5-Hour Vietnamese Cooking Class in Ho Chi Minh with Market Visit

5 Hours Round trip from Hotel in Ho Chi Minh City Easy pace

The journey

Trip highlights
  • 01 Learn to cook Vietnamese dishes in a professional kitchen
  • 02 Visit a local market to buy fresh ingredients for your dish
  • 03 Choose from chicken pho, grilled pork with vermicelli, or fish cake
  • 04 Discover the history and culture of Vietnamese cuisine
  • 05 Get a certificate of completion to remember your experience

Step into the flavors of Ho Chi Minh City with a hands-on Vietnamese cooking class that begins at a traditional local market. Browse the stalls with your chef, learn how to choose fresh ingredients, and select what you'll cook from popular favorites such as chicken pho, grilled pork with vermicelli, or fish cake. Then continue to a fully air-conditioned, Australian-standard commercial kitchen for a guided cook-from-scratch experience while discovering the history, culture, flavor balance, and traditional techniques behind Vietnamese cuisine. Wrap up with an open Q&A session and receive a certificate of completion to remember your experience.

At a glance

What this trip includes

Duration 5 Hours
Tour type Private
Activity level Easy
Accommodation Not included
Transport Included
Wheelchair access Not applicable
City Ho Chi Minh
Languages English

Day by day

The itinerary

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Day 01

Market Visit and Vietnamese Cooking Class

  • Learn to cook Vietnamese dishes in a professional kitchen.

  • Visit a local market to buy fresh ingredients for your dish.

  • Choose from chicken pho, grilled pork with vermicelli, or fish cake.

  • Discover the history and culture of Vietnamese cuisine.

  • Get a certificate of completion to remember your experience.

Begin your culinary journey with a visit to a traditional Vietnamese market. Choose fresh ingredients such as chicken, fish, or pork, and gather all the necessary items for your dish. Dry ingredients and rice noodles will be prepared in advance to save time.

Next, head to a fully air-conditioned, Australian-standard commercial kitchen, where you'll be guided by a fluent English-speaking chef with 7 years of experience. Learn about the history and culture of Vietnamese cuisine as you cook a complete dish from scratch.

Focus on choosing fresh ingredients, understanding Vietnamese cooking philosophy, balancing flavors, and mastering traditional cooking techniques. Enjoy an open discussion and Q&A session with your chef, and receive a certificate to commemorate your cooking class.

The route

Where you'll travel

Tour route map
Round trip from Hotel in Ho Chi Minh City 1 city · 5 Hours

The fine print

Trip details

What's Included

  • Venue (fully air-conditioned, Australian-standard commercial kitchen)

  • Trainer (fluent English speaker with 7 years of head chef experience and a Certificate III in Commercial Cookery)

  • Certification for joining the cooking class

  • Transportation

  • Cooking class fee

  • All ingredients for the food

  • Lunch (depends on your dish choice)

  • Local gifts

  • Cookbook

What's Not Included

  • Personal drinks

  • Personal expenses

  • Travel insurance

  • Any services not clearly mentioned in the tour inclusions are not covered.

Know before you go

  • The session is designed for chefs, food lovers, and foodies alike.

  • We will prepare all dry ingredients and rice noodles before class to save time.

Logistics

Meeting & route

Meeting point
Your hotel in Ho Chi Minh City - pick-up at 7h30 AM
Tour start
Hotel in Ho Chi Minh City
Tour ends at the same location as the start point.
End of the journey

Your 5 hours finish where they began, in Hotel in Ho Chi Minh City.

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