Private Market Tour and Mexican Cooking Class with Jose & Luis
Overview
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
What's Included
- Alcoholic beverages Alcoholic Beverages
- All Fees and Taxes
- Private market tour, cooking class and home cooked meal with Jose and Luis
- Hotel pickup and drop-off
Meeting Location
Tlalpan Centro I
14000 Ciudad de México, CDMX, Mexico
Detailed check-in instructions, including the exact address, are provided with your booking confirmation.
This activity ends back at the meeting point.
What To Expect
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.
Additional Info
- Confirmation will be received within 48 hours of booking, subject to availability
- Service animals allowed
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Menu may vary depending on the season
- If any travelers in your party have any allergies, dietary restrictions or cooking preferences please advise at time of booking
- 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
- Private, personalized experience
Frequently Asked Questions (7)
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Frequently Asked Questions (7)
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- For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the tour start time.
- If you cancel less than 24 hours before the tour start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
- Any changes made less than 24 hours before the tour start time will not be accepted.
- Cut-off times are based on the tour local time (CST).
- Alcoholic beverages. Alcoholic Beverages.
- All Fees and Taxes.
- Private market tour, cooking class and home cooked meal with Jose and Luis.
- Hotel pickup and drop-off.
There is no minimum age for this tour, so bring your wee one along for an adventure. This tour requires at least one adult to accompany children..
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Apr 2025Accessibility information for the Private Market Tour and Mexican Cooking Class with Jose & Luis is as follows:
- Service animals allowed
- Public transportation options are available nearby
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Oct 2026What's Included
- Alcoholic beveragesAlcoholic Beverages
- All Fees and Taxes
- Private market tour, cooking class and home cooked meal with Jose and Luis
- Hotel pickup and drop-off
Additional Info
- Confirmation will be received within 48 hours of booking, subject to availability
- Service animals allowed
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Menu may vary depending on the season
- If any travelers in your party have any allergies, dietary restrictions or cooking preferences please advise at time of booking
- 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
- Private, personalized experience
