Private Dutch Pancake Cooking Class in an Amsterdam Canal Home
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Amsterdam, Netherlands
- 2 hours (approx.)
- Group discounts
- Mobile ticket
- Offered in: English
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Overview
This experience is your invitation into the charming home of an Amsterdam local, where you’ll roll your sleeves up and learn how to make traditional Dutch pancakes in a private cooking lesson. Get hands-on with the ingredients, learn new cooking techniques, and try your hand at flipping “Pannenkoeken” before sitting down to eat your pancakes with a glass or two of wine—all included.
- Step into the home of your host and see how the locals really live
- Enjoy a private class, just for you, and receive personalized guidance
- Discover new ingredients and try Dutch cooking methods you’d otherwise miss
- Sit down to lunch with your host, with wine included, and hear local insight
Sample Menu
Main
Savory Dutch pancake like pancetta pancake
Main
Sweet Dutch pancake like apple pancake
Dessert
Two glasses of wine will be served per person
What's Included
- Dutch pancake class in a local’s home in the heart of Amsterdam
- Learn to make both savory and sweet Dutch pancakes
- Alcoholic BeveragesDutch wine
- Hotel pickup and drop-off
Meeting and Pickup
Meeting point
- Amstel 264, 1018 GX Amsterdam, Netherlands
Please meet your host at her home in Amstelveld- Utrechtsestraat neighborhood of Amsterdam. Please check the 'Before you go' section on your voucher for the exact address, the above only offers neighbourhood details, and not the exact address. Exact address can be found upon booking confirmation.
End point
This activity ends back at the meeting point.What To Expect
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Additional Info
- Confirmation will be received at time of booking
- Not wheelchair accessible
- Stroller accessible
- Near public transportation
- Menu may vary depending on the season. Vegetarian option is available, please advise at time of booking if required
- If any travelers in your party have any allergies, dietary restrictions or cooking preferences please advise at time of booking
- Please note: Fusina lives on a second floor (first floor in Europe) - there is a long and steep flight of stairs to get to her apartment which is typical Dutch.
- This is a private tour/activity. Only your group will participate
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Cancellation Policy
You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.
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Featured review
Marc_H
This is a true dutch experience. I would recommend for any age group. Pancakes were outstanding, all fresh ingredients.
Reviews
4.7
based on 49 reviews
Marc_H, Apr 2026
This is a true dutch experience. I would recommend for any age group. Pancakes were outstanding, all fresh ingredients.
Clay_H, Nov 2025
My daughter (14) and I had a lovely morning with Fusina making pancakes. She warmly welcomed us into her cozy home. We had a great time learning to make Dutch pancakes - one with caramelized apples and the other with crisp bacon. We enjoyed learning about Dutch culture, customs and food. Fusina also prepared other delicious traditional foods for us to try. We would highly recommend this experience.
Response from Host, Dec 2025
Dear Clay,
Thank you so much for your wonderful review! We’re delighted to hear that you and your daughter enjoyed your private Dutch pancake cooking class in Amsterdam with Fusina. It's a great experience for kids!
Fusina has a special gift for welcoming guests of all ages into her home and sharing her culture and cuisine. Learning to prepare traditional Dutch pancakes - from sweet caramelized apples to savory bacon - while exchanging stories about Dutch culture, customs, and everyday life is exactly the kind of authentic, home based experience we strive to offer.
We’re so glad this hands on Amsterdam cooking class was both fun and educational, and that you enjoyed tasting other traditional Dutch dishes as well. Thank you for recommending the experience, it truly means a lot to us.
We hope to welcome you again for another authentic Traveling Spoon experience in Amsterdam or anywhere else around the world.
Greg_R, Aug 2025
Superb experience! Fusina was so welcoming and hospitable. I really enjoyed visiting with her & making the pancakes. Her home is in a very convenient & easy to find location, and has an amazing view of the canal. I learned so much from her & am now inspired to look for experiences like this everywhere I go.
