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

★ 5.0 (707)

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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.

Tokyo: Make Your Own Chopsticks Shibuya

Craft a pair of wooden chopsticks from scratch in a Shibuya workshop, a short walk from the Scramble Crossing. Over one hour, you'll select timber, shape and sand your sticks under expert guidance, then finish them to take home. No prior skill needed. Choose from standard or premium woods, and add engraving for a personalised touch—ideal for keeping or gifting.

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.

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.

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.

Osaka: Hidden Backstreet Foodie Tour

Slip into Osaka's backstreet lanes and eat your way through Uranamba's hidden food culture with a knowledgeable local guide. This 3-hour evening tour keeps groups small—no more than 9 people—so you'll actually talk to your guide rather than hear a canned speech. You'll taste around 13 dishes, sip two drinks, and hear real stories about the city's food heritage and underground scenes. It's the kind of night where your guide becomes a mate and the streets reveal themselves in ways tourists never see.

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

★ 5.0 (295)

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Guatemala

Guatemalan Cooking Class & Market Tour

When Ngaio from the crew signed up for this Guatemalan cooking class in Antigua, we weren't expecting to spend half the morning haggling over chillies at a chaotic local market. You start by wandering through the stalls with your guide, picking up five dishes worth of ingredients — a mix of staples and stuff most of us had never clocked before. Then it's back to the cooking school where you actually make three mains and two sides, learning how Guatemalan cooks actually do it rather than how cookbooks say they should. The whole thing takes about four hours and ends with you eating what you've cooked, wine in hand, feeling oddly capable.

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.

Pizza and Gelato Making Experience with Fine Italian Wine in Rome

Learn to shape Neapolitan pizza, churn gelato, and fry Roman supplì across three hours in Rome, guided by practised cooks. You'll work with your hands through each stage—mixing dough, building toppings, mastering the gelato balance—before tasting everything alongside poured Italian wines. It's a proper apprenticeship in three iconic Roman and Southern Italian dishes, not a passive watch.

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.

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.

The Florence Pottery Experience: Factory Tour & Masterclass

This two-hour pottery experience transports you from 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.

Rome Pasta and Tiramisu Making Experience with Premium Wine

Master three pillars of Roman cooking in a three-hour hands-on class steps from Piazza Mattei. Work alongside a chef to roll pasta sheets, shape ravioli, and layer tiramisu from raw ingredients. You'll finish with a spread of what you've made, wine pairings included, and the muscle memory to recreate each dish at home. Small groups of up to twelve keep things intimate and manageable.

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.

Santorini Wine Stories: Daytime Tour with Tasting & Lunch

When Charlie from our team ran this tour, we spent four hours moving between two traditional Santorini wineries to taste eight wines and eat lunch against views that genuinely stopped conversation. The island's volcanic soil produces distinctive whites and lighter reds, and the two canavas we visited—small, working operations—showed us the actual production and bottling process rather than just pouring wine into glasses. It's a shared group tour capped at eight people, so you're not herded around like a school group. The pacing is relaxed: cellar time, tasting flights, then a proper lunch that pairs with what you've just tried. Santorini draws a mixed crowd—couples, groups of mates, older travellers—and the wineries feel unhurried.

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.

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.

Brixton Market Tour with African and Caribbean Cuisine

When Alex from our team ran this Brixton tour, we clocked three solid hours threading through one of London's most culturally layered neighbourhoods. You're walking through the historic market, checking out street art, and hitting up four or five local spots slinging genuine African and Caribbean food — jerk chicken, plantains, Jollof rice, the works. The area pulses with a real multicultural energy, the kind you don't get on the standard London circuit. Groups stay intimate enough that the guide actually knows who you are.

Six Cups of Vietnam Coffee Workshop in Hanoi with Local Barista

Learn to brew six Vietnamese coffee styles in a two-hour workshop with a local barista in central Hanoi. You'll master the traditional phin filter, prepare the creamy egg coffee, and discover trending variations like salt and coconut versions. Small groups (max eight) means hands-on guidance as you brew and taste each style, walk away with recipes, and pick up insider tips on Hanoi's best cafés and food spots.

