Private Kenyan Cooking Class in Nairobi with a Local

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Earliest Date Available: November 9, 2026This experience is in high demand. Book now to lock in the next available date.

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Location

Nairobi City

Duration

3 hours

Group size

Max 3 guests

Language

English

Location

Nairobi City

Duration

3 hours

Group size

Max 3 guests

Language

English

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•3 reviews

US$91.27 per guest

Guest

Adult x1

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Earliest Date Available: November 9, 2026This experience is in high demand. Book now to lock in the next available date.

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Food for HappinessFor every guest in your booking, we donate 10 meals to children around the world

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Enjoy a private and authentic cooking demonstration and homecooked meal with your host Grace. This is a perfect experience for anyone looking to connect with local culture over food. Grace learned to cook from her mother and grandmother when she was a young girl. Her love for cooking grew when she got married and learned additional cooking skills from her late husband who was a great cook. Grace lives with her daughter in the outskirts of Nairobi city and currently works for an NGO that offers business training to women. Sharing cultures and making people feel at home when they are away from their home is what she most enjoys about hosting travelers. Apart from cooking Grace also loves to read and swim. Get a glimpse into a typical Kenyan household and experience the Kenyan lifestyle and cuisine during this private, authentic food experience.

Private Kenyan cooking demonstration with your host Grace

Homecooked Kenyan meal

Gratuities

This is a unique opportunity to visit the home of a local and explore traditional culture and cuisine. Join Grace in her modestly sized kitchen to cook a traditional tribal meal. Please note that because Grace’s kitchen is very small she will be doing most of the cooking while you watch. She will have you help whenever possible. Due to space constraints this is more of cooking demonstration rather than a hands-on cooking class. Grace will share wonderful stories about her grandmother (who is over 100 years old!) making mukimo for the family, and other variations of the dish that you can make with pantry ingredients. Learn to cook mukimo (mashed potatoes and greens) or ugali (mashed corn flour mixed with water) or pilau (spiced rice) and local vegetables during this one hour authentic Kenyan cooking demonstration in a local home.

Meeting Point

Nairobi, Nairobi County, Kenya, KE

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Meet your host Grace at her apartment. Exact address can be found in your ticket upon booking confirmation.

End Point

This experience ends at the meeting point.

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No refund within 1 day of the experience or no-shows.

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Phaedra_EApril 2022 • Viator

The best

This experience is probably one of my favorites out of all my travels anywhere in the world. Grace was super welcoming. The food we cooked was so tasty. Im still not convinced she didn’t season our veggies with just salt and onions because I’ve never had spinach and kale taste so good with so little added. We made ugali and she explained the significance of that for Kenyans. Her baby was there and she’s super sweet and intelligent. I thoroughly enjoyed my time at her place and highly recommend!!

Daydream51855938556March 2022 • TripAdvisor

100Points

Great unique authentic experience. Loved it. My daughter 11 years was not convinced in front but from the start on she loved it.

nekiaspannFebruary 2020 • Viator

Cooking with Grace

Cooking with Grace was one of the best experiences I had in Nairobi. She is such an amazing personable host, she allowed us to get hands on and explained and answered every question we had about the food we were cooking. The food we made was very tasty, I am definitely going to try making the meal at home. If you are ever in Nairobi and are looking for a very authentic experience, definitely check Grace out. She is so welcoming and I felt right at home in here place.