Hands on the fire
Asado class
Grill, then dinner
- Length3 hours
- ExtrasCheese tasting
- WineOptional
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Asado cooking class in Buenos Aires: learn the fire
Asado tasting at the grill, 9 courses
★ 4.9 · Rated by 975 guests
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- Asado class, dinner3 hours · each person, from $100
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Where to pick up tongs instead of a fork: the asado classes and hands-on dinners in Buenos Aires, what each one teaches, how long it runs and what it starts from.
Editorial team, buenosairesasado.click · Updated November 9, 2026 · A 7 min read
Essentials
- A full asado classGrill work, a cheese tasting and dinner in 3 hours, from $100.
- Group classUp to 10 cooks, 1.5 - 3 hours, from $60.
- Beef and wineTasting, cooking and wines for 3 hours, from $88.
- No experienceAt The Argentine Experience, beginners are welcome.1
- Rather watch?The grill-side tasting cooks 9 courses in front of you.
What an asado class actually teaches
An asado cooking class in Buenos Aires is less about recipes than about fire. Porteño grill cooks burn wood or charcoal under the parrilla, the city tourism board notes, and learning to read that heat is the real lesson.2 You learn when the embers are ready, how far the meat should sit from them, and why patience matters more than any marinade.
Seasoning is simpler than most visitors expect. Locals often eat a good steak with nothing but salt and let the beef speak, while chimichurri, a sharp green sauce of garlic, vinegar, oil and herbs, comes to the table for anyone who wants more kick.3 A good class shows you both, and when each belongs.
Timing is the third skill. The best grill cooks change the temperature, the distance from the embers, the wood and the cooking time to get a different result from each cut.4 A class gives you a feel for that rhythm: fat that needs slow heat, lean cuts that need a short blast, and the resting that turns a good piece of meat into a great one.
Every class
Cooking classes in Buenos Aires compared
| Class | From | Length | Group |
|---|---|---|---|
| Asado class and dinner | $100 | 3 hours | Ask the host |
| Group class with grill | $60 | 1.5 - 3 hours | Up to 10 |
| Beef, cooking, wines | $88 | 3 hours | Communal tables |
| Argentine cooking | $75 | 3 hours | Up to 10 |
| Empanadas, San Telmo | $37 | 3 hours | Up to 8 |
| Empanadas, Palermo | $49 | 2.5 hours | Ask the host |
Starting fares on GetYourGuide; the option, the date and your party size change the final figure.
The asado class with dinner and wine
A thorough asado class in Buenos Aires on GetYourGuide is a 3-hour evening at Olleros 3243 that combines time at the grill with a cheese tasting, then sits everyone down to dinner with dessert and coffee or tea. Wine is optional, and the instructor teaches in English, Portuguese or Spanish, so mixed groups of friends can all follow along.
It starts from $100 and has a perfect 5.0 average, though from only 17 reviews. It is wheelchair accessible, and the usual flexible terms apply, with payment later and a free cancellation window that ends 24 hours before. For a traveller who wants to cook the meat and then eat it at a proper table, start your search here.
A small record is worth reading with care: a perfect score from a short list of guests says the evenings so far have gone well, not that every night will. Check the latest reviews and the dates on offer before you commit, and tell the instructor what you most want to learn, whether that is lighting the fire or carving at the end.
Time in the kitchen
Cooking classes by length in hours
- Premium empanadas2
- Empanadas, Palermo2.5
- Group class, longest3
- Asado class, dinner3
- Beef and cooking3
- Empanadas, San Telmo3
Lengths copied from the GetYourGuide listings; the group class runs 1.5 - 3 hours by option.
Group classes with a grill in the room
A larger kitchen in the city runs an Argentine cooking class designed for groups, which includes asado classes at its grill. The group is limited to 10, the instructor speaks English and Spanish, and the session lasts 1.5 to 3 hours by option. Fares open at $60, and it averages 4.9 from 218 reviews.
