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PRIVATE Authentic Balinese Cooking Class in Ubud at Putu's Home

★ 5.0 (658)

🍜 Food & Cooking

Bali · Indonesia

PRIVATE Authentic Balinese Cooking Class in Ubud at Putu's Home

Cook alongside Putu in her Ubud home for a three-hour private class focused on authentic Balinese cuisine. You'll prepare two to three dishes from scratch—grinding spices, working the grill, wrapping banana-leaf parcels—learning how Putu's family recipes balance flavour with the healing properties of local ingredients. After cooking, sit down with Putu and her family to eat what you've made together. Hotel transport from Ubud is included.

Cooking Class in an Italian Family Home : Pasta & Wine near Lecce

Cook fresh pasta by hand in Enza's countryside home near Lecce, learning traditional Salentine recipes passed down through her family. This 3.5-hour evening starts with prosecco and homemade antipasti, moves into the kitchen for hands-on pasta-making, then settles around the dining table for a proper meal with local wine, live music, and genuine conversation. Finish with homemade dessert and limoncello.

Da Nang Authentic Home Cooking Class

Work through Vietnamese home cooking in a local family's kitchen in Da Nang over two and a half hours. You'll prepare traditional dishes alongside your host, learning recipes that have shaped their everyday table for decades. Small groups mean genuine interaction and tailored tips rather than assembly-line instruction. Everything—ingredients, equipment, and the meal itself—is included.

Ho Chi Minh/Saigon Zero Tourist Food Tour

A four-hour food tour through Ho Chi Minh City's backstreet neighbourhoods, hitting seven to eight dishes at locally-run spots that don't advertise online. Your guide navigates the city's quieter districts, taking you beyond the usual tourist circuits to places where Vietnamese locals actually eat. Expect bottled water, a self-guided city tour pass, and edited photos sent afterward.

Wine Tasting In Paris

Work through six French wines across the country's premier regions in a intimate Latin Quarter venue with Thierry, a certified sommelier trained in Burgundy. Over two hours, you'll taste selections from Champagne, Loire Valley, Burgundy, Bordeaux, and the Rhône or Languedoc, learning the habits of professional tasters along the way. Groups stay small—maximum 12 people—so there's genuine space to ask questions and linger over each pour.

Ho Chi Minh City Signature Local Street Food by scooter Tour

Explore Ho Chi Minh City's street food scene by scooter, navigating local neighbourhoods to sample authentic dishes at casual roadside stalls. Tours range from 2–4 hours depending on your appetite and budget. Choose between a quick Rush Saigon circuit (scooter only), or food-focused options featuring banh mi, banh xeo, broken rice, and sugarcane juice. Ride behind a local guide or in traditional áo dài for an immersive introduction to how Saigonese actually eat.

2 hours – 4 hoursfrom AUD $23

The Chef @ 11:30 am (4 Main Dishes + 3 Breads)

★ 5.0 (248)

🍜 Food & Cooking

India

The Chef @ 11:30 am (4 Main Dishes + 3 Breads)

When Mia from our team joined The Chef at 11:30 am, we rolled up our sleeves for a proper hands-on Indian cooking class. Over three hours, we learned to make four mains and three breads from scratch — the kind of dishes that actually appear on home tables across India, not tourist-friendly shortcuts. The setup is intimate and unpretentious, pitched squarely at people who want to understand how Indian food actually works, not just taste it. You cook alongside the instructor, learn the reasoning behind technique and spice layering, then sit down to eat what you've made. It's as much about Indian home culture as it is about the food itself.

Hanoi Knife-Making Class:Join the Legacy in Blacksmith's Workshop

Spend two and a half hours in Da Sy, a centuries-old blacksmithing village outside Hanoi, learning to forge your own knife under the guidance of Vietnam's sole officially recognised female master bladesmith. You'll design, hammer, shape and sharpen a functional blade using traditional techniques passed down through generations, then take home a one-of-a-kind knife you've made yourself. This is a working craft preserved by someone who's spent 44 years perfecting it.

