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7 Cooking Classes in Colombo That Earn the Early Start

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Colombo has more cooking classes on offer than any first-time visitor can sort through. These 7 are the ones that hold up: prices, running times, and the kind of traveller each one actually suits.

Colombo Cooking Class

Colombo Cooking Class - Lunch at 10am or dinner at 4pm, and how to plan your day

1.Colombo Cooking Class

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 151 reviews · from $60Our pick

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.”

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Market Tour and Hands-On Cooking Class Colombo

Market Tour and Hands-On Cooking Class Colombo - Shopping the Colombo market, from fruit and cinnamon to real cooking choices

2.Market Tour and Hands-On Cooking Class Colombo

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 140 reviews · from $80

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).”

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Cooking Classes in Sri Lanka

Cooking Classes in Sri Lanka - Your 3-Hour Flow: Tea, Coconut Milk, Curry, Rice, Dessert

3.Cooking Classes in Sri Lanka

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 110 reviews · from $45

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”

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Cooking Class Sri Lanka with Locals

Cooking Class Sri Lanka with Locals - Step 1 in Colombo: picking ingredients in the local market

4.Cooking Class Sri Lanka with Locals

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 101 reviews · from $40

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”

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Colombo Cooking Experiance with Explore Market

Colombo Cooking Experiance with Explore Market - Picking ingredients at the Colombo market with Bobby

Vegan Cooking Class Colombo with Market Tour

Vegan Cooking Class Colombo with Market Tour - The villa start: fresh drinks, check-in, and a calmer Colombo

6.Vegan Cooking Class Colombo with Market Tour

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 9 reviews · from $80

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”

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Authentic Sinhalese Cooking Class in Colombo with a Local Family

Authentic Sinhalese Cooking Class in Colombo with a Local Family - Old-Style Home Kitchen Lessons: How the Three Dishes Get Built

7.Authentic Sinhalese Cooking Class in Colombo with a Local Family

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 9 reviews · from $148

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!!!”

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