Top Cooking Classes in Mexico

Casa Sabor Cooking School ★ 4.8

Casa Sabor Cooking School in Tlaquepaque is the Calle Madero culinary studio, hands-on Jalisco classes for birria, mole, tortillas and tequila pairing.

Casa Jacaranda ★ 4.8

Casa Jacaranda is chefs Beto Estua and Jorge Fitz's home cooking school in Juarez on Milan, a market-and-table format with four rotating Mexican menus.

Seasons of My Heart ★ 4.8

Seasons of My Heart at Rancho Aurora in the Etla valley is Susana Trilling's long-running cooking school with the Friday market visit at Etla and a full-day.

Mercado San Juan Market Class ★ 4.7

Mercado San Juan Market Class in Guadalajara is the Mercado San Juan de Dios market-walk class, sourcing ingredients then cooking a Jalisco menu in a Centro.

Los Dos Cooking School ★ 4.7

Los Dos in Centro Mérida is chef Mario Canul's Yucatán cooking school continuing David Sterling's legacy, full-day Taste of Yucatán market-to-table classes.

Salsa Limon Culinary Workshop ★ 4.6

Salsa Limon Culinary Workshop in Guadalajara is the Calle Marsella culinary studio, hands-on Lafayette classes for salsas, guacamole and Mexican fundamentals.

Los Dos Cochinita Class ★ 4.6

Los Dos's cochinita pibil class in Centro Mérida is a chef Mario Canul session on pit-roasting, recado rojo and banana-leaf wrapping the canonical Yucatán.

Casa Crespo ★ 4.6

Casa Crespo on Jacobo Dalevuelta is chef Oscar Carrizosa's class, with a market walk at the Mercado Sanchez Pascuas and a Mixteca-region menu cooked together.

Mole and Birria Class ★ 4.5

Mole and Birria Class in Guadalajara is the Avenida La Paz home-cooking studio, hands-on mole negro and birria de chivo with traditional Tapatio techniques.

Eat Mexico Private Cooking Class ★ 4.5

Eat Mexico's Private Cooking Class is the Roma Norte hands-on Mexican class led by Lesley Tellez's team, with a market shop followed by a home-kitchen.

Mexican Home Cooking School ★ 4.5

Mexican Home Cooking School in Mexico City is the Coyoacan home class run by Estela Salas and family, a Tuesday-Saturday class that walks the Mercado de.

Casa de los Sabores Cooking School ★ 4.5

Casa de los Sabores is chef Pilar Cabrera's school upstairs from La Olla on Reforma, with market visits, mole-from-scratch lessons and a traditional Oaxacan.

Casa Cocina Cultura ★ 4.4

Casa Cocina Cultura in Centro Mérida runs small-group cooking classes on modern Yucatecan plates and hand-pressed corn tortillas inside a restored casa.

Mexico Soul and Essence Cooking Class ★ 4.4

Mexico Soul and Essence in Mexico City is the Condesa cooking class on Amsterdam Street, a half-day session on home cooking with hand-pressed tortillas.

Aromas of Mexico Cooking Class ★ 4.3

Cancun Food Tours' Aromas of Mexico class visits a local market, then cooks a four-course menu with stone mortars and clay pots at La Parrilla in Cancún.

Tortilla Workshop Tlaquepaque ★ 4.3

Tortilla Workshop Tlaquepaque in Guadalajara metro is the Calle Independencia class, hands-on tortilla and taco making with Jalisco salsas and birria.

Mérida Cooking Experience ★ 4.3

Mérida Cooking Experience in Centro runs Yucatecan home-cooking sessions, salbutes, panuchos and sopa de lima with hand-pressed tortillas and recados.

Casa de los Sabores Yucatecos ★ 4.3

Casa de los Sabores Yucatecos in Santa Lucía Mérida pairs a Mercado Santa Ana walk with a Yucatecan cooking session, recado rojo, papadzules and brazo de.

La Olla private mole class with Pilar Cabrera ★ 4.3

La Olla on Reforma also runs Pilar Cabrera's private mole classes upstairs at Casa de los Sabores, a 4-max session for the mole negro tradition end-to-end.

Teoxintle Mole Poblano Workshop ★ 4.3

Teoxintle's five-hour mole poblano workshop in Puebla takes ten people through roasting, grinding and cooking the thirty-plus ingredients that go into the sauce.

TipFive hours is the honest length of a mole from scratch, and the roasting stage is where most home versions go wrong.

Cook in Fiesta Cancún Cooking Class ★ 4.2

Cook in Fiesta's Cancún class seats up to five guests in a local home kitchen for four hours of tortillas, guacamole, quesadillas and salsas, with margaritas.

Tequila Tasting Class ★ 4.2

Tequila Tasting Class in Guadalajara is the Avenida Mexico La Tequila restaurant tasting workshop, a Tapatio class on blanco, reposado and anejo categories.

Casa Crespo Afternoon Cooking Class with Market Visit ★ 4.2

Casa Crespo's Afternoon Cooking Class with Market Visit is the 4.5-hour Tuesday-to-Saturday session that includes a market walk and a no-set-menu group menu.

Teoxintle Chile en Nogada Workshop ★ 4.2

Teoxintle runs a four-hour chile en nogada workshop in Puebla for twelve people, covering the capeado, the criollo walnut cream and why the dish only exists in season.

TipThe workshop tracks the nogada season rather than the calendar, so dates cluster between July and September each year.

Salsas and Aguas Frescas Class ★ 4.1

Salsas and Aguas Frescas Class in Guadalajara is the Avenida Pablo Neruda Tapatio kitchen workshop, hands-on salsas and traditional Mexican aguas frescas.

Tours en Puebla Clase de Cocina Poblana ★ 4.1

This Analco class in Puebla cooks mole poblano, chiles en nogada and pipian in three and a half hours, then walks out to the sweet street and a Talavera workshop.

TipClasses start at 10:00 from Tuesday to Sunday and need booking at least a day ahead, with a two-person minimum.

Pozole and Sopa Class ★ 4.0

Pozole and Sopa Class in Tlaquepaque is the Calle Independencia Tapatio kitchen workshop, hands-on pozole rojo, sopa de tortilla and Mexican soup techniques.

El Sabor Zapoteco (Reyna Mendoza) ★ 4.0

El Sabor Zapoteco in Teotitlan del Valle is the long-running Zapotec cooking school, with a hands-on kitchen for mole, tortillas pressed on the comal and pan.

Eat Mexico Puebla Cooking Class ★ 4.0

Eat Mexico runs a hands-on Pueblan cooking class in the Historic Centre of Puebla, taught by a local cook rather than a visiting chef, alongside its market walking tour.

TipBook the class and the Taste of Puebla walk on separate days: the market tour makes far more sense before you cook.