Farm Cooking Classes in Ho Chi Minh City: the 6 Worth Booking

1.Mekong Day Trip Explore Village Bicycle CookingClass Group 12 Pax

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 705 reviews · from $29Our pick

Spend about nine and a half hours exploring the Mekong Delta in a group of up to 12. You will cycle past orchards and rice fields, cook spring rolls and Vietnamese pancakes, eat a barbecue lunch, visit Vinh Trang Pagoda, and take a boat ride on the Tien River. Guides such as Dennis, Harry, Son, and Jack are noted for friendly service and clear commentary.

“Very nice tour! Of course there are touristy stuff but thanks to the schedule you're gonna meet very few other tourists, activities are nice and the rhytm is good, not too slow not too fast (we were only with 5 ppl which made it better I guess). Our guide Son was very helpful and friendly.”

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2.Farm-To-Table Healthy Cooking Class in Ho Chi Minh City

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 79 reviews · from $67

Travel from Ho Chi Minh City to an agricultural village, tour an organic farm, collect ingredients, and cook four Vietnamese dishes in an open-air kitchen. Guides including Alice, Aura, Daisy, Linh, and Chef Tan have led the class. Hotel pickup, lunch, recipes, and a certificate are included.

“I had a great time in this class! Daisy was a great instructor who provided a lot of information to help me understand the why and what behind Vietnamese cooking. The four dishes we made were delicious and the preparation and transition Read more”

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3.Unique farm to Table cooking class in Saigon

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 69 reviews · from $67

You’ll leave Ho Chi Minh City for an organic farm near Cu Chi, where guides such as Chef Tan, Alice, Linh, or Nu show you how to pick herbs, vegetables, and mushrooms. Then you’ll prepare four Vietnamese dishes at your own station, eat lunch, and take home recipes and a certificate.

“Chef Alice is a delight. After being picked up from my hotel in the centre of HCM city we headed north (note: with traffic this takes well over an hour) to the organic farm. During our brief tour we picked the ingredients for our multi-course meaRead more”

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4.Unique Farm to Table Cooking Class with Top Chef in Vietnam

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 64 reviews · from $67

Spend about 7.5 hours traveling from Ho Chi Minh City to an organic farm near Cu Chi, gathering herbs and vegetables, then cooking Vietnamese dishes with Chef Tan or another class chef. The class covers farm practices, medicinal plants, yin-yang food principles, sauces, recipes, and adaptable menus, with pickup, a certificate, and a maximum of 15 people.

“I took a vegan Vietnamese cooking class in Ho Chi Minh City with Alice, and it was excellent. Alice is a genuinely strong teacher, especially in how she helps you remember things. When we made sauces, she used simple analogies and memory shortcuts to lock in tRead more”

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5.Farm-To-Table Healthy Cooking Class: Half-Day Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.8 · 41 reviews · from $70

Spend six hours exploring an organic farm near Ho Chi Minh City, with pickup from your hotel or the airport. A guide such as Linh or Alice leads you through the medicine garden and mushroom house, then teaches you to cook a healthy Vietnamese meal from vegetables you picked yourself. Lunch, iced tea, recipes, a certificate, and souvenirs are included.

“Definitely recommend! Great instructor, nice to pick your herbs in the garden yourself, cool explanation of plants, small group size.”

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6.Full-Day Farming & Cooking class at Agricultural Village

★★★★★★★★★★4.6 · 10 reviews · from $70

Leave Ho Chi Minh City for Cu Chi, where you will feed livestock, visit gardens, learn about mushrooms and herbs, pick ingredients, and prepare Vietnamese dishes with a professional chef. Transport, guide, lunch, iced tea, recipes, a certificate, and souvenirs are included. Pickup is available from any Ho Chi Minh City hotel.

“This experience was brilliant. The tour guide was lovely and very knowledgeable. This is an experience I would definitely recommend.”

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