Private San Juan Cooking Class with a Local Expert

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What You’ll Experience
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Duration
3 hours 30 minutes
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Number of Guests
10 - 15 guests
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English
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Dive into Puerto Rican culture with a private cooking class in San Juan. Learn 4-5 traditional dishes in Yeira's home, savor your creations, and enjoy a unique local experience away from crowds.

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

Experience Details

Enjoy a private cooking class in a local San Juan home in a residential neighborhood away from the touristy center. This is a perfect experience for anyone looking to connect with local Puerto Rican culture over food. Your cooking class takes place in a local home kitchen where Yeira will teach you 4-5 traditional Puerto Rican dishes. After cooking, enjoy your meal together with this warm and friendly local, passionate about food and travel. Experience authentic Puerto Rican life and cuisine with your host Yeira as you cook together and dine on authentic family recipes you won't find in restaurants. Yeira is a fun local host with a doctorate in clinical psychology who believes that food and cooking promotes wellness in people! She is excited to share her authentic Puerto Rican cuisine and culture with those visiting her hometown of San Juan.

Sample Menu

STARTER
Cocktail: Tropical passionfruit cocktail
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Tostones con pollo in a Creole sauce
MAIN
Churrasco con chimichurri
Skirt steak served with a herbaceous garlicky sauce
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Arroz con frijoles
Caribbean-style rice and beans
STARTER
Mofongo
Fried and mashed plantains with garlic
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Fresh tropical salad
DESSERT
Quesitos
Puerto Rican cream cheese pastry

What You Get

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Alcoholic Beverages
Private Puerto Rican cooking lesson and meal with Yeira

Good To Know

  • If any travelers in your party have any allergies, dietary restrictions or cooking preferences please advise at time of booking
  • Yeira can host larger groups of up to 30 so if you're interested please contact us
  • Vegetarian option is available, please advise at time of booking if required
  • Menu varies depending on the season and guests' dietary requests
  • Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
  • Private, personalized experience

What You’ll Experience

This is a unique opportunity to visit the home of a local and explore traditional Puerto Rican culture and cuisine. Yeira welcomes you into her home with a delicious tropical cocktail and then teaches you to cook 4-5 dishes. Your hands-on 2-hour cooking lesson includes cooking demonstrations. A few dishes you might learn to cook are a main such as pollo en salsa criolla (Caribbean style chicken stew) or churrasco (skirt steak) with chimichurri, two side dishes such as arroz con gandules (traditional rice in Puerto Rico with green pigeon peas) or Caribbean style rice and beans, mofongo or yuca al mojo with sofrito (Puerto Rican seasoning), and a dessert. Your meal is served with a fresh salad. The menu varies and is created based on the season, availability of ingredients, and guests' dietary restrictions. Your meal also includes an appetizer that your hosts may have prepared in advance. After cooking, enjoy the dishes you helped prepare on Yeira's beautiful outdoor terrace. At the end of this culinary experience, you will leave with a full stomach, an understanding of Puerto Rican cuisine and culture, two Puerto Rican eBooks to share with your loved ones, and memorable stories!

Meeting & Pickup

Meeting Point

9VV8+H6, Buena Vista Bayamón, Puerto Rico, PR

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Please meet your host Yeira at her home in the Bayamón neighborhood of San Juan. Above is just neighborhood details. For exact address and Google Maps link to her location, please check the 'before you go' section in your ticket upon booking confirmation.
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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lunch experience with Viviana in San Juan PR
June 19, 2025
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Viviana was a wonderful teacher and a gracious host. we thoroughly enjoyed learning the history and evolution of the food and seasonings. The food was delicious and lots to take and enjoy later. H...read more

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AMAZING experience!
April 22, 2025
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We booked a cooking class with Viviana as part of a bachelorette weekend for our bride-to-be, and it ended up being one of the absolute highlights of the trip! There were 10 of us, and Viviana made...read more

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Cooking class
April 16, 2025
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We did the cooking class with Viviana and can easily say it was the highlight of our Puerto Rico trip! Viviana welcomed us into her home and kitchen and was so knowledgeable about the local culture...read more

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Perfect experience!
April 12, 2025
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Yeira was fantastic ! We enjoyed learning about Puerto Rican culture while seeing, smelling and tasting the ingredients for our dinner. So happy to be able to be apart of making an amazing meal tha...read more

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Viviana is a gem
April 06, 2025
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Viviana is one of the most hospitable and interesting people I have ever met. A wealth of knowledge on Puerto Rico, food, and life. The highlight of this trip.

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