Cooking Class Colombo: Learn Sri Lankan Cuisine with Local Market Tour

Immerse yourself in the vibrant flavors of Sri Lankan cuisine with a hands-on cooking class in Colombo. Explore the local market, learn traditional recipes, and bring the taste of Sri Lanka to your kitchen.

Duration: 5 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights

TRANSPORT • Airport Pick up: We will greet you upon arrival (With Fully Air-Conditioned Car: Suitable for 2/3 people, Welcome Board, Expressway Entrance) 38USD. • Hotel Pick Up: The cost depends on the distance. Please contact us for assistance. KEY DETAILS • CITY: Colombo • MEETING POINT: Villa Ivy Crest • RECOMMENDED FOR: Couples/Families/Friends •…

What's Included
  • Light refreshments
  • Lunch
  • Professional guide
  • Bottled water
  • All taxes, fees and handling charges
What's Not Included
  • Alcoholic drinks (Beers)
  • Drinks
  • Gratuities
  • Hotel drop-off
  • Hotel pickup
Additional Information

Rustic Cooking Class holds the distinction of being Sri Lanka’s initial interactive culinary course with the highest number of reviews. It includes an immersive Local Market tour to ensure a comprehensive cultural and culinary journey in Sri Lanka. Participants will enjoy a delightful session and carry home valuable cooking insights to enhance their…

Location
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Our base is in Sri Jayawardenapura Kotte, the capital of Sri Lanka. However, the meeting point for the market tour may vary based on the date. Please Contact us via Whatsapp to get the direction and more information
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Scott
Sep 2, 2025
Nim went above and beyond. - To add to yesterday’s review, we left our water cooler bottles at Nim’s, he organised a rider to come to our hotel Galle Face to deliver the water bottles. We thank him for the action of going that bit further.
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Scott
Sep 1, 2025
Do yourself a favor do the cooking school.If you love cooking and chase flavor’s, upgrade your skill set at the school, - A great day from start at the markets to finish driving away. Nim really impressed us in his sharing of his culinary knowledge and skills.
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Derekfj4364fo
May 26, 2025
The Best and most Delicious way to discover Sri Lanka! - In a trip full of highlights, this may have been the biggest of them all. It was fascinating to tour the market—learning about new vegetables, spices, condiments, fruits, and methods of preservation and preparation. Nim was an incredibly knowledgable and patient host, allowing our curiosity and appetites to guide our experience. Once we had gathered all the ingredients, we enjoyed a relaxed and intimate evening preparing our meal, talking about food, nutrition, Sri Lankan culture and history, and generally having a fantastic evening making a wonderful new friend. I'm convinced touring markets and cooking meals with local ingredients and local people is the absolute best way to experience a new place. Our time with Nim is proof of that. Thank you Nim!!!
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Natholian
Apr 7, 2025
A truly authentic experience - A truly authentic experience. We had a wonderful afternoon / evening with Nim, exploring the market, finding new vegetables we hadn’t heard of before, and then a really informative evening learning about Sri Lanka’s unique cuisine. Nim is also extremely knowledgeable and we had excellent conversations and felt like we were old friends by the time we left. Worth every penny for a really local experience!
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Jane
Apr 1, 2025
Cooking with Nim. A fun half day cooking and learning the culinary delights of Sri Lanka with Nim. - We enjoyed going to the market and learning all about the different fruit and vegetables native to Sri Lanka. We enjoyed cooking our curries with our chef and sitting down to lunch to hear more about this country. His knowledge and hospitality was boundless.
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Damithb2025
Jan 3, 2025
We recommend for service chill - We went to chill with my wife server supuni give us excellent food service .ffriendly and very good food tasty tthanks tem
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Deborah
Dec 1, 2024
From market to table … - A full day cultural experience - collected by taxi and taken to local market where we met with our host, Nim. Explored every inch of the market and learnt about the huge variety of tropical fruits & vegetables. Tastes of several then taxi onto Nim’s home and a hands on cooking class. In a relaxed class of 4 guests we made 3 different curries, a coconut sambal and some coconut rotis, then sat down to eat it all!!! Great way to spend a day in the real Sri Lanka, not tourist haunts.
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Debbie
Oct 29, 2024
Wonderful cooking tour, highly recommended - Hi Nim, thank you so much for a fantastic cooking experience, I loved every minute of it! You were a great host and teacher, so generous with your time and I particularly enjoyed our chats on your deck with a beer between cooking. The dishes we created were beyond amazing and I can only hope I make something close to their taste st home….at least I now have a suitcase full of spices to help! I highly recommend this tour, it’s a wonderful experience.
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Anastasiadc3991br
Oct 19, 2024
Cooking class - Nim was an amazing host, the whole experience was incredible. We loved going to the market with the locals, and choosing the ingredients for our meals. He was super knowledgeable, and answered every question we had. We can’t wait to recreate these meals at home. Thanks Nim!
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Anne_s
Oct 15, 2024
The perfect Colombo experience! - We loved our market tour and cooking class with Nim! The market tour was so interesting but our absolute highlight was the cooking class and chats with Nim. Because there were only 2 of us taking the class, we were in a beautiful house in the suburbs of Colombo, with a beautiful rainforest outside we could enjoy watching during thoughtfully placed cold beer breaks. Nim is not just a great guide, but a qualified and experienced culinary professional and was so knowledgeable and so lovely and helped us make some of the best food we enjoyed during our time in Sri Lanka. After the hustle and bustle of Colombo, this was such a refreshing experience to enjoy - we left feeling so relaxed and so happy (and full!). Highly recommend, particularly as a nice ending to your trip to leave on a lovely relaxed note.
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From $80
up to 15 guests
1 - Adult
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).