Name: Sri Lankan Cooking Class - 3 Hours
Price: 169.00 AUD
Availability: InStock
Rating: 3.9 (14 reviews)

Highlights

Hands on cooking class where you won't just sit back and watch!
Learn to cook a selection of meals
Enjoy a feast at the end of the class

Now everyone can cook with confidence in the kitchen with this Sri Lankan cooking class! This cooking class will ensure that you can cook a selection of finger foods, curries, rice and chutney dishes to impress even the fussiest foodie!

What's included?

3 hour hands on and demonstration cooking class
Instruction from a professional chef
All equipment and ingredients

On arrival you will be offered a refreshment, and then given a brief intro on safety and orientation. The chef demonstrates the courses to be cooked, and answers any questions. However, this class is more than just watching a chef showing how it’s done, it is also hands on, so you get to create parts of the meal. The students then usually break into pairs to prepare some of the dishes or parts of the meal (depending on time constraints) under the guidance of the chef.

Now everyone can cook with confidence in the kitchen with this Sri Lankan cooking class! It is a hands-on class where everyone gets involved under the chef’s guidance to produce a sensational feast! When all the food is prepared you will sit down as a group and enjoy the fruits of your labour. All students who provide their contact details receive an email after the class with the recipes, notes, chef's tips and lots of other information so you can show off at home!

Menu (subject to change):

Prawn Curry
Chicken Curry
Pumpkin Curry
Snake Bean Mallung
Dhal with Spinach - a vegetable curry using red lentils and spinach
Coconut Sambol - sambols are accompaniments like salsas, or relishes, or pickles
Saffron rice
Coconut Roti

Important information

Session Length

The duration of this experience is 3 hours.

Restrictions

This experience is not suitable for people under 18 years of age.

Guidelines

Bookings are essential
This experience runs on Saturdays and Sunday

Cancellation

Change your booking up to 48 hours before the start time of your experience
Changes are not permitted within 48 hours of your experience
Late arrivals or no shows may result in you forfeiting your experience

Numbers on the Day

This class runs with a maximum of 16 people. During the class you will usually be cooking in pairs. A minimum of 10 people are required to run each class. Participants will be contacted prior to the class date to reschedule if minimum numbers have not been reached.

Spectators

This experience does not have provision for spectators.

Weather

This experience is not affected by weather.

Dress Code

Closed shoes must be worn, preferably with solid soles and good grip. Casual and comfortable clothing is recommended. Aprons are provided.

Location

This experience takes place in Alexandria, Sydney.

Reviews

3.9

14 reviews

5 stars 7

4 stars 4

3 stars 0

2 stars 1

1 star 2

The Sri Lankan Cooking Class Was Hands On!

Steve 17 February 2025

I enjoyed the Sri Lankan Cooking Class more than I thought I would. The instructor was subdued at times but also very enthusiastic and informative. The dishes we created were all interesting and different than what I have had prior. And the other students in the class were fun and engaging. I would definitely recommend this experience.

Customer Experience

Hi Steve, thank you for your feedback. We appreciate your kind words and are thrilled to hear about your positive experience!

17 February 2025

Very disappointing experience

Anna 2 March 2018

I would not recommend giving this experience to anyone as a gift or purchasing it yourself. Our instructor only taught us one tasteless main (watery marinated chicken) and demonstrated how to make dosas (a very simple flat bread). The rest of the lesson was just spent following some printed out recipes, with only basic instructions on how the dish should taste. We were also not shown the techniques of how to prepare the dish properly, and we never learnt how to make finger foods or chutney dishes (as it says in the description). Apart from explaining a few spices at the start, the chef never mentioned any of the identifying features of Sri Lankan cuisine. The class was also held in the first floor of a dingy RSL building. After our meal we ate in a dimly lit multi-purpose room with a creased tablecloth, flimsy cutlery and no napkins. The entire afternoon felt like one disappointment after the next.

Sri Lankan cooking

Steve 10 September 2017

Thoroughly enjoyed the class. Jessica was easy going and made us feel very welcome tasty food too! I enjoyed the small size of the class cheers Steve

Hit and miss

Joe 26 July 2017

My second cooking experience wasnt as memorable as the first. An over booked course in a mucky venue cooking beans and onions was not a fun event. Others cooked a curry. In comparison to another course I shared the cost of wine for the group with another instead of receiving wine for free. Not a birthday experience.

Sri Lankan Cooking Class

Sophie 16 July 2017

We came along to the class, a gift from family. It was 4 hours long. That would be great if it was filled with learning but it was sadly drawn out, for no reason. The main dish was called 'Blackened Chicken' but was chicken boiled for 1.5hrs and served in a grey watery tasteless soup. The other basic dishes were ok. The venue was horrid. We walked through a place called 'Club Bondi' which is antiquated & smells like old age. To sum up, not inspiring. An Italian who doesn't know Sri Lanka, and 'winged it' hoping he'd do ok.

Good fun and learnt lots

Martina 13 March 2017

Learnt new things about spices and herbs, cooking tricks and methods. Chef/teacher was very professional and happy to answer questions. Would not suggest to go alone as couples will be given preference on what dish they want to cook. I wanted to do something I loved cooking but because I was alone, that dish was assigned to a couple who also wanted it, while I was paired with another single participant to prepare a dish that was a bit too simple and not really exciting. But very nice class overall.

The Cooking was fun and very informative

Scott 12 March 2017

Great afternoon to learn and enjoy preparing and eating a range of excellent Sri Lankian dishes. The teacher was great and the other students enthusiastic good company

Great experience.

Denise 1 May 2016

My husband and I thoroughly enjoyed the Sri Lankan cooking experience. The leader was professional, engaging and so helpful.

Great experience

Naomi 8 November 2015

Fantastic learning experience, Lita of information about the Sri Lankan culture and you get to taste a bit of everything at the end, would definitely recommend it.

10 Out of 10 Delicious!

Tom 8 November 2015

Great experience, super fun, super delicious and great fun!