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

“There were only two of us with our driver and guide. The car and the driver were by far the best we have experienced in Vietnam. The guide spoke very good English, was extremely helpful and polite. He had a broad knowledge of history, cultRead…”

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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

“Unfortunately, on this particular occasion, the guide was not very knowledgeable or experienced and the overall tour experience was not as enjoyable as expected. We could however see first-hand the reality of the Mekong Delta and its sRead 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

“Our family had a wonderful time learning how to cook with Chef Vu! The excursion started out with a fun cyclo ride to Ben Thanh market. At our designated pickup time, we found four drivers (one for each of us) already waiting for us outsiRead…”

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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

“Titus has a wealth of experience and knowledge, and a cheerful, funny wit that makes the cooking session enjoyable in every way! Definitely recommended. Do note that the cooking booklet is actually quite nicely made, in both content and design, so it definitely gets a…”

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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

“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 🤣😉.…”

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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

“It was a great activity ! The market was cool. Our guide was speaking a very good English which made it nice for us to be led. Loved the products, we didn’t had the clichés to cook which was actually good. I loved that we…”

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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

“Travelling through different countries my wife and I have taken a few different cooking classes but this was by far the best one we have done. The market tour was excellent, and little extra personal touches makes this a must. Quite frankly it was an…”

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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

“My friend and I took the half day cooking class and Cu Chi Tunnels tour from Ho Chi Minh City. The van was on time picking us up from our hotel and took us to the cooking school. We went on a tour of the…”

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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

“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!”

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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

“It was so much fun! Tien gave us lots of cool facts about the leaves and ingredients we were picking, I don’t know anything about food and herbs and their benefits so it was great and she answered all our weird questions haha oh and…”

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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 went for the half day farm tour and cooking class because I was searching for a halal option on tiktok and this place popped up. Texted in WhatsApp to check their availability and confirmed my reservation. They don't ask initiate asking on what expectations…”

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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