Every day at 9:30am we start our cooking class with a tour to the local Sapa fruit and vegetable market located 10 meters from the front door of our cooking school. The Sapa fruit and vegetable market is very colourful with many wonderful organic fruits and vegetables to select from. The market is also frequented by the Ethnic Minority population in Sapa giving you a sense of being transported back to the 18th century as you mingle with the Ethnic minority people, purchasing some of the freshest vegetables you have ever seen. Sapa’s fresh mountain air, fertile soils and clean water make for some beautiful produce. As you walk through the market your chef will explain the ingredients you will be using in your cooking lesson. Once you have purchased your ingredients we take our transport 6km outside of Sapa to our beautiful Hmong Mountain Retreat where our cooking school is located, overlooking the beautiful Muong Hoa Valley and the terraced rice fields.

The cooking school chefs first demonstrate each dish before you prepare the same dish yourself. The lesson is very practical. At the end of your lesson it is time to enjoy all the dishes you have prepared as you sit in our retreat surrounded by nature marvelling at what you have just managed to cook.