Chengdu Small-Group Cooking Class with Local Wet Market Adventure

This small-group cooking class begins at a meeting point outside Liangjiaxiang Metro Station in Chengdu and is listed on Viator under a local Sichuan cooking-class operator. The four-hour session opens with a guided walk through a nearby wet and spice market, where the instructor points out fresh chilies, Sichuan peppercorns, and the pickled and fermented ingredients that anchor Sichuan cooking. From the market, the group moves to a teaching kitchen for a tea tasting followed by the hands-on class itself, in which participants prepare several Sichuan dishes, typically including a mapo tofu or kung pao chicken style dish alongside a lighter vegetable dish, under the direction of a professional chef. The balance of the menu leans savory throughout, without a dedicated dessert course. All ingredients, aprons, and cooking equipment are supplied, and the finished dishes are eaten together as the group's lunch or dinner at the end of the session. Included in the booking are the market visit, tea tasting, chef-led instruction, all ingredients, and the shared meal of the dishes prepared; not included are hotel transfers and gratuities for the chef. Classes are run in small groups, generally under ten participants, with instruction given in English alongside Mandarin. The pace allows time for questions about technique, such as wok heat control and knife cuts, rather than rushing through the recipes. Vegetarian participants can usually have one or more of the cooked dishes swapped for a vegetable-based recipe if the request is made at booking, since the market and kitchen stock both meat and vegetable ingredients.