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Experience half-day cooking class with market visit

4.8

72 Ratings

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Discover the refined and balanced flavors of traditional Vietnamese cuisine in a half-day cooking class with a market visit. Learn from a skilled chef and enjoy a gourmet break full of delights.

Duration:

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Highlights

Meeting at Central Market named Ben Thanh, then together with Chef, participants visit the market to see the bustling activities of Vietnamese market and to understand more the local ingredients.
Back to the activity location, participants enjoy a welcome drink and listen to Kitchen God’s story.
Then, clients will participate in each step of the cooking so they could master the techniques at home. All of the basic cooking methods will be covered in this class. Various daily menus with different types of courses at the choice of participants.
Then, at the end of the session, participants will sit down to FEAST upon the fruits of their labor in a convivial ambiance with new friends taking part to the cooking session.
Remittance of manual recipes, certificate and souvenir gift from Mai Home to mark this exciting and memorable experience will crown the session .

Note: Market visit is only in the morning session. There is no market visit for afternoon and evening session as after Covid, all food stalls are closed at 12.00pm.

Sample Menu

Points of Interest

Phan Chu Trinh

What's Included

Lunch included

What's Not Included

others drinks or extra charges (if any), drop-off

Additional Information

Come join us for a delightful learning experience of cooking traditional Vietnamese cuisine, unraveling its finely balanced yin and yang flavors and dexterous application of spice in every dish.
You will be educated about the unique delicacies from three regions via our Chef’s informative tutorial, complemented with a show of carving arts for your visual pleasure.
It’s a rendezvous for a gourmet interlude filled with indulgences.
We provide a variety of traditional, vegetarian menus or custom menus catered to every skill level (beginners course, advanced course, vegetarian or professional course) tailored to meet your needs.
Immerse yourself in this exclusive culinary class for the joy of flavors.
We will also adhere to your dietary needs.

We conduct 3 sessions per day:
Morning session with market tour: 8.30am - 12.00pm
Afternoon session with market tour: 2.00pm - 5.30pm
Evening session (without market tour): 5.00pm - 7.30pm

Location

Phan Chu Trinh

Standing at the West Gate or Gate no. 5 of Ben Thanh Market, Phan Chu Trinh street, Chef is in uniform with business logo

Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings

4.8

(72 Ratings)

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Rockeroanoke

Mar 24, 2024

Cooking class at its best! - This cooking class was fabulous from beginning to end. Quy gave us a tour of the fresh produce and fresh seafood market Then we went to Mai Home for our culinary class. We learned techniques, were taught presentation, prepared food then enjoyed eating our food. Quy is a kind and good instructor. I highly recommend Mai Home The Saigon culinary arts center

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Calebbq48bc

Mar 22, 2024

Great option for a cooking tour - While we didn’t do as much shopping as I thought we would, she still gave an amazing tour of the market. After an epic bike ride through Saigon, we cooked a delicious 3-course meal. Her lessons were some I will definitely use in my own cooking from now on. Great experience!

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Happiness604616

Feb 20, 2024

Great Fun - Quy took us on an interesting an informative tour of the market, all in English! Then we had a smooth, enjoyable, FUN cooking experience. She was very accommodating to my gluten allergy, too. We even got to take home recipe books. 10/10 would recommend.

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Claude

Feb 17, 2024

GREAT ! SUPER ! A MUST EXPÉRIENCE! - I have been privileged with a friend to experience Chef Quy culinary classes last February during the Lunar New Year celebrations in HCM. It was difficult to book on a day off but with much professionalism and kindness the cooking school managed to provide us with a very private class for 2 . We can not be more grateful and respectful ! Chef Quy introduced us to some efficient culinary tips that we will use even with western cuisine such as the degreasing process of meat or, the delicate use of stock after cooking. Our three course meal was announced and we could proceed with specific tool. Chef Quy was so professional, clear in her explainations, kind and fun. We have loved the roasting of spices, the fresh Spring rolls, the chicken pho and the fantastic crispy vegetable and pork pancake. Thanks a million 🙏 we truely recommand this school and the expert chef Quy. We will come back for sure !

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Katrinam510

Jan 21, 2024

Brilliant Introduction to Vietnamese Cooking - Ms Ngo Kim Quy was a fantastic coach Chef. Took us through the fresh food and spice section of Ben Thanh Market explaining key ingredients to Vietnamese cooking Back at the cooking school we spent the day preparing Fresh Rice Paper Shrimp/Pork Rolls , Crispy Shrimp/ Pork Pancakes and Deliciously fragrant Chicken Pho. At the end of the day the class sat down to a sumptuous banquet and rewarded with a Certificate from the Saigon Culinary Art Center. Ms Quy very patiently explained step by step process of putting dishes together then demonstrated process. Highly recommended.

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Global56188542727

Jan 15, 2024

Amazing experience - The overall experience is amazing. We Visited the wet market and got to learn about the common ingredients used in Vietnam cuisine. After getting back to the cooking school, we picked up the skills to make rolls, pancake and pho under the detailed instructions from Mdm. Dung. The whole course takes about four hours. The secret recipe shared by the instructor is so helpful, and the food we cooked is super yummy.

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D1938ilcatherinem

Jan 10, 2024

Cooking classes at Mai Home - Morning class: visit to the Ben Tanh market, then cooking class in a house not far from the market (we returned on foot for 20 minutes), The class was great, both in terms of the welcome from our chef and the meal we had. we prepared: a delight of flavors. The market visit was in English/French but good understanding, the cooking class entirely in French, we had a great 1/2 day, we had a great time, and recommend this authentic and tasty address, thanks again to our chef for its sharing. Cathy and Henry

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Heesu_y

Dec 30, 2023

Wonderful food experience in HCMC! - I have visited many markets and tried Vietnamese restaurants in HCMC, but this cooking class expanded my food experience. Our chef's kind explanation and cooking tips during the market visit and the class were so informative and helpful. And it was a memorable experience to make my lunch.

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Robin11

Dec 13, 2023

Fun and educational cooking class with great chef and delicious food - We had a late flight leaving Vietnam and decided to take an afternoon cooking class. Our Chef Yung spoke very good English and demonstrated all aspects of preparing and cooking the 4 dishes as we followed along. We carved carrots for garnish and pineapple for dessert. We made a sauce to use with all our dishes. We then made dumplings filled with shrimp and pork, grilled chicken, pancakes with shrimp and pork, and beef noodle soup. Each dish came out great and was delicious. The Chef was very knowledgeable and helpful. At the end we received a certificate and recipes. We were the only 2 students so it was like a private class. We didn’t get a market tour since most stalls are closed in the afternoon. We really enjoyed our cooking class and would do it again! Highly recommend doing this.

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