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The 15 Best Cooking Classes in Seoul

22 tours  ·  from $52 a head

Kimchi in a home kitchen, a market shop before it, and a table you sit down at afterwards. These 15 Seoul classes are priced and clear on group size, how much you actually cook, and which send the recipes home with you.

Local Home Korean Cooking Class & Market Adventure in Seoul - Mangwon Market: your ingredient lesson begins on foot
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Local Home Korean Cooking Class & Market Adventure in Seoul

1.Local Home Korean Cooking Class & Market Adventure in Seoul

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 1,024 reviews · from $91Our pick

Meet your host at Mangwon Station, explore the neighborhood market, sample street food, and learn about Korean ingredients before cooking four dishes in a local home. Sarah or Junghee leads the small-group class, then serves your food with more than 10 side dishes, dessert, and makgeolli.

“Junghee is one of the most charming people I’ve ever met in my travels. She’s fun and endlessly curious about the travel journeys of all the attendees. She made the cooking super simple, taught us lots of Korean phrases, and shared lots of details about life in Seoul. Amazing tour.”

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Master Korean traditional cooking with a Kimchi chef - Choose your cooking day carefully
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Master Korean traditional cooking with a Kimchi chef

2.Master Korean traditional cooking with a Kimchi chef

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 385 reviews · from $85

Meet your guide at Jegidong Station, walk through Gyeongdong Market for ingredients, then cook and eat in a Korean-style home. Chef Minseon and the OME Cooking Lab team teach a different three-dish menu each day, from samgyetang and kimchi to bulgogi, japchae, bibimbap, or Korean desserts. Vegan and halal options are available.

“It was a very informative class and cooking was well paced. Making a bibimbap with more traditional ingredients was a great learning environment. The fact that you walk the local market and get fresh ingredients is such a highlight as well.”

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Seoul: Korean Cooking Class at a Local Home and Market Tour - A Local Home Instead of a Demonstration Kitchen
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Seoul: Korean Cooking Class at a Local Home and Market Tour

3.Korean Cooking Class at a Local Home and Market Tour

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 348 reviews · from $98

Meet Sarah, Sara, or Junghee near Mangwon Station for a small-group market walk and home cooking class. Taste street food, learn Korean phrases, prepare bibimbap, dakgalbi, haemul-pajeon, and doenjang-jjigae, then sit down to a Hanjeongsik meal with side dishes, fruit, and rice wine.

“It was a wonderful experience! Junghee is an absolute delight and led our group the cooking process beautifully! It was a major highlight of my trip to Seoul! I highly recommend it! :-)”

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Seoul: Korean Cooking at Seoul Cooking Club! - Ten small tastes that explain Korean side dishes
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Seoul: Korean Cooking at Seoul Cooking Club!

4.Korean Cooking at Seoul Cooking Club!

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 311 reviews · 2h 30m · from $109

Spend 150 minutes cooking Korean food at Seoul Cooking Club near Jonggak Station. English-speaking chefs such as Sally, Olivia, Elly, and Grace guide you through jeon, japchae, bulgogi, bibimbap, banchan, dessert, and traditional drinks. You eat what you make, take home leftovers when available, and receive recipe notes for cooking in your own kitchen.

“It was a bit on the expensive side, but well worth it on my opinion. The instructor was amazing and had good English, and the dishes we prepared were diverse and interesting. The support was also spectacular, with an assistant coming and taking each tool we finished with and it made the work station really need and organized with no effort on our part. I highly recommend this class”

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Korean Cooking at Seoul Cooking Club - Gimbap, jeon, and the hands-on cooking
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Korean Cooking at Seoul Cooking Club

5.Korean Cooking at Seoul Cooking Club

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 220 reviews · from $109

At Seoul Cooking Club, you spend 2.5 hours preparing a broad Korean feast with guidance from instructors such as Olivia, Elly, Sally, and Grace. Expect hands-on work, cultural notes, Korean drinks, dessert, and often enough food to take home. Vegan, vegetarian, pescatarian, gluten-free, halal, and other dietary needs can be accommodated.

