St. Lucia Culinary Tour: Learn and Enjoy Authentic St. Lucian Cooking Experience
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33 Ratings
Embark on a culinary adventure in St. Lucia with our Flavors of St. Lucia Tour. Learn authentic St. Lucian cooking techniques, explore a local farm, and enjoy a delicious three-course meal. Become a certified St. Lucian Cook!
Duration:
3 hours
Cancellation:
1 day
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Highlights
- Castries - Our Flavors of St. Lucia Tour is a wonderful culinary and educational experience! Suit up in your Apron and Chef hat (provided) and let’s get started!\n\nWe start this tour by allowing you to see, touch and smell some of the amazing spices that are harvested on our small farm. Prepare a three-course meal with the guidance of our amazing Chef. You can assist the chef or just enjoy as he teaches you the ‘authentic’ St. Lucian style of cooking.\n\nAfter you have enjoyed the appetizer, enjoy an educational walk through of our farm/garden. Here is where you will learn about various flowers, fruits, vegetables, and seasonings that are grown locally, and used to enhance almost every dish. Journey back to the kitchen and enjoy a tutorial on how to create a local main course and appetizer, both are on the menu of the day! Enjoy a sip of our local spice rum just before you are presented with your certificate during our FUN graduation ceremony. \nYou are now a certified St. Lucian Cook!
What's Included
- Cooking demonstration by a Professional Chef
- Delicious Food & Drinks included
- Convenient Hotel/port pickup and drop-off
What's Not Included
- Gratuities
Meal Options
- Fresh Garden Salad with Crispy Bread fruit
- Green bananas & Salt fish accompanied by soused cucumbers and sliced avocado
- St. Lucian style paime with vanilla ice cream
Additional Information
Immerse yourself in St. Lucia’s culinary culture with our Flavors of St. Lucia Tour! Don your chef hat and apron (provided) and let’s embark on this gastronomic adventure!
This tour kicks off by introducing you to the fragrant spices grown on our very own farm. You get to look, feel and smell these exquisite spices. Then, under the tutelage of our fantastic chef, you’ll prepare a mouthwatering three-course meal. You have the choice to help the chef or sit back and watch as he showcases the unique St. Lucian cooking methods.
Once you’ve savored the starter, you’ll take an educational stroll through our farm/garden. It’s a enlightening experience as you discover the myriad of local flowers, fruits, vegetables, and spices that add distinctive flavors to our dishes. We then return to the kitchen for a lesson on preparing the main dish and another appetizer, both of which are the day’s menu specialties! To complete the experience, savor our native spice rum and then participate in our lively graduation ceremony, where you’ll receive a certificate. And voila, you’re now a certified St. Lucian cook!
- Children must be accompanied by an adult
- Minimum drinking age is 21 years
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
4.8
(33 Ratings)
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Theo_w
Apr 13, 2024
10/10 - This was fun! The garden was amazing and the food we prepared was even better. A great experience. Highly recommend when you visit St Lucia
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Dallasfoodie052
Mar 18, 2024
Don’t miss this one! - What a wonderful experience. The chef had excellent recipes, and allowed us to do the cooking, rather than just observing. We had a tour of the beautiful on sight garden , where the ingredients were grown… fresh and delicious. Three courses & cocktails. Loved every minute. Highly recommend!
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Henroy_d
Mar 6, 2024
AMAIZING - Enjoyed this tour! I’m so glad I came, it was fun, I learned slot! And the views from the garden are IMMACULATE!!! I loved it!!
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Roger_w
Feb 28, 2024
Yummy time! - Love love love the intimate setting, participation and Chef M, and the quaint museum and local lore. I loaded up on the spices and hot sauces. Yum!
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Lori_l
Jan 14, 2024
A fun, hands-on culinary experience! - We enjoyed both the informative tour of the beautiful gardens and the cooking experience in the kitchen of this lovely estate. In our role as assistant chefs, the full meal we assisted the sous chef in preparing and plating was truly delicious, and a great introduction to the flavors and cooking techniques of St. Lucia. The three-course meal we prepared and consumed was excellent!
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W3844lqemilyl
Dec 9, 2023
Great tour/experience - I cannot say enough good things about this experience. It was fun, interactive, delicious, beautiful, and educational. I am so glad we did this tour.
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Sarah_s
Oct 23, 2023
Great experience! - The cooking class staff and experience was a great indoor activity! The St Lucian food we made was delicious and would definitely recommend.
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Jennifer951
Sep 2, 2023
Great experience - Chef Jules and his team were exceptional! I wish I has written down all the ladies that helped on the tour and cooking, Silvia (sp) was very informative with the history of the garden and the island. She was funny with her jokes and warm and welcoming to us the entire time she helped us with the tour and rum shot at the end. Chef Jules organized a great fulfilling menu for appetizers, entree and dessert. My family and I hope to go there again the next time we visit Saint Lucia.
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Nykki_d
Jul 15, 2023
Be wowed by the lush gardens and great food. - We had a lovely tour of the mini museum, lush garden and the cooking class was delicious!
Staff was friendly, and chef was informative.
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Sammer_k
Mar 1, 2024
Poor value for money, not given your own station to cook - You are not given your own station and ingredients to cook! This was very disappointing given the expensive price. This should be detailed in the description before you purchase a ticket.
For my session, 6 of us were 'competing' to join the chef to make the three courses. There is no structure - whoever puts their hand up quickest goes up to the kitchen table. So you risk not doing anything meaningful at all, especially if the rest of the group is (understandably) self-interested!
Chef assigns various tasks (peeling, mashing, cutting etc) per course and guides you how to best present the dish. There is no space for you to improvise.
You enjoy a three course meal and the chef is explaining/informing you all the way through.
Staff are lovely but ultimately, this is poor value for money.
I put my email address down at the end of the course to receive the recipe - nothing has been sent (I attended Feb 9th). I emailed Barefoot Holidays to chase this up - still no response after a week.
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