Afro-Bahian Cooking Class Inside a Local Family Home

4.2
(6 reviews)
Salvador da Bahia, Brazil

5 hours (approximately)
Pickup offered
Offered in: Portuguese and 4 more

This experience is special because it offers an authentic cultural immersion inside a real Bahian home. Instead of a commercial cooking class, you cook side-by-side with a welcoming local family, learning recipes, stories, and traditions passed down through generations. You visit the historic São Joaquim Market with a private guide, choose fresh ingredients, prepare iconic Afro-Bahian dishes, and enjoy a homemade meal in an intimate, warm atmosphere. It’s a genuine connection to Bahia’s flavors, history, and people—something you simply can’t experience in a restaurant or with a professional chef.

Example Menu

Starter

Caipirinha

Delicious drink made whit tropical fruits, shugar and shugarcane cachaça.

Main

Fish Moqueca

Fish Moqueca cooked with vegetables, various seasonings and palm oil. A typical Bahia dish left as an African heritage.

Main

Pirão de Farinha

Delicious delicacy made with moqueca broth and manioc flour.

Main

Rice

White rice with spices.

Main

Farofa

Manioc Flour toasted with palm oil and onions

Dessert

coconut candy

coconuts candy made with sugar cane and cloves

Main

Banana Moqueca

Banana Moqueca: vegetarian Bahian stew of plantains in a creamy coconut and dendê sauce with tomatoes, peppers, and fresh herbs.

What's Included

Hotel pickup and drop-off
Professional guide
Alcoholic Beverages
Lunch
Air-conditioned vehicle
Gratuities

Meeting and pickup

Pickup points
You can choose a pickup location at checkout (multiple pickup locations are available).
Pickup details:

We need the name of the hotel independently if it's not on the area selected, we pick up all clients in all hotel around Salvador City or in Airbnb address.

What to expect

Experience the true flavors and history of Bahia in this private cooking class with a local family. Your private guide picks you up at your hotel and takes you to the lively São Joaquim Market, where you’ll explore traditional ingredients and learn how Afro-Brazilian cuisine was shaped by the Atlantic slave trade. Select fresh fruits for your handmade caipirinhas, then continue to the warm home of a local family.
You’ll be welcomed with a traditional casquinha de siri, followed by a hands-on class preparing iconic dishes: fish and shrimp moqueca, banana moqueca, coconut rice, and dendê farofa. As you cook, your hosts share stories, techniques, and family traditions.
End the experience enjoying a homemade Bahian dessert and sharing a relaxed meal with your hosts.
A cultural, intimate, and unforgettable culinary journey into the heart of Bahia.

Additional info

  • Specialized infant seats are available
  • Dress code is smart casual
  • Minimum of two adults per booking
Supplied by Your Tour Brazil

Tags

Cooking Classes
Food & Drink
Short term availability

Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

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