Intimate Bao Bun Workshop

With 4 people maximum - Learn the art of making authentic bao buns at this fun cooking class in Edinburgh.



3 hours

Class size 1 to 4 (public classes), 1 to 6
  £70
Edinburgh Activities
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Food & Drink
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Cooking
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Vegan Experience Gifts
Experience the joy of making your own delicious bao buns in a small, friendly, hands-on cooking session, perfect for small groups, families, friends, and food lovers seeking a fun and memorable experience. With a maximum of four participants, everyone receives personal attention as the chef shares cooking tips and answers questions. You’ll learn the secret of bao making, from preparing the dough to shaping and designing the bao bun with character.
What to expect:
Throughout this engaging workshop, you will learn every step of the process – from preparing and shaping the dough to correctly wrapping and steaming the buns.
You’ll gain practical skills under expert guidance.
Vegan and halal options are available, ensuring the workshop is inclusive.
Chef May Ling is fluent in English, Malay, Cantonese, and Mandarin, enabling her to share valuable insights into Asian food culture alongside the bao bun making techniques.
At the end of the session, you’ll not only have learned a new culinary skill but also receive a detailed recipe and some key ingredients to take home, allowing you to recreate the bao buns yourself.

Please note: Public dates for this class require at least 2 guests to run. In the unlikely event that we don't reach this number, we may cancel the session; if that happens, we'll inform you and let you choose between a refund or reschedule, so please watch your email/SMS one day prior to the class.

Upcoming dates for Intimate Bao Bun Workshop

Times are London time. Dates and prices as of 7 Oct 2026, 6:49am; availability and price are confirmed live when booking on this page.

321 upcoming dates between 8 Oct 2026 and 30 Dec 2027.

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What you'll get
  • Free refreshments during the workshop.
  • Detailed recipe and key ingredients to take home so you can recreate the magic.
  • 2 freshly made bao buns (handmade by the head chef) to enjoy, plus your own creations to bring home.
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Knowledge required
Beginner-friendly.
Suitable for

This class is great for individuals and couples as well as for a date idea, team building activity, Christmas party, birthday or hen do.

This experience would also be a fun gift for her, gift for mum, Xmas gift or gift for couples.

Location

5 Porters Walk Edinburgh EH3 9GJ

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Recent reviews of Intimate Bao Bun Workshop