Cooking Class by Samui Native Instructor Geng and O Family

Learn to cook authentic Thai dishes at the home kitchen of Geng and O, lifelong Koh Samui residents. You'll start with a trip to the local market to source ingredients, then spend four hours preparing and eating lunch together. Everything uses fresh stock—coconut milk is grated by hand from whole coconuts. The open-air kitchen stays cool with fans, and the family welcomes children with a play area and colouring books.

De Mercados: A Neighborhood Market and Food Tour

Wander through Malasaña, Madrid's bohemian quarter just fifteen minutes from Sol, with a local guide who knows every shopkeeper and shortcut. Over two and a half hours, you'll taste churros fresh from the fryer, sample cured jamón ibérico and cold-pressed olive oil in specialist shops, browse the neighbourhood's working market, then settle into a tapas lunch built around what you've just discovered. Two drinks included—coffee, beer, wine, or soft alternatives—plus answers to your Spain questions and tips for what comes next.

Rome: Hands-on Fettuccine, Ravioli & Tiramisu Cooking Class

Roll up your sleeves in a Rome kitchen to build three pillars of Italian cooking: hand-rolled fettuccine and ravioli, plus tiramisu layered with mascarpone and espresso. Over three hours, a chef walks you through dough work, filling techniques, and assembly, explaining the reasoning behind each step rather than just the motions. You'll cook together, ask questions, taste your own food at a shared table, and leave with usable skills and a clearer sense of why these dishes matter in Italian culture.

Gyoza Cooking Class in Kyoto: Traditional Japanese Dumplings

Spend 90 minutes in a traditional Kyoto townhouse learning to fold and cook gyoza from scratch. Your English-speaking instructor guides you through the techniques that transformed this Chinese-origin dumpling into a Japanese staple, whilst sharing stories of samurai heritage and local food culture. Roll up your sleeves, get your hands floury, and walk away with both a skill and a stomach full of dumplings you've made yourself.

The Florence Pottery Experience: Factory Tour & Masterclass

This two-hour pottery experience transports you from [Florence](/places/florence)'s crowded centre to Montelupo Fiorentino, a village that has been shaping ceramics for over seven centuries. You'll tour a working factory where Salvatore and his team handcraft every piece, then take a seat at the wheel yourself to create something tangible to take home. Your finished work gets fired, glazed, and shipped worldwide—a genuine souvenir born from your own hands rather than a shop shelf.

Private and Guided Istanbul Food Tour: Taste of Two Continents

When Tom from our team ran this Istanbul food tour, we discovered it's genuinely all-in: no hidden vendor stops, no surprises at the till, just five to six hours eating your way across two continents. You start on the European side in Karakoy with a proper Turkish breakfast—menemen, sucuk omelettes, honey, the works—then ferry to Kadikoy on the Asian shore for lunch and more tastings at places where Istanbulites actually eat. It's private, so your group sets the pace, and the guide knows where the real food happens, not the tourist versions.

5 hours – 6 hoursfrom AUD $393

The Greek Food Experience (Max 8 persons)

★ 5.0 (190)

🍜 Food & Cooking

Greece

The Greek Food Experience (Max 8 persons)

When Lily from our team ran this food tour through central Athens, it was less about ticking off famous spots and more about actually understanding how Athenians eat. Over 4.5 hours, you'll hit 8–10 neighbourhood vendors—generational family businesses and newer food spots—sampling souvlaki, homemade pies, olives, PDO cheeses, Greek yoghurt, cold meats, and desserts. The guide weaves in stories about the city, culture, and history as you wander the streets. Groups stay small (max 8), so there's genuine chat with locals and fellow travellers rather than herding. It's a solid first-day-in-Athens move: you get your bearings, eat well above lunch portions, and leave with real tips.

Distill a bottle of Gin on mini copper stills

When Charlie from our team rocked up to this three-hour gin workshop in the UK, we found ourselves in a proper hands-on distillery space where you're not just watching—you're actually building your own bottle to walk away with. The setup is intimate and chatty; the kind of place where the distiller knows their craft inside out and you get proper gin education alongside a few sneaky tastings. It's the sort of afternoon that appeals to spirit nerds, gift-hunters, and anyone after a genuinely interactive experience rather than a passive factory tour.

