Market to Table Private Afro-Brazilian Cooking Experience

Begin with a guided visit to São Joaquim Market, Salvador’s largest traditional market, where you’ll explore colorful stalls filled with tropical fruits, fresh seafood, spices, and ingredients connected to Afro-Brazilian culture. After that, continue to the welcoming home of a local black Bahian family. Far from commercial cooking schools and tourist restaurants, this authentic experience takes place inside a real family home, where recipes and traditions have been passed down through generations. Together with your hosts, learn how to prepare iconic Bahian dishes such as fish and shrimp moqueca, banana moqueca, pirão, rice, and dendê farofa. While cooking, discover how African, Indigenous, and Portuguese influences shaped one of Brazil’s richest culinary traditions. Enjoy handmade tropical fruit caipirinhas, a traditional appetizer, a homemade Bahian dessert, and a relaxed meal shared around the table. More than a cooking class, this is a genuine cultural immersion offering authentic hospitality and a deeper understanding of Bahia’s food, heritage, and daily life.