2.5hrs Chinese Kitchen Cooking Class: Art Steamed Dumplings

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2.5hrs Chinese Kitchen Cooking Class: Art Steamed Dumplings

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 US$161.11  per guest
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Earliest available date: July 15, 2026
All bookings are final. Cancellations by the guest will incur a 100% charge.
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For each guest that attends this experience, byFood will donate
10 meals
Summary
Experience Details
What You’ll Experience
Where to Meet
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Duration
2 hours 30 minutes
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Number of Guests
1 - 15 guests
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Language
English
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Vegan, Vegetarian, Family-friendly
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Mobile or paper ticket accepted

Discover the art of Chinese steamed dumplings in a fun 2.5-hour class. Learn to make dough, fragrant fillings, and a delicious sauce while mastering dumpling wrapping techniques.

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For each guest that attends this experience, byFood will donate
10 meals

Experience Details

Join and learn how to make both the dough and filling with fragrant Chinese spices in a class. You will make the dumplings in different ways, and you will learn how to make a yummy Chinese sauce to go with the dumplings. It's not only fun but knowledgeable to learn how to cook local ingredient and different technique of dumpling wrapping. Finally, enjoying your hand-made meal together.

Sample Menu

MAIN
Colorful and Shaped Dumplings (Vegetarian Optional)
Handmade dough (with natural food color), Hat shaped dumplings, Lovebird shaped dumplings, Happiness shaped dumplings, Half moon shaped dumplings

What You Get

Cooking class
Vegan vegetarian applicable.
Complimentary tea
Hotel pickup and drop-off services.
Personal expenses.

Good To Know

  • The class is vegetarian-friendly, please write down your food preference at the time of booking.
  • Children under 3 years old are free to join the class.
  • Public transportation options are available nearby
  • Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap

What You’ll Experience

You might not find these colorful and shaped dumplings in ordinary restaurant, you can only find them in a state banquet or some five stars hotels. Join this class and learn how to knead dough by your hands, how to make a wrap with a rolling pin (this step is totally chinese style). You'll learn the Chinese names of different dumplings and their symbolic meaning. They seems diffeicult to make but don't worry actually thay are easy to make. For this kind of dumplings,the filling is pork (or vegetarian if applicable). The chef will teach you how to marinate the pork in a very easy but healthy way. we'll fill four or five colorful chopped vegetables on the top. You'll know how long it's best to steam and you will learn to make an authentic suace to go perfectly with the dumplings. Finally, you will enjoy your hand-made meal together. 2:00 pm: Meet at the cooking school 2:10 pm: Introduction to the cooking culture and local ingredient 2:30 pm: Cooking session 4:00 pm: Enjoy the meal with the class 4:30 pm: End of the class with a recipe

Meeting & Pickup

Meeting Point

Guangyuan Road, Guang Yuan Lu, Shang Hai Shi, China, CN

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Meet at the cooking studio, inside a residential compound, check out the address: 2F, Building 17, Alley 190, Si Wei Village, Guangyuan Road, Xuhui District, Shanghai.
End Point

This experience ends at the meeting point.

Cancellation Policy

All bookings are final. Once the host confirms the experience, cancellations by the guest will incur a 100% charge.

Reviews
4.6
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based on 5 reviews
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Best Day Ever!!!
November 14, 2025

Chef Mike and Staff made our afternoon so Special- 36 of us made the menu of sweet sour chicken, green beans, king pao beef, fried rice spring rolls and our favorite steam bao !!! Even made the dou...read more

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Dumplings with Cici the highlight of our trip
October 01, 2025

Our Family trip to China started in Shanghai and we all agreed that learning to cook and learning about China with Cici was one of the highlights of our 2 week trip. The kids and my wife and i love...read more

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Dumpling Making Shanghai
September 10, 2025

Our teacher was excellent and patient with our clear lack of culinary ability! We had great fun and the dumplings tasted great as well (even if ours didn't look the best...)

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Nice experience about different shapes for dumplings - but not a lot of 'cooking'
July 12, 2024

Yin the instructor was a very nice person. We had a very good time making dumplings and talking about art, Chinese history and culture, tea and other things. But regarding the cooking part, I have ...read more

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10/10!
November 14, 2023

I was a very fun and interesting experience. Cici the chef was very helpful and so nice. I would recommend everyone to do this when in Shanghai!!

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