Cooking Class in Cusco: San Pedro Market & 4-Course Meal

Cook four Peruvian dishes, then sit down and eat them.

A cooking class in Cusco that begins with hotel pickup and a guided walk through San Pedro Market, where you buy the ingredients you'll prepare. You learn to make ceviche, lomo saltado, causa rellena and chicken chili, then taste all four courses with Pisco Sour and Chicha Morada. The class runs four hours and includes private transport, a professional chef, cooking tools and lunch.

Step-by-step itinerary

Cusco market visit and cooking class

• Pick up from hotel
• Transfer to cooking facilities
• Receive cooking instructions
• Visit San Pedro Market
• Buy local ingredients
• Guided market tour
• Return to cooking facilities
• Prepare Peruvian dishes
• Taste four-course meal

The experience

The morning starts with pickup from your hotel. You're driven to the cooking facility in Cusco, where the chef walks you through the day's plan and you put on a cooking uniform. Then it's off to San Pedro Market (the largest and most famous market in the city), where a guide shows you around while you gather the local ingredients you'll need: the potatoes, fish, beef, chilies and corn that anchor Peruvian cooking. You buy what you'll cook.

Back at the kitchen, you start the preparation. The chef demonstrates each dish, then you make them yourself using the tools and ingredients in front of you. You'll cook papa a la huancaína (potatoes in Peruvian cream sauce), fish ceviche (marinated in lemon), causa rellena (a layered potato dish), lomo saltado (beef with potatoes and tomatoes), rice with chicken, and chicken chili made with yellow chili and milk. The class moves through the techniques without rushing. You're not watching a demonstration, you're doing the work.

Once everything is ready, you sit down to taste all four courses. The meal includes two Peruvian drinks: Chicha Morada, a purple corn drink, and Pisco Sour, the national spirit. Private transport back to your hotel is included when you're done.

What’s included

• Hotel pickup and private transport in Cusco.
• guided tour of San Pedro Market.
• all ingredients for cooking.
• professional chef instruction.
• cooking uniform and tools.
• four-course lunch with Chicha Morada and Pisco Sour.

Before you book

Days and timesEvery dayDeparts at 09:00

Book up toStart time

AgesUp to age 65

GroupPrivate

Live guideEnglish, Spanish and Portuguese

Meeting point and pickupHotel pickup included.

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

Prices and times updated 14 days ago

Good to know

Low physical effort

Operated by Chullos Travel Peru

Is this one for you?Book this if you're staying in Cusco without a car. It includes hotel pickup and a market guide who navigates you through the vendors, then you cook in a private kitchen with a chef.

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Top questions

What languages is the tour guided in?

Live guide in English, Spanish and Portuguese.

What is San Pedro Market like, and how much time do we spend there?

San Pedro Market is Cusco's largest and most famous market, filled with local produce, fish, meat and spices. You spend time walking through it with a guide, learning what ingredients go into Peruvian cooking and buying everything you'll prepare in the class.

Do I need cooking experience to take this class?

No. The class is suitable for all physical fitness levels and the chef teaches each dish from the start. You'll learn the techniques as you go.

What exactly do I cook and eat?

You prepare three appetizers (papa a la huancaína, fish ceviche and causa rellena), and three main courses: lomo saltado, rice with chicken, and chicken chili. You taste all of them, plus Chicha Morada and Pisco Sour.

Is hotel pickup included?

Yes. Private transportation picks you up from your Cusco hotel at the start and returns you when the class ends.

How long does the whole class take?

The class runs four hours from pickup to the end of lunch, including the market visit, cooking and tasting.