The Top 6 Singapore Cooking Classes

1.Experience Singapore: Cultural Cooking Class

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 1,514 reviews · from $96Our pick

At Food Playground in Chinatown, you’ll spend about three hours learning to prepare three Singapore-style dishes with an English-speaking instructor. Expect cooking demonstrations, hands-on work, and stories about local food culture, then sit down for lunch with your group. Menus can change; past classes have featured dishes such as laksa, curry chicken, satay, and ondeh ondeh.

“It was an informative and fun, we were helped to make a delicious meal . We were given lots of other tips about Singapore”

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2.Hands-on Cooking Class with Cultural Immersion

★★★★★★★★★★4.9 · 107 reviews · 3 hours · from $94Best value

Spend three hours cooking a three-course Singaporean meal in a Chinatown studio beside the Buddha Tooth Relic Temple. Instructors such as Sara, Helen, Annie, Nur, and YY guide you through local recipes, ingredients, and food traditions. The menu changes by weekday, so check the day’s dishes before booking.

“Sara was incredible! Very interesting and keen for a joke. The recipes were delicious and we loved not having to worry about taking our own photos! Highly recommended!!”

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3.Market-to-Table Experience and Cooking Class

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 17 reviews · 3 hours · from $109

Join a licensed guide-chef for a visit to a Singapore wet market, a local coffee-shop breakfast and a hands-on cooking class. Menus change by weekday and can include chicken rice, Ngoh Hiang, Hokkien Mee and local sweets. Hosts have included Collin, Vivian, Denise and Angel.

“We had a blast! Looking at the market before cooking was so interesting and we learned so much about the locals. The fun continued when we returned to cook our scrumptious food. Angel was a wonderful teacher and very understandable for us Americans to understand. If given an opportunity would definitely return!”

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4.Private Market Visit and Cooking Class With A Professional Chef

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 10 reviews · from $126

At Palate Sensations, a professional chef guides your private group through a menu of Singaporean dishes such as laksa, chicken rice, sambal squid and sambal kangkong. Choose a three-hour cooking class or add a 1.5-hour visit to Tiong Bahru Market. You’ll cook, eat lunch, and take home recipes and an apron.

“Good experience, however there were only 2 participants, so lacked some atmosphere.”

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5.Singaporean Cooking Class With A Professional Chef

★★★★★★★★★★4.1 · 5 reviews · 3 hours · from $118

At Palate Sensations Culinary School, you’ll spend three hours cooking three Singaporean dishes with a professional chef in a private session for at least two people. Expect ingredient guidance, hands-on preparation and lunch outdoors. Lynette, Loretta and Tina are names associated with past classes, though your instructor may vary.

“We loved every aspect of the class… and the food!! Lynette was thorough and very clear with her instructions as well as explanations of the ingredients, their purpose and preparation. We highly recommend the classes.”

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6.Peranakan Cooking Class in Singapore, near Lavender MRT Station

★★★★★★★★★★4.0 · 4 reviews · from $128

Join Colin, or a colleague if he is away, for a private Peranakan cooking class in a studio inside a bicycle tour shop near Lavender MRT. Prepare two or three Singapore dishes, hear about their cultural roots, then eat with your host. Menus vary, so request a dish such as Nyonya laksa when booking.

“We had a very fun class, everything is hands on which is what we love. Chef Colin talked about culture and the history of the food, which is perfect to know when learning to cook traditional recipes. 100% recommend this class”

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