Learn Asado & Open-Fire Cooking in Patagonia / Buenos Aires

Honest level: Beginner -> Professional — ask the school exactly how far that goes in the time you have.

Wild Cooking in Argentina with Francis Mallmann

A six-night residential cooking experience on Francis Mallmann's private island, La Isla, on Lago La Plata in Patagonia, for a small group of about eight to ten guests. Across five open-fire masterclasses guests work hands-on with Mallmann's methods — clay-baked trout, whole-animal slow-cooking, ember-roasted vegetables and his 'seven fires' — alongside discussions on cooking, food and craft. Guests stay in the timber cabin La Soplada, and the trip includes meals, drinks, flights from Buenos Aires and private transfers to the remote site.

A hands-on, multi-day open-fire intensive at the source of asado, taught by the chef who codified cooking with seven kinds of fire.

From approx. US$20,000 per person; private departures (approx. US$139,200 total for 8 guests). Private departures only — dates by enquiry.

Masters & lineage

• Francis Mallmann

Why Francis Mallmann — Wild Cooking in Argentina

Led by Francis Mallmann, the internationally renowned Argentine chef featured in Netflix's "Chef's Table," who teaches his signature "Seven Fires" open-fire and asado techniques in person to small groups (up to ~10) at his remote Patagonian island, La Soplada, on Lago La Plata.

Schools in Patagonia / Buenos Aires

Checked by hand against each school's own course pages. No school paid to be listed.

• Francis Mallmann — Wild Cooking in Argentina
  Wild Cooking in Argentina with Francis Mallmann
  A six-night residential cooking experience on Francis Mallmann's private island, La Isla, on Lago La Plata in Patagonia, for a small group of about eight to ten guests.
  https://www.plansouthamerica.com/francis-mallmann-island-argentina/
• Francis Mallmann (La Isla, Lago La Plata)
  Wild Cooking Experience with Francis Mallmann
  A six-night residential trip to Francis Mallmann's private Patagonian island on Lago La Plata, booked through operator Plan South America, with five hands-on open-fire cooking classes taught by Mallmann.
  https://www.plansouthamerica.com/francis-mallmann-island-argentina/
• Estancia Nibepo Aike (El Calafate)
  Estancia day visit / lodge stay with traditional Patagonian lamb asado
  A working century-old sheep ranch beside Lago Roca in Los Glaciares National Park near El Calafate, offering day visits and a 10-room lodge stay built around a traditional Patagonian lamb asado.
  https://nibepoaike.com.ar/en/inicio-english/
• The Asado Experience (Buenos Aires)
  The Asado Experience
  A women-run, three-hour hands-on asado experience held in a century-old private home in the Belgrano R neighborhood of Buenos Aires, where guests take part in the fire and preparation of Argentine beef.
  https://www.theasadoexperience.com/
• AsadoAdventure (Buenos Aires)
  The Original AsadoAdventure Tour
  A five-hour small-group asado tour in Buenos Aires that includes a Palermo butcher walk and hands-on open-fire grilling and chimichurri-making in a private 1890s home.
  https://www.asadoadventure.com/asadoadventure

The credential

No formal certificate; you leave able to build and read a parrilla, manage seven kinds of fire, and cook whole cuts, fish and vegetables over wood and embers · Certifying body: —

A recognised qualification an outside body stands behind is not the same as a certificate a school prints itself. We name which it is — you should ask the school the same.

Also for Asado & Open-Fire Cooking

What I check before I send you anywhere

I'm Arnaud. I cook for a living, and I've spent fifteen years on the water — so I know the difference between a real school and a good-looking website. I built the Atlas because I got tired of the second kind. Here is what a place has to clear before it goes on here, and what I'll tell you straight when it doesn't.

• The craft is actually alive there. A working scene, with people who do this every day — not a demo put on for visitors.
• There's a real teacher behind it. Named, still practising, and certified where the craft has certificates.
• The credential is what it claims to be. A state diploma and a certificate a school prints itself are not the same thing. I check which, and I say which.
• I tell you how sure I am. Most pages here are verified by hand. A few say "still checking" — I'd rather admit that than pretend.
• Nobody pays to be here. No commission, no selling the trip. The order on this map is the strength of the community, never the size of the wallet.
• If I wouldn't send a friend, it isn't on the map.