Medellín Market Tour, Cooking Class and 3-course Mexican Feast

Discover Mexican cuisine with a market tour, cooking class, and 3-course feast. Learn, cook, and savor authentic dishes in an unforgettable culinary adventure.

Duration: 6 hours
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • Av Nuevo León 4 - Understand and enjoy Mexican cuisine more than ever with this market tour and cooking class!

On your ninety-minute tour of Roma’s Mercado Medellín, you’ll learn how ancient Mesoamerican ingredients and techniques shape the Mexican cuisine we know today, and why the Spanish conquest of Mexico in the 16th century changed the way people eat both here and in Europe forever.

Then, back at the beautiful La Condesa home of your chef/ guide, you’ll make all your favorite dishes from scratch using fresh ingredients. Prepare to get your hands dirty, as in just 3.5 hours, you’ll rustle up tamales, mole and tortillas. Dietary requirements will be accommodated, and small-brand Mexican beer and soft drinks will keep you hydrated.

Finally, you’ll enjoy the delicious fruits of your labour at a picture-perfect table laid with local linens and artisanal tableware. Reflect on the day’s experience over dessert and finish with a cup of Mexican wine and/ or mezcal.

What's Included
  • Dinner
  • Recipes by email after the class
  • Mexican beer, wine, and mezcal for those over 18
  • Traditional local soft drinks for others
What's Not Included
  • Gratuities
Meal Options
  • Tamal verde/green tamal or tamal de elote/ fresh corn tamal (please choose one) - Traditional corn flour tamal with a tangy green tomatillo filling or lesser-known fresh corn tamal with a smoky red chipotle topping.
  • Mole poblano, mole verde or mole manchamanteles (please choose one) - Classic spicy but sweet mole poblano with chocolate, fresh, light green mole with crisp leaves or decadent manchamanteles with tasty tropical fruit.
  • Fresh corn tortillas
  • Dessert
Additional Information

Experience Mexican food like never before with a market tour and cooking class! Learn about the ancient and colonial roots of the dishes you love, prepare them from scratch and feast like an emperor!

This is one of the most complete culinary experiences we’ve seen in Mexico City. Many places offer either market tours, classes or tastings, and they teach you how to make a single dish or a couple of related dishes. With us, you get the best of all worlds, as first, your guide will give you a comprehensive overview of the history of Mexican cuisine, then, you’ll prepare an entire menu that consists of multiple courses and sides, and finally, you’ll learn about and taste lots of local drinks. Not only does this represent great value for money, it also makes for an experience that’s the highlight of many of our guests’ time in Mexico!

We can happily plan for most dietary requirements, but unfortunately strict kosher is not possible at this time.

Location
Medellín Market
Campeche
We'll meet at the corner of Medellín and Campeche streets. That side of the market has a big Mercado Medellín sign and a canopy, so feel free to wait for your guide in the shade!
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

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Ryanfj5604ru
May 28, 2024
A must take for cooks of all abilities - The class was amazing and informative! The food came out great and I learned a lot about the fundamentals and history of Mexican cuisine. Jim is a great teacher and tailored the class to the crowd really well!
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Jonathan
May 28, 2024
Delicious experience - Jim was an excellent guide through the market and the class was very fun! The history of the cuisine paired with just how delicious it was, was an exceptional treat.
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K2308vrkevint
May 28, 2024
Experiencing Food - Jim is extremely knowledgeable and a lovely host. Our group was able to choose an experience and set of dishes that we were most interested in cooking. The experience is much more personable than the usual food tour and felt more like catching up with an old friend over an incredible meal.
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Ltp-bcc
May 7, 2024
5 stars from start to finish - A great day out with Jim , meeting at the Mercado and having the history, origin and the marriage of foods explained. Extremely interesting and a very knowledgeable young man with a passion for history and foods. Fluent Spanish, with English as his native language. Back to his kitchen and hands on, messy and thoroughly enjoyable making Tamal verde - a traditional tamal available on lots of Mexico City street corners with a filling of shredded chicken/ Swiss Chard and cheese and tangy green tomatillo sauce. Second course was, Manchamanteles - With a name that translates as ‘tablecloth stainer’, Manchamanteles is a decadent central Mexican mole that gets its sweetness not from chocolate, but from generous chunks of fruit such as pineapple, plantain and nectarine. Each of these moles is served with chicken and rice he’ll teach you to make fresh corn tortillas for mopping up any leftovers! Drinks along the way makes for a great day. Home style, personal and a small group that just worked well. Couldn’t recommend this cooking class highly enough. Cheaper in price than some, smaller group that others but delivers in spades. Thanks Jim 🙏
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Eileenpo2602cx
Apr 18, 2024
Take this class - you’ll be glad you did! - Jim’s market tour & cooking class was amazing! He was so knowledgeable, sharing wonderful info about Mexican cooking thru the ages so we could better understand how the dishes we were making came to be (tamales, mole, tortillas) and how they went together with our different drinks and yummy dessert. Jim was a wonderful market & cooking guide, not to mention an awesome host. Can’t wait to take another class w/him on my next visit to CDMX!
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Arielg654
Mar 27, 2024
Authentic Mexican experience - Jim’s cooking class at his place was an unforgettable experience! We learned how to make delicious authentic Mexican dishes, enjoyed them right after and had a wonderful diner with some drinks. He is a great host
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Z5928jwdanielt
Mar 22, 2024
Outstanding cooking class and unique experience - Jim was an excellent guide and chef. I appreciated his depth of knowledge and conversation throughout the experience. I left with a wider worldview about Mexican (culinary) history. Would definitely recommend to anyone who is looking for something unique, memorable, and a whole lot of fun!
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Mary
Mar 12, 2024
Great cooking class - After cooking the meal, I appreciate it the fact that it was the best food I had all week. Jim was from Oxford and very informative knowledgeable and nice. I wish hit some of the clay pots for sale and the beautiful wine that he served.
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