“The whole experience was wonderful. Learned how to prepare many dishes. Sally was so personable and a great teacher!!”

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Korean Cooking Class with Grocery Shopping at Seoul Local Market - Meeting Phoebe near Mangwon Station
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Korean Cooking Class with Grocery Shopping at Seoul Local Market

6.Korean Cooking Class with Grocery Shopping at Seoul Local Market

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 107 reviews · from $91

Meet Phoebe, also known as Sunghyun, near Mangwon Station for a three-hour food experience. Shop for ingredients at Mangwon Market, learn to prepare bulgogi, gyeran-jjim, and kimbap, then eat together in a cozy studio. Groups are limited to eight people, and beginners are welcome.

“Sunghyun (who goes by Phoebe) started the business that offers this experience about 6 months ago and, wow, what an awesome experience she provides! We started with a tour of the near by traditional Mangwon Market including food Read more”

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Korean Kimchi Making Day Experience with a Local Market Tour - Walking through Mangwon Market with Jomin
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Korean Kimchi Making Day Experience with a Local Market Tour

7.Korean Kimchi Making Day Experience with a Local Market Tour

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 99 reviews · from $89

Meet chef Jomin at Mangwon Station, walk through Mangwon Market, taste Korean snacks, then prepare four kinds of kimchi in a home-style cooking studio. You’ll use cabbage, radish, and cucumber, eat your finished kimchi with boiled pork and fried tofu, and take the rest home with recipes.

“If you love kimchi and you would like to learn all about it, from fresh ingredients to short and long term versions, then this is the class for you. You’ll get all the tips you need for making it at home and a good overview of the culture around kimchi making and eating in Korea. The pace was quite quick as the group is around 10 people but we never got bored. We loved it!”

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Royal Seoul Cooking Class in a 100-Year-Old Hanok - Chef Park keeps the lesson friendly and clear
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Royal Seoul Cooking Class in a 100-Year-Old Hanok

8.Royal Seoul Cooking Class in a 100-Year-Old Hanok

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 81 reviews · from $98

Join Chef Park, also known as Ricky, in a restored 100-year-old hanok near Seoul’s historic center. In a small group of up to six, you’ll prepare LA galbi, fresh kimchi, haemul pajeon, and tangpyeongchae, then eat your meal on traditional bangjja bronzeware with makgeolli and Korean sweets.

“It was a great experience would recommend to everyone! Park was leading the experience he was really informative and fun! The food tasted fantastic. 12/10 experience.”

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Seoul : Taste of Korea, Authentic Home-Style Cooking Class - Gimbap, tteokbokki, haemulpajeon, and budae jjigae
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Seoul : Taste of Korea, Authentic Home-Style Cooking Class

9.Taste of Korea, Authentic Home-Style Cooking Class

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 64 reviews · from $89

At Hansik Korean Cooking Class in Jongno, Jennifer guides you through gimbap, tteokbokki, haemulpajeon, and budae jjigae. Morning and evening sessions last about three hours, with a full meal, Korean drinks, snacks, dessert, and digital recipes. The class welcomes families and can adapt dishes for dietary needs.

“This was a wonderfull cooking class! The instractor was very kind and knowledgeable, explained about the dishes, showed everyone how to make them, super easy and fun! The food was very good and we could adjust it to our preferences.”

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Traditional Korean 6-Dish Cooking Class + Hidden Alley Tour Seoul - Tea, food culture, and the meaning of color
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Traditional Korean 6-Dish Cooking Class + Hidden Alley Tour Seoul

10.Traditional Korean 6-Dish Cooking Class + Hidden Alley Tour Seoul

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 42 reviews · from $85

Meet chef Jiny at a traditional-modern studio near Chungmu-ro for tea, cultural stories, and hands-on cooking. You’ll prepare hot stone bibimbap, bulgogi, japchae, doenjang-jjigae, kimchi pancakes, and vegetable skewers, then eat together before walking Euljiro’s lesser-known lanes. Recipes, photos, drinks, snacks, and a small souvenir are included.

