Private Market Tour and Mexican Cooking Class with Jose & Luis

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Duration
4 hours
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Number of Guests
1 - 5 guests
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English, Spanish
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Join Jose and Luis for a private market tour and Mexican cooking class in Mexico City. Discover local produce, learn traditional recipes, and savor your creations with a refreshing drink.

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

Experience Details

Jose and Luis are a couple who were born and raised in Mexico City, and have a shared passion for food, cooking and entertaining. Over the years, they have enjoyed sharing their table with family, friends and strangers, by nurturing them with their food and stories. In this experience, you will walk through the market with your hosts and stop at their favorite stalls to meet the vendors, learn more about their produce and buy ingredients for your cooking class thereafter. Then you will don your aprons and learn to cook garnachas, molcajete salsa and sopa conde. After you cook, share the meal you helped prepare.


• Private, guided tour of Mercado 20 de Noviembre or Mercado Alternativo de Tlalpan

• Try your hand at traditional Mexican cooking, then sit to enjoy your homemade meal

• Learn to prepare 2-3 dishes, adapted by Jose and Luis throughout the years

• Enjoy a glass of horchata or mezcal or local wine included with the meal

• Lactose free, gluten free, vegetarian and vegan meals

Sample Menu

STARTER
Taco placero or Garnachas
MAIN
Sopa conde
MAIN
Chicken with mole negro
DESSERT
One glass of horchata or Mezcal or Local wine

What You Get

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Private market tour, cooking class and home cooked meal with Jose and Luis
Hotel pickup and drop-off

Good To Know

  • Jose and Luis can offer lactose free, gluten free, vegetarian and vegan meals on request. Please let them know in advance, while booking the experience online
  • If any travelers in your party have any allergies, dietary restrictions or cooking preferences please advise at time of booking
  • Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
  • Public transportation options are available nearby
  • Menu may vary depending on the season
  • Private, personalized experience

What You’ll Experience

You will visit the Mercado 20 de Noviembre on weekdays, a bustling traditional covered market with stalls for fresh produce, baked goods and local street foods. On weekends you will visit Mercado Alternativo de Tlalpan, walk through the market will your hosts and stop at their favorite stalls to meet the vendors, learn more about their produce and buy ingredients for your cooking class thereafter. After your market tour join Jose and Luis in their home kitchen for a hands-on cooking class where you will learn to make 3 dishes in 1.5 hours. Don your aprons and learn to cook garnachas (a traditional dish of fried corn tortillas), molcajete salsa (tomato salsa made using a mortar and pestle) and sopa conde (black bean soup). After you cook together, join Jose and Luis at the dining table to share the meal you helped prepare.

Meeting & Pickup

Meeting Point

Tlalpan Centro I, Ciudad de México, Mexico, MX, 14000

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Please meet at Jose and Luis's home in Tlalpan Centro. Exact address can be found in your ticket upon booking confirmation. Please check the 'Before you go' section on your voucher for the exact address, the above only offers neighbourhood details, and not the exact address.
End Point

This experience ends at the meeting point.

Cancellation Policy

Cancel your booking at least 48 hours before the experience start time to receive a full refund minus a 3.2% transaction fee.

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What People Are Saying
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Amazing way to taste exquisite food alongside great company!
May 23, 2024
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We had the most amazing private dinner with Luis and Jose. They came to our Airbnb, cooked a delicious multi course meal. It was all phenomenal! We thoroughly enjoyed our dinner with them and found...read more

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Great experience with Travelling Spoon
November 03, 2023
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We really enjoyed the class with Mariana, visiting the local market and learning to cook 4 dishes in a beautiful setting. Mariana was very accommodating to my allergies and designed a menu around s...read more

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Lovely evening with lovely people and delicious food!
June 24, 2023
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Our family of five (three young adult daughters and parents) had such an enjoyable experience with Geraldine and Mariana! The market tour was relaxed and informative, and their home and neighborhoo...read more

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