Response from Host, Aug 2025
Thank you so much for your kind words! We're thrilled to hear that you had such a wonderful time with Fusina. She truly loves sharing her home, recipes, and culture, and it’s great to know that her hospitality made such an impact on your travels. We're also so glad the location and view added to your experience! We hope this is just the beginning of many more meaningful culinary adventures for you around the world. You're always welcome back anytime!
Linda_P, Jul 2025
Fusina welcomed us into her beautiful home over the canal. She was a patient teacher, letting us measure the pancake ingredients and encouraging us to flip the pan in the traditional way! We enjoyed learning about everyday life, as well as special traditions in Amsterdam, capped off by sips of delicious wine after eating our creations!
Juan_C, Jun 2025
Great experience. The host is super friendly and entertaining. Good conversation and great teacher for sweet and salty pancakes.
BARBARA_A, May 2025
The class was educational and the bacon pancakes were our favorite. We learned about some more of the Amsterdam history as well.
HEATHER_B, Apr 2025
It was a wonderful experience, it was very good. Learned a lot about Dutch life. I would recommend it.
Anna_L, Dec 2024
Our host, Fusina, shared her home with us and her grandmother's recipe. She was very warm and friendly and we felt so comfortable. It was a very personal experience and the pancakes were yummy!! Thank you, Fusina!
Jane_J, Nov 2024
Fusina is wonderful, patient and concise with instructions on making the perfect apple and bacon pancake. She exudes high level of professionalism and subject matter expert when it comes to source and quality of local food ingredients. I highly recommend potential customers to book this cooking class with Fusina.
michael_s, Jul 2024
We had a great time at this class. The location was great, looking over the canal. We made apple and bacon pancakes. I even learned how to flip it without dropping the pancake. We enjoyed great local wine, fantastic local cheese, and of course delicious pancakes. I would definitely do this again!
Jasmynne_S, Jul 2024
We had a lovely time with Fusina making Dutch pancakes and chatting about all sorts of things! It's easy to tell how much she loves local food and wants to share it with others. She also communicated promptly and went out of her way to accommodate my specific needs, which was greatly appreciated. I would wholeheartedly recommend the experience to others!
Holly_G, Jun 2024
A must do in Amsterdam! Spending time with Fusina was great. She told us so much about the people of Amsterdam and the culture! Tasted traditional food and drink and learned how to make the pancakes!
Great experience and highly recommend!!
Tracey_S, Jun 2024
I had taken this lesson last year and enjoyed it so much that I brought my grandchildren with me on this year's trip. We had a wonderful, memorable time, and now the kids make the morning pancakes!
Douglas_J, Jun 2024
Whenever we go to different places, we like to take a cooking class to get a hands on experience with the local cuisine. Our kids enjoy cooking and we find it helps them connect with the local culture.
This time, we were in Amsterdam and searched for a class to learn to make Dutch Pancakes. We spent almost €275 for a family of four (two adults and two kids – ages 9 and 11) on this local activity in the center of Amsterdam. The value for us was not there. I would not recommend this “Pancake Making Class” to anyone that actually wants to learn to make pancakes. It was not a cooking class, it was not even a get involved and do some cooking. My wife and I basically sat at a table drinking tea while the two kids helped Fusina make three pancakes. We expected to get our hands dirty with food and cook. That did not happen. Her kitchen is not set up to host a cooking class. We’ve done several cooking classes both at home and abroad and we’ve always had a space for each person with their own ingredients and utensils to make the dishes. We expected that we were each (especially for the price) making a sweet and savory pancake, not making 1 of each total and if my kids hadn’t begged to make a second savory pancake, I’m pretty sure it would have ended with the two pancakes – the dutch pancakes are thin, somewhat like crepes with the ‘filling’ cooked into the layer instead of being wrapped in the pancake after cooking.
We were offered some local delicacies such as cheese and Dutch apple pie, but we were expecting a hands on experience and to enjoy the food that we all worked to prepare. The hostess did not eat anything, just stared at us and asked strange questions. Honestly, it felt like we had paid to sit around a table and entertain the host – a job at which we were abysmal failures according to her review (see below).
