Top 7 Market Cooking Classes in Cambodia

1.Battambang: Cooking Class and Market Touring

★★★★★★★★★★4.8 · 80 reviews · 4 hours · from $25Our pick

Start with a 9:30 AM tuk-tuk pickup, then shop for fresh ingredients at a local market with an English-speaking guide. At a family home in Battambang, prepare two savory Khmer dishes and one dessert before sitting down to eat. Vegetarian cooking is available.

“Amazing tour. If you want to learn about Cambodian recent and ancient history, this is the perfect tour for you. You will learn so much and understand so many things about this place, plus explore places you wouldn’t if you were by yourself. 1000% recommend”

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2.Battambang: Cooking Class and Market Touring

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 29 reviews · from $18Best value

Start with a 9:30 a.m. tuk-tuk pickup in Battambang, then shop for ingredients at a local market with an English-speaking guide. At a local home, prepare two savory Khmer dishes and one dessert before eating your meal and returning to your hotel. Vegetarian cooking is available.

“This was a wonderful tour! Our guide was friendly and very knowledgeable! We were able to see a lot of Phnom Penh and get a lot of historical information! It was a great way to get an overview of the city and Cambodia. I definitely recommend this tour!”

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3.3-Hour Siem Reap Guided Cooking Class and Market with Pick up

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 26 reviews · from $32

Start with hotel pickup and a guided visit to a local Siem Reap market, then cook a starter, main dish, and dessert with Khmer instructor Dee. The three-hour class welcomes beginners and children, serves groups of up to 15, and sends you home with recipes.

“I purchased ticket but operator did not turn up. Phone number is not operational when I tried to contact them. Had to request refund from Viator.”

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4.Morning Cooking Class and Market Tour in Siem Reap

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 18 reviews · from $35

Start with a 9:30 a.m. hotel pickup, then ride by tuk-tuk through Siem Reap’s market and nearby countryside. A local chef guides you through home-style Khmer dishes at Village Cooking Class, with recipes, lunch, bottled water, and drop-off included. Groups are limited to eight.

“What a great experience, riding through the village seeing where they grow the vegetables, herbs, rice, cultivating the mushrooms, walking through the local market, even saw a funeral. Cooking class was fun, ingredients beautifully displayed. All in all a terrific experience in Siem Reap, highly recommend.”

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5.Morning Cooking Class & Market Tour

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 7 reviews · 5 hours · from $35

Ride by tuk-tuk from your Siem Reap hotel to a local market, vegetable and mushroom farms, then cook three Khmer dishes at a rural home. English-speaking guides such as Bopha, Ron, and Thanut Kean help you choose ingredients and follow each recipe.

“This was a very relaxed and informative tour. We enjoyed going to the vegetable farm, mushroom farm and market before the cooking lesson. Our guide Bopha was awesome 🤩 She was very clear, knowledgeable and kind- we appreciated her company a lot. She also assisted us at the market when we wanted to try different fruits/local snacks. The instructions during the cooking session was very clear and easy to follow.”

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6.Siem Reap Khmer Cooking Class and Local Market Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.1 · 4 reviews · 4 hours · from $39

Take a tuk-tuk from Siem Reap to a village market, learn about Khmer ingredients, then cook a three-course meal with an English-speaking local host and family. You’ll eat what you prepare, receive printed recipes, and return to town after four hours.

“Super attività per fare una cosa “diversa”. Ci è piaciuto particolarmente il giro al mercato locale dove eravamo gli unici turisti e la passeggiata nel villaggio. Corso di cucina simpatico e divertente con le ricette stampate alla fine. Ci siamo divertiti un sacco. Grazie al nostro accompagnatore e alla nostra cuoca.”

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7.Kampot : Cooking Class in a Local Chef with Market Tour

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 2 reviews · from $42

Meet an English-speaking chef at a colonial residence near Kampot’s river. Tour a Khmer market, choose a starter, main, and dessert, then cook and eat your meal with ingredients provided. Round-trip transfer, water, and Wi-Fi are included in this four-hour private class.

“Had a great morning cooking at this lovely restaurant.”

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