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Host: Suzy

Ghent, Belgium

USD
$95 per person

Authentic Belgian cooking class in a beautiful home in Ghent

Host offerings
  • House
  • Home cook
  • Pets
  • Vegetarian
  • Alcohol
  • Transportation
  • Cooking class
  • Market visit
  • Food tour

Meet Suzy

Suzy is an incredibly warm, wonderful and delightful host with a lovely sense of humor. She is also a creative cook who makes her own sambal with peppers from the garden as well as ketchup, quince jelly and apricot and rhubarb jams. Her home (which is the house she was raised in) is a beautiful and peaceful haven filled with beautiful Flemish art inherited from her family and surrounded by gorgeous rambling gardens. Suzy learned to cook through experimentation and from her mother who was a great cook. Suzy's favorite memories of growing up always involve the dinner table, where she remembers enjoying healthy, delicious food and delightful conversations with family. She is now excited to create new memories over food, hosting travelers and engaging conversation at her table. Suzy is particular about cooking with high quality ingredients - she gets her meat from a local butcher that personally sources from a local farm. A retired high school teacher, Suzy hosts along with her husband, Bob, who is a genetics professor at the university. In her retirement, Suzy presides over social organizations, travels a lot and is currently taking art lessons at the Academy of Fine Art.

What to expect

Please note menu might vary. If there are particular dishes you are interested in trying, please include your request in the booking form.

In-home meal: (1-4 guests) Begin your culinary adventure with a walk around Suzy's lush garden dotted with fruit trees and several varieties of herbs. Then sit down with Suzy and Bob to a hearty meal, a creative take on Belgian cuisine, that will be served either indoors or at any of Suzy's many outdoor dining locations, depending on the time of day and season. Your meal will start with appetizers like a variety of pestos with homemade bread followed by a seasonal first course like maatjes (salted herring) or white asparagus a la Flamande (only available in May and June and sourced from a farm in Holland) and a fresh salad or soup. This is followed by a main course which includes a fish or meat dish that Suzy procures from a butcher that raises his own cattle accompanied by fresh a seasonal vegetable side and homemade bread. You might try Ghent Waterzooi (creamy chicken stew), vol au vent (chicken and mushrooms in a bechamel sauce), fish or steak for a main. You can expect Suzy's dishes to have a wonderful touch of spices and fresh garden herbs. Your Belgian meal will conclude with homemade ice-cream or Belgian chocolate mousse. In summer you can expect a fresh dessert with fruit from the garden or from a local farm. Your meal is served on elegant silverware and china and is accompanied by fine wine or specialty beers and freshly baked fresh bread. Coffee or tea is served upon request.

Cooking experience: (1-4 guests) Join Suzy in her modern kitchen for a Ghent cooking class and learn to prepare a 4-course meal including a traditional Belgian appetizer, starter, main course and dessert. You can expect the cooking experience to last two hours before you sit down and share the meal you helped prepare. You will go home with a fully belly, comprehensive recipes of the dishes you prepared and memories that last a lifetime!

Notes: Fine wine or specialty beer is included in the cost of your experience.

Languages spoken: English, Dutch, French, German

Sample menu

This is just a sample menu to give you an idea of the types of dishes the host cooks. Your menu will vary according to seasonal availability.
  • Two kinds of appetizers
  • First course served with homemade bread
  • Salad or soup
  • Main of fish or meat
  • Seasonal vegetable side
  • Dessert
PERSONALLY VETTED REVIEW
A Traveling Spoon ambassador visited this host. Here is their personal review.

Suzy is your quintessential grandmother - warm, loving, kind, cheerful and fun! She and Bob host these big, wonderful dinners for friends and family that you wished you could attend. I could sense her deep passion for food just by the way she spoke about her produce and the care she takes into creating each dish. I loved visiting her home which is simply gorgeous - I especially loved her collection of art and the stunning gardens. It was a most memorable afternoon.