  • 5/5 from Allison Jungert, attended Jul 2026: A fantastic class! Our instructor was super attentive and helpful. The bai was fun to make and tasty to eat. Also a cool atmosphere along the campus of the university.
  • 5/5 from Lilly Franke, attended Jul 2026: What a fabulous experience! Thanks for having us. It was a pleasure and a lot of fun. We had enough time to learn and make our buns fun!
  • 5/5 from Christopher Solley, attended Jul 2026: Had lots of fun. Enjoyed the class today very much
  • 5/5 from Eimeir Johnston, attended Jul 2026: great afternoon for our teenager kids and their friend, they had a lovely time and really enjoyed their time at the workshop.
  • 5/5 from Eden Kinzel, attended Jul 2026: Amazing! Highlight of my trip to Scotland! Definitely recommend taking this class!
  • 5/5 from Winnie Hoang, attended Jun 2026: It was a wonderful class with the very helpful teacher. The refreshments were amazing and the buns that I made were very cute. Highly recommend this to anyone who is in Edinburgh and wants to learn how to make Bao Buns and make it adorable.
  • 5/5 from Erik Gauger, attended Jun 2026: The workshop was great fun, run by a lovely host (chef), and the results look amazing!
  • 5/5 from Ross Lyall, attended May 2026: Great fun, great teacher, so much so that my attempt even looked like the picture. Would highly recommend
  • 5/5 from Eileen Stevenson, attended May 2026: Great fun experience and would highl recommend for a group session. Thanks for making a birthday outing even more memorable!
  • 5/5 from Lilly Wilson, attended May 2026: The class was very fun, the teacher was very helpful. Made bao buns again the next day with my partner at home!
  • 5/5 from Georgia Hodgson, attended Apr 2026: Brilliant class and well worth the money, we didn’t think our bao buns would look as good as in the pictures but they sure did. Friendly lady leading the class who even gifted us a little starter kit as she knew it was our anniversary. Great way to spend a good few hours and leaning a new skill!
  • 5/5 from Beth Brown, attended Apr 2026: The class was brillant! The instructor made it very easy to follow. We felt supported throughout in making our bao buns. Cannot recomment enough
  • 5/5 from Gemma Bromley, attended Apr 2026: Such a unique experience to share with my son! We both had a great time. Highly recommended this class.
  • 5/5 from Olivia Ferro, attended Apr 2026: Such a fun class! The refreshments were delicious and the bao designs are the cutest ever.
  • 5/5 from Janine Strate, attended Apr 2026: The BaoBun workshop was super fun! Incredibly nice owner who explains everything wonderfully and helps when needed. The BaoBuns she prepared were insanely delicious. A definite recommendation if you want to do something with the family in between the usual tourist stuff and all the walking! Also highly recommended for birthday parties or and kind of gathering!
  • 5/5 from Yvonne O, attended Apr 2026: This class was so much fun everything explained well including a pictorial guide to help you choose a design. there is scope for artistic freedom in the look and colour of your bun just a really good way to learn something new
  • 5/5 from Kevin McElligott, attended Apr 2026: Really fun class for a novice Baker, instructions were clear and teacher was very attentive. We had great fun and would highly recommend: bao buns came out great!
  • 5/5 from Susanna Klayman, attended Apr 2026: What a fun class! It ended up just being the 2 of us (me and my nephew) and the whole session was great. You get given design cards to pick from, so you make a choice about what your buns will look like & what colours you'll need before diving into making the dough from scratch (recipe is available to take home if you wish). Whilst the dough is proofing you get to enjoy some freshly made bao (you choose the flavour you want before starting) - we both had the char siu ones which were utterly delicious. We then spend quite a bit of the time using food dyes to colour bits of dough (go from light colours to dark.....don't start with black like I did, even though chef had made this clear haha!). Definitely need dexterity in your hands and fingers for this part! Then we constructed the baos with excellent help and guidance from chef May Ling throughout. We never felt rushed and took our time creating our buns. At the end, chef steams the buns for around 30 mins, and during that time you are encouraged to go for a walk nearby - after a couple hours of sitting it was a nice suggestion. When we returned, our baos looked great - so happy with how they turned out. It's going to be a shame to eat them! We also got a goodie bag with some key ingredients to make them at home. Highly recommend this workshop, so much fun and a great atmosphere. Just make sure you can handle doing a lot of kneading, as that's very necessary for making the baos.
