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Cooking School Hoi An – Cooking Classes & Food Tours
Cooking School Hoi An – Cooking Classes & Food Tours
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Description
Description
Discover Vietnamese cuisine with one of Hoi An’s best-known cooking schools, set beside the Thu Bon River.
Choose between a classic half-day cooking experience, an in-depth Deluxe tour with Tra Que Organic Village, or an evening cooking class at Hai Café in Hoi An Ancient Town.
Each experience combines hands-on cooking with local ingredients, traditional Vietnamese techniques and a meal featuring the dishes you prepare.
Choose Your Experience
Half-Day Cooking Tour – 08:15–13:00
Start with a welcome drink at Hai Café before exploring Hoi An’s colourful central market with your guide.
Continue by boat along the Hoi An River to Red Bridge Cooking School, visit the herb garden, then join approximately two hours of hands-on cooking with Red Bridge chefs.
After the class, enjoy the dishes you prepared and relax by the 20-metre swimming pool.
Highlights
• Hoi An Central Market visit
• 25-minute river cruise
• Herb garden walk
• Approximately 2-hour cooking class
• Vietnamese food-carving introduction
• Lunch
• Swimming pool access
• Return transfer to central Hoi An
Half-Day Menu
You may prepare:
• Fresh rice paper
• Fresh shrimp rice paper rolls
• Crispy Hoi An pancakes
• Seafood salad with Tra Que herbs
• Quang Nam-style noodles with chicken
• Food decoration techniques
Lunch also includes BBQ lemongrass beef with local herbs.
Vegetarian ingredients are available.
Deluxe Cooking Tour – 08:00–15:00
Designed for guests who want a deeper Vietnamese cooking experience.
Begin at Hai Café, then travel to Tra Que Organic Village, walk through the market gardens and collect fresh herbs before visiting a local village market to purchase ingredients.
At Red Bridge Cooking School, prepare traditional Vietnamese dishes from scratch using local ingredients and traditional utensils.
Finish with lunch, a boat trip back toward central Hoi An and optional time at the swimming pool.
Maximum class size: 8 guests.
Highlights
• Tra Que Organic Village visit
• Local market shopping
• Approximately 3 hours of hands-on cooking
• Four traditional Vietnamese dishes
• Lunch
• Selected drinks
• Recipe booklet
• Boat ride back to central Hoi An
• Swimming pool access
Deluxe Menu
• Beef Noodle Soup – Pho, including fresh rice noodles
• Clay Pot Fish with Fresh Dill
• Lemongrass Shrimp grilled in Banana Leaves
• Grilled Chicken & Banana Flower Salad
Vegetarian alternatives are available. The official operator confirms the 08:00–15:00 schedule, maximum group size of eight and the same core itinerary.
Hai Café Evening Cooking Class – 18:00–20:00
A shorter evening experience in the heart of Hoi An Ancient Town.
Spend approximately 1 hour and 15 minutes cooking three Vietnamese dishes with a local chef, then sit down for a five-course dinner.
Two additional Hoi An specialties — White Rose and Fried Wonton — are served with dinner but are not prepared during the cooking class.
Maximum class size: 10 guests.
Evening Menu
• Hoi An-style spring rolls
• Beef salad in a bamboo basket
• Grilled fish in banana leaf
• White Rose
• Fried Wonton
Vegetarian replacements are available.
Meeting Point
Hai Café
Hoi An Ancient Town
The Half-Day and Deluxe experiences begin from Hai Café. The Evening Cooking Class is also held at Hai Café.
Child Policy
For the Half-Day and Evening experiences:
Ages 7+: Full-price ticket
Ages 6 and under: Free to accompany adults, but cannot participate in the actual cooking for safety reasons.
Children aged 6 and under may order food separately from the restaurant menu if required. The operator publishes this policy for both the Half-Day and Evening classes.
For the Deluxe Tour, I would not publicly promise the free-under-7 rule until confirmed, because the current Deluxe listing does not state the child policy as clearly.
Important Information
• Experiences operate throughout the year.
• Classes are conducted in English.
• Vegetarian ingredients can be provided.
• Guests should advise us of allergies or dietary requirements when booking.
• Full payment is required to secure the booking.
• Final availability will be confirmed after booking.
• Swimming is optional; bring swimwear if you wish to use the Red Bridge pool.
