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New Orleans Culinary Tour: French Quarter Food Adventure Includes 5 Food Samples


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528 reviews   (4.78)

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Pricing Info: Per Person

Duration: 2 hours

Departs: New Orleans, New Orleans

Ticket Type: Mobile or paper ticket accepted

Free cancellation

Up to 24 hours in advance.

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Overview

Dig into the rich and varied flavors that make New Orleans one of the USA’s top foodie destinations. From the most famous local haunts to some delectable hidden gems, you’ll leave with not only a full stomach and a smile, but a greater understanding of how New Orleans food, culture and history all go hand-in-hand.


What's Included

Don't miss a mouth-watering, traditional New Orleans Sandwich

Get tips on what else to see, do and eat during your stay

Join a friendly Local English-speaking Guide

Sample a Cajun New Orleans dish

See Jackson Square and St. Louis Cathedral

Stop at the oldest public market in America - The French Market

Taste a local pastry and a sweet treat

Try the city's most controversial dish, Gumbo

Walking tour with 4 food stops and 5 food samples

What's Not Included

Tips/gratuities for your guide


Traveler Information

  • CHILD: Age: 6 - 11
  • ADULT: Age: 12 - 99

Additional Info

  • Guides required to regularly wash hands
  • Public transportation options are available nearby
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels
  • This tour features visits to establishments that are not always able to cater for vegetarians and other dietary requirements. Discounts are available and your guide can assist you with recommendations on where to purchase alternative diet-friendly food du
  • We reserve the right to change both the route and places visited within the tour. Food inclusions are subject to change, dependent on availability on the day.
  • Guides required to regularly wash hands
  • Public transportation options are available nearby
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels
  • This tour features visits to establishments that are not always able to cater for vegetarians and other dietary requirements. Discounts are available and your guide can assist you with recommendations on where to purchase alternative diet-friendly food du
  • We reserve the right to change both the route and places visited within the tour. Food inclusions are subject to change, dependent on availability on the day.

Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

  • For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
  • If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
  • This experience requires good weather. If it’s canceled due to poor weather, you’ll be offered a different date or a full refund.

What To Expect

French Market
Your culinary tour of New Orleans starts where it all began — the banks of the Mississippi River. From here, you’ll witness the lifeblood of this region which brought new cultures, new influences and new ingredients to the USA through its ports.

As they say, breakfast is the most important meal of the day. To wake up your taste buds, we’ll indulge in New Orleans’ most iconic breakfast pastry, the beignet. While it looks hard to pronounce, it’s definitely not hard to love. Just make sure you watch the direction of the wind or else you might find yourself covered in powdered, sugary goodness!

Next we will head to The French Market, the site of America’s oldest public market. Historically a place of diversity with products and people from all walks of life, today The French Market is a modern yet unique culinary space. We’ll be sure to stop for a local bite and get to know some of the colorful personalities who call this city home.

• Admission Ticket Free

French Quarter
From the French Market, you’ll embark on the picturesque streets of the French Quarter where your guide will take you to some of their favorite palate-pleasing spots. You’ll sample both a classic New Orleans dish, as well as a delicacy that you’ve probably never seen outside Cajun country. With an abundance of seafood, a fertile eco-system within the bayou and a history of spice trading, you’ll begin to realize why everything here tastes so good.

Do you have an affinity for the spicier side? Then adopt the ‘when-in-Rome’ attitude and unleash some of Louisiana's hottest and tastiest sauces on your taste buds. This is the birthplace of Tabasco, after all.

On this tour, you’ll have the chance to try a dish that sparks more controversy amongst chefs than any other in New Orleans: gumbo. Learn how hundreds of years of history has shaped this recipe and how it can vary from restaurant to restaurant.

Finally, we will finish off with a sweet treat made from locally grown sugarcane and the region’s abundant pecans. No room for more? Don’t worry, they don’t call it the Big Easy for nothing. You can take your praline to-go and indulge when your sweet tooth kicks in.

Before you go, don’t forget to ask your local guide for more tips on where to eat and what else to do during your stay in New Orleans.

• Admission Ticket Free


Reviews

A Great Introduction to NOLA
PhillipK562, 08-01-2023
The food tour was a great introduction to the history, culture and cuisine of New Orleans. Jonn, our tour guide was terrific with his explanations of how each item we sampled was prepared, its origin and how it often represented a modification of another, more traditional dish. We would highly recommend this tour. But come hungry because you will have the opportunity to sample standard portions of several dishes.
Delicious and informative
Janice_H, 07-01-2023
Neil our tour guide was very knowledgeable about his beloved city. The food was incredible and varied. Tried alligator sausage (delicious) and many other specialties. Highly recommend this tour.
Amazing must do tour
AlBlts, 07-01-2023
The food was amazing and plenty. Exceeded all our expectations. Informative, fun, delicious. Our guide, Lauren, was fun and very knowledgeable
Excellent Tour
jmoswald17, 03-01-2023
Our tour guide was very knowledgeable about the history of Louisiana. She also took us into the St. Louis church which was an awesome bonus on top of the amazing food! She took us to places on my list of places to eat like The Gumbo Shop
Great tour.
Leta_R, 30-12-2022
Donna was a great tour guide. Very informative and kept our interests in mind. The city was very busy and she went above and beyond to make our experience fun.