Charleston Culinary Tours · French Quarter
A two-hour hands-on class in Charleston Culinary Tours' French Quarter kitchen, where you cook three Lowcountry dishes and eat them. Pick it for a seated break from walking, with recipes you can repeat at home.
Same company, same courtyard as the Downtown Charleston Food Tour, but you stay put and cook. The operator page lists two menus: mornings make buttermilk biscuits, pimento cheese and Huguenot torte; afternoons make red rice, skillet cornbread and a seasonal cobbler. Guests confirm both. Coffee, tea, ingredients and supplies are included, and you eat what you make.
Viator charges from $99. The operator's own page lists $75 for the morning class and $95 for the afternoon one, and describes the food as enough for a large snack, not lunch. Classes take up to 16 people, and the listing marks the kitchen wheelchair accessible.
The catch is the small-group rule. Charleston Culinary Tours can cancel a class that is under-booked: one August 2026 guest lost a class because only two people had signed up. On busy days the reverse happens, and one guest felt there were too many people for much hands-on time. On diets the operator warns that individual accommodations may not be feasible.
Check in at 184 East Bay Street, Suite 103, at the back of the courtyard.
The instructor explains where each recipe and ingredient comes from.
Everyone does a part of each recipe; guests report tips on technique and mistakes to avoid.
You eat what the class made, with coffee or tea.
The class ends where it began, and you leave with the recipes.
★★★★★We had an amazing cooking class with Martha. [...] I finally think I will be able to make biscuits at home that are not tough and chewy and don’t get me going on the pimento cheese and Hugenot torte.
★★★★★[...] The recipes were not difficult but very flavorful. While we cooked our instructor also explained why certain things were added or why we used certain techniques, mistakes to avoid, as well as tips and tricks.
★★★★★This was a fun class! I loved learning about the food of Charleston. It was a nice calm time in the middle of all the sightseeing.
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Mornings: buttermilk biscuits, pimento cheese and Huguenot torte. Afternoons: red rice, skillet cornbread and a seasonal cobbler.
Yes. The operator lists $75 for the morning and $95 for the afternoon class; Viator shows from $99.
No. The operator describes the food as enough for a large snack.
You can cancel free up to 24 hours before. The operator can also cancel a class with too few bookings.
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Make buttermilk biscuits, pimento cheese and a Huguenot torte in two hours, then eat them.
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