Athens Greek Cooking Class Pita Gyros from Scratch with a Local

When Em from our team ran this cooking class in Athens, we rolled up to a local's kitchen expecting a polished cooking school — instead found ourselves cracking open a beer and learning to make pita and gyros the way Greeks actually do at home. The host sources veg that morning and refuses to refrigerate them, which sounds gimmicky until you taste the difference. It's three hours of hands-on cooking, chopping, rolling, and eating in someone's actual kitchen, not a sterile studio. The vibe is relaxed and chatty; you're learning Greek hospitality as much as technique.

Chester Food Tour: Unique Food With Drinks & Sightseeing

When Sarah from our team ran this Chester food tour, we walked four and a half hours through one of England's best-preserved medieval cities, hitting seven independent food stops along the way. The guide—a local award-winner and Great Taste judge—wove Chester's Roman and Tudor history into each bite, from handmade Cheshire chocolate to proper pub classics. Small groups mean you're not herded through tourist traps; instead, you're ducking into hidden restaurants and artisan spots the guide actually knows. The pace is relaxed, the tastings generous, and two proper drinks are included. It's the kind of tour that makes a city click into place.

Memphis Signature Guided Brewery Tour

When Mia from our Global Hobo crew ran this Memphis brewery tour, it ticked all the boxes for a proper half-day crawl. You hit three local craft breweries, taste up to 12 beers across the stops, and get fed along the way — all wrapped up in 3.5 hours with a knowledgeable guide who knows the Memphis brewing story inside out. The vibe is relaxed; you're in an air-conditioned van between spots, and the breweries themselves range from industrial warehouse feels to more polished taprooms. It's the kind of tour that works whether you're a beer nerd or just after a fun afternoon with mates.

#1 Rated NYC Chinatown Food and History Walking Tour with FNYT

When Tom from our Global Hobo crew ran this three-hour Chinatown walk with Foods of NY Tours, he got a proper crash course in one of New York's most layered neighbourhoods. The guide steered us through hidden side streets and into five different spots—three sit-down tastings—where we worked through dim sum, Peking Duck done Beijing-style, Malaysian street food, and two takes on dessert (one modern, one traditional). It's the kind of tour that trades the overwhelm of 'where do I even eat here?' for actual confidence walking these streets afterward.

Hoi An Cooking Class With Market Tour and Bamboo Basket Boat Ride

Learn to cook authentic Vietnamese dishes at Mai Home in Hoi An, where you'll start with a market tour through Tra Que village before returning to the riverside restaurant kitchen. Over six hours, you'll handle fresh local herbs, vegetables, seafood and meat to prepare lunch using the restaurant's own recipes, working alongside an English-speaking instructor in a garden setting overlooking the Co Co river.

Luxury Private Wine Tasting Tour to Guadalupe Valley from San Diego

When Lily from our Global Hobo crew booked this private wine tour, she spent 10 hours bouncing between three artisan producers in Guadalupe Valley, just south of San Diego. It's the kind of day that stretches from early morning (9am departure) to early evening (back by 7:30pm), with a proper sit-down lunch thrown in. The valley itself feels surprisingly focused — these aren't sprawling estates but working family operations where you'll actually see how wine gets made. You'll roll through in a private van with your own crew (minimum six people), so it's just mates and wine, no tour-bus strangers.

10 hoursfrom AUD $380

Create Watercolour With Hugo do Lago in Porto

★ 5.0 (173)

🍜 Food & Cooking

Portugal

Create Watercolour With Hugo do Lago in Porto

When Charlie from our team booked in with Hugo do Lago, we found ourselves in a tucked-away studio gallery in Porto's historic Sé neighbourhood, learning to paint the city's dramatic rooflines and riverside views in watercolour. The two-hour session felt less like a class and more like a mate showing you how it's done—Hugo walks you through the basics in a genuinely low-pressure way, and you leave with an actual finished piece, not just a smudged attempt. The studio sits five minutes from São Bento station, surrounded by the narrow medieval streets that make Porto visually magnetic.

Hanoi Coffee Class learning 5 famous coffee in Hanoi

Learn the craft of Vietnamese coffee in a heritage Hanoi café, where you'll spend two hours exploring five distinct brewing styles. Handle beans at different roast levels, discover how coffee arrived in Vietnam and became embedded in local culture, then brew and taste five drinks yourself—each paired with light snacks. A hands-on introduction to what makes Hanoi's coffee scene distinct from the rest of the world.

