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This is a unique opportunity to visit the home of a local and explore traditional culture and cuisine. Join your local host Gabriela and her friend Patricia at her apartment centrally located in the Belgrano neighborhood of Buenos Aires for your traditional empanada cooking lesson. Over a welcome glass of wine or beer, enjoy a picada – a traditional Argentinian platter of cheeses, jams, and nuts – on Gabriela’s large balcony.

Next, join Gabriela in her kitchen for your hands-on cooking lesson. Learn how to best prepare meat as Gabriela shares her secrets for how to perfect the empanada filling. You will learn to prepare three different fillings, perhaps a chicken and leek, zucchini and cheese, and the traditional Argentinian cheese and jam filling. After cooking, enjoy your empanadas served alongside a fresh salad. End your meal with a dessert of chocotorta, a traditional Argentinian layered chocolate cake or dulce de leche, served with coffee or tea.

If you choose the market tour + cooking option, Gabriela takes you on a private tour of the local Belgrano market. This is where chefs shop and where you will discover, sample, and purchase meat and regional produce for your class.

Stop At:

• Traveling Spoon, Buenos Aires C1426AGJ Argentina

Sample Menu

• Picada - traditional Argentinian platter of local cheese, hummus and chorizo
• Fizzy welcome drink
• A variety of empanadas - Traditional Argentinian pastry with a variety of fillings such as chicken and leeks, zucchini and cheese, and local cheese and jam
• Fresh salad
• Dulce de leche pancakes, chocotorta or alfajores with tea or coffee

• Private empanada cooking class and meal with your host Gabriela
• Local alcohol (1-2 glasses)
• Non-alcoholic beverages
• All taxes, fees and handling charges
• Gratuities
• If you choose the market tour + cooking option, your experience includes a private market visit.

• Hotel pickup and drop-off

• Not wheelchair accessible
• Menu may vary depending on the season
• If any travelers in your party have any allergies, dietary restrictions or cooking preferences please advise at time of booking
• Vegetarian option is available, please advise at time of booking if required
• Private, personalized experience
• Please note that the price of your experience includes alcohol
• Please also note that the cooking portion of your experience will take place on Gabriela’s dining table, as she has a small kitchen.
• Face masks required for travelers in public areas
• Face masks required for guides in public areas
• Hand sanitizer available to travelers and staff
• Social distancing enforced throughout experience
• Regularly sanitized high-traffic areas
• Gear/equipment sanitized between use
• Guides required to regularly wash hands
• Regular temperature checks for staff
• Contactless payments for gratuities and add-ons
• This is a private tour/activity. Only your group will participate
• Confirmation will be received at time of booking

You can present either a paper or an electronic voucher for this activity.

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If you cancel at least 3 day(s) in advance of the scheduled departure, there is no cancellation fee.
If you cancel within 2 day(s) of the scheduled departure, there is a 100 percent cancellation fee.