“Adventurous hands-on Caribbean cooking week ”
7 Day Caribbean Cooking Holiday in Willemstad, Curaçao
Boho Bohemian Boutique Hotel, 14 Johan van Walbeeckplein, Willemstad, Curaçao
Caribbean Cooking Holiday Curaçao
On this cooking holiday, chef Helmi Smeulders will host a cooking week on Curaçao. Apart from the crystal-clear water and white beaches, the island offers a rich and tasty culinary experience for foodies. With her rich historic past and different cultures, Curaçao serves as an amazing platform to explore the Caribbean kitchen. Helmi shares her passion for the Caribbean kitchen by taking you on a culinary tour where cooking, eating, and exploring are at heart. You will visit the famous floating market, get hands-on cooking classes with Caribbean product and go on an adventurous culinary tour to the salt-pans to pick wild sea purslane.
Meet the instructors
Helmi
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Highlights
- A visit to a plantation
- An adventurous culinary island tour
- 4 cooking classes with local products
- A culinary tour through historic Punda
- A secluded sunset beach barbeque
- 6 nights' accommodation
- 4 lunches and 2 dinners
Skill level
- Beginner
Styles
5 days with instruction in English
The organizer also speaks: Dutch
Group size: 4-8 participants
Accommodation
Facilities
- Hot tub / Jacuzzi
- Air-conditioned rooms
- Garden
- Smoke-free property
- Car rental
- Free parking
- Free Wi-Fi
You'll be staying at Boho Bohemian Boutique Hotel. In the heart of popular Pietermaai District, Willemstad, Boho Bohemian Boutique Hotel provides a laid back and beautiful retreat that calls to the gypset with a love for all things bohemian.
The hotel combines comfort with a boho interior in the most instagrammable neighborhood of Curacao. Within walking distance are cozy cafes, delicious restaurants, coffee shops, a gym, cinema, boutiques and a hair salon, just to name a few.
Boho Bohemian Boutique Hotel has nine rooms and a small cozy courtyard with jacuzzi. Your boho room is provided with a comfy bed, spacious kitchenette and a beautiful bathroom. All the rooms are decorated with a unique, personal touch by the owners.
Program
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 the 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.
Instructors
Helmi Smeulders
Helmi Smeulders is the expert in the Caribbean cuisine. She's a culinary entrepreneur and shares her passion for the Caribbean kitchen by creating unique experiences like secret pop-up restaurants, culinary road trips, hands-on workshops and writing cookbooks. She wants to share her off the beaten track island experience and culinary discoveries through this cooking holiday to give you a real insight on the Caribbean cuisine and the island life.
Location
This cooking holiday will take place in Willemstad, Curacao.
Features
Activities
- Hot tub / Jacuzzi
General
- Air-conditioned rooms
- Garden
- Smoke-free property
Services
- Car rental
- Free parking
- Free Wi-Fi
Food
You will be exploring the Caribbean cuisine and the island's harvest. Meals included are breakfast, four lunches, and two dinners.
The following meals are included:
- Breakfast
- Lunch
The following dietary requirement(s) are served and/or catered for:
- Regular (typically includes meat and fish)
- Seafood
If you have special dietary requirements it's a good idea to communicate it to the organiser when making a reservation
Things to do (optional)
- 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
Spa treatments
What's included
- 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
What's not included
- Ticket
- Other meals or drinks
- Additional costs
How to get there
Recommended Airports
CUR
Curaçao International Airport (Hato Int'l Airport)
10 km
Transfer not provided
Arrival by airplane
Please book your flight to arrive at Curaçao International Airport (CUR). Transfer from and to this airport is not provided. There are taxi services from the airport to the accommodation.
Cancellation Policy
- 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.
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