Private Guided Cooking Workshop Experience in Jodhphur

When Noah from our team signed up for this private cooking workshop in Jodhpur, we got a genuine look at how Rajasthani home cooking actually works. You rock up to a local family's kitchen and spend three-and-a-half hours learning to make dal, paneer, and paratha from scratch — proper vegetarian fare that forms the backbone of the region's food culture. The setup is intimate (just your group), transport's sorted, and you eat what you've cooked. Jodhpur's the kind of place where food feels tied to daily life, not just a tourist tick, so this feels less staged than many cooking gigs.

Cooking class in a villa with Palermo view

A three-hour cooking class set in a Palermo villa where you'll prepare dishes using vegetables picked fresh from the instructor's garden. Work in the kitchen with views across the city, then sit down to eat what you've made while taking in the surrounding landscape. Most ingredients come directly from the property, connecting you to the food from soil to plate.

Saigon Sightseeing & Street Food Tour By scooter with Student

Explore Saigon's backstreets and food stalls by motorbike with a local guide steering while you soak in the sights. This 4-hour tour bypasses the tourist drag and heads into working-class neighbourhoods across districts 3, 5, and 10, plus the warren of Chinatown. You'll taste nine dishes and drinks—from bánh mì to grilled banana—at hole-in-the-wall vendors where locals actually eat. The operator runs the top-rated motorbike outfit in Ho Chi Minh City with over 15,000 customer reviews.

Osaka Sake Tasting & Takoyaki Cooking Experience

Spend two hours in Osaka learning to craft takoyaki from a sommelier-turned-guide who doubles as a sake expert. You'll shape and fry your own octopus balls using an elevated recipe featuring wagyu and cheese, then taste your way through 10+ sake varieties to understand brewing, history, and how to spot quality bottles at restaurants. By the end, you've cooked a meal and developed a genuine appreciation for sake beyond the tourist experience.

Cretan Wines & Olive oil tour - The treasures of Crete

When Tom from our team ran this six-hour Cretan wines and olive oil tour, we got a proper education in what makes this island tick. You'll hit a working olive mill, a family-run organic winery, a distillery with an ancient press, a traditional tavern lunch, and a pottery studio in a village famous for the craft. The route threads through the heartland of Crete's wine and oil country — places that have been producing since Minoan times and still dominate Greece's output. It's a circuit for people genuinely keen on tasting and learning, not just ticking boxes.

6 hours – 7 hoursfrom AUD $198

★ 5.0 (153)

🍜 Food & Cooking

Egypt

Cairo Street Food with a Local Family

When Noah from our team ran this Cairo street food tour, we started in Downtown and worked our way through two neighbourhoods hunting the real deal—the kind of food families actually cook and eat. Over three hours and more than five stops, we tackled everything from grandmother-style comfort plates to taameya and koshary eaten shoulder-to-shoulder with locals. The whole thing felt less like a curated walk and more like being let into Cairo's actual rhythm. Breakfast, coffee, lunch, and snacks are all sorted.

Shanghai Breakfast Walking Tour of Former French Concession

When Ben from our team did this 3-hour walk through Shanghai's former French Concession, we hit up over 15 breakfast spots in the quieter southern pocket — everything from sheng jian bao (pan-fried dumplings) and xiao long bao (soup dumplings) to jianbing crepes and scallion pancakes. The area itself is a layered neighbourhood of heritage buildings and narrow lanes where locals still live and eat, and the small-group format meant we could duck into family-run joints and street vendors without the tourist circus. It's as much about Shanghai's colonial history and current pulse as it is about the food.

A Taste of Liverpool Food & Drink Tour

When Mia from our team ran this Liverpool food tour, we hit four independent spots across three hours, sampling proper local fare without the tourist fluff. Liverpool's got serious food credentials these days—independent cafés, bars and restaurants tucked into older streets—and this walk threads through them with a guide who actually knows the city's food story. Small group size meant we could slip into venues that don't rely on foot traffic, and by the end we'd eaten the equivalent of a full meal, pockets a mystery gift heavier, all alcohol included.

