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Polish Cooking Class: Pierogi Making and Market Tour
5.0
150 Ratings
Kraków
Immerse yourself in Polish culture with a Krakow Pierogi Cooking Class. Shop for fresh ingredients at a local market, then learn how to make traditional pierogi in a local’s home.
Immerse yourself in Polish culture with a Krakow Pierogi Cooking Class. Shop for fresh ingredients at a local market, then learn how to make traditional pierogi in a local’s home.
Duration:
4 hours
Cancellation:
24 hours
Highlights
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Dom Pod Globusem - Discover the art of making pierogi like an expert. Start your journey with a shopping trip to the lively market, where your guide will share insider tips on selecting the freshest vegetables and produce available. If desired, your guide can also teach you some Polish phrases to help you haggle like a true Krakow local!
Following…
- Dom Pod Globusem - Discover the art of making pierogi like an expert. Start your journey with a shopping trip to the lively market, where your guide will share insider tips on selecting the freshest vegetables and produce available. If desired, your guide can also teach you some Polish phrases to help you haggle like a true Krakow local!
Following the market visit, the tour continues to a family home, where you’ll use the fresh ingredients to learn cooking techniques from Krakow residents. You’ll be guided in preparing pierogi, a traditional Polish dish similar to dumplings. During the cooking session, feel free to ask any questions you have about Poland.
Finally, savor the delicious results of your efforts by enjoying the Krakow cuisine you’ve prepared. Dining with a Polish family offers a wonderful opportunity to inquire about Polish culture, and your hosts will be delighted to share insights about their country. Enjoy eating, drinking, and celebrating in true Krakow fashion!
What's Included
- Selection of Polish snacks
- Polish beer
- Local Friendly English-speaking Guide
- Private tour option hotel pick up
- Public transport to the private home where the cooking class is taking place
- Farmer’s Market shopping
- Water, tea, coffee
- Pierogi
- Selection of Polish snacks
- Polish beer
- Local Friendly English-speaking Guide
- Private tour option hotel pick up
- Public transport to the private home where the cooking class is taking place
- Farmer’s Market shopping
- Water, tea, coffee
- Pierogi
What's Not Included
- Gratuity
- Small group tour option excluded hotel pick up
- Gratuity
- Small group tour option excluded hotel pick up
Meal Options
- Polish pierogi (dumplings)
- traditional cheese
- local pickles
- traditional sweet and local beer
- Polish pierogi (dumplings)
- traditional cheese
- local pickles
- traditional sweet and local beer
Additional Information
The tour starts with an opportunity for you to shop for fresh produce at the lively market. Afterward, the guide will escort you to her/his private residence where you’ll transform into an efficient pierogi producer. Guided by your local host, you will acquire the art of preparing traditional Polish cuisine. In the process, you can practice your Polish…
The tour starts with an opportunity for you to shop for fresh produce at the lively market. Afterward, the guide will escort you to her/his private residence where you’ll transform into an efficient pierogi producer. Guided by your local host, you will acquire the art of preparing traditional Polish cuisine. In the process, you can practice your Polish language skills as you immerse yourself in the authentic environment of a Polish household and their mealtime rituals and discussions.
- How you will help the local community by joining this tour: - At the beginning of your tour, you will visit a local farmers’ market which is located off the beaten path, where you will have a chance to learn some Polish as you shop, which provides a great opportunity to interact with local vendors and respect their language and traditions. - Your tour also supports local vendors who wouldn’t have access to tourists without Krakow Urban Tours. - In addition, your tour promotes regional products
- Food Allergies: Unless you suffer from multiple, combined food allergies, or unless you are a vegan, we will figure it out. Vegetarians are welcome on all tours.
- Tips: If you are happy with the services provided by your local guides a tip - though not compulsory - is appropriate. While it may not be customary to you, it is of great significance to the people who will take care of you during your travels, inspires excellent service, and is an entrenched feature of the tourism industry. Please consider this when budgeting for your extra expenses on this tour.
- For private tour option we offer central Krakow hotels pick up. Please call or email us.
Location
Długa 1
Długa
Your Krakow Urban Tours guide will be waiting at the corner between Dluga and Basztowa streets, at the entrance to the bookshop 'Pod Globusem'.
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
5.0
(150 Ratings)
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Faye
Apr 22, 2025
An authentic, terrific cooking class - I travel a lot for fun and I usually take a cooking class in the countries I visit. I particularly liked this class. It wasn’t in a professional kitchen- it is taught in the instructors home. First, we visited a food market and she helped us as we picked out the ingredients used for the cooking class. Next, she showed us how to use the tram, which we took to her neighborhood. She had us prepare the pierogies, which were delicious. It was very “hands on” and felt very authentic.
Dominika is friendly and warm and agreeable to answering questions about life in Poland.
It was highly enjoyable and I think I’ll even make the pierogies at home!
