Private Tour
Cooking Class With a Local (Kampala, Jinja, Entebbe - 4 Hours)
Overview
Available languages
6 hours
Mobile ticket
Whether you are a family, an individual or a group, enjoy the simple pleasure of spending a day with a Ugandan family. Go shopping in the market, prepare a fresh local Ugandan staple meal and enjoy lunch, afternoon conversation, board games and drinks with new found friends. Experience a day of food, friendship and relaxation in hospitable Kampala.
Additional Info
Please advise any specific dietary requirements at time of booking
Vegetarian option is available, please advise at time of booking if required
Children must be accompanied by an adult
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
What To Expect
Meet up with local host at easy to find meeting point close to the local market Go shopping for fresh local ingredients in the market, interact with vendors and learn about all the exciting produce grown in Uganda Return to the host's home for an interactive, private cooking class Enjoy the meals you have both prepared together with the host and the host family Relax with some drinks and swap stories with your hosts Host will drop you back to your hotel or arrange a ride back to your hotel for you
Sample Menu
starter
Samosas
Savoury filling, such as peas, minced chicken or minced beef wrapped in chapati (flat bread similar to tortilla) and deepfried
main
Chicken or goat Luwombo
Chicken, beef, ground nuts, dry fish or any other protein steamed in a banana leaf and steamed. Served with starch e.g. matooke, rice or sweet potato
dessert
Deep fried plantain
Sweet plantain cut into ears and deepfried
What‘s Included
Hotel drop-off
Snacks
Lunch
Beverages
Hotel pickup
Meeting points
Kampala
Kampala Uganda
End points
This activity ends back at the meeting point.
Options
Cooking Class With a Local (Kampala, Jinja, Entebbe - 4 Hours)
Reviews
8 reviews
Total reviews and rating from Viator & Tripadvisor
Cooking class 🤔
140denysf,,Feb 22, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
2.00Cooking class at $30/pers which turns out to be a meal preparation observation. We had an appointment for 9am with Osnemus in front of Jinja's old post. From there, walk to the large covered market of Jinja where we will make ample fruits, vegetables, fish and meats that will serve as a basis for our construction of dishes. Then we will take the boda taxi to reach the home of our host located about 10 minutes away. Richarde , Osnemous' wife will welcome us with a couple of friends. After explaining the preparation of the meal, we will peel the bananas to make the matoké. Then, we will only be observing a very, very long preparation of dishes Then it will be the lighting of the wood fire then the cooking. We will only pass by at table around 3 o'clock without Onemous offering to drink anything since our arrival. The interaction with Roberta who worked tirelessly was good She offered to sell us fabrics and kitchen items from her shop. We made a group photo before we left at Richarde's request that we sent back to her husband and had no response. The experience was finally quite disappointing
Best Cultural Activity I Had in One Month in Uganda
K9315SMpaulr,,Jun 25, 2023
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00Best cultural experience of my one month in Uganda. The host couple are warm, articulate and enthusiastic. I had the best time in both market and preparing the meal. Two neighbors joined in "teaching" me. Everyone spoke English and educated me about culture and life as well as food. I highly recommend this experience.
Friendly and educational and tasty
estherrosaking,,Mar 7, 2023
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00Booking process was very smooth Andrew responded to emails quickly and clearly. Found online and emailed through their website. My boyfriend and I learnt to cook matoke and binjanjali (beans), posho and g nut sauce all in the traditional way. We were explained everything by Angela who trained in cookery school and is a great chef and teacher. We also had some great chats with Andrew about the history of Uganda. We loved our day and even used what we learnt when cooking for ourselves the following month. Lovely people.
Great immersion
Polochon243,,Jul 21, 2022
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00We met Andrew at Victoria Mall, walked 10minutes to the market. From there we bought the vegetables, spices that we were going to cook. He explained us from which region it came, answered all our questions. Then we took a cab to the host house where we started to peel matoke (banana) and cut all the vegetables. We cooked them on charcoal and gaz. It was interesting to see. Finally we shared the meal with Andrew, our hosts and her friends, exchanging about Ugandan Culture.
Highly recommend
D3204WTelsab,,May 5, 2021
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00Great opportunity to discover Ugandan cuisine in a convivial environment. I really enjoyed this experience
A Ugandan pop up chef
Destination474924,,Jan 17, 2020
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00After watching my favorite YouTuber blogger mention immersion tours I had to check out their website to learn I could get a visit from a local chef. While on a business trip it so happened my birthday was coming up and what a grand opportunity to not only learn to prepare Ugandan dishes but also to share a birthday with new found friends. Immersion tours really made my birthday the best ever. From shopping for food in the local markets with the chef to buying my birthday cake immersion tours really put together a memmoriable experience. I highly recommend contacting Arthur and his team. Just do it! Thank you Arthur.
Cook & Dine
Jesper123456,,Oct 5, 2019
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00After bringing to a market, Daisy and her family welcomed us in their home. There we cooked a great Ugandan meal together. We had a great time and overall it was a very nice experience!
Dining Experience
Wre2nxt,,Sep 27, 2019
- Review from Tripadvisor
4.00Met at my Guesthouse by my guide Arthur on time and without issue. We then went to a local market and purchased all the ingredients we needed for the meal. After this we went via boda(125cc motorcycle) to his home. Then we chatted about our interests and cultures whilst his mother Anne and sister Vanessa prepared the many dishes. They talked us through what the process was and how it will taste. Now was time for the sit down meal...the food was delicious and there was plenty to go around. I enjoyed the hospitality and friendly nature of Arthur and his family and was pleased with my tour. My only criticism was that I would have liked to have helped in the preparation as well as the gathering of the food stuffs...other than that I was more than grateful!
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