Cooking Class In A Real Restaurant At Old City

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Duration
2 hours
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Number of Guests
1 - 7 guests
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English, Spanish
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Experience the heart of Cartagena's culinary scene with our immersive cooking class. Join us in our charming family restaurant, cook traditional dishes, and dance to vibrant local music.

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

Experience Details

We will be in the kitchen of our family restaurant, which meant a lot to us. in the historic center of Cartagena, a kitchen with music, air conditioning, and we have decorated with photos of all the people who have visited us as a way to remember our friends all over the world. In this kitchen, not only is cooking, we also dance once when (our chefs also know how to dance a lot!)


Sample Menu

MAIN
Main course
Coconut rice, local fish, patacones, empanadas, local drink

What You Get

guía profesional

Good To Know

  • Public transportation options are available nearby
  • Specialized infant seats are available

What You’ll Experience

For more than 2 hours we will be in the kitchen of our restaurant located in the heart of the historic center of Cartagena with two professional chefs, we will share our cooking techniques and the stories behind the recipes and ingredients. we will get down to work with aprons and hats! the first thing will be to start preparing the coconut rice from scratch (which we will use for the service of the restaurant), then prepare the crunchy patacones, then the drink typical of our city called panela water, then prepare the most typical fish of Cartagena: Mojarra roja al papillon (a recipe loved by our ancestors), then while we wait for the fish is ready we can dance for a while the typical music because our chef loves to dance! then we will start with the empanadas preparing the dough and the fillings and at the end we will eat everything prepared in the restaurant while we share our cooking experience and get to know each other better!

Meeting & Pickup

Meeting Point

Orígenes Restaurante Bar, Provincia de Cartagena Bolívar, Colombia, CO, 130001

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⚠︎ IMPORTANT: ARRIVE 15 MINUTES BEFORE THE PLACE ⚠︎ Old city, Estanco del aguardiente street, Origenes Restaurant google adress: https://goo.gl/maps/a1gG3HkJHG7k9S6YA
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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Must-Do Activity in Cartagena! So much fun!
June 26, 2025
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This class was absolutely amazing! We had so much fun dancing and cooking. The translator Donna and the chef were very sweet! This was one of our favorite activities of the entire trip. I highly re...read more

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Fun and delicious!
May 25, 2025
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We had a little mixup at the beginning of our class and thought we weren't going to be able to participate but they were able to make everything work and we are so glad they did! We made about five...read more

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May 24, 2025
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Class time was adjusted from 3:30 to 7:30. That worked better for us. Then about 4pm, the class got cancelled with no option to reschedule. We were not able to book any other tour because the cance...read more

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This was such a fun...
May 16, 2025
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This was such a fun experience and at a great price we really enjoyed it. The Chef and her assistant were so nice.

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Great glimpse into Colombian cuisine!
May 04, 2025
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We had an amazing time getting to know other people in our class and dancing while we made delicious food! So thankful for the staff for an amazing evening! Very good way to spend an afternoon in C...read more

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