Cusco Cooking Class: San Pedro Market & Four-Course Menu

The four courses you cook are built from Peruvian tubers, native potatoes and local fish you choose at the market first.

A 4-hour cooking class in Cusco where you visit San Pedro Market with a professional Peruvian chef, select fresh ingredients, then prepare a four-course tasting menu in the studio—ceviche, mashua cream, stuffed chili pepper, lucuma gnocchi, and Pisco Sour included. Offered in morning or afternoon sessions; children welcome from age 9. A live guide leads the class in English or Spanish.

The Experience

The class starts at San Pedro Market, where the chef walks you through the stalls to see what goes into each dish you'll cook later. You move past fresh vegetables and fruits, past the handicrafts and souvenirs, picking out the ingredients—native potatoes, mashua tubers, local fish—that will become your lunch or dinner. The market is where Cusco cooks shop, so you're seeing what the city actually eats, not a tourist version of it.

Then you move to the cooking studio. The chef teaches you to make a Passion Fruit Pisco Sour first, then move through the four courses: a ceviche trio (the classic with red onion and cilantro, an ancestral version with tumbo, and a high-vibration version with kushuro, tarwi and camu camu); a mashua cream with crispy purple corn and alpaca meat; a stuffed chili pepper with a native potato cake gratin made from three types of local potatoes and local oregano cheese; and lucuma gnocchi with custard apple ice cream and a mix of Peruvian fruits. All ingredients are provided, and you eat what you make. Soft beverages come with the class.

The morning and afternoon options let you choose when you want to cook and eat. Children from age 9 can join. If you have any dietary restrictions, let the operator know when you book so they can adjust the menu.

What’s included

• All ingredients and meals you prepare.
• soft beverages.
• hands-on cooking instruction with a professional Peruvian chef.
• the Passion Fruit Pisco Sour.

Good to know

Public transport nearbyInfants must sit on laps

Operated by Cusco Culinary

Is this one for you?Book the morning session if you want to cook and eat lunch, or the afternoon if you prefer to prepare and enjoy dinner. Both fit the same 4-hour window; the choice is which meal time suits your day in Cusco.

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Top questions

What is San Pedro Market like, and do I pick the ingredients myself?

San Pedro Market is Cusco's main market, filled with fresh vegetables, fruits, and local goods. You walk through it with the chef, who shows you the ingredients that go into each dish you'll cook later; the chef guides the selection so you understand what you're choosing and why.

Do I need cooking experience to take this class?

No cooking experience is required. The professional Peruvian chef teaches you hands-on in the studio, walking you through each of the four courses step by step.

What exactly do I cook and eat in the four-course menu?

You prepare a Passion Fruit Pisco Sour, three versions of ceviche, a mashua cream with crispy purple corn and alpaca meat, a stuffed chili pepper with native potato cake gratin, and lucuma gnocchi with custard apple ice cream and Peruvian fruits—then you eat everything you make.

Is the morning or afternoon class better for my schedule?

Both morning and afternoon sessions are 4 hours long and follow the same market visit and cooking routine. Morning classes finish by early afternoon; afternoon classes finish in the evening. Choose based on when you prefer to eat your four-course meal.

Can my children come along?

Children are welcome from age 9. Younger children can attend if they sit on an adult's lap during the market portion, though they won't be able to cook at the studio.

What language is the class taught in?

The live guide teaches in English or Spanish, so you can choose the language that works for you when you book.