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Mexican Cooking Class: Authentic Home Experience
5.0
25 Ratings
Ciudad de México
Immerse yourself in Mexican culture through a private cooking class with a local host in Mexico City. Learn traditional recipes, enjoy a delicious meal, and experience Mexican hospitality.
Immerse yourself in Mexican culture through a private cooking class with a local host in Mexico City. Learn traditional recipes, enjoy a delicious meal, and experience Mexican hospitality.
Duration:
4 hours, 30 minutes
Cancellation:
24 hours
Highlights
- Mexico City - This is a unique opportunity to visit the home of a local and explore traditional culture and cuisine. Meet Margarita at her home on a typical residential street of Mexico Cityâs Tlacopac San \’ngel neighborhood. Start your experience in Margaritaâs garden, weather permitting, where you will enjoy a welcome drink and appetizers….
- Mexico City - This is a unique opportunity to visit the home of a local and explore traditional culture and cuisine. Meet Margarita at her home on a typical residential street of Mexico Cityâs Tlacopac San \’ngel neighborhood. Start your experience in Margaritaâs garden, weather permitting, where you will enjoy a welcome drink and appetizers. Then head to Margarita’s kitchen for your cooking class, during which you will learn to make 2-3 traditional Mexican dishes. Learn to make tortillas from scratch, which you might turn into quesadillas that you can snack on as you make your next dishes, a traditional soup such as creamy chorizo-bean soup or tortilla soup, along with a main dish such as chile rellenos or pork tenderloin in tamarind sauce. You will also learn to make Mexican rice, a classic side served with many main dishes in Mexico that involves toasting the rice and then cooking it together along with a variety of aromatic vegetables. Then sit down together to enjoy your meal at Margaritaâs dining table or, in warm summer months, outdoors in Margaritaâs garden. End your meal with a traditional rice pudding or a spicy chocolate mousse and coffee or tea.
What's Included
- Private cooking class with host Margarita
- Bottled water
- Alcoholic beverages
- Lunch or Dinner
- Gratuities
- Tea and coffee
- Private cooking class with host Margarita
- Bottled water
- Alcoholic beverages
- Lunch or Dinner
- Gratuities
- Tea and coffee
What's Not Included
- Transportation
- Transportation
Meal Options
- Sopes with beans and fresh guacamole
- Traditional Mexican soup such as tortilla or creamy black bean soup
- Stuffed chicken breast with queso and salsa verde
- Side of Mexican red or green rice
- Chocolate mousse, flan, rice pudding, or dulce de leche crepes
- Sopes with beans and fresh guacamole
- Traditional Mexican soup such as tortilla or creamy black bean soup
- Stuffed chicken breast with queso and salsa verde
- Side of Mexican red or green rice
- Chocolate mousse, flan, rice pudding, or dulce de leche crepes
Additional Information
Indulge in a private and authentic cookery session at a local residence with your hostess, Margarita. This opportunity is ideal for those wishing to immerse themselves in local customs through its culinary art. Your cooking instruction will be held in a home kitchen, where Margarita will guide you through the creation of 2-3 traditional Mexican dishes…
Indulge in a private and authentic cookery session at a local residence with your hostess, Margarita. This opportunity is ideal for those wishing to immerse themselves in local customs through its culinary art. Your cooking instruction will be held in a home kitchen, where Margarita will guide you through the creation of 2-3 traditional Mexican dishes drawing from her cherished family recipes. Upon completion of the cooking, you will relish your home-cooked meal in the inviting ambiance of Margarita’s Mexico City house and garden.
• Cooking instruction and dining experience in a local residence
• A primer on Mexican culinary arts and methods
• An entirely private undertaking
• Experience Mexican warmth in a residential neighborhood in Mexico City
• Provision for vegetarian and gluten-intolerant individuals
Location
Mitsubishi San Angel
Avenida Revolución
Meet your host at her home in Mexico City's Tlacopac San Ángel neighborhood. 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. Exact address can be found in your ticket upon booking confirmation.
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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(25 Ratings)
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Adriana_s
Mar 6, 2026
Great cooking class with... - Great cooking class with Margarita! We cooked 3 different dishes and they were all so good! The dishes were simple to make so definitely can make them at home as well.
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Saecamp
Feb 24, 2026
Great Experience! - My sister and I had a great time cooking with Margarita! She was kind, knowledgeable, and organized! The food we made was delicious and made from simple ingredients that we can find at home!
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E9281dsnikolak
Oct 29, 2025
A great day with Margarita - We had a great time with Margarita. She was very warm and welcoming and taught us a lot about Mexican food. We had a great time chatting while we cooked, and she knew a lot about the history of the food not just the techniques needed to prepare it, which we found very interesting.
