PRIVATE Mexico City Cooking Class with Culinary Historian Lucia
Overview
Cook alongside a culinary historian and university professor, in her beautiful home in San Ángel - one of Mexico City's most charming historic neighborhoods. More than a cooking class, this private experience explores the history, traditions, and regional flavors behind Mexico's most iconic dishes as you prepare seasonal recipes together using fresh local ingredients. You'll enjoy a hands-on experience, family recipes, and an authentic home-cooked meal - an interactive, intimate dining experience that's very different from eating at a restaurant.
What's Included
- Alcoholic beverages Mexican beer or tequila
- Private hands-on Mexican cooking class in Lucía's home
- Authentic homemade Mexican meal featuring seasonal family recipes
- Learn traditional Mexican cooking techniques and culinary history
Meeting Location
Santo Desierto
Tizampampano, Ciudad de México, CDMX, Mexico
Detailed check-in instructions, including the exact address, are provided with your booking confirmation.
This activity ends back at the meeting point.
What To Expect
Cook authentic Mexican recipes in Lucía's beautiful home and garden in San Ángel while discovering family traditions passed down through generations. Enjoy a private, hands-on cooking class or live demonstration—your choice.
Learn from a culinary historian who teaches Mexican gastronomic history at local universities. Drawing on recipes passed down through her mother and grandmother, Lucía shares authentic techniques, seasonal ingredients, and the stories behind Mexico's diverse regional cuisines. Along the way, you'll discover cooking tips, ingredient secrets, and cultural insights you won't find in restaurants.
Perfect for couples, families, and friends, this private experience features a personalized menu based on your preferences. Vegetarian and other dietary requirements can be accommodated with advance notice. After cooking, enjoy the meal you've prepared together, paired with Mexican beer or tequila, in the peaceful setting of Lucía's home and garden.
Whether you're passionate about food or simply looking for an authentic cultural experience, this private Mexico City cooking class offers a memorable way to connect with local traditions through food.
Additional Info
- Confirmation is instant and will be received at time of booking
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- If anyone in your party has allergies, dietary restrictions, or cooking preferences, please let us know at the time of booking.
- Families are welcome! Children love helping Lucía prepare handmade sopes, tortillas, and fresh salsas from scratch using child-friendly cooking tools designed for young chefs.
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- For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the tour start time.
- If you cancel less than 24 hours before the tour start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
- Any changes made less than 24 hours before the tour start time will not be accepted.
- Cut-off times are based on the tour local time (CST).
- Alcoholic beverages. Mexican beer or tequila.
- Private hands-on Mexican cooking class in Lucía's home.
- Authentic homemade Mexican meal featuring seasonal family recipes.
- Learn traditional Mexican cooking techniques and culinary history.
There is no minimum age for this tour, so bring your wee one along for an adventure. This tour requires at least one adult to accompany children..
Apr 2025If a date or time is not listed on the calendar, it’s sold out or unavailable for another reason. Support cannot assist further if a date or time is not on the calendar.
If you find a date and time that works for you, book it NOW because things always sell out at this time of year.
Apr 2025Accessibility information for the PRIVATE Mexico City Cooking Class with Culinary Historian Lucia is as follows:
- Public transportation options are available nearby
Detailed check-in instructions – including meeting point address, Google map, and parking information – for PRIVATE Mexico City Cooking Class with Culinary Historian Lucia will be included in your confirmation email from City Balloon Tours. Please be sure to double and triple check your email address is correct at checkout so this important email makes its way to you!
Mar 2024Once your refund is processed, it usually shows on your card statement within 5–10 business days. The exact timing depends on your bank or card issuer.
Want it sooner? When you cancel, choose Receive a refund to my wallet instead. The credit is in your Wallet straight away and is applied automatically at checkout on your next booking when you’re signed in with the same email. You can see your balance any time in My Wallet.
If you paid part of your booking with Wallet credit, that part always goes back to your Wallet. Trip protection isn’t refundable.
Oct 2026What's Included
- Alcoholic beveragesMexican beer or tequila
- Private hands-on Mexican cooking class in Lucía's home
- Authentic homemade Mexican meal featuring seasonal family recipes
- Learn traditional Mexican cooking techniques and culinary history
Additional Info
- Confirmation is instant and will be received at time of booking
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- If anyone in your party has allergies, dietary restrictions, or cooking preferences, please let us know at the time of booking.
- Families are welcome! Children love helping Lucía prepare handmade sopes, tortillas, and fresh salsas from scratch using child-friendly cooking tools designed for young chefs.
