Where to Shop and Eat: 10 Market and Cooking Class Tours in Mexico City

1.Mexican Cooking Class with Food Market Visit in Mexico City

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 506 reviews · 3 hours 30 minutes (approx.) · from $124Our pick

Meet chef José near Bucareli, walk to a traditional Mexico City market, help select ingredients, then prepare a seasonal Mexican meal in a cozy private kitchen. Expect hands-on work with tortillas, salsas, guacamole, and guisados, followed by a shared meal. Vegetarian options are available, and groups are limited to 10.

“Wonderful experience with chef Jose. Trip to the market to purchase ingredients was great, and the cooking experience was hands on and an wonderful experience.”

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2.Essence of Mexico: Authentic Mexican Cooking Class & Market Tour

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 289 reviews · 4 hours 30 minutes (approx.) · from $178

Begin with agua fresca and a guided visit to Mercado Medellín, then return to Aura Cocina Mexicana for a hands-on four-course class. Chefs such as Lorena, Pame, Mariana, Ana, and Nitze teach salsas, tortillas, mextlapiques, mole blanco, and cornbread. The class is in English, limited to eight people, and includes drinks.

“This was such a fun and cultural experience for my family. Chef Pame was so knowledgeable and friendly. Highly recommend as a must do when visiting CDMX”

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3.Authentic Mexican Cooking Class & Market Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.7 · 39 reviews · 4.5 hours · from $204

Join a small group of up to seven at Aura Cocina Mexicana in Roma Norte. With guides such as Pame, Mariana, Lorena, or Kristel, you’ll visit Mercado de Medellín, taste native corn, cacao, fruit, ice cream, and insects, then prepare four traditional dishes with Mexican drinks.

“Fantastic experience. Thanks to Pamela and her assistant for a truly authentic cooking class.”

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4.Mexican Street Tacos Hands-on Cooking Class and Market Tour

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 37 reviews · 4 hours 30 minutes (approx.) · from $155

Start at Aura Cocina Mexicana with agua fresca and a guided visit to Mercado de Medellín. Chef Pame leads a small, hands-on class in al pastor, barbacoa, campechano tacos, salsas, and tortillas, followed by mezcal, beer, wine, or hot chocolate.

“A refreshment, a market tour, a cooking class. Really fun time. We’ll organized. Excellent teacher. Recommend doing this.”

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5.Private Market Tour, Cooking Class in Mexico City with Alex & Ale

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 25 reviews · 4 hours (approx.) · from $215

Join Alex and Ale for a private visit to Mexico City’s San Juan Market, then walk to their home kitchen to prepare three or four Mexican dishes. Expect market tastings, mole, flautas, tostadas, salsas, drinks, and a relaxed meal with your hosts. Vegetarian options and menu requests are available with advance notice.

“The best, most memorable part of our trip! What an awesome experience exploring and shopping at the beautiful market, cooking wonderful food and enjoying an incredible meal with Alex and Ale. They made us feel so welcome, like we were enjoying a meal with old friends. Don’t miss this experience!!”

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6.Coyocán: Market Tour and Cooking Class

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 23 reviews · 5 hours · from $149

Spend five hours in Coyoacán with guide Ricardo and Chef Mannu. Sample quesadillas at the market, shop for class ingredients, then cook a four-course Mexican meal in the vintage kitchen at Meztli Boutique House & Spa. Choose dishes to suit vegetarian, vegan, kosher, or halal diets.

“Ricardo Bonilla was an excellent guide through the market. Chef Mannu was a great chef and teacher. Highly recommend !!!”

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7.Market tour, cooking class & three-course Mexican feast

★★★★★★★★★★4.4 · 17 reviews · 6 hours · from $180

Meet Jim at Mercado Medellín in Roma for a food-focused walk through Mexican ingredients and cooking traditions. Then head to his Condesa home to make tamales, mole, and tortillas from scratch before sitting down to a three-course meal with Mexican beer, wine, mezcal, or soft drinks. The class runs about six hours and can suit private or small groups.

“Jim was lovely and friendly and was very informative about Mexico and it's culture and history. The food was delicious and fresh and it felt like we were cooking at home with friends”

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8.Street Taco Cooking Class & Market Tour

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 12 reviews · 4.5 hours · from $186

Start with coffee or agua fresca at Aura Cocina Mexicana, then tour Mercado de Medellín with a chef guide. Taste native-corn quesadillas, raw cacao, Mexican fruits, ice cream, and edible insects before making tacos, tortillas, and salsas in a small studio. Lunch includes craft beer and Oaxacan mezcal.

“This is hands-down the best tour I have ever taken in any country! We started the day visiting a few taco stands and a local market. Then we returned to the studio where we prepared three types of tacos and salsas. It was all hands on deck! if you like to cook and eat, this is the tour for you. this was a solo tour for me and everyone was very friendly. I would recommend this cooking class and I will book other classes offered by this company.”

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9.Mexican Salsas Cooking Class and Market Tour

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 6 reviews · 4.5 hours · from $186

Spend 4.5 hours with an English- or Spanish-speaking chef at Aura Cocina Mexicana in Roma Norte. Tour Mercado de Medellín, taste native corn, cacao, fruit, ice cream, and edible insects, then make 10 salsas in a group of no more than seven.

“La verdad que ha sido una sorpresa. Me lo he pasado genial. El sitio muy lindo y el Chef muy competente. Actividad inmejorable y te llevas unas recetas de salsas mexicanas muy buenas.”

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10.Vegan & Veggie Market Tour with Cooking Lesson

★★★★★★★★★★4.3 · 2 reviews · 4 hours · from $87Best value

Join a small group of up to eight for a four-hour food and culture walk from Café de Tacuba to Jamaica Market. Explore Centro Histórico, sample vegetarian tamales, fruit cocktails, atole or café de olla, ride the metro, taste Mexican garnachas, and make salsa or a huarache with a family-run eatery.

“The part of the tour that I would give 5* is the Jamaican Market tour and cooking our own salsa - including the group metro ride from the old town. Having more time for this would have been even better. Our tour didn't finish until 2pm, and ended in a rush. The first half of the tour was walking around the old town, including inside the Cathedral and seeing some fascinating murals that we'd never have found on our own. This took us by surprise, as it was not included in the descroption if this tour, and was not really food related. You could lose this part of the tour…”

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