The Art Of Cooking Vacations

The art of cooking has evolved from a hobby into a passion for many of today’s travelers. These vacation destinations offer interactive cooking classes that will inspire you to take your kitchen skills to new heights and return home with an enhanced culinary confidence.

Four Seasons Resort Punta Mita Nayarit, Mexico

Sea Foraging involves a culinary ocean adventure experience guests sea-forage in the Bay of Ban-deras for kelp and mollusks, followed by a hands-on cooking class where they learn to prepare their sea fare. The Catch and Cook experience teaches guests the proper freediving and octopus fishing techniques. Once you secure your fresh catch, it is transported back to the resort and presented to the chef, who guides you through the preparation of signature octopus dishes. Culinary Roots celebrates the flavors of pre-Hispanic cooking. Create a traditional meal outdoors in the Iku Garden. You’ll use indigenous ingredients and equipment inspired by ancient times, including an underground oven and a molcajete (mortar).

Gullah-Geechee Cooking Experience, French Quarter Inn Charleston, South Carolina