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Cancun Cooking Class: Learn Traditional Mexican Cuisine with Market Tour
4.7
187 Ratings
Cancún
Immerse yourself in the vibrant flavors of traditional Mexican cuisine with a Cancun cooking class. Explore the local market, learn authentic recipes, and use traditional kitchen tools to create a delicious 4-course meal.
Duration:
4 hours
Cancellation:
1 day
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Highlights
- La Parrilla Cancún - Experience the local market with your chef-guide and pick up some fresh ingredients.
Cover your senses with colors, aromas, and sounds of the Cancun local markets’ activity.
Stroll around through the different food sections with their variety of herbs, vegetables, meat, and seafood.
Find piñata shops, tortillas Factory (from corn flour to table-ready), pottery, clothes, and some souvenirs.
What's Included
- Lunch included
- Complimentary carbonated beverages
- Tea and coffee provided
- Comfortable in-vehicle air conditioning
- All fees and taxes covered
- Make your own Margarita experience
What's Not Included
- Roundtrip transportation from Riviera Maya has an extra cost of $20 usd per person
Meal Options
- Fresh Local Fruit - Select local fruit with your own hands from the local market. Follow the simple, yet useful tips of our professional chef-guide!
- Guacamole - Simple, yet difficult to accomplish to perfection, learn how to prepare this avocado and pico de gallo appetizer.
- Refried beans - As good Mexicans, beans go well with everything!
- Handmade tortillas - The secret behind most Mexican dishes, learn it’s preparation and why is so important.
- Sopes - Thick corn base with different toppings.
- Enchiladas - Rolled up chicken tacos drowned in green or red sauce topped with cream, cheese, and onion.
- Margaritas - Do we need to describe it?
- Arroz Con Leche - Traditional dessert made with rice, milk, vanilla, cinammon and sugar. Learn our special secret ;)
Additional Information
Experience a personalized, step-by-step culinary tutorial to whip up a full 4-course Mexican feast!
Gain insight into the effortless technique to achieve the authentic taste of Mexico in all your home-cooked dishes.
We’ll reveal the strategies to master Mexican cuisine (covering the most quintessential Mexican recipes, techniques, and culinary equipment) even if you’re an amateur cook.
Embark on a tour of the local bazaar with your culinary guide and purchase fresh produce as you navigate the various food stalls featuring a multitude of herbs, vegetables, meat, and seafood.
Explore piñata stores, tortilla mills (from maize flours to dining table-ready tortillas), ceramics, apparel, and pick up a few keepsakes.
Throughout our Cancun Mexican Cooking Class and Local Market tour, you’ll work with traditional kitchen equipment like the molcajete (stone mortar), comal (flat cooking surface), and earthen pots, culminating in the enjoyment of the 4-course banquet you contributed in preparing, paired with refreshments.
Location
Carr. Cancún - Tulum 5
Carretera Cancún - Tulum
City Hall, Goverment's office
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
4.7
(187 Ratings)
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Mb851
May 10, 2024
Market and Cooking Class - Our tour was everything I hoped for and so much more. Diego showed us around the market pointing out fruits and veggies we might not be familiar with. He explained which peppers become others when dried. For example a jalepeno when dried is a chipotle pepper. After picking out the ingredients we needed, we went to the restaurant where we learned to make guacamole, corn tortillas, Enchallidas, sopas, and arroz con leche. At the end of the tour Diego emailed us all of the recipes. If you are looking for a unique experience where you can learn something to take home with you I 100% recommend this tour.
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Sarahbsedge
Apr 20, 2024
Very nice trip. A fun time in the market. Cooking was very approachable and everyone was very friendly. - Very fun and tasty! I would recommend highly to anyone interested in cooking and trying local foods. Diego was a great tour guide and teacher
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Brian
Apr 16, 2024
Highly recommend - Diego was a great guide and helped us prepare delicious meals, plus we got to drink a margarita or drink of our choice while eating our guacamole…would highly recommend this tour
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Jsanders4243
Mar 21, 2024
Fantastic cooking class, local market tour, and dining experience - This was the second tour we did through Cancun food tours, and was just as great as the first one. Nassim, our tour guide and chef, picked us up with Alex at our hotel, and took us to a local market. There we toured the market, learned what to look for with ingredients, and got to go behind the scenes of fresh tortilla making. We picked up tomatoes and other produce, got back in the van, and headed to a separate restaurant location where we were able to cook several different dishes: guacamole, a tostada, enchiladas, and a quesadilla. All of the dishes were made from scratch with super fresh ingredients. After cooking, we ate, and got to talk to the other members of the tour.
This is not a short event. The market, tour, cooking, and eating took almost four hours, and helped fill up the day. The tour included one free drink, but we were free to buy additional drinks. This restaurant was gorgeous and the staff were amazing.
We love cooking while on vacation, and getting to cook with local ingredients with the locals in the way they do makes all the difference. We learned quite a lot and Nassim knows quite a lot as both a tour operator and a chef.
Would highly recommend for the whole family. Everyone gets involved.
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66katiej
Mar 13, 2024
Definitely book this! - Wonderful morning activity! I was traveling on my own and really enjoyed this informative group trip through the market and cooking demonstration. Leo was a great driver and Diego was an awesome guide!
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Jorgerfield
Mar 5, 2024
Great Fun - G and Alex were great! Class was fun, informative, and entertaining, would definitely recommend. Can't say enough good things about the experience.
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Leonard_j
Mar 2, 2024
Worth the time and money! - We had a great time at the fruit/ meat market, at the cooking class and of course, tasting the fruits of our labor. Everything was delicious and we got the recipes! Highly recommend.
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Holly_d
Mar 1, 2024
Fun and tasty 😋 - Great host, delicious food (and margaritas!), nice group of fellow adventurers, and overall wonderful experience. Looking forward to making these dishes again when I get home!
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William_m
Mar 31, 2024
Great experience - Pros
- Pickup was timely and the transportation was good.
- the cooking class was in a family restaurant. Made our own tortillas, learned tips for guacamole, and much more.
- Diego was an excellent guide, fun and knowledgeable.
- food was good
Cons
- stopping at all the hotels was a bit frustrating and added an hour with other guests not being ready. Not really the tours fault. Just be on time people.
- The market was interesting, but we could have had more information on fruits, veggies ,etc.
- not as much food as indicated. Eat a good breakfast before the tour. We didn't really eat until 2pm.
Overall a great experience and would do it again.
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Wendistarr_b
Mar 23, 2024
Basic but fun - I always love Market 23, and G was a good instructor, but we didn’t get any recipes to take home. The restaurant where we had the class was interesting.
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