Mexico City Market Tour & Authentic Cooking Class in Lucia's Home

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Mexico City, Mexico

4 hours (approx.)
Group discounts
Mobile ticket
Offered in: English

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Overview

Take a few hours to learn the ins and outs of traditional Mexican cuisine—an experience often missed by visitors to Mexico City. The tour begins at a local market, where your guide navigates the crowds and shouting vendors for you. After learning about seasonal ingredients, follow your guide back to their home for an intimate cooking lesson and round out the day with a freshly-prepared meal.

Sample Menu

Starter

Nopalitos soup in bean broth, lima soup, tortilla soup, aztec soup

Main

Albondigas en salsa de chile chipotle meco, chiles en nogada,

encacahuatado with chicken, or veracruzana fish

Main

Pork in verdolagas

Main

Mexican white rice, red rice, or black rice with platano macho

Dessert

Sweet dessert of dulce de guayaba, dulce de mamey, flan de cajeta, or gollorias

What's Included

Guided tour of Mercado San Ángel with a local
Private cooking class & home-cooked Mexican meal
Alcoholic Beverages

Local beer or tequila

Meeting and Pickup

Meeting point

Mercado Melchor Muzquiz, Av. Revolución
San Ángel, 01000 Mexico City, CDMX, Mexico
Please meet your host Lucía at the principal entrance to the Mercado San Angel [Mercado Melchor Muzquiz]. Address: 01000 Avenida Revolución, entre Dr. Elguero y Melchor, Muzquiz, San Ángel, 01000 Ciudad de México, CDMX, Mexico.

End point

This activity ends back at the meeting point.

What To Expect

Additional Info

Confirmation will be received at time of booking
Not wheelchair accessible
Stroller accessible
Near public transportation

Menu may vary depending on the season
If any travelers in your party have any allergies, dietary restrictions or cooking preferences please advise at time of booking
This is a private tour/activity. Only your group will participate

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Cancellation Policy

You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.

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Featured review

Benjamin_C

This was great overall. A more "high end" cooking class than others I had done. Lucia's home is BEAUTIFUL and honestly a little fancy! She knew a ton and the food we cooked was delicious. We made a chicken mole with almonds. Lucia was an engaging and exciting guide for our family. The market tour was a little shorter and less in-depth than other market tours I had done, but this was OK, the experience was still totally worth it.

Reviews

5.0

based on 59 reviews

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We had a great cooking...

Shelly_P, Jun 2026

We had a great cooking class with Lucia. She gave us options of what to cook so we had input for our meal. We were at her home and she had a large, roomy kitchen, not to mention a beautiful backyard! Her recipes were fairly simple so we knew we could replicate them at home. Her English was perfect so we understood everything she was teaching us! Plus she was a great teacher. We have been traveling in Mexico for 4.5 months and this is our 4th cooking class we have taken in our travels and this was our favorite! Highly recommend!!

Great cooking class! A little fancy!

Benjamin_C, Jan 2026

Response from Host, Jan 2026

Thank you so much for sharing this thoughtful feedback. We are delighted to hear that you enjoyed the experience and that Lucia’s beautiful home, knowledge, and energy made it such a memorable time for your family. The chicken mole with almonds is truly special, and we are so glad you loved cooking and tasting it together. We also appreciate your note about the market tour. Your perspective is very helpful, and we are glad to hear that overall the experience still felt well worth it. Lucia will be happy to know that her guidance and passion really stood out. Thank you again for cooking with us, and we hope to welcome you and your family to another Traveling Spoon experience in the future.

My entire family loved...

Lisa_M, Nov 2025

My entire family loved this tour. We enjoyed the mercado, which was off the tourist radar. Lucia was very friendly and communicative, even before our trip started. We had fun cooking with her, and we tried a few ingredients that we had never heard of before. I highly recommend this experience!

Response from Host, Nov 2025

Thank you so much for your lovely feedback. We’re thrilled to hear that your family had such a great time exploring the local market and cooking with Lucia. It sounds like you got to experience an authentic side of the city and discover some new ingredients along the way, that’s exactly what we hope for! We truly appreciate your kind recommendation and hope to welcome you on another Traveling Spoon experience in the future.

Amazing Experience

DAnn_B, Oct 2025

We had an amazing cooking experience! It was super fun, informative and Lucia made sure to teach us anything we wanted to know! Her place is beautiful and the conversation never lagged. We loved her and have been talking about it since!

Response from Host, Oct 2025

We are so happy to hear that you had such an amazing cooking experience with Lucia. She truly loves welcoming guests into her beautiful home and sharing her knowledge, stories, and passion for cooking. It’s wonderful that you found the class both fun and informative and even more so that it left such a lasting impression. Thank you for your kind words and for choosing to cook with Traveling Spoon. We’ll be sure to share your lovely feedback with Lucia, and we hope to welcome you again on another experience in the future.

A Lovely Time with Delicious Food!

Naba_D, Mar 2025

I booked this cooking class experience with two other friends, and we had such a great time! We started the tour at an outdoor market, where we met Lucia. She gave us a tour of the market, stopping to show us different fruits and vegetables that are common in Mexican cuisine. Afterwards, we hopped in Lucia’s car and headed to her beautiful home. The views from her backyard were stunning, and it made the experience that much better! Since my group was vegetarian + pescatarian, Lucia accommodated us and curated a menu that we would enjoy. Everything that we made and ate was delicious (authentic quesadillas, arroz con leche (per our request), and the most delicious chile rellenos)! Lucia answered all of our questions and was a very good host. After we finished cooking, we headed to her backyard to enjoy our food. It was amazing! Hearing her knowledge of food and gastronomy was a great experience. She also gave us tips on what we should see in CDMX and answered questions we had about local culture, which was nice. Definitely recommend this experience!

Delicious food, wonderful local interaction

bengelball, Feb 2025

We had a wonderful experience cooking with Lucia! She was so welcoming, warm and generous, and had delicious recipes for us to make. We are all still dreaming about the sopes and the different salsas, as well as the green mole! I'd HIGHLY recommend this class. Thank you Lucia for such a wonderful way to spend the day in CDMX!

Incredible experience

Eric_B, Sep 2024

Our time with Lucia started at a local market where we explored things that we would need to create a food experience. She shared with us the history of many of the ingredients we would use, and we were able to taste samples of spices and food made by artisans with more than 40 years’ experience. Lucia welcomed us into her home and her kitchen where we learned how to prepare authentic Mexican cuisine. Every bite was mouth watering. The bonus was the conversation that made us feel like we were with a long time friend. What a fantastic journey! If you are planning to visit Mexico City, add this to the top of your bucket list of things to do.

One of my coolest experiences in life

Silvia_S, Nov 2022

Lucía was the best, our communication was great and she tried to accommodate our requests with no fuss. The whole experience was better than expected. Everyone that visits Mexico should do this tour… highly recommended!!

I would do it again!

Beth_A, Oct 2022

Lucia was a lot of fun as a teacher. Full of knowledge! Going to the market and asking questions was very helpful! We made a lot of food which was all delicious. It always help to have the hands on experience . I can’t wait to make the green mole at home, very soon. I feel like I made a new friend. Thank you.