Curaçao Cooking Class: Experience Traditional Caribbean Cuisine and Innovation with Chef Helmi

Join Chef Helmi in a hands-on cooking class in Curaçao and experience the traditional Caribbean cuisine with a twist. Learn innovative ways to use Caribbean ingredients and create exciting dishes. Taste fresh fruits and vegetables, learn cooking techniques, and enjoy a delicious home-cooked Caribbean lunch.

Duration: 4 hours, 30 minutes
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Helmi Smeulders - Caribbean Chef - Explore the vibrant flavors of the Caribbean during a hands-on cooking class with Chef Helmi Smeulders, known from her appearances on the Caribbean Cook-Out Show, Top Chef and 24Kitchen. Discover the secrets of Caribbean cuisine and learn how to use exotic ingredients like tamarind, funchi and lionfish. Whether…
What's Included
  • Lunch
  • Tea and coffee
  • Snacks
  • Carbonated beverages
  • Alcoholic beverages
Meal Options
  • Lionfish Ceviche -
  • Jerk Chicken
  • Corn Tortillas
  • Sweet Potato Salad
  • Green Papaya Salad
  • Funchi Fries
  • Papaya Cake with Lime Cream
Additional Information

Taste the flavors of the Caribbean!
Explore the vibrant flavors of the Caribbean during a hands-on cooking class with Chef Helmi Smeulders, known from her appearances on the Caribbean Cook-Out Show, Top Chef and 24Kitchen. Discover the secrets of Caribbean cuisine and learn how to use exotic ingredients like tamarind, funchi and lionfish. Whether you’re…

Location
Helmi Smeulders - Caribbean Chef
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My kitchen is located opposite the dentist behind the taupe wall with pink flowers. Please park somewhere down the street, not at the dentist parking lot.
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Jdcline78
Jan 24, 2025
Very fun - Helmi and her whole team were awesome we do cooking classes in every country we visit this was by far our favorite one to date. We learn how to clean and prep lion fish and made a great ceviche out of it
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Jeffwp8088ax
Jan 24, 2025
One of the highlites of our time in Curaçao! - My wife and I joined Chef Helmi for an amazing day learning all about local ingredients and how to best prepare them. The class is great for both newcomers to a culinary environment as well as those with some experience in the kitchen. Chef Helmi & team offer guidance and support throughout the recipe creation process. Learning all about the invasive Lionfish was also a highlite. The day is culminated by sitting down for an amazing lunch and getting to know the other guests from all over the world, while enjoying the "fruits" of our labour. Thank you for such a great experience, it was definitely one of the highlites of our time in Curaçao
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D0naray
Jan 22, 2025
Great experience! - Excellent class, Helmi was welcoming and provided a wonderful experience. Met so many cool people from all over the world!
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Ids
Jan 17, 2025
A great culinary experience - An absolute recommendation for those who love cooking and want to learn a lot about Caribbean culinary tastes. Helmi is a top hostess, lively and passionate. I learned a lot about fresh produce from the island.
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Joopb923
Jan 14, 2025
A culinary surprise - A delicious cuisine to prepare dishes together with a group of people from all over the world using mainly local products. After preparing, eat together at a large table. It was interesting, educational, cozy and the food prepared by ourselves was very honest. Highly recommended if you live on Curacao or are on vacation. 😊
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I3997jvsandrac
Jan 11, 2025
A wonderful and informative morning with delicious local dishes from Curacao. - We had a wonderful cooking class with Helmi Smeulders. We learned a lot about local food and we were allowed to taste many of you. We sat together in a cosy group, had a lot of fun and received a lot of new and interesting information. Afterwards we started cooking. For two we prepared a dish each. There were meat dishes, fish and vegetarian dishes. The recipes were easy to understand and easy to implement. If needed, you got support and helpful tips at any time. In the end we all ate together and each dish was incredibly delicious. We would book this cooking class again anytime.
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Laurasb7459vx
Jan 11, 2025
Must visit! - Together with my daughter, I had am amazing experience with Helmi and het collegue! Everything was well taken care of and easy to follow. Great experience and an absolute must when visiting Curacao!
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Williamld6130zj
Jan 9, 2025
Terrific cooking class - Really terrific cooking class. Highly recommended. Well deserving of all the other five star and very accurate reviews. Educational and fun. Kudos to Helmi and her staff. My wife and I loved the cooking and the food was wonderful!
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Travisb1395
Jan 5, 2025
An absolute MUST if your are planning on visiting Curacao!!! - This was one of my favourite excursions of all time. Be sure to book early because there only about 12 spots available. And that was part of what made it so great was the group size, by the end of it we were all family. Chef Smeulders is a master at her craft. The first half is a class, where Chef Smeulders goes through a number of different ingredients, all that can be found on the island. The second half we all where assigned a different dish to make that ultimately ended in all of us having lunch together. This excursion is a must when you visit Curacao!! Deserves way more than 5 stars, more like 10 /5 stars. Thank you to Chef Smeulders for such a wonderful experience, I will definitely visit again!!!
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783maryannec
Dec 10, 2024
Must Do Cooking Class in Curaçao - Chef Helmi is a gracious and humble chef that shared her knowledge of the Caribbean culinary foods that are from Curaçao and neighbouring islands. She shared tips on preparing lion fish and how to prepare her recipes from the menu that the whole class were going to make. We all had part of the menu to prepare that made our lunch to share. She also explained the different produce that were found on Curaçao and shared how they can be prepared. This was a shore excursion from Holland America Cruise line that exceeded my expectations. It gets sold out fast so make sure you sign up early for it. You receive a gift bag with her special sea salt she makes and your recipe booklet. She also has her 3 cookbooks available to buy.
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