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The 10 best cooking classes, gathered in one place. What each one actually involves, who runs it, and what you can expect to pay.
Siem Reap Khmer cooking class with tuk-tuk pickup, market shopping, and a small-group 4-course feast of classics like Fish Amok and Tom Yum.
“Amazing four course meal with tour of garden with expert acknowledge of food. Guide, King Kong is funny, friendly and gave step by step help. Roll my family out, so much food.”
Small-group Khmer cooking class at Paper Tiger in Siem Reap: market tour, hands-on lessons, and lunch or dinner with digital recipes.
“We thoroughly enjoyed this tour. Sen, our guide, and Tim, our driver, did a fantastic job from start to finish. Sen was accommodating, engaging, and had us laughing the whole time with his sharp one-liners. He made the tour not informatRead more”
Siem Reap cooking class in a local home: tuk-tuk pickup, market shopping, and 4-course Khmer meals like Fish Amok and Tom Yum.
“They are super friendly, it’s fun for group of people cooking together”
Shop Khmer ingredients at a wet market, cook three classic dishes with a private chef in Phnom Penh, and take recipes home.
“It was great fun. I went to the Market with Chef LomAng and bought all the ingredients from stalls, returning to the restaurant where tables wer laid out ready for us to cook. Everything was clear and explained very well. Cooked 3 lovely courses. A lovely experience.”
Shop Psar Chaa with Sophia, cook 3 Khmer dishes in a lake-side garden pavilion, and eat your meal with a take-home recipe book.
“This is one of the best excursions I have ever done in 30 years of global travel. Sophia was amazing and the chef on site attentive and knowledge. It was like entering an oasis - the location in stunning, facilities clean and modern and the menu delicious. Highly recommended”
A 3.5-hour Cambodian cooking class in Siem Reap with tuk-tuk transport, village walks, hands-on Khmer dishes, and pondside lunch.
“Great tour, transport was very easy and the market tour was super insightful. We were able to try some yummy local treats. The cooking class was also great, super relaxed pace and easy. Food was delicious!”
Siem Reap cooking class with market tour and Chef Dee. Pick a starter, main, dessert, then cook and eat in a garden pavilion.
“What a fantastic experience with Dee. We were 3 with different level of experience and all produced some amazing food. We got to choose 1 starter, 1 main and 1 dessert to make and then went shopping to market to get some of the ingRead more”
Private Khmer cooking class in Siem Reap: shop at the market, cook a 3-course meal with a chef, and eat what you make.
“Baring and her helper were amazing and made so much delicious food so be sure to go hungry. The food was also beautifully plated and we would definitely recommend this for learning new recipes as well as having a wonderful meal :)”
Shop a Battambang market, cook 3 real Khmer dishes in a local home, and ride a tuk-tuk. 4 hours, $25, with a veg option.
“We had a brilliant evening tour with Martin, whose historical knowledge and skilled delivery of this made for a very interesting tour around the streets of Phnom Penh. We stopped regularly and engaged with locals and ate food and generally had a very fun evening seeing some amazing sights. We even saw the monk king…”
Private 4-hour cooking class outside Phnom Penh: take a ferry and tuk-tuk to Arey Ksat, shop the market, and cook chicken amok.
“Wow! Safe and Clean food along with the best host and experience we've had in Phenom Penh. So grateful we did this excursion.”
