Private Ugandan Food Cooking Class and Culture Experience

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What You’ll Experience
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Duration
3 hours 30 minutes
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Number of Guests
1 - 10 guests
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Language
English
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Embark on a journey through Ugandan flavors with our private cooking class. Shop at local markets, cook with fresh ingredients, and enjoy traditional dance in an authentic cultural setting.

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

Experience Details

This experience isn't just a cooking class; it's an immersive cultural experience where guests are taken to our local market to pick fresh produce and then to our traditional Ugandan home where we'll dance, laugh, cook, and most importantly, eat together.


Together, our food is carefully crafted with local, organic ingredients fresh from mama earth, and prepared traditionally over fire for incredibly smoky flavors. AND cooked with the most important ingredient: love!


Food around the world is unfortunately being westernized, but with Sylvia's upbringing in a rural village of western Uganda, she preserves traditional and authentic food preparation methods that are now being lost.


This experience is perfect for adventurous solo travelers, couples, families, etc; anyone who travels to experience the true culture and people of the places they visit.

Sample Menu

MAIN
Traditional Ugandan Feast
Pilau rice, choice of luwombo chicken, beef, or vegetarian stew, traditionally prepared matooke, and g-nut paste
MAIN
Traditional Ugandan Breakfast
Homemade rolex (homemade chapati flatbread, omlet, tomatoes), katogo (matoke stew with onions, tomatoes, spices, carrots, etc.
DESSERT
Seasonal Fruit

What You Get

Lunch
When you arrive, we'll always greet you with traditional Ugandan spiced tea. Together, we'll cook about 3 recipes all of which can easily be made gluten free, vegetarian, dairy free etc upon request.
Tea and coffee
Coffee and/or Tea
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Alcoholic beverages
Alcoholic Beverages

Good To Know

  • Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
  • Public transportation options are available nearby
  • Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
  • Specialized infant seats are available
  • Wheelchair accessible

What You’ll Experience

Come have an unforgettable experience laughing, dancing, and cooking in the kitchen with a local Ugandan family! Sylvia is the warmest, most happy, endearing person quite possibly in the entire world. Her presence, light, and passion for human connection and bring people together through food brings everyone to life. Make life-long friends with Sylvia and her endearing family and share an unforgettable meal.

Meeting & Pickup

Meeting Point

61 Kiwafu Rd, Kiwafu Road, Wakiso Central Region, Uganda, UG

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We host cooking classes from our Guest House called Via Sun Flower. You can easily tell your Uber driver to take you here to Via Sun Flower Guest House - you'll see the sign and we'll come greet you outside!
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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July 18, 2025
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We booked this cooking class at the last minute and it was one of the highlights of our trip to Uganda! Sylvia walked us to the market where we selected some fresh foods for the meal we would prepa...read more

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My Ugandan Family
July 07, 2025
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This experience was AMAZING! I gained another family😍. Ms. Sylvia and Hellen are extremely nice people. She also had her friend and nephew present to assist as well. The food was great! The time s...read more

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Authentic. Nice. Informative.
June 09, 2025
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Sylvia and her family are fantastic. We started with a trip to the market and buying vegetables and then cooking at her. It was very authentic Ugandan, with everything that belongs.

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Incredible authentic Ugandan cooking class!
June 06, 2025
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My friend and I (from south Africa and the UK) attended the cooking class with Sylvia and her family while in Entebbe; it was absolutely fantastic! It included a trip to the local market, choosing ...read more

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A must in Uganda, homely family cooking at its best
June 06, 2025
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Such a fun experience with Sylvia and her family. They all really made you so welcome. We went to the market with her and her daughter Helen before cooking up a feast which was so so yummy. We stay...read more

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