discover the Mekong Delta with this 2-day small-group tour offering floating markets, home-cooked meals, and authentic village life—all from Ho Chi Minh City.
“excellent all round. activities and quality of accommodation and food and guide. no bad parts. 2 days is plenty”
Discover authentic Vietnamese flavors with a hands-on cooking class in Ho Chi Minh City, including market visits and guided cooking, for a true local experience.
“A great morning of visiting the market before ‘helping’ to cook a delicious 3- course meal. The ingredients were top notch and so fresh. Very well presented and hosted by a really friendly crew. We’ll see if we can replicate it back home now 🤣😉.…”
Experience authentic Vietnamese cuisine with a guided market tour and hands-on cooking class in Ho Chi Minh City. Learn, cook, and enjoy for $45.
“Perfect cooking class experience in Saigon. Very professional chef and lovely interiors in the HQ. Everything was complete and Chef Ly spoke exceptional English. Save room for a surprise dessert!”
Discover Vietnam’s diverse flavors with this half-day cooking class in Ho Chi Minh City, combining market visits, regional dishes, and fruit carving techniques.
“Very nice half day to learn how to cook some local dished. Unfortunately,the market travel was canceled and I was the only one on the course due to the coronavirus breakout ,but they still continue my class. The cooking room is very clean Read more”
Join a farm-to-table cooking class in Ho Chi Minh City, work with a master chef, and learn to make healthy Vietnamese dishes in an organic farm setting.
“I had a great time in this class! Daisy was a great instructor who provided a lot of information to help me understand the why and what behind Vietnamese cooking. The four dishes we made were delicious and the preparation and transition Read more”
Discover authentic Vietnamese cuisine and history on this tour from Ho Chi Minh City, featuring a cooking class, organic farm visit, and Cu Chi Tunnels exploration.
“The most memorable parts of the trip were meeting some of the local people, having Alice as a guide/chef, and seeing some different countryside. Also learning how to pick the right ingredients to go with the four courses that we cooked uRead more”
Join a hands-on 1-hour Vietnamese egg coffee class in Ho Chi Minh City. Learn to craft this unique drink, enjoy snacks, and get insider tips for authentic flavor.
“It’s great fun and a quick and easy experience in Ho Chi Mhin city. The team who looked after us spoke great English and made it good fun. The coffee itself is an “acquired taste” but don’t let that put you off!”
Experience authentic Vietnamese cuisine with this farm-to-table cooking class in Saigon, including farm tour, cooking four dishes, and local insights.
“I wanted something beyond the typical tourist experience since this was not my first time to visit Ho Chi Minh. The cooking class and preceding tour of the garden to pick supplies to use in our meals was wonderful. IMore food than we could eat…”
Discover authentic Vietnamese cuisine through a hands-on farm-to-table cooking class with a top chef, set in a scenic organic farm near Ho Chi Minh City.
“I took a vegan Vietnamese cooking class in Ho Chi Minh City with Alice, and it was excellent. Alice is a genuinely strong teacher, especially in how she helps you remember things. When we made sauces, she used simple analogies and memory shortcuts to lock…”
Wartime tunnels, Mekong sampans and dinner from the back of a motorbike.