Traveling Spoon Ambassador, Traveling Spoon Ambassador

Traveler reviews

5.0 (30)
We were given a very warm welcome by Lucy and given a tour of her large garden, where many flowers were in bloom, as well as a herb garden. Lucy had prepared a few things, and we made appetizers together: spiced eggplant and avocado dip. Lucy already had a platter ready with cheese and meat. We were also served Asparagus Flamande and Waterzooi, typical Belgian dishes. We finished with strawberries dipped in dark chocolate sauce. We received tips and saw how everything was prepared, but we didn't really feel like a cooking class where we had to do a lot ourselves; it felt more like a very cozy Flemish dinner with very nice people. Hats off to you!! It was super delicious and enjoyable.
- helma April 27, 2026
We had such a wonderful experience at Suzy’s cooking class! The estate itself was absolutely beautiful, such a peaceful and inspiring setting to spend the day. We cooked traditional Belgian cuisine, and everything we made was incredible. We walked away having learned so many useful tips and techniques. Suzy was so kind, and welcoming, it really made the whole experience feel special. Highly recommend to anyone looking for a memorable and delicious day!
- joshua April 21, 2026
Our visit with Suzy, and her husband, was absolutely delightful!! We felt so welcome and thoroughly enjoyed time talking, learning how to prepare Belgian dishes, more chatting in their living room with an aperitif and charcuterie before enjoying a fabulous dinner in their dining room. I highly recommend this experience and my husband and I hope to meet with Suzy and Bob again. I look forward to preparing the dishes I learned from her for my family when I am back home! - Tracy, WI-USA
- tracy January 09, 2026
Dinner with Suzy was so lovely! Exceeded all my expectations. Suzy was so welcoming and made me and my friends feel at home. She had prepped portions of the meal ahead of time and we still had plenty of hands-on experience with cooking the food. She was easy to talk to, and it was nice to connect over drinks and an appetizer part way through cooking the main meal. We learned about ingredients that are predominantly found in Belgium. For dessert, we had pears that she jarred herself with a delicious chocolate and cream sauce on top. Her husband, Bob, joined for the meal and he is equally as wonderful as she is! They shared about their experiences living in Belgium. It was so great to be able to ask questions about the area and their time living there. There was much laughter around the table! I was able to keep the recipes to try and recreate them back in the States. I would highly recommend dinner with Suzy and look forward to dinner again next time I am in Belgium!
- Marlom November 03, 2025
Spending an evening with Suzy and Bob was like spending an evening with good friends. Suzy is a warm and natural presence. Her home is so comfortable! We made (well, in fairness Suzy made; I cut up a few vegetables) several Belgium classics: a tomato with tiny gray shrimp from the North Sea and a homemade aioli sauce; the freshest tasting pea soup imaginable; salmon steamed with leeks and carrots; mashed potatoes with sorrel and cauliflower. The food was deceptively simple and absolutely delicious. Suzy: thank you for a wonderful introduction to Belgium. If you are ever my way, I hope to return the favor.
- Anne September 21, 2025
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Suzy

$95 USD

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Pricing (per person)*
1 person 2-4 ppl 5+ people
Cooking Experience + Meal
 $95 $95 Not offered
Alcohol
 $0 per person
*Does not include 4% payment processing fee applied at checkout.
1 person 2-4 ppl 5+ people
Cooking Experience + Meal
 $95 $95 Not offered
Alcohol
 $0 per person
*Does not include 4% payment processing fee applied at checkout.
Experience Timings
 Lunch Dinner
Cooking Experience+ Meal
 10:30am-3:30pm 5:30pm-10:30pm

Meet Suzy

Suzy is an incredibly warm, wonderful and delightful host with a lovely sense of humor. She is also a creative cook who makes her own sambal with peppers from the garden as well as ketchup, quince jelly and apricot and rhubarb jams. Her home (which is the house she was raised in) is a beautiful and peaceful haven filled with beautiful Flemish art inherited from her family and surrounded by gorgeous rambling gardens. Suzy learned to cook through experimentation and from her mother who was a great cook. Suzy's favorite memories of growing up always involve the dinner table, where she remembers enjoying healthy, delicious food and delightful conversations with family. She is now excited to create new memories over food, hosting travelers and engaging conversation at her table. Suzy is particular about cooking with high quality ingredients - she gets her meat from a local butcher that personally sources from a local farm. A retired high school teacher, Suzy hosts along with her husband, Bob, who is a genetics professor at the university. In her retirement, Suzy presides over social organizations, travels a lot and is currently taking art lessons at the Academy of Fine Art.

What to expect

Please note menu might vary. If there are particular dishes you are interested in trying, please include your request in the booking form.

In-home meal: (1-4 guests) Begin your culinary adventure with a walk around Suzy's lush garden dotted with fruit trees and several varieties of herbs. Then sit down with Suzy and Bob to a hearty meal, a creative take on Belgian cuisine, that will be served either indoors or at any of Suzy's many outdoor dining locations, depending on the time of day and season. Your meal will start with appetizers like a variety of pestos with homemade bread followed by a seasonal first course like maatjes (salted herring) or white asparagus a la Flamande (only available in May and June and sourced from a farm in Holland) and a fresh salad or soup. This is followed by a main course which includes a fish or meat dish that Suzy procures from a butcher that raises his own cattle accompanied by fresh a seasonal vegetable side and homemade bread. You might try Ghent Waterzooi (creamy chicken stew), vol au vent (chicken and mushrooms in a bechamel sauce), fish or steak for a main. You can expect Suzy's dishes to have a wonderful touch of spices and fresh garden herbs. Your Belgian meal will conclude with homemade ice-cream or Belgian chocolate mousse. In summer you can expect a fresh dessert with fruit from the garden or from a local farm. Your meal is served on elegant silverware and china and is accompanied by fine wine or specialty beers and freshly baked fresh bread. Coffee or tea is served upon request.

