The 15 Best Cooking Classes in Ho Chi Minh City

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

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 1,881 reviews · from $39Our pick

Review of the Cai Be Mekong Delta tour from Ho Chi Minh City, with cooking, cycling, craft villages, boat rides, and practical booking advice.

“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 more”

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

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 477 reviews · from $46

Learn Vietnamese cooking at Ben Thanh Market with Chef Vu’s team, including a cyclo ride, market shopping, hands-on recipes, lunch, and egg coffee.

“Wanting to know more about how to cook my fav Vietnamese dishes, we had high hopes for this cooking class. We were lucky enough to be the only ones booked on this tour so we got a one on one class. Chef Vu was explained the maRead more”

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3.Immersive Cooking Class & Wet Market Tour by Local Chef +Cookbook

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 367 reviews · from $49

Shop Ben Thanh Market, cook Vietnamese classics at your own station, eat what you make, and take home a 25-plus-recipe cookbook.

“Hi, Really unhappy with an experience I had today. It was over £50 for a cooking class in Vietnam. We were promised a cocktail on arrival, which was never given. The "market tour" wasn't actually a tour, but the seller taking us to market shops owned by their friends who pressured you into purchasing items waaaaay above market value. The first 20 mins of the cooking class was one person making a sauce for all the people, so we sat there bored. The girl next to me actually started watching YouTube. The whole thing felt very disorganised, no one was really checking what you were doing so felt like you…”

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

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 194 reviews · from $170

Explore the Mekong Delta on a 2-day small-group tour with Cai Rang Floating Market, cooking, boats, local meals, and a homestay.

“excellent all round. activities and quality of accommodation and food and guide. no bad parts. 2 days is plenty”

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5.Authentic Vietnamese Cooking Class with Market Visit in HCMc

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 182 reviews · from $45

Cook three Vietnamese dishes, shop Ben Thanh Market, and enjoy your meal with friendly guides in a relaxed 3.5-hour Ho Chi Minh City class.

“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 🤣😉. Thank you”

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6.Experience half-day cooking class with market visit

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 92 reviews · from $42

Learn Vietnamese cooking across north, central, and southern styles, visit Ben Thanh Market, and enjoy a meal you prepare in Ho Chi Minh City.

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

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 79 reviews · from $67

Trade Ho Chi Minh City traffic for an organic farm, pick fresh ingredients, cook four Vietnamese dishes, and eat the results with a chef.

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

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 77 reviews · from $81

Cook four Vietnamese dishes, visit an organic farm and rubber plantation, then explore the Cu Chi Tunnels on a full-day trip from Ho Chi Minh City.

“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 garden and picked fresh vegetRead more”

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9.1 hour Egg Coffee Cooking Class with Snack and Local Instructor

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 72 reviews · from $15Best value

Make Vietnamese egg coffee in a small Ho Chi Minh City class with local guidance, snacks, coffee culture, and a flexible sweet level.

“Nice intimate experience learning how to understand to make egg coffee which I Now understand is more like a creme brulee or custard filling for the coffee”

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10.Unique farm to Table cooking class in Saigon

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 69 reviews · from $67

Pick herbs at a Saigon organic farm, then cook four Vietnamese dishes with a chef in this hands-on, hotel-to-hotel class.

“So happy we chose this cooking class, the tour around the local farm to collect our herbs and vegetation was great and the instructions while cooking was easy to copy. Enjoyed every dish made and was given recipes to take home.”

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

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 64 reviews · from $67

Spend a day at a Cu Chi organic farm, gather ingredients, and learn practical Vietnamese cooking with Chef Tan for $67.

“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 in tRead more”

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12.M.O.M Cooking Class in Saigon

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 53 reviews · from $32

Learn Vietnamese cooking at M.O.M Cooking Class in Saigon, with a market visit, hands-on dishes, recipes, tea, dessert, and a certificate.

“We had a wonderful experience. We met at the market and then went to a beautiful studio to create the dishes. Made lots of delicious dishes!”

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13.Top-rated Home Cooking Class with a River View AC Kitchen

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 41 reviews · from $41

Cook three Vietnamese dishes in Lua’s river-view home kitchen, with fresh ingredients, flexible menus, and a small group of up to eight.

“A wonderful and an interesting cooking experience, chef is humorous and funny also a very cool woman.the food is also great ;)”

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14.Cooking Class: 3 Course Traditional Meal by local Chef HCM

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 41 reviews · from $30

Learn to make three classic Vietnamese dishes in a hands-on Ho Chi Minh City cooking class with a local chef, ingredients, and recipes included.

“excellent cooking class with friendly, knowledeable instructor. got to learn how to make some yummy vietnamese dishes. excited to have received a cookbook so that i can try some dishes at home.”

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15.Explore Vietnamese Cuisine: Cooking Class from Ho Chi Minh City

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 40 reviews · from $70

Learn Vietnamese cooking from market to farm with a private chef, hands-on recipes, lunch, hotel transfers, and a full day of food discovery.

“Excellent experience. We were met by Lin, our chef & guide at our door, soon after the driver picked us all up and we headed in an ample vehicle to a local market outside the city not far from the cooking school. After seeing all the local prRead more”

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