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10 Best Cooking Classes In Colombo

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The 10 most popular cooking classes in and around Colombo. The ones worth building a day around, with what they cost, how long they run and who to book with.

10 Best Cooking Classes In Colombo

Colombo Cooking Class - What you’ll cook: 10 dishes, curries, egg hoppers, and dessert
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Colombo Cooking Class

1.Colombo Cooking Class

Private Colombo cooking class with hands-on Sri Lankan dishes, dessert, and a sit-down meal. Lunch or dinner, ingredients included.

Most Popular★ 5.0

“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: fruit, vegetables, and spice clues you’ll reuse
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Market Tour and Hands-On Cooking Class Colombo

2.Market Tour and Hands-On Cooking Class Colombo

Market tour and hands-on Sri Lankan cooking class in Colombo: choose dishes, cook a 5-course meal, learn etiquette, get recipes.

★ 5.0

“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 Class Sri Lanka with Locals - Market Shopping with Danuka and Anu: Pick Ingredients Like a Cook
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Cooking Class Sri Lanka with Locals

3.Cooking Class Sri Lanka with Locals

Shop Colombo’s local market with Danuka and Anu, then cook lunch and dinner at a family home using natural Sri Lankan spices.

★ 5.0

“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 - Picking Ingredients at Colombo’s Local Market (And What to Look For)
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Colombo Cooking Experiance with Explore Market

4.Colombo Cooking Experiance with Explore Market

Shop at Colombo market with Bobby, cook Sri Lankan classics at a family home, and eat with Lion beer and dessert for $35.

★ 4.7

“Thank you for being so flexible with my requests, which made it very comfortable for me to take part. The organizers were friendly and kind, and I had a really enjoyable time. Learning how to cook delicious curry from a native expert from scratch was such a valuable experience.”

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Authentic Sinhalese Cooking Class in Colombo with a Local Family - Meeting Shasikala in Dehiwala: what the start is really like
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Authentic Sinhalese Cooking Class in Colombo with a Local Family

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

A private Sinhalese cooking class in Colombo with Shasikala: market shopping, hands-on prep of sambol and curry, then a home-cooked meal.

★ 5.0

“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…”

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Vegan Cooking Class Colombo with Market Tour - The Colombo market tour: where you learn to choose spices like locals
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Vegan Cooking Class Colombo with Market Tour

6.Vegan Cooking Class Colombo with Market Tour

Vegan cooking class in Colombo with a market tour, private chef guidance, and clay-pot dishes. Hands-on, customizable Sri Lankan flavors.

★ 5.0

“This cooking class with the rustic tour guide was my birthday gift from my husband as he knows that I love different cooking experiences. It was one amazing experience with fun and knowledge. We visited Colombo’s biggest vegetable Read more”

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3 hour cooking experience - The value of getting recipes (and why it’s not just paperwork)
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3 hour cooking experience

7.3 hour cooking experience

3-hour hands-on Sri Lankan cooking class in Colombo with Chef Mohara Dole. Cook curries, rice, and sambols, take recipes home.

★ 5.0

“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”

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Cooking class in Srilanka - The 10-Dish Menu: More Than Variety, It’s a Meal Map
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Cooking class in Srilanka

8.Cooking class in Srilanka

Cook Sri Lankan curries and desserts in clay pots in Colombo. Private class, chef coaching, 3 hours, mobile ticket, $50.

★ 5.0

“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”

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Market Tour and Cooking Class from Colombo - Pettah fresh produce and spice stalls: how you pick the flavor base
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Market Tour and Cooking Class from Colombo

9.Market Tour and Cooking Class from Colombo

Shop Pettah Market with a chef, then cook Sri Lankan rice and curry at a Colombo studio with a private market-to-table class.

★ 5.0

“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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Colombo: Local Market Tour & Cooking Demo with Lunch - TukTuk Pickup and a Quick Change of Pace
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Colombo: Local Market Tour & Cooking Demo with Lunch

10.Colombo: Local Market Tour & Cooking Demo with Lunch

Colombo local market tour and cooking demo with lunch. Shop for ingredients, cook with a local family, and eat what you make.

★ 4.6

“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…”

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