Taste and Transform Cooking for Change in Cartagena

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What You’ll Experience
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Duration
5 hours
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Number of Guests
1 - 12 guests
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English, Spanish
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Discover the soul of Cartagena with our cooking class that supports the Granitos de Paz Foundation. Engage with local communities, learn their stories, and cook with locally grown ingredients.

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

Experience Details

What is special about this activity is its unique ability to deeply connect visitors to the authentic Cartagena that few tourists get to know. Beyond traditional tourism, this experience allows you to interact directly with resilient local communities, hear their inspiring stories, participate in a transformative social project and enjoy a cooking class with ingredients grown by those same communities. In addition, you contribute directly with Granitos de Paz Foundation, allocating 40% of your payment to education, health and sustainability programs.

Sample Menu

MAIN
Seafood casserole
Seafood casserole is a Carthagen dish that mixes fresh seafood in a creamy coconut sauce and local spices.

What You Get

Carbonated beverages
Refreshing drink
In-vehicle air conditioning
To transport from the meeting point to the foundation. Back and forth
Meals

Good To Know

  • Public transportation options are available nearby
  • Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
  • Specialized infant seats are available

What You’ll Experience

Beyond Cartagena’s beaches lies a little-known story: resilient communities, inspirational leaders and a cuisine with a local soul. This is not traditional tourism; it is your invitation to deeply connect and be an active part of Cartagena’s social transformation. Your day starts at 8:00 a.m. in the vibrant neighborhood of Gethsemane. Through the Granites of Peace Foundation, you will visit community projects that promote education, sustainability and economic empowerment. You will meet exceptional women leading change and community gardens promoting food security and local wellbeing. Back in Gethsemane, overlooking the iconic Castillo San Felipe, you will live an authentic cooking class guided by a local chef. You will prepare iconic dishes with fresh ingredients from the communities visited, taste authentic flavors and talk about how gastronomy can transform lives. Your participation directly supports the Granitas de Paz Foundation by allocating 40% to social and educational projects. Find out. Cook. Transform.

Meeting & Pickup

Meeting Point

Lunático Experience, Avenida Pedregal, Provincia de Cartagena Bolívar, Colombia, CO, 130001

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We will meet in the local Lunatic, which is located in the avenue of the stony, next to the hostel Sanctuary. In front of the wall. On the facade you will find a mural of the 3 warriors by Findac.
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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An inspiring experience
May 06, 2025
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I was very lucky to get to know Granitos de Paz in Cartagena personally – and I am deeply impressed by the important work that is being done there. The foundation is committed to helping disadvanta...read more

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Authentic, inspiring and delicious!!!
April 20, 2025
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One of the most authentic and moving experiences of my trip. You get to know a real part of Cartagena and the incredible work that Granitas de Paz Foundation does to empower its community. All very...read more

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A Must-Do: Cook, Connect, and Make a Difference
April 20, 2025
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A truly transformative and deeply human experience. I did it with a group of friends and we all left with full hearts. Beyond the cooking (which was delicious), we discovered a side of Cartagena we...read more

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