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15 Cooking Classes in Siem Reap, Compared on Price and Time

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15 cooking classes in Siem Reap, each with its price, its running time and the one thing worth knowing before you commit. The top entry is top for a reason.

Khmer Cooking Class at a Local's Home in Krong Siem Reap - Friendly instruction from Sorya, Kong, Sivorn, and Sky
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Khmer Cooking Class at a Local’s Home in Krong Siem Reap

1.Khmer Cooking Class at a Local’s Home in Krong Siem Reap

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 2,731 reviews · from $27Our pick

Ride by tuk-tuk to a local market and open-air kitchen, where Sorya, Kong, Sky, or another local instructor guides you through four Khmer dishes. Choose recipes such as fish amok, tom yum, salads, tempura, and banana tapioca. The three-hour class includes ingredients, a meal, hotel transfers, and vegetarian options by request.

“Very much enjoyed making a whole meal and then eating it. Healthy, fresh ingredients and the food tasted so good at the end. Will definitely try the recipes at home.”

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Siem Reap: Khmer Cooking Class at a Local's Home - The tuk-tuk pickup and ride to the market
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Siem Reap: Khmer Cooking Class at a Local’s Home

2.Khmer Cooking Class at a Local’s Home

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 1,108 reviews · 3 hours · from $29

Start with a tuk-tuk pickup, visit a local market, then cook four Khmer dishes at a host’s home with guides such as Kong, Sivorn, or Sorya. Choose your own menu, tour the kitchen garden, and sit down to eat what you make. The small group is limited to six, with recipes and photos often provided.

“Cooking class was amazing! Guide Soriya was very helpful and informative and food we prepared was delicious. Recommend to everyone”

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Award-Winning Cooking Class Experience with Professional Teacher - Seeing Khmer ingredients at the local market
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Award-Winning Cooking Class Experience with Professional Teacher

3.Award-Winning Cooking Class Experience with Professional Teacher

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 745 reviews · from $22

Meet at Paper Tiger near Pub Street for a three-hour Khmer cooking class led by teachers such as Sopheap, Sinuon, or Channy. Visit a nearby market, choose dishes including fish amok, chicken curry, beef loc lac, salads, and dessert, then cook and eat your meal. Vegetarian choices are available, and digital recipes are provided.

“My cooking class a few days ago with Sopheap was so much fun! She knew her away around the vegetable market and was such a skilled cooking instructor. Great vibes, delicious food — I would recommend to anyone visiting Siem Reap.”

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Cambodian Village Cooking Class - A tuk-tuk ride from town to the countryside
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Cambodian Village Cooking Class

4.Cambodian Village Cooking Class

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 265 reviews · from $32

Travel by tuk-tuk from your Siem Reap hotel to Psar Chaa, the Old Market, with a local guide such as Sophia. Shop for Cambodian ingredients, then cook fresh rice-paper rolls, Cambodian curry, and bananas in palm sugar with a chef in a small lakeside pavilion. Your three-course meal, drink, recipe book, water, and return ride are included.

“Loved every minute of this experience from the friendly tuk tuk driver pick up (excellent English) to caring host/manager Sophia and head chef Sunat (??). Rather than cancel on me (the only booking) , they provided one of my best days in CaRead more”

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Cambodian Cooking Class from Siem Reap - Cooking beside the pond
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Cambodian Cooking Class from Siem Reap

5.Cambodian Cooking Class from Siem Reap

★★★★★★★★★★4.9 · 190 reviews · 3.5 hours · from $32

Take a tuk tuk from Siem Reap to a rural village, explore a local market and family home, then cook Khmer dishes beside a pond. English-speaking guides such as Sophia Lauren explain herbs, curry paste, and ingredient swaps. Small groups, personal stations, a recipe book, and lunch are included.

“Amazing! Loved it, even when I wasn’t feeling very well at the market, the guides were prompt at offering me cold towels and water and changed the schedule. The class was amazing and we learnt loads! And we got to enjoy our food overlooking the lake which has turtles swimming!”

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Siem Reap Cooking Class - Choosing fish amok, spring rolls, and dessert
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Siem Reap Cooking Class

6.Siem Reap Cooking Class

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 170 reviews · from $35

Spend three hours learning Khmer cooking with Chef Dee and a small group of up to eight. Visit a local market, choose a starter, main course, and dessert, then cook in a garden pavilion. Hotel pickup, vegetarian adjustments, and mobile tickets make this a practical break from the Angkor temples.

“Since I didn't have a class there were no memorable parts! If I had been told before the event that would have been OK but I was not informed until I rang to find out what was happening.”

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Khmer Gourmet Cooking Class - The Old Market comes first
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Khmer Gourmet Cooking Class

7.Khmer Gourmet Cooking Class

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 145 reviews · from $21Best value

Choose a starter, main, and dessert, then visit Siem Reap’s Old Market with your chef to see the ingredients before cooking. Teachers such as Narong, Naphom, and Saroun guide you through each dish in a clean city-center kitchen. Hotel pickup can be arranged, and the private format gives your group plenty of attention.

“Very well organized and staff were fluent in English. We each had our own cooking stations. Choices as to what we cooked and it was all very delicious.”

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Khmer Cooking Class in Cambodia - Learning the ingredients before you cook
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Khmer Cooking Class in Cambodia

8.Khmer Cooking Class in Cambodia

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 36 reviews · from $35

Meet chef Sokha at Sambo Khmer & Thai Restaurant in Wat Damnak for a 2.5-hour private Khmer cooking class. You’ll learn about local ingredients, cook at your own burner and station, then sit down to taste the dishes you prepared. Vegetarian, vegan and gluten-free needs can be arranged with advance notice.