  • 5/5 from Cora Hutchins, attended Apr 2026: I had a ton of fun making buns! The teacher was very kind and gave us drinks and a snack while we waited for the dough to rise. She even gave us a little gift bag to take home. I highly recommend this experience if you're in the area.
  • 5/5 from Haley Henderson, attended Mar 2026: Had an amazing time! This class is great for rainy days.
  • 5/5 from Natasha Ridley-Duff, attended Mar 2026: We had an incredible time at the bao bun workshop! We were here on our honeymoon and as bao bun lovers we thought this would make a lovely memory. We managed to make some adorable little buns and they turned out beautiful, tasted amazing too! The teacher was really helpful and taught us all sorts of tricks to get the perfect finish for our buns. We enjoyed putting our own unique touches on the designs (starry eggs and a top hat-wearing tomato!) Very much recommended, a lovely way to spend an afternoon and we will cherish the memory forever ️
  • 5/5 from Rohan Krishnakumar, attended Mar 2026: Really enjoyable - lots of different designs to choose from!
  • 5/5 from Kirsty Mackenzie, attended Mar 2026: Great fun experience, something new to try and we could now try it at home.
  • 5/5 from Rebecca Hoyt, attended Mar 2026: The class was great.
  • 5/5 from Steph Toumi, attended Mar 2026: Had a great time learning to make baos. There were only three of us in ‘class’, which was perfect for getting tips from the owner. I recommend the bbq pork bun for your snack! So good!
  • 5/5 from Kate Powell, attended Mar 2026: Amazing class! Everything is provided, the workshop is clean and the instructions are super easy to follow. May Ling is a fantastic teacher and we had some tasty handmade bao to eat whilst waiting for our dough to rise. A great experience and I will definitely be booking again!
  • 5/5 from Lizzy Roberts, attended Mar 2026: Highly recommend! This class was lots of fun and the bao turned out amazing
  • 5/5 from Szymon Ciciala, attended Mar 2026: Had a great time, host was super kind and taught up everything we needed to do. Really chuffed and recommend it to anyone!
  • 5/5 from Jay Coleman, attended Mar 2026: Had a fantastic time, it was lots of phone and the Bao Buns turned out surprisingly good given how complicated it all looked before we started. Highly recommend this class
  • 5/5 from Raleigh, attended Mar 2026: I did this with my spouse and we had all much fun! The bao were delicious and it wasn't as hard as I'd feared thanks to great instruction. Great and yummy date idea :)
  • 5/5 from Eliot Wooding-Sherwin, attended Mar 2026: Teacher was very good - perfect balance between showing us what to do and letting us make our own bao. It’s also very tasty! There were cards we could pick showing us how to make our own cute creations.
  • 5/5 from Lucy Rosa, attended Feb 2026: We had a lovely time making such cute bao buns, would highly recommend this activity. Mai Ling was a great teacher.
  • 5/5 from Lauren Bruce, attended Feb 2026: A lovely way to spend a rainy afternoon. We were well looked after and were delighted with the finished outcome! Would definitely recommend
  • 5/5 from Robert Lawson, attended Feb 2026: The class was very fun and I would recommend to others, the teacher was really nice and helpful aswel
  • 5/5 from Cara Macleod, attended Feb 2026: This class was AMAZING. The teacher was so kind and thorough. She was very helpful and made sure our bao buns came out looking amazing. The shop was easy to find and very cute inside. Would highly recommend this to anyone looking for a fun and different activity in Edinburgh. 10/10
  • 5/5 from Megan Robertson, attended Jan 2026: I booked this workshop for my girlfriend’s birthday and it was wonderful! We got all the help we needed and had the best time. Such a wholesome activity and the bao buns turned out so cute! Thank you so much for the hospitality and good vibes!
  • 5/5 from Peter Rawlinson-Watkins, attended Jan 2026: It was so much fun, I went with my mum and we had a great time. Highly recomend this class for a bit of fun as there is lots of opertunity to make things and have fun.
  • 5/5 from Therese Feeney, attended Jan 2026: This class was brilliant! I would absolutely recommend it - so get creative and learn a new skill! It was amazing fun and tasted great!
  • 5/5 from Madeleine Dudson, attended Nov 2025: WOW! This was by far the best workshop I have ever done. The teacher/owner and her assistant were both super friendly, explained everything clearly and were very attentive (without being overbearing!). I booked this as a surprise for my boyfriend's birthday and we had the BEST time! Everyone was super smiley and welcoming! They give you pictures to inspire you for your bao bun designs and you get two bao buns included while you wait for your dough to prove. A lovely touch was giving us a little goodie bag of tools and ingredients when we left so that we can continue making bao buns from home! Cannot recommend this place enough and DEFINITELY will be coming back ️
