Our guide was Jessica, and she was awesome!
About Activity
What's Included
Includes
- You'll learn how to make your own pimento cheese and Southern buttermilk biscuits for a yummy snack
- You'll make your own sweet tea in individual servings
Excludes
- Private transportation
- Gratuities
Departure & Return
Departure Point
- Come inside our headquarters and check in!
Return
- Come inside our headquarters and check in!
Itinerary
If you want to taste Atlanta and not just see it, this is the 1.5-hour experience to book. The Southern Biscuits and Pimiento Cheese Cooking Class is a 1.5-hour, hands-on Southern Essentials cooking experience that introduces you to three dishes that define Southern comfort and Atlanta flavor: flaky, buttery biscuits, classic homemade pimento cheese, and refreshingly sweet iced tea. This isn’t a demo you watch from the sidelines. You’ll roll, mix, stir, and sip your way through the foundations of Southern cooking while learning why these dishes matter, and why they’ve been passed down through generations of Atlanta kitchens. Along the way, you’ll pick up easy techniques, local food stories, and insider tips you can actually recreate back home. Perfect for first-time visitors, food lovers, couples, families, and anyone looking for an authentic Atlanta experience beyond museums and monuments. It’s quick, fun, interactive, and delicious. Join Unexpected Atlanta, the city’s #1-rated tour company with over 2,400 glowing reviews and over a decade of delicious storytelling. Come hungry. Leave knowing how the South really cooks.
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Lovely class. Jessica is a fantastic guide, great teacher. She’s a delight. I enjoyed learning the history of these southern staples and making them. Recommend this activity if you have a few free hours
What a treat! I knew better because of my lovely experiences with Unexpected Atlanta Tours BUT all of my guests certainly thought it would "just" be a cooking class. But never the case. Our guide, Kristin intentionally gathered each person's name and addressed them as such until we left. She took us on an entertaining and educational journey that accompanied the delicious dishes/treats we made. Everyone truly enjoyed themselves--I am so happy we did this. Highly recommend!
Kristin was an amazing guide! She gave us the southern history behind all our dishes and was very fun and personable! I would definitely come back and I 100% recommend to anyone who loves history and is open to trying new things. This experience was a 10/10!
Kristen was a great guide during our visit! Was able to make biscuits, pimento cheese spread and sweet tea in under 2 hours. Plus she was very knowledgeable on Atlanta history in relation to southern food. Great time!
Kristin was a great instructor. I enjoyed the experience and historical facts she shared with us. We made sweet tea, pimento cheese, and buttermilk biscuits.
Zoe was an amazing host/instructor. So much fun and a great way to end a day of meetings! The biscuits, pimento cheese, and sweet drea were delicious. Highly recommend!!
Zoe was amazing! Such a fun event. Delicious food and great history! All around entertaining!
I love Zoe, very friendly, very knowledgeable, very personable. I really appreciate the information given and the food made. Love the friendly environment and length of the class! Worth the price. Everything is included in the price you pay.
Loved every second of the class and Zoe was a fantastic teacher. The biscuits turned out delicious, I went solo and had a blast with the other students :)
Zoe was an amazing storyteller and guide. I would highly recommend the Southern Essentials class!!!!!!!
Jessica was knowledgeable and kind. She accommodated us even though we were late. Highly recommended this class.
I really enjoyed this class. Zoe was fun and knowledgeable. I learned a lot and really appreciated the use of local businesses and the separate cooking stations
We had a wonderful experience with Arielle, who was enthusiastic and taught our group so much about Atlanta food history. The biscuits were delicious and it was a wonderful bonding activity for our team. Highly recommend!
Great experience Good food and drink
The experience was well organized. Educational, funny, exciting, yummy, and entertaining. A great experience, and a must do.
This was an amazing experience, Zoe was so was phenomenal. There was so much history, but explained in very entertaining information way. I learned I could even make biscuits, pimento cheese and sweet tea . Fabulous class!
Zoe is AWESOME!!!! I would take any class she’s a part of. The history about Atlanta and her personality is everything.
Absolutely fantastic book with ZOE if you can !!!!
Zoe was awesome. So knowledgeable about the history of Atlanta. I would recommend this highly.
Jrssica is a very knowledgeable guide . The history and the cooking make this a fun activity.
Great southern experience! Jessica was our tour guide and provided history along with baking biscuits , pimento cheese and sweet tea. A must when in Atlanta.
