The 9 Best Cooking Classes Worldwide

1.White Lotus Thai Cooking Class with Market Tour

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 285 reviews · 3h 30m · from $35Our pick

Meet your English-speaking instructor at White Lotus Thai Cooking School above Bangkok’s Paak Klong Talad market. Visit the flower and produce markets, taste unfamiliar ingredients, make fresh coconut milk, and cook Tom Yam Goong, Pad Thai, Som Tam, and Mango Sticky Rice in a small, welcoming class.

“This experience was incredible! Our teacher Jeab was very kind and informative. Her English was fantastic and she taught us a lot about the Thai food, culture and language. The market tour at the start was very interesting and gave great context for our cooking experience. The food was all very fresh and delicious and the kitchen was very clean. Highly recommend!”

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2.Zimbali Mountain Cooking Studio

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 58 reviews · from $113

Travel about 30 minutes from Negril to Zimbali Mountain Cooking Studio for a farm walk, welcome drink, Jamaican cooking demonstration, and four- to five-course dinner. Chef Alicia leads the kitchen presentation, with fish, shrimp, chicken, vegetarian, vegan, and gluten-free choices available.

“The food was amazing! Fresh and delicious. The property was stunning with many carvings and great views.”

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3.White Lotus Thai Cooking Class in Bangkok

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 31 reviews · from $35

Spend 3.5 hours with White Lotus Thai Cooking Class, touring Pak Khlong Talat Flower Market, preparing Tom Yum Goong, Pad Thai, Som Tam, and Mango Sticky Rice, then folding a white lotus. Instructors such as Jeab and Jenny offer hands-on guidance, recipes, photos, and a certificate.

“We had an amazing time at the cooking class. They taught everything in detail and all the dishes we cooked were easy to follow and tasted restaurant quality. would highly recommend this class.”

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4.Market Tour, Cooking Class & Lunch with Chef in Lyon Studio

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 24 reviews · 4 hours (approx.) · from $371

Chef Thierry leads a small-group morning at Lyon’s Saint Antoine Market, where you help choose fresh ingredients before cooking quiche, chicken, praline dessert, and more in his 15th-century atelier. The four-hour English-language class ends with lunch and accommodates no more than six people.

“Chef Thierry’s vast teaching experience really shows in this class as you make an appetizer, soup, entree and dessert along with a visit first the Saint Antoine market. Awesome experience and highly recommended.”

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5.Cooking Lesson & Cocktails on the Beach

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 21 reviews · 4 hours 30 minutes (approx.) · from $222

Spend about 4.5 hours learning Santorinian recipes with Chef Chris, including fava, tomato fritters, salad, and pork in Vinsanto sauce. Your small group cooks and eats at Artemis Karamolegos Winery, then rides to Perissa Black Sand Beach for a cocktail and fruit salad. Vegetarian dishes are available on request.

“The shuttle driver was on time and friendly. The location is stunningly beautiful. It was just the four of us, so we could relax and go at our own pace. The food was delicious, not complicated do we could make this again. The kids said it was the perfect was day of our vacation before heading home.”

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6.Original Sound of Music Tour & Edelweiss Cooking Class

★★★★★★★★★★4.8 · 15 reviews · 6 hours · from $170

Spend four hours with an English-speaking guide visiting Salzburg film sites, Leopoldskron, Lake Wolfgang, and Mondsee’s wedding chapel. After a 10-minute walk, spend 1.5 hours baking apple strudel, Salzburger Nockerl, or seasonal cookies, with goulash soup included.

“The cooking class was perfect combination to the bus tour”

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7.Sound of Music Tour with Edelweiss Cooking Class in Salzburg

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 15 reviews · 6 hours (approx.) · from $174

Spend six hours touring Salzburg’s Sound of Music locations with a live guide, then walk to an Edelweiss cooking class. Expect Mirabell Gardens, Leopoldskron, Hellbrunn’s gazebo, Mondsee Basilica, group singing, goulash soup, and hands-on apple strudel making. Guides have included Jose, Kylie, Simon, and Chef Analena.

“We thoroughly enjoyed our tour. From singing the songs as we drove around Salzburg and into the Mountains, touring the filming spots our guide and driver we’re fabulous. The cooking class in the afternoon was its own special highlight for our family. Plenty to eat from the prepared beef goulash to the strudel we prepared ourselves guided by Chef Analena.”

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8.Lean cooking in A Thai atmosphere with Cookventure Home Cooking Studio

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 8 reviews · from $37

Apple, the owner and chef of Cookventure Home Cooking Studio, takes you from your Chiang Mai hotel to a local market, then into her Lanna-style home studio. You will choose and cook five Thai dishes, eat in a garden or traditional dining room, and leave with 24 recipes.

“Apple is a PRO!! While every element of this morning was so well-thought out and organized, there were still plenty of moments of spontaneity and personalization - a breath of fresh air from other, more scripted cooking classes I've done. Read more”

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9.Learn Sushi at cooking studio with 20 years history

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 3 reviews · 2 hours · from $96

Spend two hours in a small Kyoto kitchen studio learning sushi from a teacher with 20 years of cooking-class experience. Choose nigiri or chirashi sushi, taste dashi, watch dashimaki being made, and prepare a meal with namafu dengaku, dashi soup, and mitarashi dumplings.

“fantastic experience, lady was so nice. very informative on how sushi is made and so much food 😋 definitely recommend this xx”

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