Private Tour
Private South Indian Home Cooking Class in London with a Local
Overview
Available languages
2 hours 30 minutes
Mobile ticket
Learn to make traditional South Indian dishes with your host, a home cook who has been cooking throughout her life. A great opportunity for you to meet a local in their home and learn all about the ingredients, cooking techniques and traditions associated with Indian cooking. You will get a sneak peak into their lives and hear wonderful stories of Jemima growing up in South India and how she learned to cook from her mother. If you're craving Indian food, this is the best place to try an authentic, home-cooked meal, made using traditional ingredients and cooking techniques. By the end of this experience you will not only have knowledge about Indian food and traditions, but you'll have learnt to make a few dishes yourself, that you can re-create back home!
Additional Info
Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
Service animals allowed
Public transportation options are available nearby
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
What‘s Included
Alcoholic Beverages
Home-cooked South Indian meal
Cooking class with your host Jemima
Hotel pick up and drop off
What To Expect
Join Jemima, and her husband and children, when they are home, for a home-cooked South Indian cooking and meal experience. Jemima lives in a family home on the outskirts of London (London Zone 6) in Orpington, a quiet suburb of London with professional working families. In your cooking class learn to make traditional South Indian dishes with Jemima, who has been cooking throughout her life. You might learn to make dishes like a traditional tomato or coconut chutney, a meat or vegetable curry dish, and as well as dosas or idlis. After your cooking class, you will enjoy the meal you helped prepare. Your menu might include South Indian staples such as dosas (Indian crepe-like pancakes made from fermented lentil and rice batter), a chutney and a meat and vegetable curry served at their kitchen dining table. In the summer, enjoy your meal on their back patio. Please note that your host will be serving you and happy to chat as you are eating but won’t eat with you - so she can make sure you get your dosas piping hot! Depending on the size of your group, the cooking portion of your experience lasts 1-1.5 hours.
Sample Menu
starter
Welcome Indian drink (such as chaas, a spiced buttermilk yogurt drink)
main
Dosas with tomato chutney
main
Beef ularthiyathu (dry roasted beef with onions and spices)
main
Coconut rice
dessert
Fresh fruit
Options
Cooking + dinner
Cooking + lunch
Reviews
6 reviews
Total reviews and rating from Viator & Tripadvisor
Delicious and simple South Indian with lots of flavorful spices
Upstate JohnL,
May 13, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00Jemima was a lovely host and immediately made me feel right at home. As she cooked she showed me what she doing each step of the way and also explained all the different kinds of dahl that are available (and which to use for what dish). Her dishes were delicious and as she demonstrated, not too complicated or time-consuming. Lots of food (6 different dishes!) plus appetizers and dessert! She even sent me home with take out so that my husband could enjoy some too! Jemima and I had a great chat about Indian customs and she made sure I knew exactly how to get back to Central London on transit. All in all, a wonderful experience!
Deliciously relaxing afternoon in England
Karen H,
May 5, 2025
- Review from Viator
5.00We did not know what to expect, and we were very pleasantly surprised by how much we loved all of the dishes Jemina prepared for us. We wish we could have taken our leftovers home to the US but it’s not practical. Our conversation with Aaron and Jemina was delightful as well. We will book again if/when we make it back to the London area again.
Lovely hosts and delicious food!
Frdric L,
Jan 16, 2024
- Review from Viator
5.00Jemima and Aaron were amazing hosts, it was lovely to get to know them and hear their stories. We learnt so much about Indian food and the ingredients they used. In addition to the food Jemima cooked with us, she and her husband had prepared many different dishes for us to try. They adapted everything to our taste and we discovered a new type of food that we will definitely cook again. It was delicious, we had a lovely time, thank you Aaron and Jemima!
Delicious South Indian food, cooking tips and a nice time with friendly locals
marianorlin,
Jul 21, 2023
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00Great experience and a delicious dinner. Maybe more of a cooking demonstration than an actual class but I got a lot of cooking tips and really enjoyed chatting with Jemima and her husband about cooking, food culture and other things. A well spent evening that I can certainly recommend for those interested in Indian cooking or even just for the experience to visit a home and talk to friendly, easy-going locals! It's a little outside central London but easy to get to by local train.
Great food, plenty to learn and lovely people
nicholaspL3316PJ,
Oct 9, 2022
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00Would recommend to couples and small groups that are keen to try a range of dishes and to understand how and why the ingredients are paired. Hosts were knowledgeable and friendly.
In Jemima's Kitchen
maryannkoory,
Sep 17, 2022
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00Talking with Jemima in her kitchen as she explained what she was doing, the spices she was using, and the equipment. It was great to see the cooking in the context of her home and family. We also loved speaking to her and her husband about family and culture. Also, we enjoyed eating the delicious food! It was a feast.
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