Cooking Class in Florianopolis: Learn 8 Brazilian Recipes

Eight recipes, one afternoon, a full meal you cooked yourself

A hands-on cooking class in a real Florianopolis home where you prepare traditional Brazilian dishes like moqueca, farofa, and brigadeiro alongside a local bilingual instructor. You cook for about three and a half hours, learn practical techniques rarely found in cookbooks, enjoy unlimited caipirinhas or mocktails as you work, then sit down together to eat the meal you've made. The class includes all ingredients and tools, a digital recipe booklet, and a Florianopolis food guide to keep exploring after you leave.

The experience

You'll work in a local home kitchen (not a restaurant, not a cooking school), which is where these recipes actually live. Your host, a bilingual local who grew up cooking this food, guides you through eight dishes step by step: tapioca crepes, pão de queijo, cassava sticks, moqueca (the coconut and dendê fish stew that defines Brazilian coastal cooking), farofa, brigadeiro, and the sides that round out a real Brazilian table. The pace is relaxed and the group stays small, so there's room to ask questions and watch the techniques that don't make it into cookbooks.

As you cook, you're sipping unlimited caipirinhas, Brazil's national cocktail, or tropical mocktails if you prefer non-alcoholic drinks. Everything is provided: ingredients, utensils, aprons. You bring nothing but your hands and your appetite. Along the way, candid photos are taken so you leave with real memories of the afternoon. When everything is ready, the group sits down together to eat what you've made, and the kitchen becomes a shared table.

You leave with a digital recipe booklet so you can recreate these dishes at home (most ingredients are easy to find worldwide) plus a curated Florianopolis food guide for exploring local flavors on your own. The operator backs the whole experience with a 5-star money-back guarantee.

What’s included

• Hands-on cooking guided by a bilingual local host.
• all ingredients, utensils, and aprons provided.
• unlimited caipirinhas or mocktails while you cook.
• the full meal you prepare (appetizer, main dish, dessert).
• digital recipe booklet and Florianopolis food guide.
• candid photos from the afternoon.
• 5-star money-back guarantee.

Options for this experience

2 options

Cooking class in a shared groupGuide in English or Spanish · 19:00Dinner class where you'll prepare Fish Moqueca and 8 recipes in this lively, fun session. Supermarket tour not included. Class in English. Duration: just over 3 hours

Shared class with market tourGuide in English or Spanish · 11:00One-hour market tour followed by a Picanha steak class and 9 recipes. Class in English

You pick the guide language when booking.

You'll see the exact price of each option when you check availability.See dates and prices

Before you book

Days and timesTuesday, Friday and SaturdayDepartures at 11:00 and 19:00

Book up to1d before

AgesAdult (18 and older) · Youth (10 to 17 years) · Child (3 to 9 years) · Under 3: can't be booked

GroupUp to 6

Live guideEnglish and Spanish

Meeting point and pickupNo hotel pickup: you go to the meeting point. Ends back at the starting point.

Cancellation and refundsFree cancellation up to 24 h before the start. After that, no refund.It may be canceled if the minimum number of travelers isn't reached. If that happens, you're offered another date or a refund.

Prices and times updated 6 days ago

Operated by Cook in Fiesta

Is this one for you?Book the class alone if you want to spend the afternoon cooking and eating in a home kitchen without adding a market visit. Choose the class with market tour if you'd like to shop for ingredients alongside your host and understand where the flavors of Florianopolis come from before you cook them.

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Top questions

What languages is the tour guided in?

Live guide in English and Spanish.

Can children come?

Yes. Ticket types: Youth (10 to 17 years); Child (3 to 9 years). Children under 3 can't be included in the booking.

Can I do this class if I don't drink alcohol?

Yes. The class includes unlimited caipirinhas by default, but you can ask your instructor at the start to teach you tropical mocktails instead, and you'll sip those while you cook.

Do I need to know how to cook to join?

No. The instructor guides you step by step through every dish, and the class is designed for anyone who likes to create in the kitchen, regardless of experience.

What's the difference between the cooking class and the class with a market tour?

The cooking class alone runs about three and a half hours in the home kitchen. The option that includes a market tour adds time before or after the class so you can see where local ingredients come from and shop alongside your host.

Will I actually be able to cook these dishes at home?

Yes. Your host teaches practical techniques and shares which ingredients are easy to find worldwide, and you receive a digital recipe booklet to take home so you can recreate the dishes in your own kitchen.