CHINA COOKING CLASSES

China Cooking Classes: the 15 Worth Booking

27 classes  ·  from $47 a head

Every trip has one free morning too few. These 15 china cooking classes justify the slot, priced and timed so you can decide in minutes and get back to the fun part.

Half-Day Chengdu Cooking Class with a Local Market Visit - Learning the spices before touching the wok
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Half-Day Chengdu Cooking Class with a Local Market Visit

1.Half-Day Chengdu Cooking Class with a Local Market Visit

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 465 reviews · from $90Our pick

Meet an English-speaking guide, explore Liangjiaxiang market, sample local ingredients, and learn Sichuan cooking in Chilli Cool’s clean kitchen. Guides Lance and Jerry help explain the spices and translate for the chef. You prepare several dishes, eat what you make, and receive recipes. Vegetarian options are available.

“We spent a great day with the Chili Cool team 🌶️🌶️🌶️! Jerry picked us up from the hotel and we had an amazing market tour where he patiently answered all of our questions. Communication in English was very easy and the food was very tasty! They even offered a vegetarian version for us. We can recommend the class 💯. Thank you so much for the great time!”

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Flavors of Beijing: Eat Like A Real Chinese - Starting near the Bell and Drum Towers
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Flavors of Beijing: Eat Like A Real Chinese

2.Flavors of Beijing: Eat Like A Real Chinese

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 78 reviews · from $99

Meet Chef Chao near Beijing’s Bell and Drum Towers for a market walk, condiment lesson, and hands-on cooking class in a local home. You may prepare dumplings, noodles, fish, pork, beef, or a vegetarian menu, then eat what you make. Groups are capped at 12, and recipes are provided.

“It was a wonderful time - We walked to the market and picked all of our food that we were going to cook with. We bought extra fruits, ramon, nuts... the assortment was incredible! The instructor and his wife were very helpful and the food turned out perfect!”

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Chengdu: Cooking Class with Fresh Market Half Day Experience - From careful preparation to fast wok cooking
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Chengdu: Cooking Class with Fresh Market Half Day Experience

3.Cooking Class with Fresh Market Half Day Experience

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 42 reviews · 4.5 hours · from $82

Meet your English-speaking guide at Liang Jia Xiang Station for a market walk, Sichuan tea, and a hands-on cooking class. Guides such as Lance and Jerry explain local spices, while the chef helps you prepare several dishes. Ingredients, drinks, recipes, and the final meal are included.

“We really enjoyed this class with Lance! He answered all our questions and translated effortlessly with the cook. Family friendly, couple friendly and even solo friendly. We enjoyed all the dishes we made and learning more about Sichuan cuisine as well as meeting some fellow travelers.”

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Shanghai-Cooking Dumpling & Meal in Local Family-w/Vegan - Meeting Bonnie and entering the family setting
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Shanghai-Cooking Dumpling & Meal in Local Family-w/Vegan

4.Cooking Dumpling & Meal in Local Family-w/Vegan

★★★★★★★★★★4.9 · 36 reviews · 3.5 hours · from $82

Spend 3.5 hours in Jing’an making dumplings with Bonnie and her mother in a small group of up to six. You’ll prepare dough, wrappers, and fillings, then sit down to a meal of homemade dumplings and Shanghai specialties. English instruction, vegan and allergy needs accommodated with advance notice, plus personal tips for Shanghai and nearby cities.

“Great experience! It was a lot of fun and very tasty. I would do it again and recommended it to my friends.”

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Private Cooking Class: Make Your Own Dim Sum In Shanghai

5.Private Cooking Class: Make Your Own Dim Sum In Shanghai

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 27 reviews · from $88

Spend two hours in a private Shanghai cooking class making two dim sum dishes of your choice. Your instructor supplies the ingredients, equipment, recipes, and patient guidance. Pick from soup dumplings, shrimp dumplings, siu mai, egg rolls, sesame balls, and more. The class is in a workshop setting, with vegetarian options available by request.

