Private Mexican Cooking Class

Immerse yourself in Mexican culture and cuisine with a gastronomic historian in Mexico City. Cook authentic dishes, learn cooking tips, and indulge in traditional flavors!

Duration: 3 hours
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • Mexico City - This is a unique opportunity to visit the home of a local and explore traditional culture and cuisine. Learn to cook authentic Mexican dishes with Lucía in this Mexico City cooking class. Lucía can cook a wide variety of Mexican dishes, from traditional family recipes passed down through generations of home cooks, to modern dishes using fresh, local ingredients. Cook together with Lucía and learn some of her favorite cooking tips and techniques. Note that Lucía can offer both a hands-on cooking class or a cooking demonstration in which you will watch Lucía prepare the dishes. Please specify what you prefer at the time of booking.
What's Included
  • Private cooking class with host Lucia, including a meal
  • All taxes, fees, and handling charges included
  • Enjoy both lunch and dinner
  • Gratuities are taken care of
  • Selection of alcoholic beverages
What's Not Included
  • Hotel pickup and drop-off
Meal Options
  • Nopalitos soup in bean broth, lima soup, tortilla soup, aztec soup
  • Albondigas en salsa de chile chipotle meco, - chiles en nogada, encacahuatado with chicken
  • Pork in verdolagas
  • Mexican white rice, red rice, or black rice with platano macho
  • Dulce de guayaba, dulce de mamey, flan de cajeta, or gollorias
  • Coffee or tea
Additional Information

During this experience, you will cook authentic Mexican dishes with your host Lucía in her spacious home kitchen and learn some of her favorite cooking tips and techniques! Lucía can cook a wide variety of Mexican dishes, from traditional family recipes passed down through generations of home cooks, to modern dishes using fresh, local ingredients. 

Your menu will be based on the season and might include dishes like potato leek soup, albondigas en salsa de chile chipotle mecos (meatballs in a smoked chili sauce), sopa de nopalitos (cactus paddles in bean broth), fideo soup (Mexican noodle soup), traditional moles (savory meat dishes cooked in spice and chili sauce) and chile en nogada (stuffed poblano chilies, smothered in creamy walnut sauce).

Don’t miss out on this wonderful opportunity to experience Mexican culture and cuisine firsthand!

  • Menu may vary depending on the season
  • If any travelers in your party have any allergies, dietary restrictions or cooking preferences please advise at time of booking
  • Vegetarian option is available, please advise at time of booking if required
  • Private, personalized experience
  • Please note, this is not a commercial cooking class, rather this experience is a visit into a Mexico City home to meet a local who is an expert cook, and share Mexican culture and cuisine together.
  • Minimum numbers apply. Lucia has a two guest minimum. There is a possibility of cancellation after confirmation if there are not enough passengers to meet requirements. In the event of this occurring, you will be offered an alternative or full refund.
Location
Santo Desierto
Lucia home is in San Angel. She lives on Santo Desierto which is off Calz. Desierto de los Leones. Please check the 'Before you go' section on your voucher for the exact address, the above only offers neighbourhood details, and not the exact address. That can be found upon booking confirmation.
Cancellation Policy

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

Customer Ratings
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Markhopf
Jul 19, 2024
Cooking with Lucia was a highlight of our week in Mexico City - We were a group of 6 adults that spent 7 days in amazing Mexico City and our afternoon with Lucia was a highlight of the week for everyone. Lucia welcomed us into her beautiful home, guided us through the process of cooking Chicken Mole from scratch, as well as making quesadillas and salsas. I highly recommend you consider Lucia for your Mexican cooking experience as well simply meeting a lovely local.
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Maxwell_b
Jul 12, 2024
Would recommend - A great class making some non traditional dishes with ingredients we’d never seen or heard of - beautiful home that was easy to Uber to from downtown Mexico City.
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Alex_j
Jul 11, 2024
Great cooking class! - We loved our day hanging out and cooking with Lucia. She was flexible with the menu, taught us so much and everything turned out great! Her home and garden are beautiful, and make a great place to enjoy the food that you cooked together.
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K1557ztjillians
Jul 1, 2024
Awesome experience! - My wife and I had an amazing time cooking with Lucia. She was warm and welcomed us to her home. We were running late and texted her and she informed us that it was a private class and to take our time getting there. We wound up making quesadillas, sopas, 2 different salsas, chile rellenos and a cactus dessert. It was all so delicious! We had fun banter with Lucia about food, family, etc. 100% would recommend!
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Rachel_n
Jun 20, 2024
Lovely and healthy Mexican cooking class with an expert! - I loved this experience - perfect way to kick off our Mexico City trip! Lucia did a wonderful job creating a diverse menu for us with high quality ingredients and conversation- we made salsa verde, quesadillas, stuffed peppers, and a guava dessert from scratch and enjoyed her beautiful garden over lunch. I will definitely be making the salsa again!! Probably the best meal we had in Mexico City :)
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758marenh
Jun 17, 2024
Book this class! - Cooking with Lucia was a great experience! I definitely recommend her class. We had amazing food in a beautiful home. She was also kind enough to help us find our way to the San Angel where there is a great market, restaurants and the Diego Riviera studio.
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Maren_h
Jun 16, 2024
A delicious experience - My mom and I always book a cooking class when we travel and this was top tier! I really recommend this class. It’s very fun and in a beautiful home. Lucia is wonderful and even helped us with getting directions to a near by market in San Angel. Book this class!!
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Nehal_t
Feb 22, 2024
Warm and welcoming host - Lucia is such a warm and wonderful person. She welcomed us into her home and it felt like cooking with an old friend. The dishes were delicious and we got to enjoy them in her beautiful garden. She is well traveled and very knowledgeable about Mexican cuisine. Highly recommend this cooking class!
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Scott_c
Feb 15, 2024
Delicious food, led by a wonderful host. - Our host was charming, and her knowledge of the food of Mexico was fantastic. We cooked wonderful food, and enjoyed meeting Lucia, and eating our delicious lunch on her lovely terrace, surrounded by flowers and orange trees. Five star experience!
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Zak_a
Feb 15, 2024
Amazing food - A wonderful cooking experience in a beautiful home. The food was excellent I highly recommend this experience to anyone in CDMX
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