Private Home Cooking Class with Shanghai Mama

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4 hours
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1 - 9 guests
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Chinese, English
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Dive into Chinese culinary heritage with a private home cooking class in Shanghai! Learn to make classic dishes, savor your creations, and explore a local wet market. Discover authentic flavors.

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

Experience Details

Learn how to cook the most healthy and delicious Chinese dishes at a local Shanghai Mama's home. The friendly Shanghai Mama will share her ancient Chinese cooking secret with you, and you will also get hands on experience during cooking process. You are suggested to learn 2 home dishes, like Sauteed Green Beans with Minced Pork and Vegetable, Shanghai Fried noodles with Pakchoi or Shanghai dumplings. After cooking, you will enjoy your own cooked food and your Shanghai Mama will also prepare other delicious food for you. In addition, a local wet market tour is included.

What You Get

Home cooking class
Hotel pickup and drop-off
Bottled water
Personal expense
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Good To Know

  • Vegetarian option is available, please advise at time of booking if required
  • Please advise any specific dietary requirements at time of booking
  • Operates in all weather conditions, please dress appropriately
  • Please wear comfortable walking shoes
  • Wheelchair accessible

What You’ll Experience

Meet your lovely local guide at your hotel lobby at 10:00 am or 4:00 pm. Then take a private car to visit one of the biggest wet market in Shanghai first, followed by a visit to a local Shanghai Mama's home. In the wet market, you will see and taste all kinds of local snacks first, you lovely local guide will pick the best of them for you to try. After that, you will start to see different kinds of fresh vegetables, hairy crabs, shrimp, meat and fruits. Your guide will help you to recognize them and explain you the Chinese food culture behind it. Then, head to your cooking class at the Shanghai Mama's home, a typical locals' home built in 1950's - 1970's. Your local guide will explain you all the details about their life, which is the best way for you to see the locals' real life. After tour finished, your guide will take you back to hotel or any downtown located place.

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Cancel your booking at least 24 hours before the experience start time to receive a full refund minus a 3.2% transaction fee.

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Earliest available date: July 30, 2025
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