Cooking experience: (1-4 guests) Join Suzy in her modern kitchen for a Ghent cooking class and learn to prepare a 4-course meal including a traditional Belgian appetizer, starter, main course and dessert. You can expect the cooking experience to last two hours before you sit down and share the meal you helped prepare. You will go home with a fully belly, comprehensive recipes of the dishes you prepared and memories that last a lifetime!

Notes: Fine wine or specialty beer is included in the cost of your experience.

Languages spoken: English, Dutch, French, German

Sample menu

This is just a sample menu to give you an idea of the types of dishes the host cooks. Your menu will vary according to seasonal availability.
  • Two kinds of appetizers
  • First course served with homemade bread
  • Salad or soup
  • Main of fish or meat
  • Seasonal vegetable side
  • Dessert
PERSONALLY VETTED REVIEW
A Traveling Spoon ambassador visited this host. Here is their personal review.

Suzy is your quintessential grandmother - warm, loving, kind, cheerful and fun! She and Bob host these big, wonderful dinners for friends and family that you wished you could attend. I could sense her deep passion for food just by the way she spoke about her produce and the care she takes into creating each dish. I loved visiting her home which is simply gorgeous - I especially loved her collection of art and the stunning gardens. It was a most memorable afternoon.

Traveling Spoon Ambassador, Traveling Spoon Ambassador

Traveler reviews

5.0 (30)
We were given a very warm welcome by Lucy and given a tour of her large garden, where many flowers were in bloom, as well as a herb garden. Lucy had prepared a few things, and we made appetizers together: spiced eggplant and avocado dip. Lucy already had a platter ready with cheese and meat. We were also served Asparagus Flamande and Waterzooi, typical Belgian dishes. We finished with strawberries dipped in dark chocolate sauce. We received tips and saw how everything was prepared, but we didn't really feel like a cooking class where we had to do a lot ourselves; it felt more like a very cozy Flemish dinner with very nice people. Hats off to you!! It was super delicious and enjoyable.
- helma April 27, 2026
We had such a wonderful experience at Suzy’s cooking class! The estate itself was absolutely beautiful, such a peaceful and inspiring setting to spend the day. We cooked traditional Belgian cuisine, and everything we made was incredible. We walked away having learned so many useful tips and techniques. Suzy was so kind, and welcoming, it really made the whole experience feel special. Highly recommend to anyone looking for a memorable and delicious day!
- joshua April 21, 2026
Our visit with Suzy, and her husband, was absolutely delightful!! We felt so welcome and thoroughly enjoyed time talking, learning how to prepare Belgian dishes, more chatting in their living room with an aperitif and charcuterie before enjoying a fabulous dinner in their dining room. I highly recommend this experience and my husband and I hope to meet with Suzy and Bob again. I look forward to preparing the dishes I learned from her for my family when I am back home! - Tracy, WI-USA
- tracy January 09, 2026
Dinner with Suzy was so lovely! Exceeded all my expectations. Suzy was so welcoming and made me and my friends feel at home. She had prepped portions of the meal ahead of time and we still had plenty of hands-on experience with cooking the food. She was easy to talk to, and it was nice to connect over drinks and an appetizer part way through cooking the main meal. We learned about ingredients that are predominantly found in Belgium. For dessert, we had pears that she jarred herself with a delicious chocolate and cream sauce on top. Her husband, Bob, joined for the meal and he is equally as wonderful as she is! They shared about their experiences living in Belgium. It was so great to be able to ask questions about the area and their time living there. There was much laughter around the table! I was able to keep the recipes to try and recreate them back in the States. I would highly recommend dinner with Suzy and look forward to dinner again next time I am in Belgium!
- Marlom November 03, 2025
Spending an evening with Suzy and Bob was like spending an evening with good friends. Suzy is a warm and natural presence. Her home is so comfortable! We made (well, in fairness Suzy made; I cut up a few vegetables) several Belgium classics: a tomato with tiny gray shrimp from the North Sea and a homemade aioli sauce; the freshest tasting pea soup imaginable; salmon steamed with leeks and carrots; mashed potatoes with sorrel and cauliflower. The food was deceptively simple and absolutely delicious. Suzy: thank you for a wonderful introduction to Belgium. If you are ever my way, I hope to return the favor.
- Anne September 21, 2025
Read More
Pricing (per person)*
1 person 2-4 ppl 5+ people
Cooking Experience + Meal
 $95 $95 Not offered
Alcohol
 $0 per person
*Does not include 4% payment processing fee applied at checkout.
1 person 2-4 ppl 5+ people
Cooking Experience + Meal
 $95 $95 Not offered
Alcohol
 $0 per person
*Does not include 4% payment processing fee applied at checkout.
Experience Timings
 Lunch Dinner
Cooking Experience+ Meal
 10:30am-3:30pm 5:30pm-10:30pm
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