Private Market Tour & Cooking Class in Lima with Miraflores Hotel Transfers

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What You’ll Experience
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Duration
4 hours
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Number of Guests
2 - 8 guests
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English, Spanish, Italian
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Enjoy a vibrant market tour in Lima with Chef Sandro. Discover fresh ingredients, then cook classic Peruvian dishes in a hands-on culinary class, complete with hotel transfers from Miraflores.

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For each guest that attends this experience, byFood will donate
10 meals

Experience Details

Sandro will pick you up from your Lima hotel and whisk you away to Mercado n°1 - a bustling market where locals shop that is a feast for the eyes and senses! Enjoy an interactive market tour as Sandro introduces you to seasonal produce, flowers, spices and meat and teaches you about the seasonality of the ingredients, the history behind it, how it is used in traditional Peruvian cuisine and years of its fusion with different cultures. Return to Sandro's modern apartment in Miraflores for your hands-on cooking class with this gourmet chef. During your 2-hour cooking class, Sandro will help you better understand the techniques and seasonal ingredients used in cooking modern and traditional Peruvian cuisine from local produce. Learn to make an appetizer, main and dessert. After cooking, join Sandro and his wife at their dining table to try dishes such as ceviche or tiradito, traditional beef or pork stew, octopus with shrimp and causa (Peruvian layered potato dish) and a Peruvian dessert!

Sample Menu

STARTER
Snacks of seasonal vegetables and fruits or seafood
STARTER
Fish and seafood ceviche (marinated with lemon)
MAIN
Tacu tacu (rice, lentils served with a tender steak)

What You Get

Private transportation
Alcoholic beverages
Alcoholic Beverages
Miraflores hotel transfers

Good To Know

  • Sandro can offer vegetarian, vegan and gluten free meals on request. Please advise your host in advance if you have any dietary restrictions or allergies.
  • Sandro only offers transport from certain regions in Lima. So please check with him in advance.
  • Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
  • Public transportation options are available nearby
  • Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap

What You’ll Experience

Private market tour of this bustling market in Lima before returning to your host's modern apartment for your private cooking class. Sandro’s home is just 3 blocks away from the most famous eco market of Lima. Meet him at your hotel and then drive together to visit the Mercado Numero Uno. Local markets always gives you an essence of the city and its people, and Sandro will walk you through this diverse market to show you seasonal fruits, vegetables, flowers, spices, seafood and meat. While you pass through the numerous stalls, Sandro will teach you about the seasonality of the ingredients, history behind it, how it is used in traditional Peruvian cuisine and years of its fusion with different cultures. After your market tour, join Sandro in his modern, open plan kitchen, for an interactive, hands-on cooking class. Sandro will not just show you the recipes but will teach you to better understand the techniques and ingredients used to cook a traditional Peruvian dish. In your two hour cooking class, Sandro will share his years of professional experience of cooking Peruvian cuisine.

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Your host will pick you up from the concierge desk of your Miraflores, Lima hotel and drop you off at the end of your experience.

Cancellation Policy

Cancel your booking at least 24 hours before the experience start time to receive a full refund minus a 3.2% transaction fee.

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from  $411.57 
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Please note: The price varies based on group size. The time is in Peru Standard Time.
Free cancellation (24 hours notice)
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Earliest available date: July 27, 2025
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Please note: The price varies based on group size. The time is in Peru Standard Time.
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For each guest that attends this experience, byFood will donate
10 meals
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