“Great class! Mike was amazing. Our dim sum and spring rolls were delicious. Mike spoke fantastic English and is a very knowledgeable chef. Thank you for a great class!”

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Half-Day steamed Buns Cooking Class with a Local Market Visit - Making Baozi instead of just eating it
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Half-Day steamed Buns Cooking Class with a Local Market Visit

6.Half-Day steamed Buns Cooking Class with a Local Market Visit

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 26 reviews · from $80

Spend four to five hours with an English-speaking guide visiting a Chengdu spice market and making Baozi in a traditional Sichuan courtyard kitchen. Learn about local ingredients, practice simple Chinese, enjoy Sichuan tea, and eat your handmade buns with beer or soft drinks. Guides including Lance and Jerry add a friendly personal touch.

“A great experience, the local market was fun, interesting and we got to try and use a little Chinese language. Lance our guide was great from start to finish and took lots of fabulous pictures which meant we could get with our cookery class. Read more”

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Half-Day Professional Mapo Tofu Cooking with a Local Market Visit - Moving to Chilli Cool’s professional kitchen
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Half-Day Professional Mapo Tofu Cooking with a Local Market Visit

7.Half-Day Professional Mapo Tofu Cooking with a Local Market Visit

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 19 reviews · from $69

Spend about four hours exploring a Chengdu spice market, then cook Sichuan mapo tofu at Chilli Cool’s professional kitchen. A guide such as Jerry leads the market visit and helps with the class, which is limited to 10 people. Tea, ingredients, drinks, a meal, recipes, and a souvenir are included.

“It was a very cool experience! Jerry, the tour guide, was very helpful throughout the experience, even before the activity had started. Before the experience had even begun, he reached out to clarify the different workshops that Chilli Uncool hRead more”

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Half-Day Sichuan Cooking Class Experience in Chengdu - Leaving your hotel at 4 pm
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Half-Day Sichuan Cooking Class Experience in Chengdu

8.Half-Day Sichuan Cooking Class Experience in Chengdu

★★★★★★★★★★4.0 · 17 reviews · from $83

Meet your English-speaking chef at 4 pm after hotel pickup and learn to cook four Sichuan dishes in a group of no more than five. Expect hands-on work with Kung Pao chicken, sweet and sour pork, Sichuan eggplant, and dumplings, plus a shared meal and recipe cards. English ability can vary, so flexibility helps.

“My boyfriend and I booked this about a day in advance. Samtours was quick to respond about arranging hotel pickup. The taxi driver was ontime and dropped us off at Holly's Hostel, which is close to Wuhouci and the Jinli walking street areRead more”

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China's Favourite Street Food Cooking Workshop - Why the private format matters
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China’s Favourite Street Food Cooking Workshop

9.China’s Favourite Street Food Cooking Workshop

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 16 reviews · from $80

At Our Beijing’s private workshop in Dongcheng, Dom introduces the story behind jian bing, then helps you mix batter, cook your own crepes, and try savory and sweet fillings. You can make several versions at your own pace, with personal guidance for adults, children, friends, or family groups.

“On the ground knowledge makes this tour company a must for touring Bejing & trying Hutong experiences.”

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Private Home Cooking Class with Shanghai Mama - From market stalls to a local Shanghai home
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Private Home Cooking Class with Shanghai Mama

10.Private Home Cooking Class with Shanghai Mama

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 14 reviews · from $199

Meet your guide at 10:00 am or 4:00 pm for a private market visit and home cooking class. Guides such as FeiFei, her mother, and Penny introduce Shanghai snacks, produce, seafood, and daily life before helping you prepare and eat a Chinese meal. Central hotel pickup, private transport, snacks, lunch or dinner, and bottled water are included.

“We had a perfect experience and a nice evening of cooking the most delicious food. Our guide FeiFei, her mother and Penny were very hospitable and we learned a lot about chinese culture. The visit to the market was also very interesting and we tried many delicious snacks. If you like cooking and want to enjoy chinese culture, you must book this tour!”