“This was an amazing cooking class. Sokha is a great teacher. She worked with each of us to make sure we understood what we were doing. We each had our own ingredients to prepare, our own burner and our own pot. We made the recipes with her guidance. All three Read more”

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3-Hour Siem Reap Guided Cooking Class and Market with Pick up - Starting at the local market
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3-Hour Siem Reap Guided Cooking Class and Market with Pick up

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

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 26 reviews · from $32

Meet chef Dee for a three-hour Khmer cooking class that begins with a local market visit. Choose ingredients, learn to make a starter, main dish, and dessert, then eat what you prepare. Pickup and drop-off are included by tuk-tuk or minivan. No cooking experience is needed, and groups are limited to 15 people.

“Dee we love you.This was the highlight of our trip after the temples.Learning to cook in an open kitchen with its own incredible garden to source ingredients and local market.We laughed and learnt and Dee respected our wish to use bottlRead more”

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Cambodian Cooking Class - Entering a Cambodian home kitchen
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Cambodian Cooking Class

10.Cambodian Cooking Class

★★★★★★★★★★4.9 · 25 reviews · 3 hours · from $35

Your English-speaking host collects you by traditional tuk-tuk, guides you through a local market, then teaches four Khmer dishes in a local home. Expect Fish Amok, Tom Yum, fresh ingredients, and a four-course meal. Hosts including Mr. Kong, Sky, Sorta, and Sivorn help make the three-hour class practical and friendly.

“Loved the Khmer Cookery Class - great team, really informative and we cooked a delicious dinner. Highly recommend.”

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Cooking Class By Reveal Angkor Hotel Siem Reap - Starting at Psar Chaa, Siem Reap’s Old Market
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Cooking Class By Reveal Angkor Hotel Siem Reap

11.Cooking Class By Reveal Angkor Hotel Siem Reap

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 19 reviews · from $39

Spend about two hours learning Khmer cooking at Reveal Angkor, roughly 900 meters from Siem Reap’s Old Market. A local chef guides you through market shopping, food preparation, and a garden meal. The private class includes bottled water and a cookery certificate, with time slots to suit your schedule.

“The class offered nice flexibility as I was the only student - so I was able to prepare exactly what I preferred. Quality of ingredients was top notch and quantity was plentiful. Good pro-health precautions were taken with ample gloves, fresh Read more”

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Morning Cooking Class and Market Tour in Siem Reap - Choosing dishes with Mai before class
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Morning Cooking Class and Market Tour in Siem Reap

12.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 a tuk tuk through Siem Reap to a local market and nearby village sites. A Cambodian chef leads a hands-on class at Village Cooking School, with dishes chosen in advance, fresh ingredients, recipes to take home, lunch, and hotel drop-off. Groups are limited to eight.

“Great tour and great service, truly local supporting the local community. Food was good and the experience was worth it”

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Evening Cooking Class - Three Cambodian dishes, prepared step by step
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Evening Cooking Class

13.Evening Cooking Class

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 14 reviews · from $35

Begin at 5pm with hotel pickup and a lemongrass cocktail or mocktail. Sophia leads a market visit, then chef Prya guides you through three Cambodian dishes in a thatch pavilion surrounded by tropical gardens. The hands-on class lasts about three hours and ends with dinner under the stars. Groups are capped at 12.

“Upon pick up at our hotel and after about 10 minute drive to a local market we were met by our host Sophia who took us around the market explaining which vegetables were local how they tasted, which were imported either due to lack of qRead more”

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Afternoon Cooking Class & Village Tour in Siem Reap - Learning Khmer cooking in a countryside kitchen
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Afternoon Cooking Class & Village Tour in Siem Reap

14.Afternoon Cooking Class & Village Tour in Siem Reap

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 12 reviews · from $35

Join a small afternoon group of up to eight people for a village tour outside Siem Reap. Visit vegetable and mushroom farms and a local rice wine distillery, then cook three Khmer main courses and dessert with a local chef in a countryside kitchen. Hotel pickup, dinner, village donation, and a recipe book are included.

“This was an excellent experience. I got to do this on my own and made the most of it. The family were fantastic. The food was great!”

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Siem Reap: Cambodian Desserts Cooking Lesson with Tastings - From hotel lobby to local market
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Siem Reap: Cambodian Desserts Cooking Lesson with Tastings

15.Cambodian Desserts Cooking Lesson with Tastings

★★★★★★★★★★4.8 · 9 reviews · 3 hours · from $32

This three-hour Siem Reap class takes you by tuk-tuk from your hotel to a cooking workshop, sometimes with a local market stop first. With an English-speaking host and chef, you prepare steamed ginger custard, palm sugar and coconut bananas, and sweet coconut pancakes at your own station. Tastings, transport, and a recipe card are included.

“We started with a visit to the local market, which was so interesting and we had our first snack. Afterwards we went to a peaceful outdoor kitchen surrounded by nature. The guide and chef were incredibly friendly and explained every step clearly. We made three traditional Khmer desserts – all super tasty and easy enough to try again at home. There was plenty to take away afterwards, plus a small recipe booklet as a lovely souvenir. We can definitely recommend this class to anyone! Thank you for the amazing class!”

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