Lima Cooking Class: Make Ceviche, Causa & Pisco Sours

In Lima's Kitchen, You Cook Peru's Three Most Famous Dishes

You spend a few hours making three Peruvian dishes from scratch under a professional chef's eye: Causa de Pollo, Ceviche Limeño, and a Pisco Sour cocktail. Groups stay small, all ingredients and equipment are provided, and you eat lunch as part of the experience. You leave with recipes you can actually replicate at home.

Step-by-step itinerary

Learn and cook Peruvian dishes

• Discover Peruvian cuisine history
• Prepare Causa de Pollo starter
• Make Ceviche Limeño main dish
• Mix classic Pisco Sour cocktail
• Enjoy delicious lunch during class

The experience

Our chef, Luchito, hands you a knife and a lime before you've even set your bag down. He doesn't ask if you know how to cook. He just starts talking about the fish, the potatoes, the way the onion needs to sit in the juice, and suddenly you're moving. There are maybe ten other people in the kitchen, not fourteen, so you can actually see what he's doing. He laughs when someone asks if the pisco goes in the cocktail or the ceviche. The room smells like cilantro and salt and something you can't name yet.

You start with Causa de Pollo: layers of potato, avocado, and chicken that look simple until you taste them and realize the potato is the whole thing. Then comes Ceviche Limeño, the national dish, and Luchito walks you through why the raw fish works, how the acid cooks it, what the onion does if you leave it too long. He's not performing. He's just explaining something he's made a thousand times. If you don't eat fish, he has mushroom ceviche ready. If you're vegetarian, the causa works with avocado alone. You make a Pisco Sour at the end (pisco, lemon juice, sugar syrup, egg white, crushed ice), and by then your hands know what they're doing.

The whole thing takes a few hours. You eat what you've made, drink what you've mixed, and leave with printed recipes that actually work because you watched them happen. Luchito gives you the ingredient ratios, the timing, the small moves that make the difference. Public transport is nearby if you need it, and if you have allergies, you tell him before the class starts so he can adjust. Most people book this Lima cooking class because it's the most reviewed one in the city, but you'll stay because it doesn't feel like a class. It feels like someone's kitchen where you happen to learn.

What’s included

Your day includes all ingredients and cookware, instruction from a professional chef, three Peruvian dishes (Causa de Pollo, Ceviche Limeño, and Pisco Sour), lunch, bottled water, snacks, and printed recipes to take home. Vegetarian and vegan modifications are available if you notify the chef before the class.

Before you book

Days and timesEvery dayDeparts at 14:00

AgesAdult (18 to 90 years) · Under 18: can't be included in the booking

Meeting point and pickupNo hotel pickup: you go to the meeting point. Ends back at the starting point.Operator's directions: “Passengers have to be at the meeting point at 13:50 pm, ask for the cooking classes and they will be redirected to the designated area.”

Cancellation and refundsFree cancellation up to 24h before the start. After that, no refund.

Prices and times updated 4 days ago

Good to know

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Operated by Luchito's Peruvian Cooking Class

Is this one for you?Book this if you want to learn Peru's most iconic dishes hands-on without the guesswork: the small group size and professional instruction mean you'll actually understand how to make them again at home.

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Top questions

What languages is the guide in?

Live guide in English and Spanish.

What if I don't eat fish?

The class includes a mushroom ceviche option and vegetarian causa with avocado. Let the chef know before you arrive.

How long does the cooking class take?

The class runs for a few hours and includes preparation, cooking, and eating the dishes you've made.

What's included in the price?

All ingredients, cookware, bottled water, snacks, the three dishes you cook, one Pisco Sour cocktail, and printed recipes to take home.

How many people are in each class?

Groups are kept small, with a maximum of 14 people, so you get personalized attention from the chef.

Do I need cooking experience?

No. The class is designed for beginners and experienced cooks alike. The chef teaches as you go.

Is there parking or public transport nearby?

Public transportation options are available near the location.