Colombo Cooking Classes: the 6 Worth Booking

1.Colombo Cooking Class

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 151 reviews · from $60Our pick

Meet Piumi and learn Sri Lankan home cooking in a private Colombo class. Over about three hours, you will prepare at least 10 dishes, including curries, egg hoppers, and traditional desserts, then eat what you make. Choose a 10am lunch or 4pm dinner session, with ingredients supplied at the Angoda meeting point.

“Very interesting insight into Sri Lankan life and the important role food and cooking plays in daily life. Piumi is an excellent cook and teacher. I’m vegetarian and she showed me how to prepare and cook ten different vegetarian curries and the resulting lunch was delicious. Can very highly recommend this tour.”

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2.Market Tour and Hands-On Cooking Class Colombo

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 140 reviews · from $80

Join Chef Nim for a Colombo-area market visit and hands-on five-course cooking class at Villa Ivy Crest. Choose lunch or dinner, select dishes from family recipes, learn clay-pot cooking and Sri Lankan table manners, then eat what you prepare. Recipes and a certificate are included.

“We loved our market tour and cooking class with Nim! The market tour was so interesting but our absolute highlight was the cooking class and chats with Nim. Because there were only 2 of us taking the class, we were in a beautiful house in tRead more”

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3.Cooking Class Sri Lanka with Locals

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 101 reviews · from $40

Join Anu and Danuka in their Colombo home for a four-hour Sri Lankan cooking class. Visit a local market, choose fresh produce, sample fruit, and prepare traditional food with natural spices and coconut. Pickup, lunch, and dinner are included, while return transport is not.

“ANU and Danuka went to extraordinary lengths to give us a total experience Not only did we visit markets to learn how to choose the fruit and vegetables they wove the magic of the history of Sri Lanka cuisine. I was surprised to learn less was better. That coconut is the life blood of the cuisine”

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4.Colombo Cooking Experiance with Explore Market

★★★★★★★★★★4.7 · 33 reviews · 3.5 hours · from $35Best value

Spend 3.5 hours with Pradeep and Bobby, starting at a Colombo market and ending in a local home kitchen. Choose fresh produce, spices, and other ingredients, then prepare traditional Sri Lankan dishes by hand. Sit down to eat what you make with Lion beer, fruit juice, homemade dessert, and recipes to take home.

“We had a wonderful experience with Pradeep and Bobby in the cooking class. We first went to the market, where Pradeep introduced us to many typical Sri Lankan fruits, and then we went to his home to prepare a delicious Sri Lankan dish. We really enjoyed the whole experience. recommended!”

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5.Vegan Cooking Class Colombo with Market Tour

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 9 reviews · from $80

Spend about five hours with a private chef and helper in Colombo, beginning with a market visit and ending with a hands-on Sri Lankan meal. Choose rice, curries, leafy mallum, sambol, dessert, and drinks. You’ll also learn how clay pots and local spice mixes shape the cooking.

“My brother, my mother, and cousin who had traveled to Sri Lanka in celebration of her 50th birthday joined me in this cooking class. It was the best cooking class we’ve experienced. The Tour was started by visiting the market to pick up thRead more”

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6.Local Market Tour & Cooking Demo with Lunch

★★★★★★★★★★4.6 · 3 reviews · 4 hours · from $55

Join Roman and Delrin Vanhoff, a mother-and-daughter team, for a four-hour Colombo food experience. Ride by tuk-tuk to a local market, choose seasonal produce and meat, then cook a Sri Lankan meal and dessert in a countryside home before sitting down to lunch.

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