Local Market and Peruvian Cooking Class with Pisco Sour in Cusco

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4 hours
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Max 12 guests
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English, Spanish
Location
Duration
4 hours
Group size
Max 12 guests
Language
English, Spanish

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This exclusive tour will take you to a local market in Cusco, then teach you about Peruvian cuisine during a hands-on cooking class in a modern cooking studio, located in downtown Cusco. At the market, you will get an introduction to the local variety of products and the diversity of ingredients used in the local cuisine. You will learn about Andean kitchens and about the variety of local products and the diversity of ingredients used in the local cuisine. Our professional Peruvian chef will show you how to prepare our HIGH VIBRATION MENU with Andean products. Come, take part in this “must do” activity during your stay in Cusco.
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Meals
All ingredients and meals (appetizer, main course, dessert)
Chicha morada
Cooking class with a professional Peruvian chef (English/Spanish-speaking)
Fruit Tasting
One Cocktail (Pisco Sour)
Alcoholic drinks (available to purchase)
Gratuities
Hotel pickup and drop-off
Choose lunch or dinner tour time (9am or 3pm) when booking. Meet at the San Pedro Central Market, the city's largest and most popular, filled with local products from all over Peru. Learn about endemic varieties of potatoes and corn commonly used in Peruvian cuisine. Begin your cooking class with a lesson on pisco sours, the national drink of Peru. You'll learn to make this famous Peruvian national drink and taste it as well. Afterwards, your culinary experience will begin. We will prepare our HIGH VIBRATION MENU always guided by our Peruvian chef.
STARTER
Ceviche Trio
The classic, The ancestral made with tumbo, The high vibration with kushuro (algae that grows in the high Andean lagoons), tarwi, and camu camu.
MAIN
Mashua Cream with Crispy Purple Corn and Crispy Alpaca
A delicate cream made from a superfood rich in antioxidants, accompanied by a gluten-free purple corn crisp that is rich in calcium and iron.
MAIN
High Vibration Stuffed Chilli Pepper with Garden Salad and Native Potato Cake
We reinvented this classic of Peruvian gastronomy by swapping in mushrooms and tender vegetables. It is served with a salad high in antioxidants.
DESSERT
Lucuma Gnocchi with Custard Apple Ice Cream and Peruvian Fruit Mix
A dessert using lucuma, combined with kiwicha flour in gnocchi, paired with ice cream, spicy chocolate, and Peruvian fruits.
Meeting Point

Mercado Central de San Pedro, Thupaq Amaru, Cuzco Cuzco, Peru, PE, 08002

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We will meet at San Pedro Market Door number 1.
End Point

This experience ends at the meeting point.

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976florrOctober 2026 • TripAdvisor
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A highly recommended experience !!!

We were on a gastronomic trip in Peru and this experience was one of the best we participated in Give it to a genius! Super efficient and friendly We will be back! Highly recommended

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Curious750763October 2026 • TripAdvisor
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Excellent

Dael you are great!!!! We had a good excellent experience!! Thank you

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fifraserOctober 2026 • TripAdvisor
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Absolutely a must !

Dael was an excellent market guide and chef. We all thoroughly enjoyed walking the market, sampling chocolate, cheese and local fruits , learning about produce and selecting items for our cooking class. The studio is about a 10 minute walk from the market and is on the top floor of a courtyard building. We made Pisco Sours from passion fruit juice and hibiscus syrup, which we sipped as we prepared ceviche , soup , stuffed peppers , individual cheese and potato pies and dessert gnocchi. We at...read more

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Swati_TOctober 2026 • Viator
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Fun and interesting culinary experience in Peru

Fun experience starting with the local market visit and introduction to local fruits vegetables meats and cheeses. The kitchen is well planned for teaching and entertaining, very beautifully designed. The cooking class starts with 3 kinds of ceviche Recipes taught. The chef was very friendly and taught us with good cooking techniques which helped us learn the recipes easily. Other recipes include soup, entrees and desert recipes. All the recipes were explained hands on and my husband and I e...read more

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Fiona_MOctober 2026 • Viator
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Fantastic gastronomic experience

We (a party of two couples) met Mauricio at the market and he took us around the various food stalls and explained all the unusual fruit and vegetables. Then we walked to the cookery studio which was very attractive and clean. We were all given aprons and then we made a Pisco sour cocktail followed by a three course meal which we helped prepare and cook. And of course we got to eat it!! The whole experience was 4 hrs long and we all thoroughly enjoyed it. Would highly recommend this session as a...read more

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