High-End Peruvian Cooking Class, Pisco Sour & San Pedro Market
Description
Be immersed in a fascinating journey through Cusco’s San Pedro Market, where you'll discover local and ancient ingredients, learn the stories behind them, and understand their influence on today’s world-famous Peruvian cuisine. Afterward, we’ll welcome you to our cozy cooking studio, located inside a colonial-era house just two blocks from the market. Here, you'll learn to prepare modern Peruvian dishes under the guidance of a professional chef. What makes this experience truly special is its intimate format. Unlike crowded cooking classes, we work with small groups to provide a personalized and interactive experience. You'll enjoy direct access to your chef, hands-on participation, and a deeper understanding of Peru’s culinary traditions. Combining a market immersion, a historic venue, and expert instruction, this experience offers an authentic and memorable perspective on Peruvian culture.
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- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Service animals allowed
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Minimum drinking age is 18 years
- Children must be accompanied by an adult
- Be able to walk within the market and to the studio (5 minute walk)
Reviews(452)
Christian was an excellent guide through the Cusco and then took us to his charming kitchen. We all participated in making a wonderful meal. He made the process seem easy to repeat once we return home.
We had an awesome expierence, “PurvIan Cooking with Chris”! His knowledge through the market, to the “hands on demo”, made for a great afternoon. The pace for the market tour and culinary instruction were both well thought out, and interesting! We enjoyed the three course luncheon, ceviche, risotto, style quinoa, and passionfruit style parfait, and of course the Pisco Sour was a total highlight of the day! We all agree, definitely a most fun and memorable activity, to be a true Peruvian for the day!
Great way to get to know the culture of a place. The market visit was fun and exciting and we saw and learnt about so many new things. The cooking session was brilliant - truly hands on - we actually did our own cooking - and Christian was the perfect guide and story teller…. Great way to get to know a country….
Honestly, I think it is not emphasized enough that the accompaniment is provided by a chef who trained at Le Cordon Bleu in Australia and who has his own restaurant in Lima! Not only does he know what he is talking about, but he has plenty of very nice anecdotes! Thanks again
My experience was amazing with the knowledge that chief had as he took us through the whole process of gathering the food from the market to putting it together
I would highly recommend this cooking class for families. Christian was so kind and knowledgeable. The food was really fresh and delicious. The space was lovely. A highlight in our trip so far!
We had such a great time with Chris! He gave us a great tour through the San Pedro market and answered all of our questions! He shared lots of knowledge about the local fruits/potatoes/cheeses and chocolates throughout our tour that were great to learn about. We then went back to the venue for the cooking class that was super cute and very clean! (definitely come hungry!) Chris keeps the groups small so max of 6-8, but we had a group of just 2! Everything ran so smoothly--we did the lunch option so we made a pisco sour (maracuya!!), ceviche, quinoa risotto and a DELICIOUS multi-fruit dessert! I really feel like we got to experience local cuisine in a really unique way. We ate together and chatted about our experiences and Chris asked about our trip and gave recommendations. He shared lots of information about the foods we were cooking and the recipes! Truly a wonderful experience and I'm so glad we had the opportunity! Highly recommend!! Thank you!!
Chris is an amazing chef. I had a great experience and had my best meal in Cusco. Chris is very knowledgeable and friendly. His English is perfect. Highly recommend!!
We loved our cooking class with Chris! He provided a wonderful, in depth experience, beginning in the local market. Chris explained the origins of many of the ingredients we used in our dishes, which we loved! The location of the class is in a beautiful historic building which fully enhanced our experience. The meal itself is delicious, and full of local ingredients. Chris does a great job of explaining how to prepare the dish, as well as why we are using certain ingredients and techniques. I could not recommend it enough!! Thank you for the wonderful time and delicious meal!
We had a wonderful, instructive and fun afternoon with Christian! I recommend to everyone (couples, families and people traveling alone) to have the best experience knowing the San Pedro market and deepening into Peruvian culture through local food and beverages.
