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The 10 Best Cooking Classes in New Orleans

10 tours  ·  from $40 a head

A roux you can actually see turn, a gumbo you get to eat, and a jambalaya recipe that survives the flight home. The 10 classes below are priced and honest about how much you cook versus watch.

New Orleans Demonstration Cooking Class with Meal - What You Actually Eat During the Two Hours
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New Orleans Demonstration Cooking Class with Meal

1.New Orleans Demonstration Cooking Class with Meal

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 3,000 reviews · 2 hours (approx.) · from $43Our pick

Watch a New Orleans chef prepare gumbo, jambalaya, and pralines, then eat generous samples with beer, iced tea, recipes, and local stories.

“Very well organized and an engaging presentation. Eating the food we just watched prepared was great. I will recommend this experience to all my friends visiting New Orleans”

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New Orleans Hands-On Cooking Class with Meal - What happens at 524 St. Louis Street
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New Orleans Hands-On Cooking Class with Meal

2.New Orleans Hands-On Cooking Class with Meal

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 1,183 reviews · 3 hours (approx.) · from $162

Cook gumbo, grits, jambalaya, and bananas Foster in a small New Orleans class with wine, beer, recipes, and an apron.

“Austin is a great chef. He shared lots of tips and tricks with a great dose of humor. Our meal was excellent. I would highly recommend the hands-on cooking class.”

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Hands-on Cajun Roux Cooking Class in New Orleans - Chopping the Cajun Holy Trinity
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Hands-on Cajun Roux Cooking Class in New Orleans

4.Hands-on Cajun Roux Cooking Class in New Orleans

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 356 reviews · 3 hours (approx.) · from $163

Learn dark roux gumbo, shrimp étouffée, and bananas Foster in a small New Orleans class with wine, local stories, and a sit-down meal.

“Chef Raymond was a great cook and a fun storyteller who shared his experiences learning to cook, and his life in New Orleans. This was our party of 8's favorite experience of the whole trip - the Roux class was engaging and the best food we had all weekend. The hands-on cooking with Chef Raymond's tips was so fun! Thanks for the amazing class! Highly recommend! PS the Mardi Gras School of cooking is also a modern and sleek kitchen.”

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Hands-on Cajun Traditions Cooking Class - Building chicken and andouille jambalaya
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Hands-on Cajun Traditions Cooking Class

5.Hands-on Cajun Traditions Cooking Class

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 132 reviews · 3 hours (approx.) · from $163

Cook barbecue shrimp, jambalaya, and chocolate bread pudding in a small New Orleans class led by local chefs at Mardi Gras School of Cooking.

“We have been to N.O. many times and wanted to do something different. This was GREAT. Erika was amazing. She not only gave us cooking tips but also gave us a lot of history (N.O., Cajun and Creole information). I would highly recommend this class.”

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New Orleans Cooking Class and Cocktail Walking Tour - Room size and seating: the first practical tradeoff
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New Orleans Cooking Class and Cocktail Walking Tour

6.New Orleans Cooking Class and Cocktail Walking Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 109 reviews · 4 hours (approx.) · from $105

Explore New Orleans food and cocktail culture with a chef-led cooking demo, generous tastings, three classic drinks, and French Quarter stories.

“The cooking class was epic. Gumbo Maria was awesome. We were just disappointed that no one showed up for our second part of our excursion, the pub crawl. Viator did say they would refund that part of our excursion”

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New Orleans Small-Group Food Walking Tour and Cooking Class - Walking the French Quarter one bite at a time
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New Orleans Small-Group Food Walking Tour and Cooking Class

7.New Orleans Small-Group Food Walking Tour and Cooking Class

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 47 reviews · 5 hours 30 minutes (approx.) · from $108

Taste gumbo, jambalaya, pralines, and more on a French Quarter food walk with a New Orleans cooking demonstration.

“The Walking Food Tour and Jack were great! We purchased the cooking class and it was not clear that this would be an additional 2-hours at the end and we had to wait around 40 minutes for it to start. Although it was a lot of fun, there was some redundancy in information.”

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New Orleans: Cooking Class & Cocktail Walking Tour - Recipes and spices you can use at home
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New Orleans: Cooking Class & Cocktail Walking Tour

8.Cooking Class & Cocktail Walking Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.7 · 16 reviews · 4 hours · from $105

Learn Louisiana cooking, sample local classics, and trace New Orleans cocktails through historic bars before live jazz at Fritzel’s.

“Cooking demonstration was great! The cocktail walking tour, not as much. Only 2 out of the 3 cocktails provided.”

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Private New Orleans Cajun Cooking Class with a Local Courtland - The family cookware and garden details
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Private New Orleans Cajun Cooking Class with a Local Courtland

9.Private New Orleans Cajun Cooking Class with a Local Courtland

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 14 reviews · from $64

Cook three Cajun dishes in Courtland’s New Orleans home, use garden produce, hear local stories, and share a private meal with beer or wine.

“Not knowing exactly what to expect… we were greeted as if we were long lost friends… Courtland delivered an amazing meal while showing us around the property… from fresh grown vegetables and herbs from his garden to the family heirloom cookware he used… every detail was thought out and executed perfectly… I highly recommend this one of a kind experience and will definitely do it again!!!”

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New Orleans: Traditions Cooking Class - Starting with the kitchen basics and local flavor
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New Orleans: Traditions Cooking Class

10.Traditions Cooking Class

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 9 reviews · 3 hours · from $157

Cook jambalaya, New Orleans barbecue shrimp, and bread pudding while learning Cajun and Creole traditions in a small, lively class.

“Erika was such a fabulous teacher! I enjoyed her educating my friend and I on the history of Cajun and Creole cooking, the different cooking styles, and her willingness to answer our questions. Will definitely partake in this again!”

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