Truly enjoyed the history and amazing host/teacher KRISTIN. Her energy helped the enjoyment of this experience. Guy at front desk was super friendly & personable.
The food was delicious and Kristin was excellent - highly recommend!!
What a great way to immerse ourselves in some downtown Atlanta history. Zoe, our culinary arts instructor not only taught us the nuances of making delicious buttermilk biscuits and yummy “personalized spiced” pimento cheese spread, she crafted a history that connected these southern specialties with Atlanta. If you have a couple hours to spare, this was worth time (and you get a homemade snack with some southern sweet tea)!
What a great way to learn some Atlanta history that’s tied to these traditional southern recipes! It was an unexpected bonus to discover some significant historical facts about this special location in the city as well. Zoe was a terrific guide through it all! And our biscuits, pimiento cheese spread, and sweet tea were all delicious—as promised! Highly recommended!!
Zoe did an amazing job. The class was very informative and the food turned out great.
Jessica was absolutely amazing! I truly enjoyed the Southern Essentials Cooking Experience and had such a wonderful time. I would definitely recommend this experience to my family and friends! ❤️
Great experience. Aerial was enjoyable and full of great stories.
Truly one of the greatest southern cooking experiences I’ve had. Ariel was beyond knowledgeable of the culinary history, process, linguistics, and geographical areas of all ingredients and techniques originated and adapted. The personality, patience, and instruction met each participant where they were and led all to personalized and delicious sweet tea, pimento cheese, and southern biscuits. I also must give Ariel her flowers on paying homage to the native and Black folk who made way for the building, architecture, culture, neighborhood, and street the experience is hosted in. 10/10 recommend!
Ariel, our guide/ instructor was great! Great energy for early on a Saturday morning. This is such a cute, unique experience and I would recommend to couples, groups, families... anyone really.
I came to this event with my cousin and it didn’t disappoint. Incredible outing and Arielle was an amazing host. I was pleasantly surprised how good the pimiento cheese was. Such a fun experience!
Ariel was awesome! Loved the history and the food
Such a fun experience! Our guide was super fun and knowledgeable not only about biscuits and pimento cheese but about history of Atlanta! She kept everyone in our involved including tweens!
I enjoyed the total experience with Zoe, from the history, down to making the pimento cheese. She was an awesome, awesome host! The experience is a must!
This was a fun experience. I enjoyed learning how to cook and the historical information provided.
Zoe was an excellent instructor! She was encouraging and engaging. The cooking was easy and we got to eat the food at the end. Yummy!!
The Spice Lab was a fascinating journey of history and creation. Getting to make my own spice blend with an appreciation for the science and how to balance makes me excited to get cooking with what I made! The Southern Essentials experience was one I would do over and over. They utilize local products and everything turned out delicious. Getting to enjoy the food we made at the end with everyone was really special.
I had an absolutely wonderful time during the Southern Essentials Cooking Class. Jessica made us feel right at home and really made us understand every aspect of what we were making alongside the history associated. The class was about an hour and a half and was well worth the price of admission! I’ll be recommending family and friends to all stop by!
This was a fun excursion! The food, history, and stories were all amazing! Jessica was a phenomenal guide and provided us with warm, southern hospitality!
The experience was informative and entertaining with a delicious outcome. Our host for the class Jessica and she’s the perfect person to spend time with, chatting and baking.
Zoe was a fantastic instructor . The class was enjoyable, informative and so very tasty. We had an excellent time and would highly recommend this company.
Wonderful class, with Jessica as a STANDOUT. ONE REQUEST - please provide aprons for the class. It makes no sense to pay for the class and then get flour on our clothes. Thank you!!
Our work team had such a fun time cooking and learning! Jessica was an engaging and fun leader. Highly recommend! I learned some fun new things about Atlanta's history and Southern food!
Awesome experience!! Kristin was super nice and made the entire experience incredible.
Really enjoyable experience. Making the pimento cheese and biscuits was easy. Kristen was a great guide who gave us a bunch of recommendations for the rest of our trip! We'll definitely do another tour next time we're in atlanta.
The biscuit baking class was exceptional. Zoe was an awesome instructor. Will definitely return for this class.
The class was educational, entertaining and a great hands on experience. This was an unexpected highlight of my trip.
Jessica was a phenomenal facilitator! Her commentary was educational and entertaining.
Jessica was amazing!! Highly highly recommend this class. So fun and informative! Want to come back and try other classes
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