Korean Cooking Class in Seoul with a Professional Chef

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Duration
3 hours
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Number of Guests
2 - 5 guests
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English, Spanish
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Join a private cooking class in Seoul, led by Chef Na Young. Learn to make Korean dishes like kimchi and bibimbap. Dive into Korean culinary traditions and enjoy a meal with soju.

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

Experience Details

Enjoy a private and authentic cooking class in Seoul, in a local home with host Na Young, a professional chef. This is a perfect experience for anyone looking to connect with local culture over food. Na Young is Korean-Bolivian; she started cooking as a young girl and now has a degree in gastronomy. Na Young has worked as a professional chef for over a decade around the world. She grew up in Bolivia, and in 2021, she moved to South Korea.


• private Korean home cooking class in Seoul with a professional chef

• Learn to cook Korean favorites such as kimchi, bibimbap or bulgogi

• Introduction to Korean ingredients, cooking styles and culinary traditions

• Get insight into the food, culture and history of South Korea

• Enjoy your traditional Korean meal with a glass of soju

• Na Young can accommodate gluten free, vegetarian and vegan diets, on request


If you choose the market tour option, get a guided tour of Mangwon market to buy a few ingredients for your cooking class

Sample Menu

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Please choose one main dish from the below options, which will be served with soup and kimchi
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Menu 1: Bibimbap
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Menu 2: Bulgogi
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Menu 3: Kongnamul-Bulgogi

What You Get

All Fees and Taxes
Private Korean cooking class with your host Na Young
A glass of soju
Hotel pickup and drop-off

Good To Know

  • Please remember to take off your shoes before entering Na Young's home, as that is customary in South Korea. Na Young will provide some indoor sandals that you can use to walk inside the house.
  • Menu may vary depending on the season. Please advise any specific dietary requirements at time of booking
  • Please whatsapp Na Young or call her, in case you need help with directions or if you're running late.
  • Gluten free, vegetarian and vegan diets is available, please advise at time of booking if required
  • Please note that Na Young can host only 1 child per experience
  • Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller

What You’ll Experience

This is a unique opportunity to visit the home of a local and explore traditional culture and cuisine. During your 1-hour, hands-on Korean cooking class in Seoul, learn to make two authentic Korean dishes from scratch. Join Na Young in her home kitchen to learn to cook some of her favorite Korean dishes. You will learn to cook a main dish and a side dish - you might learn to make kimchi or tofu soup and bibimbap or bulgogi during your Seoul cooking class. After cooking, enjoy the dishes you helped prepare with Na Young. Your meal includes traditional soju. For the market tour, visit the Mangwon market with Na Young to buy a few ingredients for your cooking class. This is a spacious indoor market where they sell local produce, along with spicy snacks and cooked dishes. Walk around this local marketplace for 30 minutes while you visit a few stalls with Na Young to learn about local, seasonal ingredients used in Korean cuisine. You will sample a traditional snack at the market before walking back to Na Young's apartment for your cooking class, it is a 10-12 minute walk.

Meeting & Pickup

Meeting Point

247-111, Seoul, South Korea, KR, 03999

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Cooking class: Please meet your host at her apartment. Exact address can be found in the 'before you go section' in your ticket. Market tour: Please meet your host at Mangwon station, Exit 2 and walk together to Mangwon market.
End Point

This experience ends at the meeting point.

Cancellation Policy

Cancel your booking at least 48 hours before the experience start time to receive a full refund minus a 3.2% transaction fee.

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What People Are Saying
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Excellent cooking class
November 13, 2024
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Very enjoyable market tour and cooking class led by Na Young Kim. She showed my wife and me her favorite vendors in the Mangwon Market. After that we learned Korean cooking techinques as we prepa...read more

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Great activity for anyone
July 22, 2024
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Great moment! Jinsil is a great host. The meal we prepared were great and Jinsil gave us good tips on how to recreate them afterwards. I didn't see the time flies by. The access to the kitchen is a...read more

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Good food and good company.
June 27, 2024
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This was an incredible experience! After meeting Na young at the subway exit, we walked to a nearby market to sample local street food and purchase fresh vegetables for the cooking we would do lat...read more

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Wonderful in home experience
November 20, 2019
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We thoroughly enjoyed our time in Jessie's quaint apartment in Seoul. She was very engaging. The dishes we cooked were delicious and Jessie was a wonderful host. We would recommend this experience ...read more

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Great Way To Get To Know Korean Food & Korean Hospitality
July 12, 2018
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We had a great experience with Jessie, who is a very knowledgeable and hospitable person; she is a great ambassador for Korean cooking and for the Korean people. A very enjoyable lunchtime experie...read more

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