Colombia · COOKING CLASSES IN MEDELLÍN
Every route has one spare day too few. These 7 cooking classes in Medellín justify the slot, priced and timed so you can decide in minutes and get back to the fun part of planning.
Private Colombian cooking class in Medellín with Daniela’s family kitchen, cook classic dishes like ajiaco, enjoy the meal, get local tips.
“We are thrilled we booked this time to learn to cook Columbian specialties with Daniele and her mom. We enjoyed the stories and connection. Daniele’s home was welcoming and comfortable. We had fun!”
Private Medellín market tour at Plaza Minorista and home cooking with Daniela, learn classic Colombian recipes, then share your meal together.
“Daniela and her mother were a great hosts and a teachers. We all had a wonderful time and enjoyed the market and cooking. Likes: - the food, the drink, the market (and trying wonderful fruits there. suggested Improvements:- recipes or opportunity to take a photo of the recipe for future use - we generally were hoping to be more involved in the process of cooking than we were. We helped, but feel it would have been more fun to do the vast majority of the meal preperations.”
A 5-hour Medellín social transformation walk and cooking class at Via Cocina, with rooftop herb picking, fruit tasting, and a community-impact meal.
“Really nice experience learning cooking and also about how the host uses cooking to bring positive social impact to the community. Also cool learning how the project started from the scratch. Food was really tasty too, also learned some cooking tips haha. Highly recommended this!”
Make Colombian empanadas in Medellín with your own hands, choose meat or vegetarian fillings, get English support, and eat everything you make.
“We had a wonderful experience! The class was very easy to follow and we honestly felt like we were at home with family. Our instructors were super professional and friendly. The space was clean and ready for our arrival. We were able to learn a lot about the history as well as Colombian culture. I would 10000000% recommend anyone to take this cooking class. I look forward to visiting them again when I go back to Medellin!”
Hands-on Colombian cooking in Medellín, from corn-ground arepas to Santafereño ajiaco, in a small group with welcoming hosts.
“We're both super, super, super grateful to Juan Diego, Ana, and Odilia. These 3 beautiful people will make you feel at home, let you do as much (or as little) as you want, and walk you through proper selection of ingredients, the history behind each dish, and how each can vary across different regions. They're very kind, very welcoming, very understanding, passionate, and incredibly professional. 10/10 glad we booked this. It is an experience I will cherish for life.”
A small-group Medellín cooking class where you shop for local ingredients, make Mojito de Lulo, and cook empanadas and patacones.
“Great that we were picked up at our hotel and taken to the wonderful, oldest food market in Medellin. We saw so many fruit, veg and herbs we had never come across before - and the stall holders were really friendly. Then back with AnnaMaria to her apartment to try the fruit, make great mojitos and prepare salsas, empanadas, arepas and pats ones, with AnnaMaria and her partner. Really friendly, relaxed and the results were great. We spoke a mix of Spanish and English .., and that worked well. Highly recommended. Book it now!”
Medellín Comuna 13 empanada class with chef Jheams. Walk from Juan XXIII, make Cartagena-style empanadas, eat with soda.
“It was a really fun and authentic experience. The staff was very friendly and the empanadas were delicious. If you want to experience local culture and cuisine, I highly recommend this activity!”
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