Saturday Bahamian Cooking Class in Downtown Nassau
Join your host, a passionate Bahamian Executive Chef, for a hands-on cooking class in the courtyard of a charming Nassau art gallery. Prepare a traditional Bahamian feast with fresh local ingredients, including conch fritters and guava tartlets. Enjoy a cocktail and discover the rich flavors and culinary traditions of the Bahamas. Your host accommodates vegetarian, lactose-free and gluten-free diets. Please inform her of any allergies or dietary restrictions when booking.
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Cooking Class + Dinner
What's included in Saturday Bahamian Cooking Class in Downtown Nassau
(Subject to Option Inclusions)Deja is a warm and dynamic Bahamian chef with a deep love for food, travel, and hospitality. Join her for a private, hands-on Bahamian cooking class in the outdoor courtyard of Hillside House, a charming art gallery in downtown Nassau. Begin with a refreshing drink and crispy conch fritters before donning Batik aprons for your interactive 3-hour class. You’ll prepare a traditional Sunday dinner feast featuring fresh local fish, peas ‘n’ rice, fried plantains, and personalized garlic macaroni ‘n’ cheese, ending with a homemade guava or pineapple tartlet. Throughout the class, you'll gain insight into Bahamian flavors and culinary traditions, while also learning how to cut a mango or peel a seasonal guinep, a tropical fruit similar to lychee, freshly picked from Deja’s backyard. This experience blends hands-on cooking with live demonstrations and leaves you with recipes, new skills, and lasting memories. Feel free to view the local art in the gallery after your experience. The price of your experience includes a rum cocktail! Your cooking class venue is a 2-min walk from Pirate of Nassau, a 5-min walk from Señor Frog's and a 15-min walk from the cruise terminal.
Food Menu
STARTER - Goombay smash, citrus punch or tamarind sour
A cocktail made with local rum and seasonal flavors
STARTER - Conch fritters
A traditional and quintessential Bahamian snack
MAIN - Fried snapper or grouper served with pean n' rice, plantains and mac 'n' cheese
A local Bahamian meal
DESSERT - Guava tartlet
Inclusions
- Private cooking class with a local chef Deja in downtown Nassau
- Recipes, stories and recommendations from a local expert
- Rum cocktail
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Service animals allowed
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- If you’re a cruise guest and would like to be accompanied to the venue, let Chef Deja know when booking, and a colleague will meet you at Señor Frog’s on Woodes Rodgers Walk and you can walk together to your cooking class venue. You can also reach her on WhatsApp using the free WiFi at the cruise port.
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Pickup and Dropoff
You can choose to be picked up from a list of locations, or alternatively, have the choice to make your own way to the meeting points
Additional Information
If you're arriving by cruise ship, walk west along Woodes Rodgers Walk from the cruise terminal toward Señor Frog's - about a 7-minute walk and your host will have her colleague meet you and walk you 5-minutes south to Hillside House. There is free WiFi at the cruise port, so feel free to contact your host via WhatsApp upon arrival.
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Host Name: Deja Burrows Email: [email protected] WhatsApp: +1 242 429 1592 Address: Hillside House, 13 Cumberland St, Nassau. Meeting Instructions: Please meet your host at Hillside House. Here is a Google Maps link to the location: https://maps.app.goo.gl/hNUsYKrBMhwf3UCY6 If you're arriving by cruise ship and would like to be accompanied to the venue, let your host know when booking. After exiting the ship, walk west along Woodes Rodgers Walk from the cruise terminal toward Señor Frog's - about a 10-minute walk and your host will have her colleague meet you and walk you 5-minutes south to Hillside House. There is free WiFi at the cruise port, so feel free to contact your host via WhatsApp upon arrival.
