Havana Cooking Class
Havana Cooking Class at a Casa Particular
Our Market Visit and Casa Particular Havana Cooking Class
Join up with a local English-speaking Havana chef for a half-day market visit and cooking class on the rooftop of one of the Cuban capital’s unique casas particulares bed and breakfast-style accommodation options. You’ll discover how to prepare some of the country’s favorite dishes in a fun and relaxed rooftop setting, having explored the produce on offer at an authentic marketplace first. You’ll also be shown the secrets in preparing the perfect mojito. Tours can take place daily, rounding off in time to enjoy the three-course meal you’ve helped prepare.
About our Market Visit and Casa Particular Havana Cooking Class
A great insight into everyday life in Havana, as well as a way of widening your culinary knowledge, our market visit and Havana cooking class is led by an English-speaking home chef, and takes place in the relaxed surrounds of a casa particular rooftop with wonderful views across the capital. Before you begin the cooking itself, you’ll be taken to an agro-mercado, or farmers’ market, to pick the locally-grown produce you’ll need later on. Over the following few hours you’ll be shown how to create authentic Cuban dishes, as well as the secrets to mixing the perfect mojito. You’re then able to settle down to enjoy the three courses you’ve produced while gazing over the Havana rooftops and sipping a couple of drinks too.
Start
Flexible on Start time (10:00am recommended)
Length
This excursion will take approximately 3 hours and includes lunch
Transportation
Find your own way to the excursion starting place, or we can arrange pick-up from your accommodation
Inclusions
Services of a private English-speaking home chef + Market Visit + Cooking Class + Mojito Making Lesson + Lunch (includes 2 x drinks and unlimited water)
Finish
Flexible, depending on start time
Size
We are happy to accommodate singles, couples and groups.
Availability
Our Havana Market Visit and Cooking Class can be booked on any day
Exclusions
International flights - all lunches and dinners (unless specified) - accommodation - visa & passport costs - drinks (unless specified) - tips - optional activities - airport taxes.
Market Visit and Casa Particular Havana Cooking Class Highlights
What could be better than enjoying authentic Cuban cuisine and mojitos you’ve made yourself from the rooftop of a casa particular with the help of a local chef? Here are the highlights of our market visit and Havana cooking class.
⭐ Learn how to cook authentic favorites of Cuban cuisine, with the help of a local English-speaking chef.
⭐ Explore the agro-mercado marketplace where you get to choose the locally-grown produce you’ll need for the cooking class.
⭐ Rub shoulders with the residents of Havana, and get a unique view into life in the Cuban capital as you do so.
⭐ Spend the morning combining your relaxed Havana cooking class with incredible city views by cooking on the rooftop of a casa particular.
⭐ Receive the expert guidance of the English-speaking chef, on hand to help you through every step of the culinary process.
⭐ Discover the secrets of the perfect mojito, one of Cuba’s most famous cocktails, from the rooftop bar area.
⭐ Settle down to enjoy the three-course meal you have helped create. Two drinks (and unlimited water) are also included as part of your market visit and Havana cooking class.
Market Visit and Casa Particular Havana Cooking Class Itinerary
Visit to a local market
Your Havana cooking class itinerary begins with a visit to a local marketplace. Escorted by your English-speaking chef, your visit provides the opportunity to get an insight into everyday life in Havana, and examine the range of foodstuffs on offer, in addition to sourcing the local ingredients you’ll need for the rest of the morning. While walking through the market, or agro-mercado, you should feel free to ask your chef anything that comes to mind about Cuban life and Cuban cuisine.
Casa Particular cooking demonstration and instruction
The chef will then guide you back to a casa particular, one of Cuba’s particular forms of private bed and breakfast accommodation. From a specially-prepared space on the casa’s rooftop your Havana cooking class will begin in earnest. Your chef will lead you through the creation of authentic Cuban culinary classics through demonstration and instruction. But don’t worry if you think this is going to be like returning to school, the emphasis throughout is on having fun! By the end of the cooking you’ll have a three-course Cuban lunch to enjoy from the majestic rooftop setting.
Casa Particular Mojito-making lesson
Our Private Havana Delight Tour concludes in style. We’ll take you to one of our favorite venues in Havana to be whisked up to the rooftop for a lesson in how to make the perfect mojito cocktail (or non-alcoholic alternative should you prefer). As day turns towards evening this magical city will light up beneath you, and we wouldn’t blame you if you choose to spend the rest of the night here!
Rooftop Lunch
Now is the time when all you’ve learned during the morning is put to the test – the taste test. Remaining among the very special vistas possible from your rooftop casa location, you now have the chance to truly explore the flavors that make Cuban cuisine special, dining on the three courses you have prepared over the morning. Two drinks are also included as part of your market visit and Havana cooking class.
Our tours are committed to
Supporting the Cuban People through:
- Having the services of a full time local Cuban guide who you will spend time getting to know on a personal level.
- Exposing you to the local Cuban people and steering funds toward its citizens.
- Allowing you to interact with Cuban’s from all walks of life, having a chance to hear their stories, and share your own.
- Eat at a Paladares (privately run restaurants) where meals are included.
- Focusing on people-to-people interaction and cultural immersion.
- Patronizing privately owned small businesses in Havana.