Palermo Viejo Cooking Class: Make Asado & Chimichurri

Cook Argentine food in a century-old bakery turned loft, then sit down to the meal you made

A 5-hour cooking class in Buenos Aires where you learn to make chimichurri, asado and other Argentine dishes in a professional kitchen, then eat the full meal you've prepared. The class includes a walking tour of Palermo Viejo (the neighborhood's history, street art, a wine tasting at a local shop, and a stop at an urban garden) before you return to cook and dine together. Guide, all food and drinks, and transport between stops are included.

Step-by-step itinerary

Explore Palermo Viejo and cook asado

• Meet guide in private home
• Learn to light grill and make chimichurri
• Visit neighborhood butcher for steak
• Hear history of Palermo Viejo neighborhood
• Stop at lively plaza for local history
• Learn about urban vegetable garden and compost center
• Walk down narrow pasaje with street art
• Admire street art on another pasaje
• Enjoy wine tasting with local charcuterie
• Pick wine bottles for meal

The experience

Five hours starts with you meeting the guide at a converted loft in Palermo Viejo. A space that was once a bakery, car repair shop, art gallery and sculpting studio, now a home with a professional kitchen, grill and wood-burning oven opening onto a garden. Before cooking begins, you learn to light the grill and make chimichurri, then walk out into the neighborhood to buy the main cut of steak at the butcher. The guide walks you through Palermo Viejo's transformation from a sleepy residential area into one of the city's trendiest neighborhoods, stopping at a central plaza that was converted into an urban vegetable garden managed by a local restaurant. The produce goes to neighborhood kitchens and the compost center serves the whole block.

You walk down narrow streets called pasajes where street art lines the walls and learn why these passages exist and how they shaped the neighborhood's origins. On weekends, one plaza hosts a fair that was ground zero for the neighborhood's creation. At a small wine shop, you taste local wine with charcuterie and pick bottles to go with your meal. Then you return to the loft to cook: making asado, chimichurri and other dishes in the open-plan kitchen while the grill and oven work outside.

The meal comes next: water, wine, beer, appetizers, first course, salad, main course, dessert and mate, all eaten together in the space where you cooked it. The guide speaks English or Spanish. Vegetarian options are available if you request them at booking. The class runs in all weather, and the loft is wheelchair accessible throughout.

What’s included

• Guide in English or Spanish.
• all food and beverages including water, wine, beer, appetizers, first course, salad, main course, dessert and mate.
• instruction in making chimichurri and asado.
• neighborhood walking tour of Palermo Viejo with stops at the urban garden, street art pasajes and a wine shop.
• wine tasting with charcuterie at the wine shop.

Before you book

Days and timesTuesday to FridayDeparts at 10:30

AgesAdult (18 and older) · Youth (11 to 17 years) · Child (6 to 10 years) · Infant (1 to 5 years): free

GroupUp to 10

Live guideEnglish and Spanish

Meeting point and pickupNo hotel pickup: you go to the meeting point. Ends back at the starting point.

Cancellation and refundsFree cancellation up to 24 h before the start. After that, no refund.It may be canceled due to bad weather. If that happens, you're offered another date or a refund.

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Good to know

Low physical effortWheelchair accessibleStroller-friendlyPets welcomePublic transport nearbyInfants must sit on laps

Operated by AsadoAdventure

Is this one for you?Small groups keep the class intimate and the kitchen from feeling crowded. You're cooking and eating with a handful of other people, not a tour bus. Book this if you want to learn Argentine cooking hands-on and eat what you make the same afternoon, with the neighborhood's history woven in as you walk.

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Top questions

What languages is the tour guided in?

Live guide in English and Spanish.

Can children come?

Yes. Ticket types: Youth (11 to 17 years); Child (6 to 10 years); Infant (1 to 5 years): free.

What happens if it rains?

It may be canceled due to bad weather. If that happens, you're offered another date or a refund. Free cancellation up to 24 h before the start.

What do I actually make during the cooking class?

You learn to make chimichurri and asado, along with other Argentine dishes. The guide teaches you to light the grill first, then you shop for the main steak at the neighborhood butcher before returning to the loft kitchen to cook the full meal you'll eat.

How much walking is involved in the neighborhood tour part?

The walking tour covers several stops across Palermo Viejo (a central plaza, narrow pasajes with street art, a wine shop, and the urban garden), but the pace is leisurely and built into the 5-hour class, with time to learn the neighborhood's history at each stop rather than rushing through.

Is wine included, or do I have to buy it?

Wine is included: you taste local wine with charcuterie at the wine shop during the neighborhood walk, and bottles you select there come with you to pair with the meal you cook and eat at the loft.

What if I'm vegetarian?

A vegetarian option is available for the meal. Let the guide know at the time of booking and they'll adjust the dishes you learn to make and eat.

Is the loft accessible if I use a wheelchair?

Yes, the loft and all its areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible, including the kitchen, garden and dining space.