Top Lima Cooking Classes

This hands-on culinary adventure is led by a professional chef. Learn to make beloved traditional dishes including lomo saltado (sauteed beef and vegetables on rice with French fries), causa Limeña (a terrine of seasoned mashed potato and other fillings), and chicha morada (a corn-based non-alcoholic beverage) in a relaxed atmosphere using traditional pots and techniques. Finally, enjoy the lunch or dinner that you helped create!

Get hands-on experience preparing some of Peru’s most iconic dishes and shopping at a local market during this Lima cooking class. First stop by the market to pick out fresh meat and produce, discovering the incredible diversity of ingredients in Peruvian cuisine. Then head to the kitchen choosing to prepare a choice of fish, chicken, beef or vegetarian dish like ‘Ceviche’ learning the necessary steps in fun, relaxed atmosphere. Your cooking excursion also includes round-trip hotel transport (for most areas of Lima), professional chef instructor, snacks and either lunch or dinner.

Instead of just dining out at restaurants, personalize your Peruvian culinary experience with a cooking and cocktail-making class held in a local chef's home. Master the art of making tartare and ceviche so you can impress people back home, and taste up to 17 different pisco flavors to create the classic national cocktail.

Master the professional techniques for creating the perfect ceviche, pisco sour, and other Peruvian classics during a small-group cooking class led by a former star chef at a Michelin-starred restaurant. Under the careful guidance of your expert instructor, you’ll prepare a traditional 3-course meal. Possible dishes include lomo saltado, aji de gallina, and shrimp causa.

Go beyond the restaurants, and enjoy a more hands-on way to learn about Peruvian cuisine, thanks to this small-group cooking class in Lima. Hosted by a chef guide, learn to make a 4-course meal of traditional dishes—such as ceviche, causa, and lomo saltado—and practice your mixology skills with a pisco sour lesson. Then, sit down to savor your tasting-menu-style meal, and walk away with new culinary skills and insider knowledge.

Lima has been dubbed one of the world’s best cities for food and this small-group cooking experience in Miraflores guides you through some of Peru’s best dishes. Follow along with your instructor and create a delicious meal with fresh, Peruvian dishes. Learn background information on your creations and then tuck into a 4-course meal with your group and instructor.

Prepare two classic Peruvian menu items—a Pisco sour and ceviche—at a Peruvian cooking class in the Miraflores neighborhood of Lima. You’ll learn the secrets behind balancing the simple ingredients of a Pisco sour and achieving ceviche’s super-fresh flavor; it’s a fun, hands-on activity that you can recreate in your home kitchen.

Taste the delicious diversity of Peru’s thriving cacao industry during this 2-hour chocolate-making workshop at Lima’s ChocoMuseo. Learn about every step of the chocolate-making process, including roasting the beans, removing the husk, grinding the nibs and refining the paste in a ‘melangeur.’ You’ll then get to create your very own chocolate with your choice of ingredients, leaving with a delicious handmade dessert. This chocolate-making workshop includes all necessary ingredients, a chocolate drink tasting and a handmade chocolate souvenir.

Join this sweet experience where you will learn how to prepare one of the most traditional Peruvian desserts: Churros with 3 different fillings of blueberries, mint chocolate and caramel.

Enjoying Peruvian cuisine begins at the vibrant Surquillo market, where the freshest ingredients are selected, from exotic fruits to local products. Under the guidance of an expert chef, the experience is transformed into a culinary workshop at home, where a delicious entrance and main course are prepared. During the class, stories will be shared about the iconic Pisco Sour, allowing participants to mix and taste this traditional drink. It culminates the activity with a feast of Peruvian flavors and unforgettable memories.

Get acquainted with the rich regal history of Lima on an educational sightseeing tour of the Peruvian capital. Alongside a knowledgeable guide, delve into the ambient tangle of Lima’s historical center; gaze at the fabulous façade of the Presidential Palace; descend to the eerie catacombs of San Francisco Monastery; and admire the ancient Dominicans Tower. A portion of your tour goes to an NGO that support social projects in the community.

