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Hanoi · Half-day cooking class

Hanoi Gluten-Free Cooking Class

A neighbourhood market, a family kitchen with a leafy garden, and three gluten-free Vietnamese dishes you cook yourself.

About 3.5 hours · 9:00 AM or 4:00 PM · Hotel transfers included

Children and adults preparing ingredients at the cooking class worktop
Table laid with rice noodles, herbs, spring rolls and dipping sauces
Finished meal of herbs, pancakes and tea seen from above
Group visiting a Hanoi street market stall stacked with vegetables
Two children plating up the dishes they cooked in the class

The Tour

Vietnamese cooking, properly gluten-free, in someone’s home.

Eating gluten-free in Vietnam is easier than people fear and harder than it looks, because the traps are not always obvious. This class deals with that head on. You are collected from your hotel, taken to your host’s home, and walk to the neighbourhood market together, where you learn what the everyday ingredients are, how people shop and where gluten actually hides.

Back in the kitchen it is hands-on: three gluten-free dishes, with the flavour combinations and techniques explained as you go so you can repeat them at home. You eat what you have made in the garden-view dining space with Vietnamese coffee or herbal tea, and leave with a recipe booklet.

Tour Highlights

The moments that make it.

The Itinerary

How the day unfolds.

9:00 AM
Hotel pick-up
Collected from your hotel and taken to your host’s home. An afternoon class runs from 4:00 PM.
9:30 AM
The market
Walk to the nearby market with your host, looking at fresh ingredients, how locals shop and the sources of gluten to watch for.
10:15 AM
Into the kitchen
Back at the house for the hands-on class, covering Vietnamese flavour combinations and techniques you can use at home.
11:45 AM
Eat what you cooked
Sit down to your three dishes in the garden-view dining space with Vietnamese coffee or herbal tea.
12:30 PM
Back to your hotel
Dropped back at your hotel with your recipe booklet.

What's Included

Everything handled for you.

Included in this class

  • Hotel pick-up and drop-off
  • Guided market visit
  • Three-dish cooking class
  • Ingredients and equipment
  • The meal you prepare
  • Water, herbal tea and Vietnamese coffee
  • Take-home recipe booklet

Not included

  • Additional food and drinks
  • Personal expenses
  • Tips

Good to know

  • Share dietary requirements before booking so the menu can be set
  • The menu is confirmed when your class is arranged
  • Come hungry, as the meal is substantial

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In short

A half-day gluten-free cooking class in a Hanoi family home, about three and a half hours, running 9:00 AM or 4:00 PM. It starts with a guided neighbourhood market walk covering where gluten hides in Vietnamese cooking, then three dishes cooked hands-on and eaten in a garden dining space. Hotel transfers both ways.

Hanoi Gluten-Free Cooking Class common questions

Good to know before you go.

Is the class genuinely gluten-free?

Yes, the whole class is built around it, from the market walk explaining where gluten hides in Vietnamese cooking to the three dishes you make. Share your requirements before booking so the menu is set properly.

How long does it take?

About three and a half hours, running either 9:00 AM to 12:30 PM or 4:00 PM to 7:30 PM, with hotel pick-up and drop-off at both ends.

Are hotel transfers included?

Yes, pick-up and drop-off are both included, which makes it one of the easier Hanoi experiences to fit into a day.

What will we cook?

Three Vietnamese dishes, confirmed when your class is arranged so they can be matched to the season and to your dietary needs. You cook them yourself with your host guiding you.

Is it suitable for coeliacs?

The class is designed around gluten-free cooking and the market walk covers cross-contamination risks, but tell us about the severity of your requirement before booking so your host can confirm what is possible in a home kitchen.

Is it a private class?

It runs in a family home with small numbers, which keeps it hands-on. If you want it exclusively for your group, ask when you book and we will check it with the host.

Make it part of your trip

We’ll fold the gluten-free cooking class into a complete, private Vietnam itinerary, planned and run for you from arrival to departure.

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