The 10 Best Lao Cooking Classes

1.Evening Cooking Class & Local Baci Ceremony

★★★★★★★★★★4.9 · 151 reviews · 4 hours · from $51Our pick

Join a small-group Lao cooking class, visit a local market, share a Baci blessing, and enjoy music beside Luang Prabang rice fields.

“À superbe experience of a cooking class including a very personal Baci ceremony in a family in a small village. This was the best cooking class we ever had. In a small setting (5 people only) we learned to cook several, tasty Lao dishes, including fish, meat, a soup and a salad. The time just flew by. We all loved it. It can’t get more authentic.”

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2.Bamboo Weaving Workshop & Cooking Class

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 96 reviews · 4 - 5 hours · from $44Top rated

Weave bamboo, cook Lao dishes, and meet local hosts in a relaxed half-day experience outside Luang Prabang.

“It was amazing! I was lucky to be the only one so I felt like a VIP but the activity was interesting and engaging every step of the way! The cooking part was done in a stunning garden, cooking on real fire! Bamboo weaving experience a totally soothing one!”

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3.Cooking Class at the Former Royal Palace

★★★★★★★★★★4.9 · 51 reviews · 4 hours · from $45

Explore Luang Prabang’s morning market, cook traditional Lao dishes, and enjoy lunch beside the Mekong for $45 per person.

“Vannasone gave us a wonderful tour of the morning market where, despite being seasoned cooks and well travelled, we learnt a lot! The cooking class was really enjoyable and conducted on the terrace of the hotel with views of the Mekong. Vannasone expertly guided us to produce an appetiser and a 3 course lunch, all very traditional dishes from Laos. The morning culminated with us enjoying the food on the terrace whilst watching the activity on the river. Highly recommend this activity!”

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4.Day-time Bamboo weaving & Cooking Classes join-in

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 38 reviews · from $25Best value

Learn Lao bamboo weaving and cooking in a peaceful rice-field setting near Luang Prabang, with hotel pickup, lunch, and a handmade souvenir.

“It was a great experience. I really enjoyed the bamboo weaving. It was actually hard! I would definitely do it again”

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5.Evening Bamboo weaving & Cooking classes join-in

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 17 reviews · from $25

Weaving, bamboo cooking, sticky rice, music, and a local meal make this four-hour Luang Prabang evening class a strong $25 value.

“Amazing experience that supports a culturesentric and local employment, tourism industry. Wonderful and heartwarming.”

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6.Tribal Cooking Class in Luang Prabang Forest and visit

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 15 reviews · from $78

Learn Lao cooking with a Khmu guide, gather forest or farm ingredients, make bamboo tools, and enjoy lunch near Luang Prabang.

“Amazing experience with a wonderful and knowledgeable guide. After a short trek into the jungle, we came upon a clearing with a small bamboo platform where we used machetes to fashion some cover from the rain. We then made ouRead more”

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7.Traditional Market Tour and Private Laotian Cooking Class with a Local

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 13 reviews · from $92

Tour Phosy Market, cook family recipes with Si, and share a private Lao meal in a local Luang Prabang home.

“I participated in the market tour and cooking class (not for dinner, but for lunch). I can confidently recommend this experience. The Phosy Market tour is an incredibly stimulating place, filled with fascinating sights such as an impressive Read more”

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8.The Namkhan – Cooking Class

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 8 reviews · from $63

Review of The Namkhan cooking class in Luang Prabang, with garden harvest, Lao recipes, local guidance, price, timing, and booking advice.

“The experience is amazing from learning how to pick different vegetables, clean & wash to cooking. Guide speaks amazing English and explaining the Laos culture. Cooks are nice and General Manager - Carl always check on your satisfaction.”

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9.Laos Cooking Class in Luang Prabang

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 7 reviews · from $58

Learn Lao cooking in Luang Prabang with a market visit, garden ingredients, local chefs, a full meal, and recipes to take home.

“We first went to the morning market. That was realy chaotic to western eyes. Our chef helped bij explaining all. At the cooking our cheff first made all the dishes and after we each cooked one. Same for dinner. With the help of the cheff we cooked. Amazing dishes. You get a cookbook and all recepies”

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10.Full Day bamboo experience with cooking class & Kuang si waterfalls

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 5 reviews · from $44

Learn bamboo crafts and Lao cooking, then swim at Kuang Si Falls on an 8-hour small-group tour from Luang Prabang.

“Day was awesome, I never knew what you could do with bamboo, owner, his wife and staff are just fabulous, knowledgeable and funny and incredibly helpful. I really enjoyed this day, helping to prepare food and then having lunch, the whole experience is worth doing.”

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