Private Home Cooking Class with Shanghai Mama

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Private Home Cooking Class with Shanghai Mama

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Summary

Experience Details

What You’ll Experience

Where to Meet

Reviews

Location

Shanghai

Duration

4 hours

Number of Guests

1 - 9 guests

Language

Chinese, English

Other

Vegetarian, Wheelchair Accessible, Family-friendly, Private Experience

Digital Ticket

Mobile or paper ticket accepted

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.

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

Gratuities

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.

Meeting & Pickup

Pickup Point

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Cancellation Policy
Cancel your booking at least 24 hours before the experience start time to receive a full refund.
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Reviews

5.0

based on 15 reviews

(TripAdvisor)

Outstanding private cooking experience

May 24, 2026

Penny was an outstanding guide and cook as was the lovely host family. The tour of the market was vey authentic and the experience in a private home was priceless. The cooking experience with a fam...read more

(TripAdvisor)

One of the Highlights of Our Trip!

August 02, 2025

Our dumpling cooking class in Shanghai was hands-down one of the absolute highlights of our family trip! From the moment we were picked up at our hotel, everything was seamless and thoughtfully or...read more

(TripAdvisor)

Beyond my expectations!

June 20, 2025

This was exactly the experience I was looking for! Penny was a wonderful guide and gave me an historical introduction to the area as we drove to the wet market. Penny explained how the Wet Market w...read more

(TripAdvisor)

Authentic experience.

June 16, 2025

I had an amazing time with Penny and the whole of Shanghai Mama team. Penny was punctual, very knowledgeable and took me through the history of Shanghai and China on the way to the venue. The coo...read more

(TripAdvisor)

Unforgettable, delicious and heartwarming experience: A perfect event to enjoy local flavors and hospitality!

December 27, 2024

Delicious and heartwarming experience: Without a doubt, the highlight of our visit! We not only cooked wonderful food but made heartfelt memories. Mico guided us through a local market--a feast of ...read more