2 Cooking Classes in the Dominican Republic Worth Getting Up For

1.Cooking With a Twist: Sancocho Borracho

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 31 reviews · from $95Our pick

Learn to make Dominican sancocho with seven meats and local roots during a two-hour class at Taino Gourmet Cooking Lab. Ruth, Francesca, and the cooking team guide you through prep, dancing, rice, avocado, dessert, and local liquor, with hotel transport included.

“Well first it started with pickup confusion but got that resolved. We arrived at the cooking lab and they had us wander their store for a half hour. Our cooking experience then began and it went from bad to worse. There was a group of 6 or Read more”

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2.‘Chillo al Coco’ Cooking Class & Taino Concept store

★★★★★★★★★★4.7 · 10 reviews · 1 day · from $98

From Punta Cana or Bavaro, you’ll ride by air-conditioned minivan to the Taino Gourmet Cooking Lab, where an English- or French-speaking instructor such as Ruth, Roody, or Randy guides you through red snapper in coconut sauce, cassava, plantain, and rice. A Taino concept-store visit may extend the day.

“We had an amazing cooking teacher Roody he was patient funny and kind also we were all very happy with the service we received from him would defo recommend”

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