Hoi An Eco Cooking Class With Kien Nguyen Cooking

Spend five hours cooking Vietnamese country food in Hoi An's countryside with Chef Kien Nguyen. You'll start at a bustling local market to source ingredients directly from vendors, then head to a rural kitchen where you'll prepare and eat lunch together. A basket boat ride through the water coconut forest rounds out the experience, giving you both kitchen skills and a genuine taste of village life beyond the tourist centre.

Four hour walking wine tasting tour of Manchester's best bars

When Lily from our Global Hobo crew did this Manchester wine tour, it felt less like a formal tasting and more like a local mate showing you around. Four hours takes you through the city's best wine bars and pubs—the kind of spots where the staff actually know what they're talking about. You'll taste six to eight different wines (roughly two-thirds of a bottle total) paired with proper snacks at each stop, from Spanish croquetas to oysters. The groups cap at 12 people, so there's room to chat without feeling herded. Between venues, your guide—a qualified Manchester local—points out bits of the city's history worth knowing.

Riverside Thai Cooking Class in Khao Lak with Market Tour

Spend four hours at a riverside cooking school in Khao Lak learning to prepare Thai dishes from chef Apple, with views over the town's waterway. Pick either the morning session (includes a local market tour) or afternoon option (finishes with a traditional sweet dessert). The school supplies all ingredients, English-language guidance, and hotel transfers. Minimum two participants required.

Alleyway Food Tour

When Alex from our Global Hobo crew ran this alleyway food tour through old Calcutta, we threaded past century-old street stalls with Soham, a local who knows every corner and vendor by name. The tour leans hard on the genuine — not the Instagram spots, but the eateries where locals actually eat, tucked into narrow lanes and rooftops that feel worlds away from the tourist drag. Over three hours, we worked through roughly 8 savoury dishes (veg and non-veg options both catered for) and four desserts, plus afternoon and evening tea, building a real picture of how Calcutta's old quarters tick. It's a walker's tour through living neighbourhoods, not a museum run.

Authentic Food Tour in Agadir - Eat Like A Local

When Mia from our Global Hobo crew ran this food tour in Agadir, she ate her way through a proper cross-section of Moroccan home cooking—not the tourist-trap versions. You'll start at a local restaurant, weave through specialty shops picking up ingredients and stories, then finish in your guide's family home where his mum has cooked a spread of 12+ dishes: slow-cooked tagines, the spiced meat-and-fruit mrouzia, hearty harira soup, crispy briouats, and sweets with proper Moroccan mint tea. It's intimate (groups capped at 8), four hours total, and leans heavily on the 'why' behind each dish rather than just the 'what.' Vegetarians are catered for.

Kamananui Cacao Orchard Tour

When Em from our team visited Kamananui Cacao Orchard on the Big Island, we got a proper look at how cacao grows in Hawaii's volcanic soil—and tasted the chocolate made right here. The 90-minute tour walks through working orchards shaded by taller trees, stopping to see how the pods are harvested and processed. It's a quieter, hands-on experience than the usual tourist circuit, set in lush farmland where you can actually smell the difference between fermented beans and roasted chocolate. Groups are small and mixed, mostly people genuinely curious about where their chocolate comes from.

Shakespeare Distillery Tour - 11am Ticket

When Ben from our team booked the 11am slot at Shakespeare Distillery, we found ourselves in Stratford-upon-Avon's only working distillery — a spot that leans hard into Tudor heritage for its spirit recipes. The 90-minute experience walks you through how they make their award-winning gin, sourced from period herb gardens, then sits you down with a G&T and three proper tastings. It's a compact, focused tour that feels less touristy trap and more craft operation, tucked into a market town that's equal parts Shakespeare shrine and actual living place.

Private Homemade Meal with a Private Chef in Rome

Cook a two-and-a-half-hour meal with a Rome-based chef whose traditional Italian recipes have earned global recognition. Work through several dishes side by side in a home kitchen, learning techniques rooted in family tradition and regional history. You'll prep, cook, and sit down to eat what you've made, with the option to take away the recipes or purchase the chef's published collection of family narratives and dishes.

2h 30mfrom AUD $125

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