Cook like a Bajan cooking class

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Summary
Experience Details
What You’ll Experience
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Duration
3 hours 30 minutes
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Number of Guests
1 - 15 guests
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Language
English
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Immerse yourself in Bajan culture through cooking. Learn to prepare authentic island dishes with local tips. Perfect for day trippers and longer stays, you'll become a kitchen local!

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For each guest that attends this experience, byFood will donate
10 meals

Experience Details

Even if you are on island for the day or a few weeks, this class will make you feel like a local as you learn how to cook an authentic local dish in a cosy kitchen setting while being given all the inside scoop re spices, seasonings, special preparation to ensure you can replicate the dish once back home.



Sample Menu

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cornmeal cou cou and selection of fish
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breadfruit coucou with selection of meat
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macaronie pie and selection of meat
MAIN
pudding and souse
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creamed green banana and barbequed pig tails

What You Get

All aprons, utensils and food needed will be provided.
Private transportation

Good To Know

  • Persons with severe mobility restrictions or who have difficulty climbing stairs
  • Must be willing to wear provided hair net or coverings.
  • Covered legs ( so trousers/jeans/long skirts)
  • Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
  • Must be willing to wear provided gloves
  • Must wear sleeved shirts or blouses

What You’ll Experience

Have you wondered what it would be like to prepare and cook an authentic Bajan meal from scratch? Well, wonder no more – we can make that dream a reality. Groups of up to twenty persons will be given step by step guidance by a local chef on the preparation, cooking and presentation of a Bajan favourite, Bajan style at an approved kitchen. You then get to sit back, relax and relish the taste and flavour of your very own Bajan dish. The memories of this Bajan cooking class will be priceless. Offered as private group experience only.

Meeting & Pickup

Meeting Point

Christ Church, Barbados, BB

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We have two class locations. One is a home kitchen for groups of up to three persons and the second is a larger industrial space for groups of four and above. Both locations are in Christ Church, Barbados. Please note class location may be allocated on availability and not only group size.
End Point

This experience ends at the meeting point.

Cancellation Policy

Cancel your booking at least 24 hours before the experience start time to receive a full refund minus a 3.2% transaction fee.

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What People Are Saying
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Fun and delicious way to learn about Barbados!
February 18, 2024
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This was a fun and delicious experience. Our chef was well trained and had us making Bajun food quickly and easily. Our Flying Fish and Cou Cou was incredible, our rum punch so perfect, and our Cas...read more

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Immerse yourself with this class!
January 19, 2024
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We had such a fun time cooking with Danica today. We started off making authentic rum punch, and put it in the freezer to chill. Then we prepared a pone with cassaba and coconut and popped it into ...read more

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Truly local cooking
March 19, 2023
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The host and cook went above expectations for us. We wanted to try a vegetarian dish, and they went so far as to find bread fruit in a neighbor's tree, because it was not the season to find it in ...read more

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So much fun!
January 30, 2023
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Such a fun day! Food was delicious and they had us involved in every step of the process. Danica was an excellent chef instructor, made the class fun and approachable. Went home with pictures and r...read more

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Bajan Cooking Class -January 2022
January 25, 2023
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Excellent tour to Karen’s house for a cooking class with Danica. We prepared a rum punch, then made fish cakes followed by roiled flying fish cou cou (similar to polenta) with sauce

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For each guest that attends this experience, byFood will donate
10 meals