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Khmer Cooking Classes: 15 Kitchens Worth a Morning

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Fish amok steamed in banana leaf, a green mango salad, prahok you will have opinions about. The 15 classes below say how much market time comes first, how much you cook versus watch, and which ones send the recipes home with you.

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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Khmer Cooking Class Half Day (AM or PM) - What might appear on your Cambodian menu
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Khmer Cooking Class Half Day (AM or PM)

4.Khmer Cooking Class Half Day (AM or PM)

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 316 reviews · from $31

Spend four hours with Banana Cooking Class in Phnom Penh, beginning with a tuk-tuk trip to a local market. Chef Lom Ang, Sophen, or another private instructor helps you choose ingredients, then guides you through three Khmer dishes at your own cooking station. Eat what you make, take home recipes, and receive a certificate.

“The recipes were simple yet traditional Khymer. The instructor was experienced and very helpful. It was a bonus that the people we cooked with were interesting and fun!”

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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

5.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

6.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

7.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

8.Khmer Gourmet Cooking Class

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

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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Battambang: Cooking Class and Market Touring - Riding a tuk-tuk through Battambang
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Battambang: Cooking Class and Market Touring

9.Cooking Class and Market Touring

★★★★★★★★★★4.8 · 80 reviews · 4 hours · from $25

Start with a 9:30 AM tuk-tuk pickup, then shop for ingredients at a local Battambang market with an English-speaking guide. At a local home, prepare two savory Khmer dishes and one dessert, enjoy your three-course meal, and ride back to your hotel. Vegetarian cooking is available.

“Martin was an amazing guide, had so much information on the local area and history of Cambodia. He offered to help us with finding transport back to our hotel, and recommendations for other tours and local restaurants.”

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Phnom Penh’s Hands-On Khmer Cooking Class in the Countryside - The family setting at Meet The Province
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Phnom Penh’s Hands-On Khmer Cooking Class in the Countryside

10.Phnom Penh’s Hands-On Khmer Cooking Class in the Countryside

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 54 reviews · from $35

Meet Sophors at Arey Ksat after a short Mekong ferry ride from Phnom Penh. Shop for fresh ingredients at the village market, visit the organic garden, then cook three Khmer dishes, including amok, with her family. The four-hour private class costs $35 per person, with ferry fares and drinks extra.

“One of the best experiences we’ve ever had. Sophors, Sophan and their family are incredibly friendly, accomodating and made us feel like one of the family. The food we prepared was delicious, Sophors made the cooking process so fun and engaging and we learned a lot about all aspects of the dishes we helped to make. Walking around the market to collect all of the ingredients was definitely a highlight and guaranteed that everything was fresh. Sophors shows that she cares a lot about the environment by limiting plastic waste whilst also seeking out organic produce free of fertilizers and chemical additives. If you are torn between doing a large…”

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

11.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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Battambang: Cooking Class and Market Touring - Riding a tuk-tuk through Battambang
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Battambang: Cooking Class and Market Touring

12.Cooking Class and Market Touring

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 29 reviews · from $18Best value

Start at 9:30 am with tuk-tuk pickup in Battambang. An English-speaking guide takes you to a local market to choose ingredients, then to a host’s home to prepare two savory Khmer dishes and a dessert. You eat what you make, with vegetarian cooking available, hotel drop-off included, and groups capped at 15.

“Fantastic tour! Our guide was friendly and even recommended great cocktail bars after the tour. An enjoyable Phnom Penh experience!”

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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

13.3-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

14.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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Kampot Countryside: Authentic Khmer Cooking Class - Three Khmer dishes and a dessert
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Kampot Countryside: Authentic Khmer Cooking Class

15.Kampot Countryside: Authentic Khmer Cooking Class

★★★★★★★★★★4.8 · 21 reviews · 3.5 hours · from $24

Travel by tuk tuk from your Kampot hotel to a local market, then continue to Eco Lotus Kampot for a hands-on Khmer cooking class with Samon and his family. Shop for fresh ingredients, gather herbs from the garden, prepare three dishes and dessert, and eat beside the paddy fields. Vegetarian options are available by request.

“Very tasty food and learned to make the spice-mix from scratch. Beautiful house in a natural setting.”

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