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2.5hrs Chinese Kitchen Cooking Class: Xiaolongbao Soup Dumplings - 10:00 am: A short introduction to Shanghai cooking
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2.5hrs Chinese Kitchen Cooking Class: Xiaolongbao Soup Dumplings

11.2.5hrs Chinese Kitchen Cooking Class: Xiaolongbao Soup Dumplings

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 12 reviews · from $98

At a small studio near Shanghai’s Guangyuan Road, an English-speaking chef guides you through dough, filling, soup wrapping, sauces, and two cooking methods for xiaolongbao. Cici and Yin are praised for patience and humor. The 2.5-hour class includes tea, a shared meal, and the recipe, with vegetarian and vegan options available by request.

“This was a phenomenal experience, Cici works at your pace and skill level - I wasn’t very good and that was fine. The dumplings were delicious at the end”

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Private Panda Tour with Cooking Class One-day Trip - Seeing pandas from infants to adults
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Private Panda Tour with Cooking Class One-day Trip

12.Private Panda Tour with Cooking Class One-day Trip

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 11 reviews · from $123

Start at 7:30 am with an English-speaking guide and visit Chengdu’s Giant Panda Breeding Research Base, then enjoy a vegetarian lunch and Buddhist ceremony at a nunnery. Explore a local market before learning Sichuan cooking with a professional chef. Hotel pickup and drop-off are offered, and guide Jerry has received praise for his warm, flexible approach.

“This tour consists of three elements. A visit to a panda center, a visit to a monastery in the city center with a vegetarian meal and a preparation of some dishes with food bought at the market. Jerry was very enthusiastic and accommodating. Read moreAuto-translated”

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Half day Chengdu Dumpling Class: Make from Scratch - Learning the dumpling process from scratch
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Half day Chengdu Dumpling Class: Make from Scratch

13.Half day Chengdu Dumpling Class: Make from Scratch

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 8 reviews · from $70

Join guides such as Jerry or Lance for a four-hour Chengdu food experience. Explore a local spice market, choose ingredients, learn dumpling making with a professional chef in a traditional courtyard kitchen, then eat what you prepare with tea, beer, or soft drinks.

“Jerry started our tour with a nice introduction of Chengdu, before he took us to the food market where we could buy all our ingredients. We were the only 2 joining the sessions, and Jerry tailored the menu to our vegetarian preferences. He gRead more”

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Half-day Dandan Noodles Cooking Class with a Local Market Visit - From shopping to cooking at Chilli Cool’s kitchen
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Half-day Dandan Noodles Cooking Class with a Local Market Visit

14.Half-day Dandan Noodles Cooking Class with a Local Market Visit

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 8 reviews · from $100

Spend about four hours exploring a Chengdu spice market, completing a hands-on ingredient challenge, and cooking dan dan noodles in a professional kitchen. An English-speaking guide such as Lance, Ocean, or Amy helps with the market visit, while a local chef leads the class. Hotel pickup is available within Chengdu’s second ring road.

“I offered this cooking class to my girlfriend as a birthday present, and it was beyond what I hoped for! Everything was perfect. The market visit was super interesting, and Lance took the time to explain everything, answer all our (numerous) Read more”

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Private Home Cooking Class:Dumpling Cooking Class Tour in Xi'an - Mixing Dough and Building Xi’an Dumplings
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Private Home Cooking Class:Dumpling Cooking Class Tour in Xi’an

15.Private Home Cooking Class:Dumpling Cooking Class Tour in Xi’an

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 7 reviews · from $90

Spend about four hours making Xi’an-style dumplings with a local family and chef. Your English-speaking guide, such as Tilla, Dodo, or Lily, translates each step, from mixing dough to folding jiaozi. Hotel pickup is offered, lunch is included, and the private format suits couples, families, and small groups.

“Our tour guide Tilla is very nice and kind. We have spent a splendid time with a local family. They are quite friendly. Jiao Zi is delicious! We definitely recommend this tour for everybody. Next time I plan to learn with them how to make noodles.”

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