Cusco

15 Best Cusco Cooking Classes

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1.Peruvian Cooking Class Cocktails and Market in Cusco

Explore Cusco’s flavors with a hands-on cooking class, market tour, and cocktails. Learn to make authentic Peruvian dishes and drinks for an immersive experience.

Most Popular★ 5.0

“Had a great time going thru the markets and picking up food. Learning about the traditions of the marketplace. It was a hands on experience making two cocktails and three dishes. Jesus was amazing and added his chef flare to the dishes. Everything was amazing…”

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2.Cusco Cooking Classes and San Pedro Market Tour

Discover authentic Peruvian flavors with a 4-hour hands-on cooking class in Cusco, including a market tour, traditional dishes, and cultural insights.

★ 5.0

“Dael was wonderful and very informative. We learned a lot about local produce at the market. The cooking class was also excellent. My husband is a trained chef, and even he found it informative. We made so many types of delicious food using local ingredients.…”

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3.Cusco: Peruvian Cooking Class, Cocktails & Local Market Tour

Discover authentic Peruvian flavors with a cooking class, market tour, and cocktails in Cusco. Learn local recipes, explore San Pedro Market, and enjoy delicious food.

★ 4.9

“We had such a great time! It was a very authentic experience and we could tell that our guide was doing the cooking class with his heart. He is also a chef for many years and could tell some great stories :)”

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4.Fully hands-on High End Peruvian Cooking Class & San Pedro Market Guided Visit

Discover authentic Peruvian cuisine with a hands-on cooking class and San Pedro Market tour in Cusco. Learn from professional chefs and create a gourmet meal.

★ 5.0

“Luigi was engaging and made the class fun. We loved the local foods, and the market education regarding the food. Made it interactive, ended up going out after with the rest of people in the class! Super fun!”

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5.Hands-on Peruvian Cooking Class & San Pedro Market Visit in Cusco

Discover Cusco’s flavors with a hands-on Peruvian cooking class and market tour. Learn to make authentic dishes with a local chef in just 4 hours.

★ 5.0

“Personal cooking experience. Luigi is a great chef with a lot of information about local produce and Incan culture. Loved the your of the mercado and then making pisco sour, ceviche, alpaca with potatoes and fresh fruit dessert. What a fun afternoon!”

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6.Bean to Bar Chocolate Workshop in ChocoMuseo Cusco

Experience Cusco’s cacao roots firsthand with this hands-on bean-to-bar chocolate workshop. Learn, create, and savor your own chocolates in 2 hours.

★ 5.0

“This was an excellent workshop and a lovely way to spend a couple hours learning about the chocolate making process. It was great fun, very relaxed and even better was making the different flavours of chocolates to take home with you. Thoroughly recommend this workshop.”

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7.Peruvian Cooking Class and Local Market in Cusco

Discover Cusco’s flavors with a 4-hour guided market tour and cooking class. Learn traditional Peruvian dishes, taste local drinks, and enjoy a hands-on culinary experience.

★ 5.0

“Wow! This class exceeded my expectations. Dael was amazing. Such a fun, educating, delish time. I can’t recommend enough. A must do!”

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8.Local Market and Peruvian Cooking Class with Pisco Sour in Cusco

Experience Cusco's vibrant San Pedro Market, learn authentic Peruvian cuisine, craft Pisco Sours, and enjoy a personalized cooking class for $59.

★ 5.0

“This cooking class was an absolute highlight of our trip. Dael was amazing! He was so knowledgeable and it was really great to learn more about Cusco and the culture from a local! The cooking class was fantastic and we discovered lots of new flavours…”

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9.Market Tour & Traditional Peruvian Cooking Class in Cusco

Discover Cusco's flavors with a guided market tour and hands-on Peruvian cooking class, perfect for food lovers seeking authentic local cuisine.

★ 5.0

“This was such a fun cooking class we enjoyed both the trip to the market and the cooking class. Ronald was amazing! He was knowledgeable, friendly and same relent host. Food and drinks were excellent!! Highly recommend!”

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10.Traditional Peruvian Cooking Class and Market Tour in Cusco

Discover Cusco’s vibrant markets and learn to cook authentic Peruvian dishes with a private, hands-on class led by a knowledgeable chef — full of flavor and culture.

★ 5.0

“I hope I’ll be able to say how PERFECT this experience was! Ronald is super knowledgeable, friendly, funny and patient! The market tour was super interesting, the ingredients fresh and so delicious, the cooking was fun and in a relaxed atmosphere! If you are looking…”

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11.Group Cooking Class at Marcelo Batata in Cusco

Experience authentic Peruvian cuisine hands-on with a small-group cooking class in Cusco. Learn, cook, and taste with expert chefs for an unforgettable cultural journey.

★ 5.0

“What an amazing afternoon hosted by Jose who is knowledgeable and good fun ! His market and cooking space is first class - I learnt so much about the history of Peruvian. Food, tasted fruits that only grow here and with great guidance cooked and…”

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12.Group Cooking Class in Cusco with Pisco Tasting

Join a small-group cooking class in Cusco to learn Peruvian dishes, taste Pisco, and enjoy a lively, hands-on culinary experience for $99.

★ 5.0

“José was the absolute best chef to learn from at our cooking experience. He is very fun and knowledgeable. We really enjoyed learning from him about the Peruvian culture and food.”

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13.Cooking Class and market tour with a local chef

Experience authentic Peruvian cuisine with a guided market tour and hands-on cooking class in Cusco. Learn local recipes, enjoy fresh ingredients, and cultural insights for $56.

★ 5.0

“The market tour was very insightful, we could try local fruits and cheeses and the food we prepared (in our case veggie ceviche, saltado and stuffed peppers) was delicious, as was the pisco sour. Had a great time, would recommend this to anyone who can…”

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14.Cusco Cooking Class – Bilingual 12:00 -1:30 pm

Join this authentic Cusco cooking class to make ceviche, lomo saltado, and a passion fruit Pisco cocktail, all in a friendly small-group setting.

★ 5.0

“Jose and his team gave us an amazing experience by showing us how to make Ceviche and other local dishes which were absolutely delicious! They even gave us some insights and history of Peruvian cuisine and made it super fun! Would highly recommend this experience…”

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15.Bilingual Cooking Class with Pisco Cocktail in Cusco

Discover the flavors of Cusco with a lively bilingual cooking class, learn to make ceviche, lomo saltado, and enjoy a Pisco Chilcano in a small group.

★ 5.0

“Super moment avec le chef Juan qui était extra ! Dynamique, très sympa, on a adoré ce cours ! 2h passées à une vitesse folle, ceviche, lomo saltado et Pisco. Merci on recommande !”

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More Cusco Cooking Classes

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