Cozumel Traditional Family Kitchen: Discover and Cook Authentic Mexican Dishes

Join a Traditional Family Kitchen in Cozumel to learn and cook authentic Mexican dishes. Taste homemade food, explore a local market, and enjoy a family atmosphere.

Duration: 4 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Mercado Municipal - Start your tour by meeting with your guide in the local market of the Island. Follow them through the market´s aisles and stalls of different local products while listening to the origins of some of the most used fruits and vegetables in our region. At the same time the guide will be grabbing the fresh ingredients needed to…
What's Included
  • Cooking session at the home of the local family
  • All ingredients to cook your meal (variety of dishes)
  • Lunch
  • Snacks
  • All the cooking equipment needed during the preparing process
  • Digital recipe book
  • Drinks (water, fresh water, traditional Mexican drinks, margaritas and beer available)
What's Not Included
  • Tips
  • Transportation to and from cruise ship or hotel
Meal Options
  • Guacamole
  • Different Mexican salsas
  • Different prepared vegetables, Nopales, Pico de Gallo, Squash
  • Quesadillas with handmade tortillas
  • Meat prepared in Pibil style - Group chooses between Chicken, Pork, or Fish to make this authentic Pibil style dish
Additional Information

Ideal for food lovers wanting to learn and taste real Mexican cuisine. Learn to make authentic Mexican dishes in the kitchen of a local host. Enjoy the homemade food prepared by you. Stroll through the traditional market while our Culinary host takes you shopping and explains about ingredients used to make different types of Mexican dishes. Relax in a…

Location
Mercado Municipal
Calle Doctor Adolfo Rosado Salas
The meeting point is in the Mercado Municipal Benito Juarez, where the big grouping of seats and tables are, right in the middle of the locations that sell cooked food. You will see the "Eating area" as your coming down the street of Aldolfo Rosado Salas between streets 20 Av. Sur and 25 Av. Sur.
Cancellation Policy

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

Customer Ratings
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Nov 7, 2024
A must do- taste of authentic Mexico and hospitality 🇲🇽 - The best excursion on our 5 day trip! An amazing way to connect deeper to the culture, the community all while preparing an amazing meal together! We would do it again! We highly recommend. Tania & Sergio are amazing!!!! We can’t stop talking about it! Thank you both! They even went and grabbed us a shareable pastry (even though she prepared a dessert) because they found out I had a birthday the day before! 🤗
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N8096isdawnc
Oct 29, 2024
Fabulous non-traditional excursion! - This was a truly amazing experience! We were an hour early for our meeting time, but Kevin arranged for Tania to come get us early, since we were the only ones on the excursion. She explained all the foods at the market and how to choose the right ones. We stopped and bought some pottery, which she advise was cheaper than at the port shops - and it was, about 1/3 of the cost! Then we went to Rancho Alejandra, where we did a tequila tasting with Manny, local organic tequilas. Neither of us were excited about tequila, but every one of them was so much better than what we are used to commercially. We ended up bringing 5 (+1 free) home between the two of us. Finally, Tania took us to the traditional family kitchen and made a ton of dishes, with us assisting. I can’t remember them all, but they were delicious. My favorite was the fried plantains, topped with shredded queso bola, crema, and sugar - not at all what we expected, but a scrumptious combination! In addition to the tequila tasting, we had a cazuelita margarita and a mango margarita, both of which were very good’s Tania was an amazing hostess and chef, super friendly and engaging. Highly recommend to anyone who wants to get away from the traditional touristy excursions and into some of the culture of Cozumel!
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Re
Sep 21, 2024
Book this tour! Tania will take care of you! - The tour was amazing! My mom and I went and she loved it so much she wished he had brought more of the family! Tania was an amazing guide! She took us around the market to buy the fresh fish and vegetables! Literally everything was so fresh! We made pico de gallo, guacamole, a zucchini dish, a traditional dish with pumpkin and tomatoes, and a mahi mahi entree! There’s other protein options if you don’t like fish! Tania was so kind! An amazing host!
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Global41600622315
Aug 29, 2024
Tania and Sergio were absolutely amazing and would 100% return when we come back to Mexico! - We did it on our cruise stop and we couldn’t have asked for a better day! Tania and Sergio gave us clear directions and we made a stop at a Tequila ranch before we got to cooking. Truly an authentic cultural experience.
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Sunshine66828879230
Jul 28, 2024
fun cooking class, small group - we had a great time , going to the local market to buy all the ingredients to cook our lunch. good drinks and food , more than we could eat and drink. fun, relaxing day in cozumel.
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Michael
Jul 10, 2024
Tons of great food, drink, and friendly company—and oh yeah, we also learned to cook! - We took this cooking class as an excursion when our cruise landed in Cozumel. Sergio and Tanya made this a great experience—they made us feel comfortable, Tanya is a wonderful cook, and Sergio definitely kept the margaritas (two kinds) and cerveza flowing! They were very generous with their time and their food. My one piece of advice to other people taking this class is to pace yourself, because the salsa and guacamole were so good that I was full before we even made the main dish! If you are in Cozumel, definitely take this class!
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Passenger640156
Jul 6, 2024
They picked use up at our hotel and we went to the local market to buy the food for our meal and cooked - This is the most amazing tour!! We have done the family cooking twice and it’s absolutely fabulous!! Tami’s and Kevin were amazing highly recommend
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Trip639748
Jul 5, 2024
Great Family Kitchen Experience - Our family of nine people all loved this experience - even the 4 teenagers. Tanya and Sergio met us at the market. After asking a few questions about our food preferences, Tanya shopped and showed us around the market. Very interesting. We then hopped in their two cars and made a stop for a little taquila tasting to start the day. We moved on to Tanya's house where the chopping and cooking began and we tasted absolutely delicious food for the next 2 hours. She and Sergio made us feel so welcome and were delightful company the entire time. I absolutely recommend this for all the foodies out there and for anyone who wants an experience in a Mexican home.
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Jonlr5784il
Jul 1, 2024
Fabulous time in Cozumel - We were nine of us, ranging from 12 to 79 years old, and joined by two others from another ship. We were met at the central market by Tania and Sergio; both spoke excellent English and were both delightful company. First we watched as they bought ingredients from vendors in the market...the real thing, not a touristy sham. Then we helped prepare the ingredients and watched as Tania prepared a delicious lunch, explaining everything as she went along. Sergio meanwhile mixed delicious margaritas and other drinks for us while we ate, and when finished, they took us back to our cruise ship. A wonderful experience, enjoyed by everyone in our party, from the youngest to the oldest!!! Cannot recommend enough!
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Laurie
May 17, 2024
Tania was great! Her style of cooking was so informative and easy to understand and the food was Delicious! Try it! - Tania was so skilled at Mexican cooking sharing her buffet styles of preparing the dishes. True Mexican cuisine involves different spices and combinations of food that create a blend of delectable delight! We recommend this tour for sure!
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From $79
up to 10 guests
2 Adult
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).