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

“Although this was a guided tour, with Abe, there were so many people along the way who helped make the trip memorable. It was a pleasure to see families at work in their businesses, to see how local food was made. At lunchtime, Read more”

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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

“Everything was smooth. Tour guide ( Dennis ) was excellent. Pick up on time. Booking via Viator was very efficient. Suggest provide 1 - 2 bottle mineral water for everyone. Thanks Viator. Thanks Dennis”

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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

“Really well set up and fun. The chef had a great sense of humor and teased us in a loving way as we tried to make Vietnamese dishes. The market tour was pretty interesting, although in the afternoon you will not see the butchers, as…”

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6.From Ho Chi Minh: Mekong Delta Tour with Cooking Class

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.

★ 4.7

“This day tour around the Mekong delta is well worth doing to get an impression of this huge waterway system and to see how the local people live in this part of the world. The trip was well organized and includes many various activities. I…”

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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

“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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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

“Good instruction and food was excellent. Description says hotel pick- up and confirmation said so as well, but none was provided.”

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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

“Alice was an amazing tour guide! She was very knowledgeable about Vietnamese history and agriculture. She was friendly and answered our million questions. She was delightful to cook with and made the day a very fun and educational experience!”

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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 cooking school was fantastic and very tasty. The chef was entertaining. The tunnels were amazing. The young guide knew her stuff and answered all our questions. Highly recommended.”

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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

“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