Complete beginners need not worry: The Argentine Experience, the beef tasting described further down this section, says no previous cooking experience is required for its classes.1 The listing recommends comfortable closed-toe shoes for standing and cooking, which is sound advice anywhere near a hot grill. Pick the longer option if the asado itself is what you want, since a short session cannot give the fire the time it needs.
For an evening that leans more on eating and drinking, a beef tasting with cooking and wines at Gorriti 4832 runs 3 hours from $88. Guests eat at tall shared tables, so anyone who struggles with high seats, or who has a dietary restriction, should message the provider ahead of the evening. It suits people who want a taste of the kitchen without a full lesson.
Pick your class
Which cooking session suits you
Say what you want to take home, and see the class that teaches it.
If I want to run my own asado
The asado class with dinner
Grill time, a cheese tasting, then dinner, in 3 hours.
If I want to cook with other travellers
The group class
Up to 10 cooks with a grill in the room.
If I want beef and wine more than a lesson
Beef, cooking and wines
A 3-hour evening at a communal table, from $88.
If I am on a budget
The empanada class
From $37 in San Telmo, for up to 8.
If I would rather watch a chef
The grill-side tasting
9 courses cooked in front of you in 2 hours.
Ways to cook
Grill, group kitchen or empanadas
Small group
Group kitchen
Classes with a grill
- Length1.5 - 3 hours
- GroupUp to 10
- ShoesClosed-toe
Lower start
Empanada class
San Telmo
- Length3 hours
- GroupUp to 8
- SweetAlfajores
Empanadas, alfajores and the rest of the table
An asado rarely arrives alone. The city tourism board describes empanadas as crescent-shaped pastries, usually baked and filled with ham and cheese, meat, chicken or vegetables, and they often open a meal at the grill.7 Learning to fold them is a good companion to an asado class, and these sessions cost less than most grill evenings.
An empanadas and alfajores class in San Telmo, at Paseo Colon 1355, runs 3 hours from $37 with a group capped at 8. It averages 4.7 from 644 reviews. In Palermo, an empanada and alfajor lesson runs 2.5 hours from $49, and a premium empanadas class with wine tasting runs 2 hours, also from $49.
For a wider look at the national kitchen, an Argentine cooking experience for up to 10 people runs 3 hours from $75. Alfajores, the cookies sandwiched with dulce de leche, are the sweet end of these sessions, and the city tourism board calls dulce de leche a national favourite.8 Pair one of these with a tasting and you have covered most of an Argentine table.
A class evening
How an asado class runs, start to finish
Arrival
Meet the instructor
Classes run in English, with Spanish or Portuguese too.
First
Light the fire
Wood or charcoal, as on any traditional parrilla.2
While it burns
Cheese tasting
The asado class includes a cheese tasting.
At the grill
Cook the cuts
Heat, distance and time decide each result.4
At the table
Eat what you made
Dinner, dessert and coffee or tea.
At the end
About 3 hours in
The full class and dinner last 3 hours.
Asado workshop in Buenos Aires: group or private?
An asado workshop in Buenos Aires can be a shared evening or something just for your party. The group classes above cap numbers, at 10 for the larger kitchen and 8 for the San Telmo empanada class, so you will cook beside a handful of other travellers. That suits solo travellers and couples who enjoy company.
For a private session, ask the provider before booking whether your group can have the grill to itself; some listings say a private group is possible, others do not mention it. A family asado at a home, which serves dinner, wine and dessert over 3 hours, is not a class, but its hosts happily talk through what they are doing at the fire.
Whatever the format, you eat what you cook. That is the quiet advantage of a class over a restaurant: the meal is the reward for the work, and you leave knowing how to repeat it. Arrive hungry, and plan on being on your feet by the grill for long stretches, which is why the closed-toe shoe advice in the listings is worth taking seriously.
Video
A local's guide to a real asado in Buenos Aires
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locals often eat their steak with nothing more than salt, letting the meat's own flavour shine.
Class checklist
What to bring and ask
Bring3
Ask before3
- Whether a private group is possible
- Any diet, before the day
- Table height and access
A class or the tasting: which fits your trip?
