Lima Peruvian Cooking Class with Local Market Tour

Learn Peruvian recipes step by step with a professional chef, paired with a guided local market tour in Lima's Gamarra district.

Getting started

Begin with convenient round-trip hotel transfers from your accommodation in Lima. After pickup, you travel to the Gamarra district where you meet your expert English and Spanish-speaking guide and professional chef. Once introductions are done, the group heads straight into the local market area to start exploring the culinary side of Lima.

What to expect

Lima's Gamarra district

This experience centers on Lima's Gamarra district, known for its busy streets, markets, and everyday city life. You split your time between the local market tour and an authentic Peruvian cooking class guided by a professional chef.

Features

• Explore Lima's Gamarra district on a guided tour with a bilingual English and Spanish-speaking guide, who shares the history of the area and points out how daily life and commerce shape this part of the city.
• Take part in a local market tour where you discover markets dedicated to ancient herbal wisdom and traditional beliefs and see how ingredients used in Peruvian cooking are sourced.
• Sample local street snacks as you move through the market, getting a first taste of the flavors and textures that you will later work with during the cooking session.
• Join an authentic Peruvian cooking class led by a professional chef, where you prepare 1 starter, 1 main course, and snacks using ingredients and techniques introduced during the market visit.
• Benefit from hotel pickup and dropoff with round-trip hotel transfers and have all taxes and services included so you can focus fully on the guided market tour and hands-on cooking experience.