With the company of your tour guide, you will learn why Peruvian food is recognized as one of the best in the world; They will recognize the ideal products to prepare two typical dishes and an alcoholic beverage made from the Peruvian grape distillate called pisco, which are our flagship products and that will make this experience in front of the Pacific Ocean unique and unforgettable.

Lima has been dubbed the world’s best city for food and this small-group cooking experience in Miraflores guides you through some of Peru’s best dishes. Follow along with your expert local guide and make the most exquisite Peruvian dishes with fresh ingredients. Learn background information on your creations and then tuck into a 3-course meal with your professional guide and chef.

Rather than simply feasting your way around Lima, learn to make classic dishes such as ceviche so you can recreate them at home. This market tour and cooking class helps you take a deeper dive into local culinary traditions than you would alone, and comes with a pisco sour (Peru’s national cocktail).

This tour is a great opportunity for those who already like to try different flavors, you will like the way we created this activity for you. Visit a local market, try the famous ceviche and causa. It is the perfect combination of fun and learning. Your morning starts with a morning coffee to at “Terrua” coffee shop with a brief explanation about the coffee in Peru. Then we will continue to the Surquillo market, where we will taste different local fruits, where the most outstanding is the lucuma, the best way to consume it is in smoothies and desserts. At the end, Chef Gonzalo del Risco and the team at the "Maraparte" restaurant will teach us how to prepare two of the most representative dishes of Peruvian gastronomy, Ceviche and Causa! You can also taste "Chicha Morada" a traditional drink from Peru. Non-alcoholic and prepared with a base of purple corn, one of the many super foods that we can find in our country.

A night of culinary delight awaits in Lima, where talented Peruvian chefs guide you through the vibrant flavors of Lomo Saltado and Papa a la Huancaína. This hands-on cooking class offers an authentic experience, allowing you to mix classic cocktails like Pisco Sour and Chilcano while soaking up the rich culinary stories behind these iconic dishes. Connect with fellow food enthusiasts and enjoy the lively atmosphere as you create and savor your own Peruvian feast.

Prepare the most popular Peruvian dishes: Lomo Saltado and Causa Limeña. We will show you how to cook your own Peruvian food. This class is for people who love traditional food and want to do it at home! You will love the relaxed atmosphere without boring demonstrations because we believe in the practical approach. We will all prepare an authentic Peruvian dish to seduce your palate and then enjoy your achievements. For cooking, we use ceramic pots, just as our ancestors did (Inkas). This way we will keep all the natural flavour.

Lima is often hailed as the culinary capital of Latin America, so there’s no better place to feast on wine and cheese than here. This private sommelier-led experience is designed to deepen your knowledge of unique high-altitude Peruvian wines and promises undivided attention from your expert guide.

Live an exciting culinary journey through the fascinating Peruvian cuisine with our thrilling cooking class and wine pairing experience. In this vibrant culinary class, we will guide you to learn how to prepare the most delicious authentic dishes from Peru. Discover the culinary secrets that have captivated people from around the world, and feel the magic of Peruvian gastronomy unfolding before your eyes. We also invite you to explore an exclusive selection of Peruvian wines that have been meticulously chosen to perfectly complement the menu you will be cooking. This amazing food experience takes place in a restaurant located in the heart of the bohemian district of Barranco.

Join cooking classes in Lima Peru with professional chefs and learn authentic Peruvian recipes through a hands-on experience with local ingredients and flavors.

Kitchen with a certified chef at Le Cordon Bleu : local market, tuk tuk, ceviche, causa, sautéed loin and pisco sour. Closure with live Peruvian party. Small group, max. 8 people

Get a taste for the vibrant culinary scene in Lima with a food-focused tour. Cover ground across the city with stops in several different districts that include a visit to a Peruvian coffee roaster, a market tour, and a ceviche class. Sample pisco and learn how to make Peruvian cocktails with a hands-on workshop. The final stop is a gourmet lunch with dessert at a restaurant overlooking pre-Incan ruins.

Immerse yourself in the cultural and nutritional richness of the Peruvian Andes with this class specializing in Andean breads, where tradition and health are found in every preparation. Throughout the session, you'll learn to make three types of artisanal bread that highlight native ingredients and superfoods from the region: coca leaf, purple corn, and multicolored quinoa seeds.