3 Cooking Classes with Rum Worth Flying For

1.Nicole’s Table – Cooking with Rum

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 112 reviews · from $165Our pick

At Nicole’s home on Orchid Hill Drive, you’ll prepare rum-based cocktails, an appetizer, main course, and dessert during a relaxed four-hour class. Nicole leads the cooking, while Adam handles the rum tasting. Expect Caribbean food, sea views, local stories, recipes to take home, and a small group of no more than 12 people.

“The atmosphere was awesome, food was great and Nicole is a great host. We did the prep and cooking, and there was rum tasting!”

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2.Pigs and Rum Cooking Class

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 10 reviews · 3 hours 30 minutes (approx.) · from $115Best value

Spend about three and a half hours exploring Mexico’s pork and rum traditions with an English-speaking chef who also teaches in Spanish. You’ll prepare cochinita pibil, corn cakes, pickled onion and habanero, nopal and radish salad, and a rum cocktail, then sit down to eat. Pickup and return transport are included within Huatulco.

“Hands on and instructor is great. Fluent in English and Spanish. Food was soooo good. I am looking forward to attempting the recipes on my own in my home.”

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3.St. John’s: Rum Cooking Class with 6 Rum Tastings

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 6 reviews · 4 hours · from $164

At Nicole’s Table in Antigua, Nicole leads a relaxed, hands-on cooking class in her hilltop home. You’ll use rum in soup, steak, sides, and dessert, taste six Caribbean rums with Adam, then eat a three-course lunch on the veranda overlooking the sea.

“This was the highlight of our cruise stop - Nicole is a fantastic host and we made such great food and had terrific conversations with both her and her husband who did a yummy rum tasting with us! Highly recommend this to anyone wanting a fun, unique activity!”

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