Cooking Class in Quito with Chef, Market Tour and Transportation
Description
Andres (the owner) will meet you at your hotel, if your hotel is close to the market we will walk there, if not we will take my comfy SUV. Andres will first take you for a tour in the traditional Central Market and surroundings to hunt for fresh local products that you will use during your cooking class. Then you will head to the restaurant which is located in a beautiful Colonial house in the heart of Old Town Quito. During this tour, you will experience life as a local and will learn how to make 3 traditional dishes, which you can replicate back home. Get ready for a packed day filled with incredible sights, tastes, and smells. And at the end of it all, you will be able to enjoy the delicious meal you cooked. Highly recommended experience!
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What's included
Pickup Locations & Times
We can pick you up from a hotel in urban Quito. If you are staying in the Historic Center at a hard to reach area we will ask you go to a meeting point. If you are staying close to the airport please let us know and we can have you meet us at the JW Marriott or we can arrange for a pick-up service.
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Important Information
- Wheelchair accessible
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Service animals allowed
- Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
- Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
Reviews(232)
10/10 experience. My friend and I really enjoyed visiting the market, trying some different fruits. Then the cooking portion was so much fun! They gave us recipes I will absolutely be recreating for my family when I return home. The food was amazing and we got to take home what we didn't finish. Absolutely recommend!
Hi Mackenzie (cool name :) Thanks for the amazing review. Im so happy you had a blast during your cooking class experience. I really enjoyed touring the market with you gals and its great to hear you had a fantastic experience with the cooking class as well. Cheers!
This was an incredible time. Learned about Ecuadorian foods, toured a market and had an amazing cooking experience
Thank you so much for the great review. The whole gang had a great time with y'all. Hope you time in Ecuador was awesome. Cheers!
Very interesting tour of the market. Great experience in participating of making lunch, typical for Ecuador. Great people, great food.
Hi Jeff, thanks for the amazing review. It was great meeting y'all at the market and the ladies had a blast with the group at the cooking class. Cheers!
Very pleasant experience and full of discoveries! Our chef was very warm and educational. Thank you very much.
Merci beaucoup por tu reseña Evelyne. Fue un placer llevarles al mercado y me alegro que hayan pasado un día agradable con Magola en la clase de cocina. Magnifique :)
Our group of four were taken to the food market in the old city, and our driver, let us through the fruits and vegetables and other areas where exotic fruits and vegetables we’ve never tried or sampled as we bought the ingredients for our cooking class. We were delivered to a courtyard inside one of the old buildings where a lovely group of women taught us how to serve a proper Ecuadorian meal. We participated by dicing vegetables and going into the kitchen and seeing how the things were cooked we took notes on recipe sheets so we could have a souvenir to try at home. It was a lot of fun, very educational, and then we got to sit in the dining room and eat the food that we had prepared. It was a memorable day. The tour lasted about four hours, and it was worth every penny, the women who taught us were gracious, talented, and warm it’s a wonderful experience that I will cherish.
Hi Doris, thanks for the wonderful review. Im so happy you had a great time with me at the market and with the ladies at the cooking class. The whole gang had a blast with y'all. Cheers!
The hostess and chef was amazing and really interesting. Would highly recommend. Ceviche was lovely too!
Hi Peter thanks for the wonderful review. It was great meeting y'all and congrats on the recent nuptials :) Hope you had a safe return home and were able to see some of the highlights of the England match. On Sunday all Ecuador will be rooting for England!!! Cheers
We enjoyed our cooking experience with Chef Margola and Assistant Sylvia. They showed us each fruit or vegetable in its raw form, explained every step in each recipe, and allowed us to get "hands on" with some of the preparation. Best of all, we had a delicious meal at the end.
Hi Sophie, thanks for the wonderful review. I'm happy you had a great cooking class. Cheers!
Picked up at hotel (a bit late because of traffic but kept informed). Escorted round market with the very knowledgeable Andre and had delicious juice. Learnt so much about the local produce. Cooking class was lovely, not really possible to be very involved in the actual cooking because there were 4 of us preparing a joint meal, but still very informative. Very tasty nibbles, soup and something based on cornflour cooked on plantain like leaves. Fruit dessert. Highly recommended. All staff were superb
Hi guys thanks for the awesome review. It was a tough day with the traffic but we got through it and Im happy you had a great time with me at the market and with the ladies at the cooking class. Cheers!
Precise, personal and detailed explanation of how to make some traditional dishes. Fascinating visit to a local market. Everyone was very friendly and welcoming Lunch at the end was delicious.
Hi Kevin, thanks for your wonderful review! The whole gang had a blast with y'all. Hope you had a great time in Ecuador. Cheers!
We scheduled this experience for our first day in Quito, and we are so glad we did! Andres and Silvia were very hospitable, and they even went out of their way to help us navigate the city after the class. 10/10 😊
Hi Carly, thanks for the 10/10 review! I had a great time meeting y'all during the market tour. And the ladies had a blast with y'all. Cheers!