She was very accommodating with the dietary requirements we had too (one vegan, one non-vegan). She had chosen recipes which were vegan, but could easily have some cheese or cream added if wanted. I think all of the food was gluten free too (not that we asked for it, I think it just so happened by chance). We made three courses in total: sopes, chiles rellenos with mexican rice, and poached guava. She had prepared some of the stuff already, such as cooking the mushrooms for the chiles filling, which was good as it helped us focus on the stuff that was new and it meant we had time to do all three courses.
She has a lovely, peaceful garden where we chatted and ate the food we made, and her husband even joined for the final part which was also very nice! We wholeheartedly would recommend the experience!
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Kena_p
Jun 16, 2025
Chiles Rellenos y Sopes! - Margarita was very communicative and made sure we knew how to get there. Margarita has a beautiful home. She sat down and talked with us before starting. She explained all the recipes at the beginning and everything was well organized. She gave us the information for each dish and everything was tasty. These are recipes we may not have tried on our own. My sister and niece have never tried a cooking class in someone’s home and agreed it was a unique experience! She had us promise to make the dishes at home and also gave us alternative ways to change the dishes up. We also received restaurant recommendations for Mexico City which we appreciated! We are ready to tackle the menu at home!
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Jenny_h
Apr 24, 2025
An amazing class - we’d recommend highly - Margarita offers a very good cooking class, with instructions in English & Spanish. She took time to make sure we both understood all the ingredients & steps to make an appetizer, a main dish with side item, and dessert. She explained different ways we could adapt the dishes to meet our needs when we return to our own kitchen. We particularly loved the sauces we prepared. We learned an entirely new-to-us way to make rice as well.
We dined al fresco on a lovely patio that felt like perfect oasis for our meal.
The class was relaxed & felt like being taught by a close friend or family member.
We recommend this class wholeheartedly.
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Marianne_b
Mar 23, 2025
An authentic cooking and cultural experience - This was an absolutely wonderful experience, and it added so much to an already great trip. The sights and sounds of Mexico City are amazing. Meeting and cooking with Margarita - in her beautiful home - added another dimension. Margarita is fantastic - welcoming, warm, friendly, a fantastic cook -- and an excellent teacher. Our group of five enjoyed everything about this experience . From seeing the lovely home of someone who is a lifelong resident of the City, and working with her to prepare the meal -- and finally to enjoying a delicious meal and interesting conversation. Margarita was genuinely welcoming and we felt like we were friends from the moment we arrived. She was extremely well prepared for our lesson, and shared numerous helpful tips for recreating our feast when we returned home. Highly, highly recommend!
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Kristi_w
Feb 6, 2025
An absolute must do! - We had a brilliant day with Margarita. We spent part of the day inside her lovely home and part in her beautiful garden. The space as a whole was cozy and welcoming. Her cooking instruction was excellent. I appreciated the menu of delicious food that was not overly complicated so that I can recreate the dishes later at home. Overall, I would highly recommend this experience and if I return to Mexico City I will do it again. Thank you Margarita.
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Happyhostess23
Jan 16, 2025
A delightful evening and food inspiration - I recommend Margarita's cooking class as an experience that was inspiring. She was full of suggestions about how we could make multiple Mexican dishes and adjust them to our family’s tastes and needs.
The Poblano Chili in the Chili Relleno can be stuffed with anything and does not have to be buried under a cheese sauce as is often the case in American restaurants.
She showed us how to make a green sauce and use the less spicy part of the jalapeño pepper to adjust to our spice level.
Our Sope appetizer, made with simple ingredients and baked, was fun to roll out and “decorate” with healthy ingredients.
The guava fruit dessert which required minimal preparation and wasn’t too sweet was a charming meal finisher.
Margarita is truly a food professional. Her kitchen was clean and she followed food preparation standards. We communicated with her about allergies and preferences before the class and she was very accommodating and flexible regarding our needs. We enjoyed cooking and our meal with her and came away with ideas for sharing what we learned in our own home.
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M7725vomarkb
Dec 8, 2024
Cook Wonderful Mexican Dishes with Margarita - Margarita shared approaches to cooking traditional dishes including salsa verde, sopes, chicken mole, rice, and a guava dessert. It was fun cooking with her and learning some of her variety of approaches and techniques. When she discovered we had frequently made salsa verde using the techniques she had planned, she switched things up and taught us a new way we hadn't used (which as delicious!). We had a great time cooking and eating with Margarita in her beautiful garden. Easily one of my favorite activities in our visit to Mexico City. Highly recommended and I hope to be back to cook with Margarita again.
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Rebekahlcrump
Nov 16, 2024
Préciosa! - I cannot say enough about this experience! Margarita was a gracious host, excellent English, very knowledgeable about food and Mexican culture. Her home is beautiful and inviting. We learned a lot and left after a delicious lunch - with take aways! This is a must experience! Well worth it! 💕
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