The Little Lucian Cooking School

Enjoy authentic caribbean cooking classes in St Lucia. Fun, friendly and interactive. Authentic food for curious travellers. On-hold with Covid-19 right now. Wow!

Covid 19 you have us on hold!! Offering authentic, authentic and more authentic! Caribbean Cooking class in a Beautiful Saint Lucian Creole Park and working farm….this is the foodie tour! Classes are mid-week usually Wednesday or Thursday 10 am to 1 pm…lunch included! Please fill out the Contact Form and we will tell you what’s cooking on what days! This 3 hour adventure in a Saint Lucian Creole P

ark includes breakfast, lunch, snacks, refreshments and a local tropical garden tour. Take a short taxi ride arranged by your concierge or rent a car and come to where all the action takes place. Be sure to add your travel time to the 3 hours…charming Chef Herbert has so much to show you, you will need all 3 hours. The cooking class begins as an authentic Saint Lucian breakfast is prepared and introductions are made. Chef Herbert’s and the “quartier’s” natural charm and friendliness will make you feel welcome. Then, get comfortable in your own place outfitted with your very own coal pot and canawi (also known as canari) both traditional Creole pottery and still used around Saint Lucia in everyday life. The coal pot, a clay vessel used to cook on using charcoal, and canawi which is also made of volcanic clay, hand-built, dried and baked in an open bon-fire, serves as a pot. Our local team will educate and entertain you as they showcase the ingredients for the day and start the class. In this class you will be right in the middle of a warm, friendly, active, vibrant working farm and will meet many of the locals like Canice and his family….and many more, we are sure. This experience will endear you to this island and it’s people. Only the freshest seasonal ingredients make it’s way to The Little Lucian Cooking School so be prepared to work with the best ingredients in Caribbean Cooking. Ever sucked on a cocoa bean like a Saint Lucian? Or wondered why some meats here are salted? Maybe you’ve never heard of ground provision and curious to find out about these staple ingredients? Or simply can’t get a flame on your flambé? At the Creole Park cooking class, you learn some of the best kept secrets and experience authentic Saint Lucian food in a different way….the way the locals eat. You will learn tips, tricks and secrets to making authentic Caribbean food, you will seated in the garden of a beautiful safe neighborhood and do an amazing, educational tropical garden tour where you will see everything all things tropical. Finally, you’ve used a secret blend of local herbs for seasoning taken right from the kitchens of the women surrounding you and cooked an authentic Saint Lucian dish in a canawi…. enjoy a hearty meal for lunch…you helped prepare! What are you waiting for? We’ve found a piece of paradise for all curious travellers and saved it for you, right here at the Creole Park cooking class. After your class is over and you have truly had your fill, take home your The Little Lucian Cooking School apron and a small recipe book so you can practice some of your new culinary skills for your folks back home. The Little Lucian Cooking School also has many collectibles and food samples to take back as well, so be sure to inquire after class. Come join us today for your cooking adventure! This 3 hour tour includes breakfast, lunch, snacks and refreshments and so many other cultural activities to complete your experience.

Operating as usual

18/04/2021

The beautiful waters of Saint Lucia.

02/09/2018

18/07/2018

Love Saltfish Fritters. Love this recipe.

15/07/2018

Oh man.

Photos from Caribbean Culinary Vacations's post

21/05/2018

If you attended The Little Lucian or follow us, you are invited to gather friends in Puerto Rico and join us for a cruise.
As part of The Little Lucian...on Tour I am joining a Caribbean Food Expert Chef Freda Gore on a cruise made for you!
Let’s cruise and explore Caribbean cuisine together! Join me as Guest Chef with Chef Freda Gore on this amazing Caribbean Culinary Vacation cruising the southern Caribbean in December 2018. One of our stops is Saint Lucia where my team from The Little Lucian Cooking School will join us and we will cook together. We will sniff, lick, taste and learn together. Join me! Who likes fun?!

21/04/2018

Because not everyone can make it to St Lucia. We began The Little Lucian...on Tour. Our next showcase is 7 Secret Ingredients for Caribbean Cooking in British Columbia Canada.
Let me know if you would like to bring ‘The Little Lucian...on Tour’ to your next event or gathering.

07/04/2018

The Little Lucian...on Tour will highlight the traditional Coal Pots of St Lucia. Part of creating flavour in food.

05/02/2018

Things are ever-changing with The Little Lucian cooking school!!
For now our Bricks and Mortar location for cooking classes has been dismantled (by hurricanes, hardships and heartache 💔) and The Little Lucian is coming out in an exciting new way!
Watch for The Little Lucian on Tour!! Myself and my my Caribbean cooking colleague Chef Freda Gore are booking ourselves into retreats, women’s conferences and festivals to showcase the Seven Secret Ingredients for Caribbean Cooking and to invite you to a Caribbean Culinary Cruise!!
December 16-23rd 2018. Would you like us to come to your group to speak? Or would you like more information about our next event and the cruise?
More info and videos to come.

01/12/2017

Saint Lucia we love!

24/11/2017

My favorite color!

Are you of the madness today? 🌴

Who else will be spending their time on the beach rather than in lines in the shops?

Hurricane Maria St. Lucia: Projected Track & Forecast

19/09/2017

Once again we brace ourselves for another hurricane!

Hurricane Maria St. Lucia: Projected Track & Forecast St. Lucia is already shutting down as it prepares for Hurricane Maria. Here's a look at the latest forecast for the Caribbean island.

Photos from The Little Lucian Cooking School's post

20/07/2017

Carnival is part of the Summer Festival going on right now!

St. Lucia Carnival | Saint Lucia Tourist Board | Saint Lucia

03/07/2017

Come to Saint Lucia in July!! Dance with the island people. It's Carnival Time!

St. Lucia Carnival | Saint Lucia Tourist Board | Saint Lucia Caribbean BlueBook is your ultimate vacation guide to the Caribbean, providing information on hotels, restaurants, events & more!

20/06/2017

Wow! Another Sandals in Saint Lucia!!
Must be a wonderful island 💕

Sandals Launches New St. Lucia Project The company held a launch event this weekend for the new Sandals LaSource Saint Lucia, which will be the fourth Sandals property in St. Lucia.

14/06/2017

This pear-shaped fruit grows a Cashew nut out the end!! One nut per pomme. Amazing!!

The luscious Cashew Pomme (apple) dangles her pear-shaped fruit throughout the Caribbean islands. The medium sized fruit is delicious and nutritious. It provides essential minerals and a high concentration of vitamin C (5 X that of oranges. The fleshy Pomme is prized for its juice that is slightly astringent; is made into sauces, dessert stews and puddings, and candied for preservation.
Did you know?
Only one single Cashew nut grows at the bottom of the pomme, shaped like a hook. In a future post Chef Herbert will show you how to dry and roast the Cashew nuts over an open fire. The juice is harvested and enjoyed fresh or made into wine locally. The pommes begin decaying almost immediately after the fruit is harvested and are usually left on the ground as fodder for pigs and cattle.
Recent research indicates that the juice might help to burn body fat in people. I wish all food came with a natural fat balancer! Think about it…put the calories in and take them out all in one fruit!
Come down to Saint Lucia, meet Chef Herbert and the team at The Little Lucian Cooking School, enjoy the authentic environment, do some cooking, prepare delicious food, spend time with great locals. Whether it is the season for Cashew Pomme or not come and try whatever we are cooking. You might find yourself asking for more!
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