Host a food experience at your table

Run a cooking class for guests in your own kitchen. They come as much for you as for the food.

What you’ll host

Most hosts run a cooking class or workshop. Guests cook alongside you and leave with a skill they can talk about. It’s easier to price - people benchmark it against a class, not a restaurant - and the prep is lighter than cooking a full meal. Shared meals are also an option, but most cooks find a class is the easier path.

Who tends to thrive

  • You tell stories naturally - about a dish, a region you love, what your grandmother cooked on Sundays.
  • Having conversation feels easy.
  • You cook a small set of things really well. You don’t need to be a professional chef.
  • Your kitchen and dining space welcome anywhere from one guest up to as many as you’d like to host.

Who is Eataway for?

Most hosts who do well on Eataway fall into one of these patterns. Find the one closest to yours - it’s the easiest path to your first guests.

Foreigner sharing your home cuisine

Locals in your adopted city want to learn authentic dishes from someone who grew up cooking them. Your country and your grandmother’s recipes are your strongest hook.

Local in a touristy town

Travellers want to step into your culture and food beyond what restaurants offer. Living there and cooking the local food daily is exactly what they came for.

Pro chef wanting to work from home

Cook professionally without working in a restaurant. You set your own hours and cook from your own kitchen; guests come for skills they can’t easily learn at home.

Anyone in between with real culinary enthusiasm

You don’t have to be a native or live in a tourist city. If you love cooking and you’re a welcoming host, find your angle - a regional cuisine you’ve mastered, a technique you teach well, a theme worth building a session around.

How to get bookings

Most new hosts find their first guests through a friend, neighbour, or local food group on Facebook or WhatsApp. Your first 2–3 reviews on Eataway unlock more visibility in search. From there, word-of-mouth tends to do the heavy lifting.

How we share the work

We handle

  • Listing your experience and taking bookings
  • Processing payment and refunds
  • Guest messaging
  • The review system
  • Customer support if anything goes sideways

You handle

  • The menu or class plan
  • The cooking (or teaching)
  • A welcoming kitchen and table
  • The conversation
  • Showing up on time, ready to host

You set the price. Eataway takes 15% of the booking subtotal - the rest is yours. Guests also pay a small service fee on top, which helps to cover platform running costs.

Sound like you?

Apply to host. It’s a short form. We just need a phone number and a few lines about you.