Booking fee
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* This tour requires at least one of the following per booking: Adult, Senior
Enjoy a private and authentic cooking class with host Hilena, a native of Addis Ababa. This is a perfect experience for anyone looking to connect with local culture over food. Your cooking class will take place in a local home kitchen where Hilena will teach you how to make 2 traditional Ethiopian dishes using her family recipes. After cooking, you will enjoy the meal you helped prepare.
If you choose the market tour option, you will visit a local, neighborhood, street side market. You will find stalls selling grains, vegetables, fruits, live chicken, sheep, clothing etc. Walk through the market, learn about the produce that grows locally and buy a few ingredients, before you walk back to Hilena's home for your cooking and meal experience.
• Private market tour and cooking lesson in a local's home
• Guided tour of a local, neighborhood market
• Learn to cook two Ethiopian dishes from scratch
• Hotel pick up and drop off is included
• Experience Ethiopian hospitality, food and culture
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Hotel pick up and drop off
If you select the market tour option, before your cooking you will visit a local market
Gratuities
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Cooking class and homecooked meal with Hilena in her home
Departure Point
Traveler pickup is offered
Your host will pick you up from the concierge desk of your Addis Ababa hotel and drop you off at the end of your culinary experience.
Addis Ababa, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia cooking class in a local's home in Addis Ababa
Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
Suitable for all physical fitness levels
If any travelers in your party have any allergies, dietary restrictions or cooking preferences please advise at time of booking. Menu may vary depending on the season. Private, personalized experience. Vegetarian option is available, please advise at time of booking if required
Hilena runs a guest house, so while there may be other travelers present, your Traveling Spoon cooking class will be private. Also, Hilena's home is in the outskirts of Addis Ababa, in Sansusi, about 20 km from the airport.
Please note that Hilena is not very fluent in English, so her brother will be present throughout the experience to help translate.
Brian_B
04 Sep 2024
Was a great experience and very educational. Lovely and attentive family that welcomed us into their home. Be prepared, it's a long course with a ton of food but gives a sense of how Ethiopians cook and eat and is well worth it. We would definitely recommend.
Carissa_B
11 Jul 2022
What a great day at the farm! Whole family loved the tour and tasting. We learned about the history of the farm, as well as the current process of cheesemaking. Nothing is wasted in the process, from beginning to end. First rate operation and fantastic cheese. Highly recommend!
vlcwsharp
26 Jun 2022
Teresa is a wonderful host to a great experience. Fascinating opportunity to see cheese process and then the wonderful opportunity to taste the results! Also seeing the different types of cows seen here in Ireland.
This tour in
Ireland
is organized by
Traveling Spoon, Inc
We always double-check the availability with our local partners for each booking. Even though this is usually a swift process, it can take up to 24 hours. Once this process is completed you will receive your voucher or ticket by email. If our local partner is not able to confirm your booking we will offer you the best possible alternative. If the new date and/or time doesn’t fit your itinerary, we will reimburse the full amount paid.
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