The tasting this site books and an asado class answer different wishes. At the tasting, a chef sends out 9 courses from the fire a stool’s length away, talking through every cut and method, and your only job is eating. It lasts 2 hours and starts from $93. At a class you do the work, at a slower pace, with less variety on the plate.
Choose the tasting if you want to understand the range of the asado, from offal and sausages to a ribeye, in a single evening.9 Choose a class if you plan to grill at home and want the confidence to light a fire and judge the meat yourself. The class gives you a skill; the tasting gives you a map of the flavours.
A sensible plan is to do both: the tasting early in the trip to learn what each cut should taste like, then a class to learn how to get there. Both run in English, both suit small groups, and both let you reserve without paying upfront, so you can line them up around museums, tango and the rest of your plans.
Taking the asado home with you
The first lesson to carry home is restraint with seasoning. Salt is the classic, and chimichurri is the classic sauce, a mix of garlic, wine vinegar, oil, pepper and herbs.3 The second is about doneness: the city tourism board notes that locals like meat more cooked than many northern visitors do, so you may need to ask for a notch less than usual at a parrilla.10
The third is about cuts. The tourism board names bife de chorizo, ojo de bife, lomo, entraña and asado de tira among the prime cuts, and vacio, cuadril and bife ancho among the other favourites.11,12 A good teacher will tell you which of them suit slow heat and which want speed, and that knowledge travels well.
Finally, remember the social side. An asado is a gathering as much as a meal: the restaurant behind the tasting points out that its name, fogón, stands for an open fire and, in Argentina, for the place where people gather around it too.13 Whatever you cook at home afterwards, the habit worth keeping is the long table and the shared plate.
FAQ
Quick answers to quick questions.
How long is an asado cooking class?
Usually 3 hours.
The asado class with dinner runs 3 hours; the group class runs 1.5 - 3 hours by option.
How much does an asado class cost?
From $60 to $100.
The group class starts from $60 and the class with dinner from $100.
Do I need cooking experience?
No.
The Argentine Experience says its cooking classes need no previous experience.1
Do you eat what you cook?
Yes.
The asado class ends with dinner, dessert and coffee or tea at the table.
Is wine included in the class?
It is optional.
On the asado class wine is an option; the beef tasting class includes wines by its title.
How big are the groups?
Small.
The group class takes up to 10 people and the San Telmo empanada class up to 8.
What should I wear to a cooking class?
Comfortable closed-toe shoes.
The group class recommends them for standing and cooking near the grill.
Is a class better than the tasting?
They do different jobs.
The tasting cooks 9 courses for you in 2 hours; a class teaches you to cook.
Sources
- The Argentine Experience (the operator, theargentineexperience.com) · Cooking classes and tasting menu ↩
- Buenos Aires City Tourism Board (turismo.buenosaires.gob.ar) · Buenos Aires' famous steakhouses ↩
- Buenos Aires City Tourism Board (turismo.buenosaires.gob.ar) · Buenos Aires' famous steakhouses ↩
- Fogon Asado (the restaurant, fogonasado.com) · About us ↩
- Buenos Aires City Tourism Board (turismo.buenosaires.gob.ar) · Health and security ↩
- Buenos Aires City Tourism Board (turismo.buenosaires.gob.ar) · Getting around ↩
- Buenos Aires City Tourism Board (turismo.buenosaires.gob.ar) · What, where and when to eat ↩
- Buenos Aires City Tourism Board (turismo.buenosaires.gob.ar) · What, where and when to eat ↩
- Fogon Asado (the restaurant, fogonasado.com) · 9-Course Tasting Menu & Wine Pairing ↩
- Buenos Aires City Tourism Board (turismo.buenosaires.gob.ar) · Buenos Aires' famous steakhouses ↩
- Buenos Aires City Tourism Board (turismo.buenosaires.gob.ar) · Buenos Aires' famous steakhouses ↩
- Buenos Aires City Tourism Board (turismo.buenosaires.gob.ar) · Buenos Aires' famous steakhouses ↩
- Fogon Asado (the restaurant, fogonasado.com) · About us ↩
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