The 12 Best Cooking Classes in Beijing

1.Dumpling Making Workshop with Meal and Tea

★★★★★★★★★★4.7 · 69 reviews · 3 hours · from $35Our pick

Meet your English-speaking guide at 16:30, then learn to roll dough, prepare or work with fillings, and shape dumplings in a traditional Beijing setting. Guides such as Eric, Jenny, Julie, and Leo lead a relaxed class followed by dumplings, local dishes, tea, beer, and conversation.

“What a fun activity to do whilst in Beijing. Jenny was a fantastic host and taught the group how to make dumplings and made the experience a lot of fun. The dumplings were delicious, highly recommend.”

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2.Online Cooking Class Beijing Dumplings and Cuisine by Sunflowerli Renowned Chef

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 65 reviews · from $20Best value

Join Chef Sunflower Li for a private 60 to 90 minute online Chinese cooking class from Beijing. Choose dumplings, hand-pulled noodles, dim sum, fried rice, kung pao chicken, vegan dishes, and more. You shop for the ingredients after receiving a clear list several days ahead.

“I enjoyed very much learning to prepare dumplings and they turned out better than expected! It was so nice hearing all your anecdotes about family meal traditions! The ingredients list sent in advance was clear and instructions easy to follow, also well equipped with the two cameras. Thank you for this fun experience!”

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3.China’s Favourite Street Food Cooking Workshop

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 16 reviews · from $80

Join Dom from Our Beijing in a private, hands-on 90-minute workshop at 10 Shi Que Hutong. You will hear how jian bing became a Beijing street-food favorite, mix the batter, cook your own crepes, and test savory, sweet, and take-home-friendly fillings.

“On the ground knowledge makes this tour company a must for touring Bejing & trying Hutong experiences.”

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4.4-Hour Private Beijing Hutong Bike Tour with Dumpling Lunch

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 13 reviews · from $199

Spend four hours cycling Beijing’s old hutongs with a private guide such as Sunflower, using a Mobike and your own WeChat account. Visit Houhai, Nanluoguxiang, the Drum Tower, local lanes, and a dumpling restaurant, with hotel transfers included within the Third Ring Road.

“Our Beijing hutong bike tour with sunflower was fantastic. Sunflower was very responsive throughout the booking process and happy to help us personalize our bike tour to meet all of our requested stops. I scheduled a private group toRead more”

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5.Beijing Forbidden City, Summer Palace, Hutong and Dumpling Making

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 10 reviews · from $190

Spend eight hours with a private guide and driver visiting Tiananmen Square, the Forbidden City, Summer Palace, and a Beijing hutong. You will make and eat dumplings with a local family. Guides may speak English, Spanish, French, German, or Russian. Erica is praised for helpful explanations and photos.

“Erica is a very attentive tour guide. She took a lot of great photos and had a lot of information about each location.”

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6.4-Hour Private Tour of Calligraphy Class, Hutong and Dumplings

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 9 reviews · from $68

Spend four hours in Beijing with a private group, beginning with a 1.5-hour calligraphy lesson from teacher Richard. Then walk through hutongs, discuss Chinese culture, and eat dumplings or Beijing-style noodles. Meeting details should be confirmed because the information lists both Wangfujing and Beianhe Station.

“Super nice calligraphy class, the guide was very kind and teach to us the basic of chinese calligraphy, we got some backround infos about the history, some jokes ;) we tried dumplings and saw some piece of Hutong.”

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7.Private Beijing Tour: Forbidden City, Mutianyu Great Wall, and Dumpling Lunch

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 7 reviews · from $189

You’ll tour Beijing with a private guide and driver, visiting Tiananmen Square, the Forbidden City, and Mutianyu Great Wall. The day includes hotel pickup, private transport, palace admission, and lunch at Din Tai Fung. Cable car and toboggan rides cost extra.

“I was to be in Beijing for just one day. I found individual and group tours. Leo Chu From U China Travel Ltd. called to quote the cost of a single person tour. I found it was double of a group tour. After much thought, I decided it was the best way to see and experience the ciRead more”

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8.Private Hutong Culture Tour with Dumpling Cooking Class plus Cricket Fighting Game

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 5 reviews · from $176

Spend six hours exploring Beijing’s temples and hutongs with a private guide, including Lily if available. Ride a rickshaw, make dumplings in a local home, eat lunch, watch cricket fighting, and finish with Drum Tower and Houhai views.

“Lily was our guide and we have a fantastic time with her from the time we met her ..making the dumplings were just awesome food was great highly recommend this trip ..:”

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9.Vegan Home Cooking & Local Market Tour with Sanxia

★★★★★★★★★★4.8 · 4 reviews · 4 hours · from $47

Join Sanxia in Tongzhou for a private vegan cooking session built around a local market visit. Shop for seasonal produce, make dumplings, noodles, buns, and other Chinese dishes, then share tea and lunch or dinner in her home. English and Chinese sessions suit 1 to 8 people.

“This was amazing! I did this cooking class back in September and it was such a great experience! I was the only person booking it that day, so we met a little earlier, went to the market together and bought all the vegetables fresh from there! Then, we went to Sanxia‘s apartment and cooked a lot of different dishes! It was really fun!! We all ate together and talked a lot. I actually ended up spending my whole day with Sanxia, her boyfriend Jürgen and their friends. It was my favorite day of my whole solo trip to Beijing, China ^^”

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10.Online Cooking Class Hand Pulled Noodles by Sunflower Li

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 3 reviews · 2 hours

Cook authentic Xi’an biang biang noodles from scratch with Chef Sunflower Li in a private, English-language Zoom class. You’ll make wide belt noodles, a quick Chinese sauce, and a vegan version if needed. Flexible Beijing-time scheduling suits lunch, dinner, parties, and team events.

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11.Dumpling Cooking Class and Local Market Tour

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 3 reviews · from $80

Meet your English-speaking hosts at Zhaojunsheng Vegetable Market, shop for fresh ingredients near Beijing’s hutongs, then make dumplings from scratch in a traditional courtyard. You get your own ingredients, a choice of fillings, and a four-hour lesson suitable for vegan diners.

“Super fun experience! 2 young girls from Beijing with excellent English. We went to a local market together to get groceries and made the Dumplings from scratch. Beautiful building that we prepped and cooked in.”

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12.Private Dumpling Cooking Class in Local Family

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 3 reviews · from $160

Spend about four hours with Catherine’s family in Beijing. Visit a local wet market, learn dumpling wrappers and fillings, cook two Chinese dishes, and share the meal at home. Private transfers, drinks, and an English-speaking guide are included, with guides such as Gary available.

“Today we did the tour in Beijing with Gary and it was an unforgettable experience!!! What we liked the most was visiting an authentic local market, where we could discover the daily life of the people and taste typical products. Gary has been Read moreAuto-translated”

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