Colombo · COOKING CLASSES
12 tours
Colombo has more cooking classes on offer than any first-time visitor can sort through. These 12 are the ones that hold up: prices, running times, and the kind of traveller each one actually suits.
Private Colombo cooking class with a home cook. Make 10 dishes plus dessert, choose lunch or dinner, ingredients included.
“Very interesting insight into Sri Lankan life and the important role food and cooking plays in daily life. Piumi is an excellent cook and teacher. I’m vegetarian and she showed me how to prepare and cook ten different vegetarian curries and the resulting lunch was delicious. Can very highly recommend this tour.”
Market shopping and a hands-on 5-course Sri Lankan lunch or dinner in Colombo with Chef Nim, etiquette lessons, and recipes.
“This was an excellent experience led by a brilliant host (Nim). The market visit was informative and fun. The evening of cooking was really enjoyable and we felt we learnt a lot and had great food that we could replicate at home (thanks to the tuition and recipes given to us).”
Private Sri Lankan cooking class in Negombo with tea, coconut milk, curry, rice, dinner at a family home, optional market visit.
“Such a lovely cookery lesson - relaxed, hands-on and full of flavour. Loved learning how to make fresh coconut sambal and dhal together. A really enjoyable experience”
Colombo home cooking class with a market tour, hands-on Sri Lankan dishes, lunch and dinner, and A/C pickup.
“This is a wonderful cooking experience in a local Colombo home. It begins by visiting the outdoor market to select the produce and to sample some of the beautiful local fruits. We then went to Dhanuka’s family home. He and his wife were Read more”
Colombo cooking class with a local chef, market shopping for fresh spices, and a hands-on Sri Lankan meal with Lion beer or juice.
“Great food, and the tour of the market was very fun! Thankyou!! 🙏”
A private vegan cooking class in Colombo with a local market tour and clay-pot cooking, so you learn Sri Lankan flavors the right way.
“My brother, my mother, and cousin who had traveled to Sri Lanka in celebration of her 50th birthday joined me in this cooking class. It was the best cooking class we’ve experienced. The Tour was started by visiting the market to pick up thRead more”
Private Sinhalese cooking class in Colombo with optional Kirulapone market stop. Cook 3 dishes, eat what you make, $148.
“We had an amazing experience cooking with Shasi and her mum! They're both very kind, and both my mum and I agreed it was absolutely the best food we had in Sri Lanka. At the end Shasi also gave us some fresh herbs and ordered us tuk-tuk so we could be back home quickly and safely. Highly recommend!!!”
Cook traditional Sri Lankan curries, rice, and sambols in Colombo with Chef Mohara Dole. 3 hours, ingredients included, recipes to take home.
“Mohara graciously welcomed us into her home and cooking studio. Her enthusiasm for sharing her knowledge and tips was infections. Over the next three hours, we enjoyed a hands-on cooking class where we cooked numerous types of meals (meat, fish and vegetable Read more”
A hands-on Colombo cooking class where you make 10 Sri Lankan dishes in clay pots, learn spices, and finish with traditional desserts.
“A real home, a real family, a really amazing meal. I met the entire family as we shared preparation and cooking duties for 10 (TEN) curries! If you have taken cooking classes in professional kitchens or air conditioned restaurants, prepare yourseRead more”
Shop Colombo’s Pettah Market with a chef, then cook breadfruit curry and a meat or fish main in a private class.
“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 😊😊😊”
Negombo Sri Lanka cooking class with hotel pickup and market visit. Shop spices and fish, cook curries and sambols, private group.
“A great way to dip into local Negambo life - from gathering produce in the local markets, to the laborious preparation of flavoursome tuna/ devilled prawn curry. Communication was excellent throughout & Shashi’s an excellent and knowledgeable host. Highly recommended.”
Colombo market shopping and a hands-on Sri Lankan cooking demo with lunch, taught by a local guide, with pickup and tuk tuk transport.
“I first thank you, Roman and Delrin Vanhoff, mother and daughter who demonstrated excellent Sri Lankan cuisines and taught me how to cook them. Opposed to my stereotypical idea about Sri Lankan food that may use lots of oil, it is very healthy and tasty. I had afternoon programme and could not stay long enough to eat and chat with them. But I truly thank them for their Sri Lankan hospitality. One advices for GetYourGuide, it would be nice if the host family and a tourist could communicate beforehand about the selection of the ingredients. It would be sad if the tourist is not able to some of the cuisines…”
