The Hutong Kitchen
About The Hutong Kitchen

About The Hutong Kitchen

The Hutong is Beijing’s premiere culture exchange centre in the heart of the capital. We are a retreat where people meet and connect as in our motto “Sharing Culture, Sharing Knowledge”. In The Hutong Kitchen, we teach a variety of cuisines from within and beyond China’s borders. We always focus...
The Chinese Kitchen

The Chinese Kitchen

Take a gastronomic tour of China’s different regions and learn how to cook exquisite Chinese dishes from passionate chefs in our cozy, traditional hutong surroundings. Click here for more information about The Chinese Kitchen.
The Global Kitchen

The Global Kitchen

At The Hutong Kitchen, we offer a wide range of cooking classes from beyond China’s borders; experience how to prepare and create delicious dishes from Southern Asia and the sub-continent. Click here for more information about The Global Kitchen.
Culinary Tours

Culinary Tours

We lead a variety of culinary tours outside the kitchen, from Beijing’s wet markets tours to extended culinary tours around China and beyond. Click here for more information.
Our Chefs

Our Chefs

From a Pakistani restaurateur to a Caribbean entrepreneur to a Malaysian chef. Our team of chefs is diverse, but all are passionate about cuisine and sharing their knowledge. Click here to meet our team of Hutong Chefs.
Our Recipes

Our Recipes

All of our menus are created by our chefs and represent more than delicious dishes: behind each dish lies a story. Click here to read some menus from The Hutong Kitchen.
Private Events

Private Events

The Hutong Kitchen also specializes in private culinary events, from our signature “Hook N Cook” cooking competitions, to private cooking classes (and more). We invite you to visit our renovated courtyard home to take a tour and to see whether it is the right setting for your event. Click here...
Catering

Catering

The Hutong Kitchen now brings the most delicious foods our chefs have to offer to your home via our new catering service. From a small intimate dinner party to a big corporate event, we can customize a menu according to your taste and needs. Our Hutong Chefs offer a variety of gourmet menus...
The Hutong Corporate

The Hutong Corporate

The Hutong Corporate The Hutong Corporate Events with a cultural twist! Our private parties, team-building programs, charitable endeavors, corporate gifts, tours and retreats offer professional yet creative alternatives to basic company events.

Cooking Class Catch Ups

The Global Kitchen: Japanese Home Cooking

The Global Kitchen: Japanese Home Cooking

There’s more than just sushi, sake and Hello Kitty over in Japan!  Japanese cuisine is known for its fresh, seasonal ingredients, delicate flavors, and stunning presentation.  Learn how to make classic homemade dishes and discover the joy of authentic Japanese comfort food.  Go beyond sushi and learn the real deal, the stuff your okaasan and...
6 Week Summer Special

6 Week Summer Special

Our 6 Week Summer Special: for those who want to make a culinary commitment this summer and join The Hutong to learn the fundamentals and the secrets of Chinese Cuisine. From understanding The Basics of the Chinese kitchen to grasping the different elements and techniques of regional cuisines, our 6 Week Summer Special will teach...
Volver to Spain in May

Volver to Spain in May

Food, Film and Friends: Global Cuisine and World Cinema Sunday, May 27, a Spanish cooking class followed by a Spanish film screening. Join The Hutong’s Spanish Chef Marta and learn Spanish cuisine that is rustic, traditional and comes from the heart. VOLVER Dir: Pedro Almodóvar, SP, 2006, 121mins Two sisters learn that the bonds of...
The Hutong Presents A Cookie Story

The Hutong Presents A Cookie Story

Take a culinary journey through the seemingly simple cookie and visit a pojangmacha in Seoul, a cukiernia in Warsaw, and a trip back in time to your elementary school cafeteria. The Hutong’s Cookie Story takes the world’s most cherished flavors and time-honored recipes, and turns them into the treat we all love. From Mexican Hot...
Winter Culinary Photo Competition Winner

Winter Culinary Photo Competition Winner

Congratulations to Mei and Wayne for winning our Wintertime Culinary Photo Competition. Check out some of the lovely couple’s lovely photos below. Next time you come to The Hutong for a cooking class, simply bring along your camera and snap a few shots to enter into our Springtime Photo Competition.
The Scent of Green Papaya

The Scent of Green Papaya

Food, Film and Friends: Global Cuisine and World Cinema Sunday, April 22nd, a Vietnamese cooking class followed by a Vietnamese film screening. Vietnamese cuisine bears the influence of its neighboring cuisines: Indian, Thai, Cambodian, Malay and Chinese, as well as of its colonizers: the French. Contrast and balance are the principles that decide how vegetables...
Yunnan Culinary Excursion South of The Clouds

Yunnan Culinary Excursion South of The Clouds

This July, The Hutong and The Linden Centre are thrilled to bring you “South of the Clouds,” a five-day culinary excursion in Yunnan, a region not only known for its blue skies and lush nature, but being home to the most diverse number of Chinese ethnic minorities, Yunnan boasts the broadest variety of delicious exotic cuisines. ...
The Art of Nourishment ~ Springtime!

The Art of Nourishment ~ Springtime!

The Hutong and Yoga Yard are thrilled to present the first in a series of co-created workshops, designed to give you informative and enjoyable ways to cultivate a healthy balance between how you feel, eat and live. The Art of Nourishment ~ Springtime! is a yoga and culinary workshop incorporating the seasonal qualities and foods...
The Beijing Chocolate Chronicles

The Beijing Chocolate Chronicles

Enjoy chocolate as the seductive finale of a great meal, and as the enticing winning ingredient of a main course. Taste your way to a new perspective on chocolate with The Hutong Executive Chef Sue and the chocolatiers from Vandergeeten. In each class you will learn to make a chocolate dessert and an exquisite savory...
Pho & Chips meets Yunnan

Pho & Chips meets Yunnan

Click on the picture of Bridgid enjoying her homemade Yunnan Pineapple Rice to read about this fashionista’s delicious experience at a recent Hutong Yunnan cooking class - thanks for joining us Bridgid!
The Hutong and Gung Ho! Pizza Present: Beyond the Mediterranean Pizza-Making Competition

The Hutong and Gung Ho! Pizza Present: Beyond the Mediterranean Pizza-Making Competition

Gung Ho! Pizza – Beijing’s premiere pizzeria – and The Hutong Kitchen – Beijing’s premiere cooking school – are teaming up to bring you a culinary competition that promises to take the meaning of pizza to a whole new level. On Friday, March 23, we invite you to roll up your sleeves and transform into...
Travel to Greece

Travel to Greece

Food, Film and Friends: Global Cuisine and World Cinema. Sunday, March 18, a Greek cooking class followed by a Greek film screening. Greek Cuisine is the root of all Mediterranean cuisines, with a heritage that spans thousands of years. Come join Chef Toni to learn 3 of her favorites - Spanakorizo, Moussaka and Greek salad - as well as to...