  • 5/5 from Cameron Wilson, attended Nov 2025: A really good class - welcoming atmosphere but not overwhelming/or intense. The teacher guides you really well on how to create your bao buns. Couldn't have asked for more.
  • 5/5 from Roberta Thomson, attended Nov 2025: Had such an amazing time! We got to make the dough from scratch and choose designs for the buns which was so fun and and engaging. The staff are wonderful and so helpful. Would absolutely recommend if you're looking for something fun and different to do in Edinburgh!
  • 5/5 from Lara Olszenka, attended Oct 2025: We had a brilliant time at the Bao Bun workshop - so much fun and everyone was super lovely and encouraging. We also got to take home SO many cute bao buns! Would highly recommend this course. Thanks for a lovely evening
  • 5/5 from Jackie Macdonald, attended Oct 2025: We had a great time and thought it would have been fun for all of the family(adults and children) We got to choose a couple of designs and probably could have designed our own …maybe next time! We were well looked after and although we didn’t need much help after being shown what to do, we could ask as many questions as we liked so we could try it at home. Would Make a fantastic Xmas gift. Thanks for looking after us!
  • 5/5 from Kim Kemp, attended Oct 2025: A great workshop - lots of choices for designs and friendly and encouraging help. Appreciated the refreshments and snack. Would definitely recommend.
  • 5/5 from Jon Bertram, attended Sep 2025: Really helpful teacher who gave us enough freedom to feel like we definitely learnt something. Provided bao bun lunch and drinks throughout which was a great added touch. Really fun activity that I would 100% recommend
  • 5/5 from Evie Jackson, attended Sep 2025: This class was fabulous. May and the other lady (sorry I didn’t catch her name) were really attentive, but not hovering. We were taught but left to create our own creations and they tasted wonderful. We each left with boxes filled with yummy baos and will be passing along our recommendations as well as trying out the recipe at home. Thank you May!
  • 5/5 from Callum Mutch, attended Sep 2025: Enjoyable few hours making cute bao buns. Great selection of designs and lots of room for creativity. The complimentary buns were delicious and we were well looked after the whole time
  • 5/5 from Jessica Robertson, attended Aug 2025: We really, really enjoyed this class. Just us 2 which made it more intimate. We were shown how to make the dough from scratch, given a wide selection of designs to choose from and talked through every step of the way. We also had bao buns made for us whilst the dough was rising and they were delicious. Really lovely staff who were so helpful. Looking forward to coming back with friends another time.
  • 5/5 from Brittany Reid, attended Jul 2025: My daughter and I had the best time learning how to make Bao buns. Definitely a class we will both remember and will enjoy trying again at home. Chef May was helpful and easy to learn from.
  • 5/5 from Elizabeth Hill, attended Jul 2025: I absolutely loved this workshop. The vibe is fun and playful- you can either follow a template or go off script and create your own cute bao bun characters. And the buns themselves are super yummy.
Your teacher

Take Five
Take Five

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female Women-owned

Take Five Bao Bun Workshop is located in the heart of Edinburgh city centre, just a few steps from the Futures Institute of the University of Edinburgh and close to The Meadows. In this hands-on workshop, you’ll learn the art of making bao buns from Chef May Ling, who brings over 14 years of experience running an Asian restaurant.
Chef May Ling was invited to appear on ITV1 as part of MasterChef judge John Torode’s TV documentary series, and she has had the honour of cooking for His Majesty the King of Malaysia and the Royal Family at her restaurant. With her rich culinary background, she is passionate about sharing her bao bun-making expertise through this unique workshop in Edinburgh.
The workshop welcomes guests aged 6 to 80 in a fun, relaxed environment. You'll learn every step of the process—from dough preparation and shaping to wrapping and steaming the buns. At the end of the session, you'll take home a detailed recipe and some key ingredients so you can recreate the magic in your own kitchen.
Vegan and halal options are available, and the workshop is designed to be inclusive and accessible to all. Chef May Ling is fluent in English, Malay, Cantonese, and Mandarin, allowing her to share not only the techniques of bao bun making but also insights into Asian food culture.
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