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.

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

Pasta and Tiramisu Making Class with Fine Italian Wine in Rome

★ 5.0 (208)

🍜 Food & Cooking

Italy

Pasta and Tiramisu Making Class with Fine Italian Wine in Rome

Learn to hand-roll ravioli and layer tiramisu from Roman chefs in a three-hour class near the Colosseum. You'll shape pasta dough, stuff it with care, and craft the classic dessert from scratch, then sit down to eat what you've made alongside carefully matched Italian wines. Groups stay small—just ten of you—so there's real attention from your instructors.

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.

Hidden Beyoğlu Tour

When Em from our team ran this Beyoğlu food walk, we started in a proper neighbourhood Lokanta sampling Istanbul classics, then wound through tight side streets hitting pickle makers, spice vendors, and hidden joints most tourists miss. Over 4–5 hours we grazed our way across Turkey's regional cuisines — Northeast specialities, Black Sea fish, Hatay's fiery flavours — ducked into an Armenian church tucked inside a fish market, and finished with thick Turkish coffee that actually deserved the hype. Beyoğlu itself is chaotic, layered, and feels genuinely lived-in, which made the walk feel less curated and more like we were following a local's gut.

4 hours – 5 hoursfrom AUD $204

Kakheti - Small wineries and family-cooked lunch • Private tour

★ 5.0 (202)

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Georgia

Kakheti - Small wineries and family-cooked lunch • Private tour

When Maz from the crew rolled out to Kakheti, Georgia's premier wine region, we found ourselves in proper wine country — rolling vineyards beneath the Caucasus mountains, amber-coloured qvevri wines, and family kitchens turning out lunch while we watched. This 8-hour private tour sweeps you through the Alazani Valley hitting small wineries that still use ancient techniques, paired with a home-cooked meal and cheese-and-bread tastings. It's the kind of day that feels like you've actually stepped into Georgian wine culture rather than just ticked a box.

Korean Cooking Class with Grocery Shopping at Seoul Local Market

When Jake from our Global Hobo crew joined this Seoul cooking class, it wasn't a polished kitchen setup—it was a real morning at Mangwon Market with a local home cook showing us how she actually shops and feeds her family. You'll pick produce and proteins alongside her, then head to a kitchen space to prep and cook a proper meal together. It's three hours of chopping, tasting, and asking the questions you'd never get answers to in a guidebook. The instructor's Gen Z perspective on Korean food traditions gives it a refreshing angle: less reverent food history lesson, more 'here's what my nan taught me and why it matters.' You walk out knowing how to make specific dishes and—more usefully—how Korean home cooking actually works.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

Food and Culture Full day Tour in the Sacred Valley

★ 5.0 (184)

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Peru

Food and Culture Full day Tour in the Sacred Valley

When Roo from the crew did this Sacred Valley food tour, she found herself tracing the stories baked into every bite. The 10-hour day starts in Urubamba's markets grazing on street food, swings through the Inca ruins of Ollantaytambo (though the archaeological site entry isn't included), then climbs into the Andes to share lunch with an indigenous family in their home. The vibe is intimate—small groups, an English-speaking guide, and an honest look at how food connects to the people and landscape here. It wraps with dessert back in town. You're eating your way through the valley, basically.

10 hoursfrom AUD $294

Cretan Wines & Olive oil tour - The treasures of Crete

★ 5.0 (181)

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Greece

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

Private Guided Cooking Workshop Experience in Jodhphur

★ 5.0 (174)

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India

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.

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.

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.

Pasta and Tiramisu Semi-Private Cooking Class with a MasterChef

Spend three hours in a professional Roman kitchen learning to hand-roll fettuccine with Alfredo sauce and build a proper tiramisu from scratch. You'll start with prosecco and antipasti, cook alongside a MasterChef Italia instructor in a group of up to six, then sit down to eat what you've made with wine and limoncello. The experience ends with a digital recipe booklet so you can recreate the dishes at home.

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.

2 hoursfrom AUD $99

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