“I had the absolute pleasure of attending Jiny’s cooking class and it was thee highlights of my Seoul trip especially as a foodie! Not only is Jiny so knowledgeable and proud of the food she creates, she made the class fun from start to finish. Read more”

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Korean Home Style Cooking Class in Gangnam Seoul - Chef Naomi’s Private, Hands-On Format
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Korean Home Style Cooking Class in Gangnam Seoul

11.Korean Home Style Cooking Class in Gangnam Seoul

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 40 reviews · from $85

Join Chef Naomi in Gangnam for a 2.5-hour private Korean cooking class. You will prepare four popular home-style dishes with your own pan and knife, then sit down to eat what you made. Vegetarian, vegan, gluten-free, pork-free, and alcohol-free needs can be accommodated when noted at booking.

“Excellent introduction to Korean Cooking. Naomi was well prepared, patient and explained things very well. The food tasted nice and we were given take away boxes because it was quite a lot.”

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Vegan Korean Food Cooking Class: Gimbap, Sundubu Jjigae, and more - Rolling gimbap, one strip at a time
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Vegan Korean Food Cooking Class: Gimbap, Sundubu Jjigae, and more

12.Vegan Korean Food Cooking Class: Gimbap, Sundubu Jjigae, and more

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 32 reviews · from $75

Join instructor Soomin in Itaewon for a hands-on vegan Korean cooking class limited to four people. You’ll roll gimbap, make sundubu jjigae from scratch, cook soy pulp pancakes, and shape flower-topped hwa-jeon. The class lasts about 2.5 hours and can accommodate gluten-free requests.

“This class was the perfect introduction to Korean cooking whether you are a vegan, vegetarian or meat eater. Soomin was a great instructor, taking the time to explain ingredients and processes while guiding us smoothly through the cookiRead more”

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Seoul Cultural Tour - Kimchi Making, Gyeongbok palace with Hanbok - Gyeongbokgung Palace in traditional dress
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Seoul Cultural Tour – Kimchi Making, Gyeongbok palace with Hanbok

13.Seoul Cultural Tour – Kimchi Making, Gyeongbok palace with Hanbok

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 25 reviews · from $99

Spend a culture-packed day in Seoul with hotel pickup, a hanbok fitting, Gyeongbokgung Palace, tea ceremony, folk games, Insadong, and a 30-minute kimchi class. Guides such as Jay, Alice, Grace, and Mi So are praised for friendly help and photo-taking. The small group is capped at 10, with a ginseng or amethyst stop on the return.

“Really enjoyed this one. We were in a group with some elderly Japanese women but our host made sure that we were all entertained. After the kimchi making we played a Korean game and then got to wear the traditional hanbok. All in all a very pleasant way to spend a few hours.”

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Kimchi class with Chef Hakyung near Gyeongbokgung place - What happens during the two-hour class
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Kimchi class with Chef Hakyung near Gyeongbokgung place

14.Kimchi class with Chef Hakyung near Gyeongbokgung place

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 20 reviews · from $80

Join Chef Hakyung for a two-hour private kimchi class in a small studio near Gyeongbokgung Palace. She demonstrates the process, explains Korean food traditions, then helps you make your own kimchi from quality farm ingredients. Tea or soda and a small meal are included, and your kimchi can be eaten in the studio or taken away.

“Chef Hakyung In an excellent teacher with great recipes. We were made to feel at home in the kitchen. I would highly recommend this class. .”

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Korea Cooking Class with 3 stars Michelin Chef & Content creators - Meeting Korean food through a short history lesson
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Korea Cooking Class with 3 stars Michelin Chef & Content creators

15.Korea Cooking Class with 3 stars Michelin Chef & Content creators

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 16 reviews · from $70Best value

Join a three-star Michelin chef and Koreanbong for a two-hour Seoul cooking class near Lotte World. You’ll learn about Korean food history, watch a 30-minute demonstration, cook three dishes in small teams, then share dinner with drinks, games, and cultural activities.

“It was a great experience they are very professional. Made me feel warm and welcome, if you have the opportunity take a class with him , you won’t regret it”

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