Private Tour

Private Ethiopian Home Cooking Class in Addis Ababa with Transfer

Overview

Available languages

Arabic

English

3 hours

Mobile ticket

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

Additional Info

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.

Cancellation Policy

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

What To Expect

Addis Ababa

cooking class in a local's home in Addis Ababa

Admission Not Applicable

What‘s Included

Hotel pick up and drop off

If you select the market tour option, before your cooking you will visit a local market

Gratuities

All Fees and Taxes

Cooking class and homecooked meal with Hilena in her home

Pickup points

Hyatt Regency Addis Ababa

Meskel Square Addis Ababa Ethiopia

Options

Mrkt+Cooking+RTT w/ Hilena (D)

Pickup included

Cooking+Lunch+RTT with Hilena

Pickup included

Cooking+Dinner+RTT w/ Hilena

Pickup included

Mrkt+Cooking+RTT w/ Hilena (L)

Pickup included

Reviews

4.80

5 reviews

Total reviews and rating from Viator & Tripadvisor

Great experience
Brian B,Sep 4, 2024
- Review from Viator
4.00
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.
Don't miss this opportunity to support local farming and have great cheese!
Carissa B,Jul 11, 2022
- Review from Viator
5.00
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!
Cheese making at its finest
vlcwsharp,Jun 26, 2022
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00
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.
Artisan Cheese Making
Cathy R,Sep 13, 2019
- Review from Viator
5.00
Probably one of the best tours I’ve Best tour yet! Teresa and her family were so nice, we had a great time watching, visiting and sampling. I would highly recommend this!!!
Best Day In Ireland!
maureenkcarter,May 10, 2019
- Review from Viator
5.00
Three of my friends and I (all in our 30's) decided to book this trip as we love cheese and had a few extra hours before the airport, we had no idea that we were in for the most fun part of our trip. We went to the farm and Teresa could not have made us feel more welcome. We got into boots, fed the baby cows and were even lucky enough to see a calf be born! We were able to experience first hand seeing what happens after the calf is born, milking cows, drinking fresh milk, feeding babies and playing in the field with some of the older one year old cows. After the experience with the animals, we moved into the cheese area to understand how the cheese in made and then inside to eat it! It was not just a couple of pieces of cheese to try while you stand around as we expected, we sat at the beautiful table in the farmhouse, drank tea, chatted and ate a lot of cheese and other goodies. I wish there was a way to upload some pictures from our amazing day. We highly recommend this trip to anyone looking to get out of the city for a few hours, and experience real farm life in Ireland. This would also be a great trip with kids.