Mexican Cooking Classes and Market Visit

Immerse yourself in the flavors of Mexican cuisine with our cooking classes and market visit in Guadalajara. Learn to prepare traditional dishes and discover the secrets of Mexican culinary traditions.

Duration: 6 hours
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • C. Belén 474 - Are you a fan of Mexican cuisine and eager to learn how to make some of the top dishes during your visit to Guadalajara? Join me in a delightful experience set in a charming hostel located in the heart of Downtown, just a few blocks from the Metropolitan Cathedral. We’ll start our adventure at Mercado Alcalde, where we’ll enjoy a light breakfast and shop for ingredients for our chosen menu. Then, we’ll head back to prepare the dishes. To celebrate the first anniversary of this experience in May, I’m offering free access to an audio guide of Guadalajara, featuring over 50 audios that provide brief explanations of the city’s most historical and significant sites. Feel free to ask about the menu options available, including corn tortillas from scratch, meat in its juice, pozole, tamales, drowned cake, stuffed chiles, sopes, and vegetarian and vegan choices. https://youtube.com/shorts/kPWTvXJAdJU?feature=share
What's Included
  • Lunch included
  • Alcoholic beverages available
Meal Options
  • Meat in your juice - Typical Tapatio dish based on beef, bacon and generally accompanied by freshly made tortillas with their molcajete martajada sauce
  • drowned cake - From scratch we will prepare the pork and the typical sauces of this emblematic dish
  • Corn tamales - we will grind the corn kernels to prepare them in the most traditional way
  • White or Red Pozole - Made with pork and nixtamalized corn grains
  • Chile Stuffed with Cheese - Poblano pepper stuffed with cheese and battered with egg in its sweet tomato sauce
Additional Information

Do you like Mexican food and want to learn how to prepare typical dishes in a traditional way? This class is for you, 100% practical with written menus included, you will learn how to prepare various traditional dishes from the region that you can easily replicate in your place of origin. You will learn the meaning of the terminology of Mexican cuisine and why traditional utensils were used since pre-Hispanic times. You will learn to select the best ingredients for each dish: Meat in its Juice or Pozole, or Tamales, or Stuffed Chiles, Jarritos with Tequila, a whole menu with a tequila-based drink, main course, dessert and accessories, when you contact me I will tell you the options. We have options for vegetarians and vegans. Don’t hesitate to contact me in advance if you have any dietary restrictions. https://youtube.com/shorts/kPWTvXJAdJU?feature=share The Sunday option does NOT include a visit to the market.

Location
Av. Fray Antonio Alcalde 732
Avenida Fray Antonio Alcalde
Near the Old Civil Hospital and 3 blocks from the Sanctuary of the Virgin of Guadalupe
Cancellation Policy

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

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Laurie_o
Aug 29, 2024
Authentic delicious experience - Making authentic corn tamales from corn purchased in the farmers market. Excellent recipe and fun time
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Trek14490916661
Aug 17, 2024
We recommend that tour! - It was a great event, we learned a lot about GDL and its history, going to the market and feeling th warmth of the culture and prepared then a marvolous meal!!! Enjoyed a lot!
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Robertohq9927ta
Jul 20, 2024
Must de Guadalajara - Incredible experience with Naomi, passionate about the culture of her city. I was very comfortable with her cooking and chatting. We visited the market too. If you are interested in food I recommend it 100%
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Trent_c
Jul 12, 2024
Perfect afternoon - It was a amazing time I would recommend it to anyone . She was really patient and sweet though out the entire process
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Audrey_h
Jul 10, 2024
Fun day of cooking - Had a great time. Noemi took us to the market to buy ingredients and have breakfast. We then spent most of the day cooking several dishes. Noemi was a great host and shared lots of information about her family recipes and Guadalajara.
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Jesseca_b
Jun 30, 2024
A fun and yummy way to spend a day! - My family thoroughly enjoyed this tour. It was great fun to have breakfast at the market and then pick out our food before we cooked it. Neomi was such a great hostess, ensuring all our needs were met. It was obvious she loves her city and was so happy to share it with us. What a wonderful way to spend the day. We highly recommend this tour if you are in Guadalajara.
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Michelle_g
Jun 13, 2024
Amazing Culinary Experience!!! - Do not miss this class! This was an incredible experience from start to finish! Naomi is a wonderful chef, tour guide and extremely knowledgeable regarding the cuisine and culture of Guadalajara. She greeted us with a warm welcome and shared so much history as we walked to a traditional marketplace to fetch the ingredients for our meal. Before we shopped she treated us to a lovely traditional breakfast (at one of the eateries inside the market) with panela cheese on toasted fresh bread and all the fresh squeezed juice we could drink. There were additional menu options of course, but we let Naomi recommend and breakfast was delicious and filling. We could have spent all day at the market alone! You definitely want to bring pesos if you want to purchase extra items to take home. The cooking area is an outdoor kitchen on a quaint and lovely patio at a historic hostel. We were given a choice to request certain dishes for the class, however we left it up to Naomi to decide and we were glad we did! Carne En Su Jugo was our main dish and it was incredible. All of the produce was so fresh and in season. She shared many tips and was extremely patient as she guided us to help prepare ingredients. We also made several different tequila cocktails and drank as many as we wanted! She is well versed in knowledge of tequila and its history. We also made rice pudding, traditional salsa and fresh tortillas with corn masa we got from the market. We learned her hand rolling technique and it was fascinating and easy! We were also showed how to use the tortilla press... (even easier), She was not only generous of her time but also gave me the remaining masa to take home and we all got aprons and a cute towel. I feel like we received great value as Naomi was not only was well versed as a chef but as a historical guide and even included a self-guided walking tour that you could do anytime on your own that was included with the class. Thumbs up all around from us!!!
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Scottf698
Jun 8, 2024
Wonderful immersive experience - What a great day! Calling it a cooking class really undersells the experience. Noemi loves her city and loves to share its history, culture and food from the moment you begin your walk to the market. You get to meet some great characters in the market as you buy ingredients and will learn some tasty recipes to bring home and show off your Mexican cooking skills.
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Resort509531
Mar 16, 2024
Traditional Mexican Cuisine Cooking Class - Our day with Noemi began with a tour in her neighborhood on our way to the market. We had breakfast at one of the cafes (including fantastic coffee), before shopping for our class. It was informative and fun, to be with Noemi as she made her way through the bustling market selecting items for her recipes. Back at the kitchen, she instructed us in the art of preparing several Mexican dishes, including mole, her family recipe, while explaining the history of this vibrant cuisine. A wonderful day.
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Franois_l
Mar 15, 2024
Noemi create a autentical experience - This activity is a great experiemce to visit and learn about Guadalajara people and mexican culture in a more autentical way. It's a good activity to do at any time of the year, I will enjoy to do it a second time with a other menu (lots of choices).
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