What to expect
- A market walk to choose the day's vegetables and fish
- Grinding your own curry powder and scraping coconut by hand
- Cooking on a clay hearth as well as gas
- A written recipe card to take home
Where to do it
- Galle Fort, a family kitchen inside the ramparts
- Kandy, a hillside home with a herb garden
- Sigiriya, a village kitchen with a tank-side lunch
- Colombo, a chef-led class with a Pettah market run
Best season
Year round.
Good to know
Kitchens are hot, hearths are open and knives are sharp. Children under twelve are welcome but need an adult beside them throughout.