Mexican Culture: Authentic Culinary Experience

Immerse yourself in Mexico’s extraordinary food culture with a Mexican cooking class and market tour. Learn traditional dishes, explore local markets, and enjoy a four-course lunch.

Duration: 4 hours, 30 minutes
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Eje 3 Pte 191 - We will start your experience with a welcome “agua fresca” while learning about the history of Mexican cuisine.
    Then we will share with you detailed explanations of recipes and ingredients to be ready to head to the kitchen for a hands-on cooking experience.
    We will prepare street appetizers with two Mexican salsas, mextlapiques…
What's Included
  • Market Tour
  • All needed ingredients to cook menu
  • Professional Chef guide
  • Alcoholic beverages
  • Printed recipes
  • Four course lunch
What's Not Included
  • Gratuities
Meal Options
  • Mexican Street Appetizers - Sopes with two Mexican salsas (red molcajete sauce and green sauce)
  • Mextlapique - Tamale without masa, filled with vegetables and topped with an spearmint sauce.
  • White Mole - Made with a mixture of light-colored ingredients including white pine nuts, almonds, peanuts, sesame seeds, blonde raisins and chile guero.
  • Corn Bread - Served with hot chocolate (water based)
Additional Information

Deeply Connect with Mexican Culture
Join us for the Essence of Mexico, an authentic and immersive culinary journey that transcends traditional cooking. Master the art of preparing essential Mexican dishes with confidence, using local, sustainable ingredients, and relish the genuine flavors that define Mexico.
Delight in an unforgettable experience…

Location
Eje 3 Pte 191
Eje Vial 3 Poniente
Aura Cocina Mexicana, Medellín 191a (between Chiapas and Tapachula streets), colonia Roma Norte, Mexico City.
Cancellation Policy

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

Customer Ratings
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Raghav_n
Sep 5, 2025
Lorena was a wonderful... - Lorena was a wonderful guide for us through Mercado Medellin and led us through an immersive experience of sampling various items from fruit, tortillas, and even some insects! From there we had a wonderful time cooking our way through a 4 course meal where Lorena explained the history behind the ingredients that we were using and patiently guided us through all of the preparation, cooking, and baking. This was an unforgettable experience in CDMX!
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Murray_w
Aug 28, 2025
Pame is the MVP! - An absolutely incredible experience and a must do when in Mexico City! We had Pam (Pamé) as our host and she was incredible, very funny and hospitable and a great teacher! From the sope to the flan cake everything was so tasty! And the market tour with the bug tasting and the rest was so interesting! We would recommend this to anyone who comes to CDMX!
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Megangrant22
Aug 12, 2025
Amazing Local Cooking Class! - Our market + cooking class experience with Aura was fantastic. This woman owned spot is so special! From the moment you walk in, you feel so welcomed by the staff and the space. It's a beautiful place to spend the day, learn about local cuisine, and eat and drink. Our chef Pame was incredible. She knew so much about the history of Mexican cuisine. She was so much fun to cook with. One of the best cooking classes I've taken. I would highly recommend this experience to anyone visiting Mexico City.
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Heather_a
Aug 3, 2025
Fantastic Activity! - Our family had a fantastic time in this class! We learned a lot about typical Mexican foods and ingredients, really enjoyed visiting the market with a guide (they can feel pretty overwhelming otherwise!), and of course had a ball cooking up and eating a delicious 4-course feast. The facility is so charming, and the staff is engaging and wonderful. Take this class, you will not regret it!
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Elizabeth_l
Jul 15, 2025
Amazing experience eating Mexico!! - It’s amazing because you combine visiting the market knowing the vegetables and fruits that you later will cook and at the end you will eat all the delicious food that you cooked. Amazing experience. I highly recommend and the chef is awesome as well!!’
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Laurasn8597rd
Jul 14, 2025
Fun family cooking class - Everyone in our family had a great time. The instructor/ chef was fabulous and fun. Food was delicious. Would definitely recommend.
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Kirsten_a
Jul 9, 2025
Wonderful food adventure - This was a very special class which we enjoyed immensely. The market tour was fun and the actual cooking (and eating) was even better. Our chef led us through the most amazing journey of food and history. She was wonderful. Highly recommend this class for anyone who wants to learn a bit about Mexican food, and more importantly, anyone who wants to eat an authentic incredible meal.
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Megan_w
Jul 5, 2025
a CDMX must-do! - Chef Pame was an amazing host! I highly recommend this experience as a MUST do for CDMX! The food is incredible! I loved learning about Mexican food culture and history. Pame is very engaging and friendly. I loved the tour portion and visiting tortillarias was my favorite stop. I would definitely return for another class! It was fun to get to know some other travelers during the experience.
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Ashley_h
Jul 1, 2025
Highly recommend - This was an amazing experience and if I could give this experience a 5 star plus I would. Mariana was absolutely wonderful and made our day. She was so incredibly accommodating, kind, and shared her knowledge from her heart. Her assistant Jasmine was also great and had everything prepared for a smooth experience. The tour of the market was really informative as well. When we come back to Mexico City we will book another experience with this company and guide.
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P_l
Sep 14, 2025
Great class with one issue - The chef Mariana was great with explaining the ingredients and instructing throughout the class! I especially enjoyed the market tour. One suggestion would be to ensure everyone taking the class practices good hygeniene. I noticed a couple of people didn't wash their hands before touching tortillas that we all had to eat and one person had to be told to not put his tasting spoon back into the salsa. I'm really hoping no one gets sick.
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Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).