Private Tour
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3 hours
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A unique culinary experience in Mexico City exploring modern Mexican cuisine. Together you will prepare a meal that showcases a contemporary take on classic Mexican dishes. Enjoy the meal together in your host's charming home in San Angel.
- Enjoy a hands-on cooking experience in a cozy Mexico City home kitchen with expert chefs
- Private 1.5 hour cooking class in Mexico City, in a beautiful family home in the upscale neighborhood of San Angel
- Learn to cook Mexican sopes with chorizo and quesadillas
- Enjoy an authentic Mexican meal you helped prepare, served with dessert and local drinks
- Gain insights into Mexican cooking from award-winning chefs in an intimate, relaxed setting
- Perfect for food lovers, aspiring chefs, and anyone interested in mastering authentic and contemporary Mexican cuisine
Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
Public transportation options are available nearby
Vegetarian option is available, please advise at time of booking if required
Please advise any specific dietary requirements at time of booking
Please note: this is not a professional cooking class, rather than an experience to visit an authentic, local home to meet a local person and share the culture and cuisine together.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
This is a unique opportunity to visit the home of a local and explore traditional culture and cuisine. The experience will take place at Geraldine’s beautiful family home in the upscale neighborhood of San Angel. Join Mariana and Geraldine in their kitchen for a hands-on Mexico City cooking class, where you will learn to make 2-3 of the dishes you will be eating later. You can expect to be cooking for 1-2 hours before you share the meal you helped prepare over conversation with your host. You might learn to make Mexican sopes with chorizo and chicken, quesadillas stuffed with zucchini flowers and fresh Oaxaca cheese, or spicy salsa and fresh guacamole. A note, Mariana and Geraldine can teach you to prepare the complete menu or just a few dishes, depending on the time you have. So please let them know your preference while booking.
starter
sopes (savory corn cakes)
main
Quesadillas stuffed with zucchini flowers and fresh Oaxaca cheese
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Fresh and spicy salsas
dessert
Caramel flan
All taxes, fees and handling charges
Private cooking class in a Mexico City home
Local alcohol
Home-cooked Mexican meal
Hotel pickup and drop-off
7 reviews
Total reviews and rating from Viator & Tripadvisor
2connien,,Dec 7, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
Mariana, Geraldine and assistants were welcoming and very knowledgeable. Unfortunately we arrived late due to traffic and didn't have time to do the market tour. However, We enjoyed learning about and helping to make the traditional salsa, sopes, rice and cochinita pibal. the best part was enjoining the meal together outside and chatting about Mexican culture and our travels. Everything was delicious and capped off with Geraldine's extraordinaryl flan.
Peter R,,Nov 28, 2025
- Review from Viator
It was lovely to be hosted by such a friendly pair in such a lovely home. It was truly a family meal!
354rosemaryk,,Oct 22, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
Mariana is exceptionally friendly, with a thorough knowledge of Mexican cuisine, and excellent explanation skills (in English!). Geraldine's home and the nearby plaza are stunning and a delight to visit. We had difficulty finding the correct door, and Mariana walked the neighborhood to find us. Beyond the call of duty! Our dinner conversation was terrific, and informative. Her kitchen helpers were very nice and very thoughtful. A truly unique and worthwhile experience.
314mimip,,Jul 22, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
What a fun experience! We took the market tour and cooking class and had a blast! Geraldine has an absolutely beautiful home where we learned to make salsa, rice, pibil, and sopes. After meeting at the house, we walked to the market where we learned about different vendors, products, and ingredients. We then returned to the house, prepared our meal, and enjoyed a really lovely lunch in the garden. Mariana and Geraldine were very accommodating to my picky family, which was greatly appreciated! We also picked their brains for restaurant and site-seeing recommendations and they were happy to oblige. Overall this was a great family experience and I am so glad we booked! Mariana and Geraldine are absolutely lovely, knowledgeable, and entertaining. This was a perfect break from all of the more traditional tourist experiences! Highly recommend!
cameronmS4537TX,,Dec 2, 2024
- Review from Tripadvisor
Mariana and Geraldine hosted us for an amazing night, and we would 100% recommend them to anyone looking to learn a bit more about Mexican cuisine or even just for a fun night of good food and good company! Mariana provided a ton of historical and cultural knowledge as they took us around the market. To have a local show you around immerses you in a way that just isn't otherwise possible (be sure to stop at the tortilla stand for the best fresh off the press tortilla you will ever eat)! We were then welcomed into Geraldine's home and kitchen, taught to make several unique authentic Mexican dishes, and sat down for a lovely meal with two very talented and interesting hosts! All in all, would definitely recommend to anyone on the fence about this experience. Be sure to give yourself time to travel to their place, as it is a bit out of the main touristy parts of the city.
adrianbK1122VJ,,Sep 13, 2024
- Review from Tripadvisor
We had a great experience with Mariana and Geraldine. They were very nice and professional. It was fun walking through town and the market, as well as learning a little history of San Angel. The house where we cooked in was absolutely beautiful! The actual cooking experience was also a lot of fun. Definitely a more laid back experience as if you were cooking with family or friends. We helped create a simple, but delicious meal! You can tailor your meal to your preferences. It was very interesting learning about Mariana and Geraldine's cooking background. I would highly recommend checking out, and ask them go through their cooking book(s). Overall, just a very nice and chill evening.
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