Ho Chi Minh City

15 Best Saigon Cooking Classes

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.

1.Cai Be Mekong Delta Tour: Cooking Class, Cycling & Craft Villages

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★ 5.0

“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,…”

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2.Mekong Delta Day Trip: Explore Cycling & Cooking Classes at Farm

Discover the authentic Mekong Delta with this full-day tour featuring cycling, cooking classes, boat rides, and local village visits, all for around $30.

★ 5.0

“Our guide, Harry, was very good; had good english, gave a lot of info and happily provided more info when asked. Although the description on Viator is confusing, we did nearly everything that was mentioned; tasted honey, hold a pythoRead more”

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3.Chef Vu Cooking Class Plus Market Trip in Saigon Center (Pick up by Cyclo)

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.

★ 5.0

“Chef Vu’s class was fun. Learnt some interesting techniques and food. Especially enjoyed the pork ribs, the other items we learnt were also so much fun and interesting. Also learnt knife skills and learnt some food decoration skills”

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5.Immersive Cooking Class & Wet Market Tour – Chef Led w/ Private Cook Stations

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.

★ 5.0

“Our particular booking of this class was overly full so it was difficult to make the dishes in the expected time frame but our Chef persevered and we made and ate delicious food. He even went out of his way to adjust his recipes to…”

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7.Small-group 2-Day Mekong Delta: Floating market, Cooking Class…

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.

★ 5.0

“Déçu par ce programme ne représentant pas l authenticité du Vietnam Sue des arrêts dans des fabriques ou boutiques à but commercial Le marché est quasiment inexistant, rien à voir avec les photos sur internet Séjour chez l habitant : des Read more”

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8.Authentic Vietnamese Cooking Class with Market Visit in HCMc

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.

★ 5.0

“Daisy was a great host and I had such a lovely morning walking around the local markets and learning to cook authentic Vietnamese food. I ended up having a private class as I was the only one who had booked so got some great 1…”

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9.Cooking Class with Ben Thanh Market visit

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.

★ 4.9

“This was a really well paced cookery experience. We made 3 dishes all of them fantastic and so tasty. Dishes we will be able to make at home. Would definitely recommend.”

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10.Experience half-day cooking class with market visit

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.

★ 5.0

“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”

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11.Farm-To-Table Healthy Cooking Class in Ho Chi Minh City

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.

★ 5.0

“One of the best parts of my trip to Vietnam with my nanna, they were very hospitable and taught us a lot about Vietnamese cuisine. 110 recommend from my nanna who is 83 and myself 23”

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12.Vietnamese Cooking Class and Cu Chi Tunnels Tour from Ho Chi Minh City

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.

★ 5.0

“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”

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13.1 hour Egg Coffee Cooking Class with Snack and Local Instructor

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.

★ 5.0

“Avo was great! She was a new teacher and helped me create my creation 1:1 since I was the only one that booked the class! Snacks provided and I also bought a glass of wine. Everyone was very nice!”

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14.Unique farm to Table cooking class in Saigon

Experience authentic Vietnamese cuisine with this farm-to-table cooking class in Saigon, including farm tour, cooking four dishes, and local insights.

★ 5.0

“This experience is a must for visitors to Saigon. Everything was wonderful from hotel pick up, walk through the farm, the actual cooking experience to hotel drop off. Highly recommend and many thanks to Linh and Tan for a wonderful day.”

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15.Unique Farm to Table Cooking Class with Top Chef in Vietnam

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.

★ 5.0

“I had a great time with our guide Alice! She was really kind and knowledgeable and answered any questions we had. I am usually more of a wanderer when I travel, and I don’t often book activities. I wasn’t sure how the cooking class would…”

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More Saigon Cooking Classes

5.0Vietnam Flavour Cooking Class: From Garden Trails to Coffee Tales$45.00 5.0M.O.M Cooking Class in Saigon$32.00 4.8Farm-To-Table Healthy Cooking Class: Half-Day Tour$70 5.0Top Home Cooking Class with a River View AC Kitchen$41.55 5.0Immersive Cooking Class with local Chefs in HCMC$30.00 5.0Explore Vietnamese Cuisine: Cooking Class from Ho Chi Minh City$70.00 4.5Cai Be Vinh Long & Cooking Class 1 Day Private Tour$158 5.0Top Home Cooking Class with Stunning River View AC Kitchen$38 5.0Vietnamese Homestyle Cooking Class in Ho Chi Minh City$38.63 4.9Ho Chi Minh: Local Cooking Class At Auntie’s Home$56 5.0Private Cooking Class & Saigon Local Daily Life by Alleys$59.00 5.0Small-group Cooking Class with Market visiting (4-5 hours)$60.00 4.6Full-Day Farming & Cooking class at Agricultural Village$70 5.0Ho Chi Minh City Full-Day Farm trip with Healthy Cooking Class$73.00 5.0HCMc:Vietnamese Cooking Class with Local market tour & Meal$48 5.0PRIVATE LUXURY Mekong 1 Day with Biking, Fishing, Cooking Class & BBQ LUNCH$119.00 5.0Private Tour – Mekong Delta ‘My Tho’ with Cooking Class 1 Day$110.00 5.0Authentic Vietnamese Cooking Class in Ho Chi Minh City$110.03 5.0Market to Farm to Table Cooking Class in saigon$70.00 5.0Ho Chi Minh City Cooking Class in Local’s Home$55.00 5.0FULL Day – CAI RANG FLOATING MARKET, COOKING CLASS AND EXPLORE THE COUNTRYSIDE$119.00 5.0Mama Lan’s Home Cooking Class with 30+ Years of Experience$42 5.0HCMc:Authentic Vietnam Cooking Class with local market visit$45 5.0Ho Chi Minh City Full-Day Cooking Class with City Tour$90.00