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Sri Lankan Cooking Workshop: Pettah Market Tour
4.8
6 Ratings
Colombo
This 4-hour tour offers a fully immersive local cooking experience. Accompany the chef to the renowned Pettah Fresh Produce Market. Return to the cooking studio for an interactive Sri Lankan cooking workshop. Conclude by savoring your freshly prepared and delicious meal.
This 4-hour tour offers a fully immersive local cooking experience. Accompany the chef to the renowned Pettah Fresh Produce Market. Return to the cooking studio for an interactive Sri Lankan cooking workshop. Conclude by savoring your freshly prepared and delicious meal.
Duration:
4 hours
Cancellation:
24 hours
Highlights
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Pettah - You will be starting your tour at 9:45 am or 3:45 pm (on any day of the week except Sundays) from the Cooking Studio. The address and directions will provided for you to get there. There you will be introduced to your Chef, who will the take you to the Pettah Market. You will be traveling in a tuk tuk or car depending on the weather.
The…
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Pettah - You will be starting your tour at 9:45 am or 3:45 pm (on any day of the week except Sundays) from the Cooking Studio. The address and directions will provided for you to get there. There you will be introduced to your Chef, who will the take you to the Pettah Market. You will be traveling in a tuk tuk or car depending on the weather.
The Pettah Market Area has several centuries of history, with disused age-blackened warehouses and smooth-worn cobblestones alleys, as it was . The Market has many different areas according to the object they sell, separated from each other by old abandoned stretches in some places, or swiftly blending into the next area in others. You will be visiting the Fresh Produce stalls, with their colorful rows of fruits and vegetables.
Once you get back to the cooking studio, your workshop will begin. There will be an essentially Sri Lankan home-cooked rice and curry meal being taught to you. Your tour and workshop will be complete after enjoying your meal, at approximately 2:00 pm or 8:00 pm depending on whether you have a morning or evening session.
What's Included
- Lunch / Dinner (depending on start time)
- Sri Lankan Cooking Workshop
- Tour of Pettah Fresh Produce market and spice stalls
- Lunch / Dinner (depending on start time)
- Sri Lankan Cooking Workshop
- Tour of Pettah Fresh Produce market and spice stalls
What's Not Included
- Gratuities (Optional)
- Expenses of Personal Nature
- Gratuities (Optional)
- Expenses of Personal Nature
Meal Options
- Steamed Rice
- Dhal or Breadfruit Curry
- Chicken or Fish Curry
- 3 Vegetable Dishes
- Steamed Rice
- Dhal or Breadfruit Curry
- Chicken or Fish Curry
- 3 Vegetable Dishes
Location
Pettah
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
4.8
(6 Ratings)
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Sightseer34604468395
Apr 29, 2026
Sri Lanka Cooking Class - We started by sourcing ingredients and learned how to make Sri Lankan food.
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952vivil
Dec 15, 2025
Amazing market and cooking tour - As someone who loves spices and curries, I have always wanted to learn how to make great dishes using them. Luckily, I found this cooking class in Colombo. Susantha and his wife, Piumi, are incredibly friendly and passionate about sharing their culture. While shopping with them at a local market, I discovered ingredients I had never known before—it was such a pleasure.
Their cooking studio is clean and welcoming, and Piumi patiently taught me how to use different spices and curries to create delicious home-style dishes. It was truly a wonderful experience, and I can’t wait to recreate what I learned when I return home!
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402luvk
Jan 1, 2025
A great cooking experience and a great introduction to Sri Lankan cuisine - I was there for the first time because I was curious to see what Sri Lankan cuisine really contains. The welcome from the cooking course instructor was very warm, and after a short introduction, we immediately immersed ourselves in the cooking process. She really answered all my questions and addressed my curiosity about the culture and food. I really enjoyed this exchange and what impressed me most was both the simplicity of the cooking and the ingredients and the preparation. We did the exchange and at the same time we were also cutting, cooking and preparing coconut milk! All the steps went very effortlessly.
At the end of it all, I had the reward of my (I mean our because the course instructor also helped me) hard work - an opulent buffet. Since I did this experience alone this time, I had the whole delicious buffet to myself - and oh my! I was more than satisfied with the result and the meal - I was very happy!
Simple, delicious food with simple yet a beautiful medley of flavours is what my take-away from the cooking course was, in addition to the warmth of the Sri Lankan hospitality.
I would do this experience once again during my next time to Sri Lanka, preferably with a few more friends 😊 And I recommend this experience a lot!
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J1541drtylerb
Jun 2, 2023
Excellent cooking class in Colombo - My girlfriend and I really enjoyed this class. Getting to pick the ingredients at the market was an added bonus. Very nice family, very fun event. We would definitely recommend doing this for dinner one night in Colombo.
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Anatsv
Feb 14, 2022
Amazing cooking class and market tour - Such an authentic experience
Very thorough cooking class . We enjoyed it so much
Piumi our cooking instructor was incredible abs went way out of her way and invested time and thought in every aspect of the day
We started with a market tour - so amazing .
Than we moved to a home and cooked there- huge amounts of food. A real feast.
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Maria_d
Jan 7, 2025
Delicious - Piumi was amazing, we had a private cooking class in her home. Piumi was informative, engaging , fun. The food was exquisite, thoroughly enjoyed it and wield recommend.
Thanks Piumi 😊😊😊
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