Highly recommend!!
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Debbie_w
Apr 14, 2025
Wonderful experience, ... - Wonderful experience, Agata was very sweet and helped put our food orders in the market in Polish language. Lots of smiles as we tried our best. We traveled to Agata's home and started by getting to know each other over some local beer and food we purchased at the market. Then our pierogi class began. We had step by step help as we made our pierogies and I am completely confident we will be able to do this on our own when we return home. Cannot thank Agata enough for a MOST WONDERFUL DAY!!!
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Ellen_w
Apr 10, 2025
One of my favorite experiences! - Everything about this experience was excellent. Alicja was a great guide in the marketplace and a fun teacher as we made the Pierogi. I would highly recommend this experience for anyone who wants an insider's view into Polish cuisine. 😊
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Kristines28
Mar 28, 2025
One of my favorites! - I had the best time! Can’t recommend it enough. Magdalena was so warm and nice. I felt like I was learning to make Pierogi with a new friend while learning about her culture. Just loved it!
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Xaendi1970
Mar 26, 2025
Cheerful Pierogi cooking at a Local / Happy pierogi cooking with a local - We met Dominika in the old town and after learning the first words in Polish we took her shopping in the local market. After that, she went home. In addition to insight into a personal local apartment, we enjoyed cooking at Dominika's incredibly. She is such a cheerful person and we would recommend her 100%... A very nice experience! Thank you Dominika!!!
We met Dominika in the old town and after learning our first words in Polish, we went shopping with her at the local market. Afterwards we went to her home. As well as gaining an insight into a personal local apartment, we had an incredible amount of fun cooking with Dominika. She is such a cheerful person and we would recommend her 100%... A very very nice experience! Thank you so much Dominika!!!
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Pitschli20
Mar 26, 2025
If you like cooking, you have to do this in Krakow! - We had a great cooking experience together with Dominika.
First we visited a market where we had to buy some food for cooking Pierogi later.
Then we travelled to her apartment with the tram and learnt to do Pierogi.
Dominika is a great and very nice teacher and the Pierogi tasted very well! :-)
I highly recommend this cooking class and especially Dominika our very sympathetic teacher!
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Paulamsantos
Mar 20, 2025
Great pierogi class with top teacher! - My husband and I booked a pierogi class and it was a great experience! We met with our guide/ cook, Agata, near the fresh produce market and the start could not have been better because Agata took us to the market in order to buy some of the necessary produces for the pierogi cooking class! Agata supplied us with the basic words for some of the shopping and it was really nice to try an communicate in Polish with the vendors! After the shopping was done we got in an uber to get to Agata’s own home. We felt very welcomed and had a lovely time learning how to do potatoes and cheese pierogi from scratch and chating with Agata. Agata is really welcoming and had taken the trouble to have other Polish delicacies available for us to taste, so the morning just went very quickly and smoothly. Under Agata’s supervision we indeed produced some very delicious pierogi, that we ate, with some polish craft beer, in the very sunny open plan kitchen/living room.
In the end Agata called another uber that took us back to central Krakow. All the expenses had ( food and transportation) were all included in the ticket price. For sure not part of the ticket price, was Agata’s friendliness and welcoming personality. We highly recommend the experience!
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Paulo_d
Feb 12, 2025
Very personal and homey... - Very personal and homey experience learning how to make pierogies as if I was being taught by a family member. Would recommend for people who enjoy cooking and want to learn some Polish culture.
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Rebecca_d
Jan 25, 2025
Fun local experience! Must book! - This was such a fun local experience!!! We had such a great time getting to know our host Dominika and learning how to make pierogi.
We started the day off by visiting a local market to pick up fresh ingredients. Dominika taught us how to say the ingredients in Polish and allowed us to try ordering them at the stand. Once we picked everything up, we hopped on the tram to her apartment.
We were able to try a few local snacks before starting the cooking process. We learned to make the pasta and the inside filling of the pierogis. Once they were assembled and cooked, we sat down to enjoy the meal and conversation with the host. Before we left, Dominika gave us some local recommendations so that we could visit the area around her apartment.
This is a great small group experience and was such a cool opportunity to see more of the “local” experience. Not to mention that the pierogi was DELICIOUS! Our host was so friendly and welcoming and really enjoyed getting to visit the area around her apartment.
I would highly recommend booking this if you have the time in Krakow!
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Cevs27
Jan 8, 2025
Brilliant authentic experience - My husband & I spent a wonderful morning with Kasia. Loved the start where we shopped for ingredients in a market, even having a try at asking for the items in Polish - with a lot of help! We then went to Kasia’s home where we were made to feel so welcome. Loved the whole process of making pierogi’s and then sitting down to eat them. We had a first course of local cheeses, then pierogi’s and finally a dessert of cake and dried fruit. We shared our memorable experience with another lady and her daughter. Would definitely recommend this experience.
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