Private Ethiopian Home Cooking Class in Addis Ababa with Transfer

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3 hours
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Number of Guests
1 - 6 guests
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English, Arabic
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Discover Ethiopian flavors with host Hilena in a private home cooking class in Addis Ababa. Cook two traditional dishes, explore a vibrant market, and enjoy a meal with local hospitality.

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

Experience Details

Enjoy a private and authentic cooking class with host Hilena, a native of Addis Ababa. This is a perfect experience for anyone looking to connect with local culture over food. Your cooking class will take place in a local home kitchen where Hilena will teach you how to make 2 traditional Ethiopian dishes using her family recipes. After cooking, you will enjoy the meal you helped prepare.


If you choose the market tour option, you will visit a local, neighborhood, street side market. You will find stalls selling grains, vegetables, fruits, live chicken, sheep, clothing etc. Walk through the market, learn about the produce that grows locally and buy a few ingredients, before you walk back to Hilena's home for your cooking and meal experience.


• Private market tour and cooking lesson in a local's home

• Guided tour of a local, neighborhood market

• Learn to cook two Ethiopian dishes from scratch

• Hotel pick up and drop off is included

• Experience Ethiopian hospitality, food and culture

What You Get

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Hotel pick up and drop off
If you select the market tour option, before your cooking you will visit a local market

Good To Know

  • If any travelers in your party have any allergies, dietary restrictions or cooking preferences please advise at time of booking. Menu may vary depending on the season. Private, personalized experience. Vegetarian option is available, please advise at time of booking if required
  • Hilena runs a guest house, so while there may be other travelers present, your Traveling Spoon cooking class will be private. Also, Hilena's home is in the outskirts of Addis Ababa, in Sansusi, about 20 km from the airport.
  • Please note that Hilena is not very fluent in English, so her brother will be present throughout the experience to help translate.
  • Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
  • Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels

What You’ll Experience

Addis Ababa (Pass By)

cooking class in a local's home in Addis Ababa

Meeting & Pickup

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Your host will pick you up from the concierge desk of your Addis Ababa hotel and drop you off at the end of your culinary experience.

Cancellation Policy

Cancel your booking at least 48 hours before the experience start time to receive a full refund minus a 3.2% transaction fee.

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Great experience
September 04, 2024
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Was a great experience and very educational. Lovely and attentive family that welcomed us into their home. Be prepared, it's a long course with a ton of food but gives a sense of how Ethiopians coo...read more

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Don't miss this opportunity to support local farming and have great cheese!
July 11, 2022
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What a great day at the farm! Whole family loved the tour and tasting. We learned about the history of the farm, as well as the current process of cheesemaking. Nothing is wasted in the process,...read more

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Cheese making at its finest
June 26, 2022
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Teresa is a wonderful host to a great experience. Fascinating opportunity to see cheese process and then the wonderful opportunity to taste the results! Also seeing the different types of cows seen...read more

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Artisan Cheese Making
September 13, 2019
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Probably one of the best tours I’ve Best tour yet! Teresa and her family were so nice, we had a great time watching, visiting and sampling. I would highly recommend this!!!

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Best Day In Ireland!
May 10, 2019
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Three of my friends and I (all in our 30's) decided to book this trip as we love cheese and had a few extra hours before the airport, we had no idea that we were in for the most fun part of our tri...read more

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