10 Cooking Classes with a Market Tour in Ho Chi Minh City to Book First

1.Small-group Mekong Floating Market Day Trip from Ho Chi Minh City

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 886 reviews · from $92Our pick

Review of a full-day Mekong Delta trip from Ho Chi Minh City with boats, cycling, local food, workshops, and practical booking advice.

“Our tour guide Bevis was the highlight of the trip! He was very kind and informative answering all of our questions and sharing history of the Mekong delta and Saigon. We were pleasantly surprised that there were only three people on our Read 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

Review of Chef Vu’s Saigon cooking class, including cyclo pickup, Ben Thanh Market, hands-on recipes, egg coffee, price, and practical tips.

“It was a very good class! Chef Le was very informative, skilled, and funny. The pumpkin flower was my favorite dish. Overall highly recommended!”

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

★★★★★★★★★★4.8 · 426 reviews · from $33Best value

Learn Vietnamese cooking after a Ben Thanh Market tour, with a private station, shared meal, cocktail, and cookbook for $33.

“The lesson was fun. As was the tour around the market. The guide was very informative! After the food making class, we also joined their coffee making class that they also were hosting. That was very nice as well. Well worth the price.”

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

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

Review of Ho Chi Minh City’s market tour and Vietnamese cooking class, with practical details on dishes, value, group size, guides, and tips.

“Great cooking class. Chief had excellent English. We received a nice Vietnamese cookbook as a gift. I recommend the class.”

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

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

Review of a 2-day Mekong Delta tour from Ho Chi Minh City with Cai Rang market, homestay, cooking, boats, meals, and small groups.

“Stark was a great guide. accommodation, transport and organisation was well done. A good introduction to Mekong.”

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6.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 egg or coconut coffee in this friendly 3.5-hour HCMC 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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7.Cooking Class with Ben Thanh Market visit

★★★★★★★★★★4.9 · 94 reviews · from $45

Shop Ben Thanh Market with a local chef, then cook and eat three Vietnamese dishes in this practical four-hour Saigon class.

“Staff were lovely and accomodating, I have a couple of allergies and they changed ingredients for me so I could still take part and enjoy. Had such a great time and will do again next time with different recipes.”

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8.2-Day Mekong Floating Market with Cooking & Bike Ride

★★★★★★★★★★4.6 · 68 reviews · from $87

Review of a 2-day Mekong Delta tour from Ho Chi Minh City with Cai Rang Market, boats, cooking, cycling, local food, and one-night lodging.

“Great!! Amazing to be able to interact that much with locals!”

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9.HCMc:Vietnamese Cooking Class with Local market tour & Meal

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 8 reviews · from $48

Learn Vietnamese cooking in Ho Chi Minh City with a market visit, three traditional dishes, a shared meal, recipes, and a chef’s certificate.

“The guide is really helpful and answers all the questions. We took the 2pm class with another couple. Ingredients were already bought for in the morning due for freshness reasons. Understandable. the food was great and it was fun doing it. hopefully I'll cook it with the recipes when I'm back home. my new favorite is the lime chicken. gorgeous and really easy to do.”

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10.HCMc:Authentic Vietnam Cooking Class with local market visit

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 2 reviews · from $45

Review of Hoang’s Kitchen Saigon cooking class: market visit, three Vietnamese dishes, coffee, recipes, and practical booking tips.

“We liked everything. Very nice teacher, participative class and delicious food. The visit to the market is more complete in the morning session.”

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