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Cooking Class & Market Tour in Cuenca: Discover Local Cuisine with Organic Products
Discover our regional dishes and naturally grown products. We’ll tour and buy a few things at the ‘10 de Agosto market’ in our locality. After that, we’ll move to a residential home and start preparing our dinner!
Discover our regional dishes and naturally grown products. We’ll tour and buy a few things at the ‘10 de Agosto market’ in our locality. After that, we’ll move to a residential home and start preparing our dinner!
Duration:
4 hours
Cancellation:
24 hours
Highlights
- General Torres 5-14 - The Ecuadorian cuisine and it’s many different flavors and mix of ingredients is the main reason we have opted to offer you a great learning experience. Although its gastronomy is considered to be one of the most forgotten of South America the country has nothing to envy Peru which one of the most recognized cuisines in the…
- General Torres 5-14 - The Ecuadorian cuisine and it’s many different flavors and mix of ingredients is the main reason we have opted to offer you a great learning experience. Although its gastronomy is considered to be one of the most forgotten of South America the country has nothing to envy Peru which one of the most recognized cuisines in the world.
Our first duty is to visit the “10 de Agosto” local market to handpick the ingredients that will be needed for our lunch. There’s nothing better than handpicking ingredients which are commercialized by the local farmers and vendors of the region. This will give an added flavor to our home-cooked meal! We will now proceed to visit a welcoming local family that will invite us to their kitchen where we will begin our class. The chef will lead you to step by step into making our meal into perfection. Whether it’s a \
What's Included
- Hotel pickup and drop-off
- Tour Guide/Driver
- All taxes, fees and handling charges included
- Market tour
- All cooking ingredients provided
- Lunch included
- Tea and coffee served
- Hotel pickup and drop-off
- Tour Guide/Driver
- All taxes, fees and handling charges included
- Market tour
- All cooking ingredients provided
- Lunch included
- Tea and coffee served
What's Not Included
- Gratuities
- Gratuities
Meal Options
- Locro de papas - The most typical soup of the Ecuadorian highlands made with potatoes, cheese, and avocado.
- Quinoa Soup - One of the very important indigenous foods made with quinoa, cheese, milk, onions, garlic.
- Empanadas de Viento - Fried cheese empanadas until crispy and served sprinkled with sugar.
- Seco de Pollo - Chicken slowly stew cooking…
- Locro de papas - The most typical soup of the Ecuadorian highlands made with potatoes, cheese, and avocado.
- Quinoa Soup - One of the very important indigenous foods made with quinoa, cheese, milk, onions, garlic.
- Empanadas de Viento - Fried cheese empanadas until crispy and served sprinkled with sugar.
- Seco de Pollo - Chicken slowly stew cooking in a sauce of onions, garlic, peppers, tomatoes, herbs, and spices.
- Fritada - Fried until crisp cubes of pork served with Llapingachos (grilled mashed potatoes), corn, and salad.
- Vegetarian and Vegan options - Available under request.
Additional Information
- Vegetarian or Vegan option is available, please advise at time of booking if required
- Vegetarian or Vegan option is available, please advise at time of booking if required
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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934robinsonc
Jul 28, 2025
A very nice experience to do it with your partner - A very peculiar experience, my partner and I loved it. Pedro took us through the 10th of August market and we experienced shopping, and for the kitchen we moved to the house of Monse, certainly an experience that I would repeat again and I recommend it to all who want to enjoy the culture and experience of Cuenca
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Scovinator
Jul 22, 2025
A True Cuenca Experience! - From the moment we entered the car, Wilson’s authenticity and verve for sharing information and Cuenca charm was obvious. He has such an incredible knowledge-base and we thoroughly enjoyed his explanations as we shopped at the Mercado in preparations for our class. We were warmly welcomed by our hostess, Monserrath, and in the beauty of her wonderful home, we learned to make a variety of traditional Cuencan foods. And the meal! Wilson excelled at translations to support our line of cooking questions and Monserrat made sure that we understood measurements and techniques. We finished the day informed, full, and utterly charmed. Thank you both for your kindness and knowledge! We will never forget this outing!
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Answerisyes
Jun 17, 2025
Excellent experience!! - This was a highlight of our time in Cuenca! Colorful bustling market to buy ingredients, then to a lovely home to learn how to prepare delicious traditional Ecuadorian dishes. Highly recommend!!
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Onair63157119010
Mar 24, 2025
We had a wonderful time! - My husband & I loved it! Our guide Wilson was very knowledgeable about the area, and the different types of foods and their tastes and medicinal properties. He took us through the market and we had the cooking class in a private home! He was very kind, and the meal we learned to make was incredible! We would highly recommend this to our friends & family!
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A1255yfscotts
Feb 16, 2025
Excellent Cooking Class. Great Value - Excellent Cooking Class with great friendly guide and Chef. My wife and I enjoyed the informative shopping experience in the Mercado plus being in the chefs beautiful home. Highly Recommended!
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Cjmg1786cu
Jan 17, 2025
Traditional Ecuadorean Feast - My wife, sister and I thoroughly enjoyed our cooking class. Our English speaking guide and translator Wilson took us on an informative tour of Mercado 12 de Abril to acquire the ingredients. Our hostess Monserrate was very gracious and generous. She made us feel at home, taught us a lot and served us a great meal. We will be adding these recipes to our repertoire.
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Joepd739
Jan 13, 2025
Very nice - Both the guide and the lady who taught us how to make a two typical ecuadorian dishes were great people. Would recommend!
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Prontoconte
Dec 4, 2024
Charming personal experience! - Had a delightful and informative experience walking through a local produce mercado with Wilson, a professional guide who knows his territory. We were shopping for ingredients for lunch and I learned about the many special foods native to Ecuador.
We were welcomed into Monse’s home to make a local meal. She is a good home cook and I was invited to help with preparing some of the ingredients. For me the best part of travel is getting to know the people, and even better to share a meal. Thank you for a special and intimate view of a modern local family. The world becomes smaller when we find common ground!
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Jungunl2024
Aug 26, 2024
Opportunity to learn the southern home style of Ecuador - The one who gave me the Guide, Louise, had a deep knowledge of the cupcakes, and the one who led the classes, Monsen, taught me her own home cooking recipe. Personally, it was a very interesting time and I would recommend it to other Koreans. You can go to Korea and have a lot of fun using familiar ingredients that you can eat personally.
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Daydream65807978402
Jul 25, 2024
Best cooking class! - Monse and Wilson were Top-rated! The cooking class was spectacular. Wilson took us to the market where we could choose the ingredients for the recipe we were going to prepare, and then Monse explained how the dishes were made and some other details. We highly recommend it and would definitely do it again!
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