Casa Crespo ★ 4.7
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.
Hands-on cooking classes in Oaxaca that teach you something you will actually make again at home.
Classes worth booking
Casa de los Sabores Cooking School ★ 4.7
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 kitchen.
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 class.
Casa Crespo Afternoon Cooking Class with Market Visit ★ 4.6
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 choice.
El Sabor Zapoteco (Reyna Mendoza) ★ 4.6
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 de yema.
La Olla private mole class with Pilar Cabrera ★ 4.7
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.