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Cooking Class: Make Traditional Tamales From Scratch

10 reviews

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Chef Karen explores the tamale-making traditions loved by families for generations in this exciting in-person cooking class. Discover the many uses of masa in fillings ranging from savory and spicy to smooth and sweet!

Start your lesson with a batch of homemade tortilla chips and guacamole made from scratch. Then, prepare your masa and vegetables to use in fragrant and smoky roasted chicken tamales featuring a kick from Aleppo peppers. And tamales can be a dessert dish too, as you'll learn when you create sweet tamales with creamy chocolate filling.

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Homemade Guacamole and Tortilla Chips

With avocados, red onions jalapeños, cilantro, lime and spices

Roasted Chicken Tamales

With masa, onions, aleppo pepper and spices

Vegetable Mexican Rice

With onions, peppers, tomato paste, butter and spices

Chocolate Tamales

With masa, cream and butter

Most dietary restrictions can be accommodated if noted prior to the event. Please mention this in the message field when you submit your booking request as adjustments to recipes cannot be made during class.

Minimum Guests 2
Maximum Guests 15
Event Duration 2.5 hours
Activity Level
Activity Level
LabelsCouples, Group, Beginner, Mexican, Latin
This is a BYOB venue and alcoholic beverages are not available for sale. You are welcome to bring beer and wine to enjoy during class.

Reviews Guests Left For This Experience

JoAnn

29 Dec 2023

Karen is an excellent teacher and chef. Our family enjoyed learning how to make tamales and eating the delicious food. (best chips ever!) Would highly recommend this class or any that Chef Karen teaches. Thank you!

Jenna

29 Mar 2023

Chef Karen is so personable and makes the experience fantastic!

Reviews Guests Left For Other Experiences

Veronica

10 Aug 2024

We had a wonderful time in Chef Karen’s pizza making class. The instructions were clear, informative, and we all learned some great cooking tips. The pizza’s turned out delicious! I would highly recommend taking a class with Chef Karen for a fun and yummy experience.

Fiona

20 May 2024

Reserved a dessert class for my parents’ wedding anniversary and they loved it! Karen was so sweet and had great communication, I can’t wait to book her again.

Doug

13 Feb 2024

Chef Karen was delightful, welcoming, and provided fantastic direction. She was warm, friendly, and easy to be around. And the food was delicious!

Anna

12 Feb 2024

Chef Karen was wonderful! She was so fun, funny, taught us a lot, and personable. I highly recommend her to anyone thinking about booking with her!

Frank

17 Nov 2023

Excellent experience!

Jennifer

12 Sep 2023

Chef Karen was FABULOUS! Highly recommend 😊

Amanda

31 May 2023

Chef Karen was so much fun to work with! She had just the perfect balance of guiding us, while also showing off some of her cooking skills! Her recipes were easy and delicious. Helped elevate our weekday dinner. She was a blast and we had the best time!

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$ 129 Per person

all-inclusive: 2.5-hour class, meal and taxes.

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Chef Karen

10 reviews

With over 20 years of kitchen experience, Chef Karen has done it all, from earning culinary degrees in pastry and restaurant management to working with Michelin-star chefs. She began cooking Southern soul food at age seven and now owns and operates her own catering company. She's even prepared gourmet dishes for A-listers and celebrity clients! It's all part of Chef Karen's mission of, "Building a greater community one smile at a time."