Cook
You own one or two dishes from start to finish — the prep, the seasoning, and your turn at the wok.
HOME COOKING CLASS · VEGAN COOKING CLASS · ONE SESSION ONLY
Cook a home meal in Yiting's kitchen
Four guests, one family kitchen. Each of you cooks a dish from start to finish — then we sit down and eat everything together.
2026-10-11 · starts 10:30 · 4 hours · 1–4 guests · Gubei, Changning, Shanghai
¥500 per person · 2 of 4 seats left
Bringing a group of four? Book the whole class and each guest pays ¥400 — 20% off. We can tailor the menu too.
Reservations are open.
Cook it, learn it, then eat it — together.
Learn
Yiting starts with the ingredients: what they are, how to choose them, and why they matter in a Chinese kitchen.
Eat
Then everyone sits down to share what the kitchen made — the same table and conversation as a home dinner.
Recipes for every dish — ingredients and method — are emailed to you after class.
One kitchen. One stove. Four guests.
This is a real home, not a teaching studio — so it works the way Chinese family kitchens always have.
In Yiting's kitchen
One family stove — you take turns, the way Chinese homes really cook
At a typical cooking school: Everyone gets their own station and burner
In Yiting's kitchen
You own one or two dishes, start to finish
At a typical cooking school: You touch a little of every dish
In Yiting's kitchen
Four guests at most
At a typical cooking school: Ten to twenty people
In Yiting's kitchen
Sit down together and share everything you made
At a typical cooking school: Eat standing up, or take it away
Seven dishes, four cooks.
The menu changes with the seasons, and can be tailored for private groups. This sample menu is fully plant-based. Yiting assigns one or two dishes to each guest on the day.
Cold
Sizzled Tofu Salad · Diced Lotus Root with Spicy Sizzled Dressing
Hot
Sautéed Spring Bamboo Shoots with Broad Beans & Pickled Mustard · Braised Vegetarian chicken (soy-based, vegan) · Scallion-Oil Taro · Autumn Pumpkin Soup
Dessert
Glutinous Rice Balls in Fermented Sweet Rice
Ingredients you'll get to know.
The kind of things you walk past in a wet market. After this, you'll know what to look for.
Tofu 豆腐 · Lotus root 莲藕 · Spring bamboo shoots 春笋 · Broad beans 蚕豆 · Pickled mustard greens 雪菜 · Fermented sweet rice 酒酿 · Glutinous rice flour 糯米粉
Inside Yiting's kitchen
The ingredients, before the cooking starts.
A look at the kitchen, the fresh produce and the hands-on prep that make up the class.
Three to four hours, start to finish.
- Start — Arrive and settle in: Tea, introductions and a look around the kitchen.
- +15 min — The ingredients: Yiting walks through what's on the counter, and why.
- +45 min — Prep together: Washing, cutting and seasoning — everyone's hands busy.
- +1 hr 30 — Your turn at the stove: Each guest cooks their dishes while the others taste and chat.
- +2 hr 45 — Rice balls, all together: Everyone rolls dessert as a group.
- +3 hr — Sit down and eat: The whole table, the whole menu, shared.
- After class — Recipes in your inbox: Ingredients and method for every dish.
Your host
Yiting — call her Eating
Yiting cooks Shanghai and Sichuan food at home. Every dish is served on tableware she made herself in Jingdezhen, and in the right season some of the vegetables come from her own plot outside the city.
Nat's vegan evening with Yiting
We had the most marvellous time! Eaty was really friendly, she designed a whole vegan menu, and had all the ingredients ready and a few things prepares to show us when we arrived how she prepares each dish while we chat about our lives. She also invited a friend and her cousin. So we had a lively conversation and most delicious and varied dinner. My parents were really happy too. My mother told her to come visit to Buenos Aires
— Nat
Good to know before you book
- Date & time
- 2026-10-11 · starts 10:30
- Duration
- 4 hours, including the meal
- Group size
- 1 to 4 guests. If you're the only one booked, the class still runs — as a private lesson.
- Location
- Changning, Shanghai · ≈ 20 min from People's Square. The exact address is sent after booking.
- Price
- ¥500 per person — all ingredients, the class, the full meal, tea, and recipes afterwards.
- Private group
- Book all 4 seats and each guest pays ¥400 (20% off). The menu can be tailored to your group.
- Children
- Welcome, as long as an adult comes with them.
- Dietary needs
- Tell us when you book. This sample menu is fully plant-based.
- Cancellation
- Please cancel at least 7 days before the class. Something unexpected? Email foodie@plus1chopsticks.com.
Questions guests ask
- Do I need any cooking experience?
- No. Yiting starts with the ingredients and shows you each step before it's your turn at the stove.
- Will I actually cook, or mostly watch?
- You cook. Each guest owns one or two dishes from start to finish. While someone else is at the stove, you're prepping, tasting and chatting.
- What if I'm the only one who books?
- The class still runs. It becomes a private lesson, and you'll cook more of the menu yourself.
- Can I bring my children?
- Yes, as long as an adult comes with them.
- Can the menu be changed?
- The menu follows the season. Private groups can ask for a menu built around their interests — tell us when you book.
- How is this different from home dining?
- At a home dinner, the meal is cooked for you. Here you cook it yourself — then sit down and share it, just like a home dinner.
Four seats. One kitchen.
2026-10-11 · starts 10:30 · ¥500 per person · Book all four seats for ¥400 each
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