“The guests were Americans living in Ireland. The 11 year old son broke one of my Delft blue plates. It was a bit strange experience with the kids shoes on my couch, 4 mobile phones on the table, very American way of having a conversation, or trying to have one. The father asked if he could pay for the plate, but I said it was fine. He did not leave a tip, which I would have done. Just wanted to let you know what happened.”
Yes, we are American, but what does that have to do with anything? Honestly, I did not feel comfortable with Fusina telling us how she does not like people from Belgium and based on her review of us, she does not like Americans either. Yes, my son did break a plate, only after he tripped over a leg of a chair and fell in a very small kitchen area. We offered to pay for the plate but Fusina refused. As for the 4 mobile phones on the table, yes they were there. My daughter was taking notes on how to cook the pancakes, noting down the recipe and what she needed to do to make them again (something our other cooking classes didn’t need because we were provided copies of the recipes to take home), my wife was taking pictures of the kids helping Fusina make the pancakes and well, I was just bored as my expectations were to cook, not sit, eat snacks and drink tea for €275. As for leaving a tip, this one shocked me the most as in the original listing gratuities were listed as included in the price of the experience. See photos attached.
On top of all that, the description that was listed on the Viator website was not correct. It stated the following:
Experience the city like a local as you visit an organic grocery store with your host to pick up ingredients, then get hands-on practice mixing, cooking, and flipping the Dutch delicacy, before sitting down together to enjoy your included pancake lunch. Your hands-on pancake cooking class during which you will learn to make a savory and sweet Dutch pancake from scratch will last about an hour and a half.
We did not experience an organic grocery store or pick up ingredients, we did not leave her house, we sat at the table listening to her tell us how she goes out to find locally supplied food. And as mentioned, there was no hands on pancake cooking class for the adults, the kids did help Fusina make the pancakes, but categorizing this as a cooking class is taking liberties. She did mention a few things about the area she lived in, but we didn’t experience the city as a local.
The description also included the following:
Gain insider insight, tips, and recommendations from your local host.
The only tip we received was don’t drive a car around Amsterdam.
Dan_Z, Apr 2024
Fantastic experiences. Would highly recommend, Fusina was engaging and made us feel welcome. I wish we had more time to book her food tour, next time.
Benedetto_A, Feb 2024
Fusina was a gracious host who taught us to make both savory & sweet Dutch pancakes that we not only loved but will make at home.
Andrew_B, Oct 2023
What a wonderful experience - I was celebrating my birthday with my teenage daughter who has learning disability. The host was very understanding even when the first pancake she flipped did a triple twist and ended up on the floor. The video to You’ve been framed will easily cover the costs - well worth the experience next to the canal.
Fran_L, Aug 2023
Lovely person to learn about Amsterdam & see how a native lives but this is not a foodie experience.
Carla_E, May 2023
This was an amazing experience! The host was very welcoming and the pancakes were delicious and easy to make.
Myrna_G, Mar 2023
What a great experience My daughter and I thoroughly enjoyed every moment Our hostess was warm and welcoming as well as very knowledgeable
Rahel_T, Jul 2022
This is a must do when you are in Amsterdam. The host is absolutely wonderful. I love how she welcomed me to her beautiful home, it was wonderful experience.
catherine_t, Jul 2021
Wow what an incredible hostess. So knowledgeable of the consumer markers in Amsterdam. I love the move to fresher, and smaller using local produce and dairy. Although I did not toss my pancake, it was amazing and so very delicious. Thank you for the relaxed time we spent
Kathy H, Sep 2019
This was such fun. Fusina is a great host, and it was a true pleasure to spend time with her in her home, make Dutch pancakes - even flip them! and then enjoy eating them. This is a fun thing to do if you enjoy meeting locals, if you enjoy the kitchen and foods, and if you want to shake up your day! Great for any age and even kids. Thank you Fusina!!!
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