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Mexican Cooking Class: Authentic Home Recipes
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931 Ratings
Cabo San Lucas
Embark on a culinary adventure in Cabo San Lucas with a Mexican cooking experience and market tour. Discover the vibrant flavors, aromas, and spices of Mexican cuisine while immersing yourself in the local culture and history. Perfect for cruise ship passengers!
Embark on a culinary adventure in Cabo San Lucas with a Mexican cooking experience and market tour. Discover the vibrant flavors, aromas, and spices of Mexican cuisine while immersing yourself in the local culture and history. Perfect for cruise ship passengers!
Duration:
4 hours, 30 minutes
Cancellation:
24 hours
Highlights
- Cabo San Lucas - Chef Issi and his family will welcome you to their restaurant in downtown Cabo San Lucas. From there, they will guide you on a tour of various local spice and grocery markets within the downtown neighborhoods, where you’ll gather the ingredients needed for the day’s recipes. Chef Issi will enlighten you about the food culture,…
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Cabo San Lucas - Chef Issi and his family will welcome you to their restaurant in downtown Cabo San Lucas. From there, they will guide you on a tour of various local spice and grocery markets within the downtown neighborhoods, where you’ll gather the ingredients needed for the day’s recipes. Chef Issi will enlighten you about the food culture, local lifestyle, and history.
After collecting the ingredients, you’ll head to the Chef’s home. Once aprons are on, you’ll begin creating different salsas and recipes from scratch to complete your Mexican feast.
Learn to make a Margarita (Cookin’ Cabo style) and savor it alongside the fruits of your labor.
Experience all of this in a warm Mexican family atmosphere.
All cooking classes can easily accommodate vegetarians, vegans, and those who are gluten-free.
What's Included
- Guidance from a professional chef
- Delicious lunch included
- Selection of beverages
- Guidance from a professional chef
- Delicious lunch included
- Selection of beverages
What's Not Included
- Gratuities
- Hotel pickup and drop-off
- Gratuities
- Hotel pickup and drop-off
Meal Options
- MOLE POBLANO - On Monday this is our main dish, all made from scratch with more than 25 different ingredients to cook the king of the Mexican sauces
- Tamales - On Tuesday you will learn to prepare the dough, the leaves to wrap, and the stew within the tamales, just like Chef’s grandma.
- Beef Birria in red adobo sauce - On Wednesday you will enjoy the…
- MOLE POBLANO - On Monday this is our main dish, all made from scratch with more than 25 different ingredients to cook the king of the Mexican sauces
- Tamales - On Tuesday you will learn to prepare the dough, the leaves to wrap, and the stew within the tamales, just like Chef’s grandma.
- Beef Birria in red adobo sauce - On Wednesday you will enjoy the best and more tender beef tacos, you will learn top prepare the sauce to season (adobo) and the tortillas
- Sea Food and Paella - Thursday is for Baja style sea food and Paella
- Pork Tacos - Friday is for Al Pastor or Carnitas Tacos, Salsas and Tortillas
- Antojitos Mexicanos - On Saturday we will cook Mexican munchies: Gorditas, Sopes, enchiladas, Quesadillas and more.
- Home made corn Tortillas - Daily, in all classes of the week you will learn how to make your own tortillas at home
- Salsas and Guacamole - Everyday, all our classes will tech you how to make different types of guacamoles and salsa
- Margaritas (Cookin’ Cabo style) - Our own winner recipe for Margaritas, Salud !!
Additional Information
Post exploring the Local Markets for fresh ingredients, indulge in an immersive Cooking Experience where you get to discover the tastes, smells, herbs, and the lifestyles, traditions, and history of Mexico as well as its savory familial cooking. This Mexican culinary workshop is completely engaging and is crafted for the purpose of imparting ‘hands-on’…
Post exploring the Local Markets for fresh ingredients, indulge in an immersive Cooking Experience where you get to discover the tastes, smells, herbs, and the lifestyles, traditions, and history of Mexico as well as its savory familial cooking. This Mexican culinary workshop is completely engaging and is crafted for the purpose of imparting ‘hands-on’ learning of authentic household recipes that are beloved and often prepared for family gatherings and friends. This is an excellent selection for cruise ship passengers.
- Children must be accompanied by an adult
- Comfortable walking shoes are recommended
- Minimum numbers apply. There is a possibility of cancellation after confirmation if there is not enough passengers to meet requirements. In the event of this occurring, you will be offered an alternative date or full refund
- Please let us know if you have Allergies, Food Restrictions or Mobility issues.
Location
Mercabo Gourmet Street Food
Ignacio Zaragoza
Please ask your taxi driver to drop you off at "MERCABO GOURMET STREET FOOD RESTAURANT" on Calle Ignacio Zaragoza 121, between Niños Heroes and Lazaro Cardenas street (a few steps of "Estacionamiento Aramburo")
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
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Deb_f
Feb 26, 2026
Great experience! Worth the $! - Great experience! I’d highly recommend. We had the best time and learned far more about the area than just how to cook a great paella.
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Jana_d
Feb 26, 2026
Best experience! - Very friendly and amazing food! Highly recommend this to anyone as a group or solo!!!!
The food drinks and music were perfect
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Vickie_a
Feb 26, 2026
Wonderful experience - The people there were so helpful. All the food was incredible. The whole experience was delightful. Would do it again.
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Don1puck
Feb 26, 2026
A Great Experience! - The class was by far the best we’ve attended! Hands on instruction with quality ingredients and the food was delicious! Small class size, live music, and unlimited margaritas add to the experience. It’s a very clean, safe, friendly and authentic environment. We will be back!
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Jkx8680ja
Feb 24, 2026
Love this! - We had a great time! This is ran by a family and they love every minute of what they do. First is shopping for the ingredients, then showing/helping them do all the steps to prepare the meal. Today was my second time cooking to cook and will be back again.
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Gloria_h
Feb 24, 2026
Highlight of trip to Cabo! - Fun experience. This is our third time to book-always a highlight of our trip. Izzy (chef) never disappoints! We look forward to next Cabo trip and fourth visit for more Cookin in Cabo!
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Sarah_m
Feb 23, 2026
Worth the Time - The hosts were great! They really knew what they were doing and were very efficient. The food we made turned out delicious and I learned a few new things.
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Joyce_b
Feb 20, 2026
Amazing cooking class experience! - Amazing cooking class experience! We loved the Chef “Easy”- very nice and provides such a fun experience . The food he/ we made 5 stars !!!! This exceeded our expectations! Highly recommended if you are in Cabo
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456fieldings
Feb 17, 2026
A fun and delicious experience - The experience was lots of fun. The good was excellent, Carolina made it enjoyable and the music added a lot. We had done the class previously and found the repeat just as much fun.
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Emily_d
Feb 17, 2026
Eat Your Heart Out - Really nice to go see real markets in the town before coming with the ingredients the group picked out. Great staff, super fun atmosphere, delicious food.
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