7 Day Caribbean Cooking Holiday in Willemstad, Curaçao

Facilities

Day 1 (Sunday): Welcome Happy Hour

Late afternoon, you will check in at the charming city hotel (or apartment) where you will be staying this week. In the evening, you will get to know other participants during a welcome happy hour.

Day 2 (Monday): Historic Punda and cooking class

In the morning, you'll go on a food tour through the historic Punda district to learn all about Curaçao’s traditional cuisine. You will stop at the famous floating market for some groceries, taste different local snacks and visit the “Marshe Bieu” for an authentic local lunch. After lunch, you’ll head to the cooking studio for the first cooking class. You’ll use the fresh ingredients from the market to prepare a light and delicious dinner.

Day 3 (Tuesday): Local fish class

Today’s theme is fish. You will get to know various types of local fish, how to clean them and different ways of preparing them, like ceviche and grilled fish in banana leaves. You’ll end the class with a delicious lunch. The rest of the day can be spent at leisure.

Day 4 (Wednesday): Culinary tour

Today, you'll go on a culinary tour around the island. You’ll explore the ancient salt pans, pick wild sea purslane and edible flowers, and visit some culinary hotspots. After lunch, you’ll stop at one of the island’s beautiful little bays for a refreshing dip in the sea and get a chance to catch some sea urchins.

Day 5 (Thursday): Meat and Caribbean spices

Today is meat day. Besides working with various kinds of meat, you’ll also be experimenting with spices and rubs. Afterwards, you’ll pack up and head to a deserted beach for a barbeque. Don’t forget your snorkeling gear!

Day 6 (Friday): Farm-to-table exploring

In the morning, you will start the preparations for a festive dinner. You’ll have lunch at a trendy farm-to-table restaurant situated in a former plantation house. After lunch, you’ll get a tour around the property. In the evening you’ll have a farewell dinner at the cooking studio.

Day 7 (Saturday): Goodbyes

After breakfast, the time has come to check-out and say goodbye.

This cooking holiday will take place in Willemstad, Curacao.

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You will be exploring the Caribbean cuisine and the island's harvest. Meals included are breakfast, four lunches, and two dinners.

• There are multiple beautiful dive spots on the island - you can gear up to go scuba diving
• Adventurous jeep tours around the West Coast
• Off-road quad trips
• Visit the Blue Room for an amazing snorkeling experience
• Boat trip to Klein Curaçao, a uninhabited island belonging to Curaçao in the middle of the Caribbean sea, a pearl white beach stretching for miles, crystal clear ocean waters all around you, and in the middle of the island, a tall pink lighthouse
• Snorkel with turtles at Playa Piskado
• Hike on the mount Christoffel, with a breath taking view as a reward for reaching the top

• 1-day culinary island tour
• 6 nights' accommodation (including breakfast)
• 4 cooking classes
• Local transportation
• 4 lunches
• 1 happy hour
• 1 beach barbecue
• 2 dinners
• 1 culinary tour through Punda

• Ticket
• Other meals or drinks
• Additional costs

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• A reservation requires a deposit of 25% of the total price.
• The deposit is non-refundable, if the booking is cancelled.
• The rest of the payment should be paid 7 days before arrival.