5 Oaxaca City Cooking Classes Worth Booking

1.Flavors of Oaxaca: Cooking Class with No Set Menu and Local Market Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 333 reviews · 4 hours 30 minutes (approx.) · from $75Our pick

Join Casa Crespo in Oaxaca City for a 4.5-hour market visit and hands-on cooking class. With Oscar or Emily guiding in English or Spanish, you may prepare mole, tortillas, soup, tacos, dessert, and more, with drinks served during the meal.

“Very fun few hours! There were 6 of us in the class. Oscar was a good teacher but very no nonsense and not too approachable. I was a bit disappointed that considering how much food we made, we were only served tiny portions and I left still hungry. Worth doing though!”

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2.Traditional Oaxaqueña Cooking with Grandma’s Recipes

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 260 reviews · 3 hours (approx.) · from $90Top rated

Meet Chef Adhey Andrade and her husband Enrique for a three-hour, hands-on Oaxacan cooking class near central Oaxaca. You’ll make salsas, chileajo con verduras, chile rellenos, fruit, and hot chocolate, then share the meal with the family. Transport and ingredients are included.

“Fabulous warm hosts, perfect organisation, such a homely comfortable environment, delicious food and great fun.”

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3.The Real Traditional Oaxaca culinary Cooking experience

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 251 reviews · 5 hours (approx.) · from $100

Spend about five hours cooking at Quinta Brava in Santa Cruz Xoxocotlan with Miguel, Jose, and their team. Visit a local market, gather garden ingredients, taste several moles, shape nixtamalized-corn tortillas, and prepare a full Oaxacan meal in a wood-fired ranch kitchen.

“Great experience, would recommend 100%. Chef was amazing, super hands on and knowledgeable about Oaxacan cooking methods. Welcomed us into his beautiful home and courtyard where we enjoyed many beautiful dishes we all enjoyed together. He even went as far as making sure we made our flight home on time and will remember the experience for many years to come.”

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4.Oaxacan Vegetarian Cooking Class

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 235 reviews · 4 hours (approx.) · from $70Best value

Walk through Oaxaca’s Merced neighborhood with Chef Victor or a member of his team, shop for fresh ingredients, taste local foods, then prepare mole, tortillas, salads, and other vegetarian dishes in a traditional kitchen. The class is taught in English and ends with a shared meal.

“An absolute must-do experience. Cannot recommend enough. Amazing food and the class leader was exceptional.”

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5.Traditional Cooking Class with Minerva Lopez

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 197 reviews · 6 hours (approx.) · from $119

Start at Oaxaca’s Mercado de Abastos with chef Minerva Lopez, then cook in her garden kitchen with English translator Amy. Choose mole, corn dishes, tamales, or a seasonal menu, and finish with your meal, fruit drinks, snacks, and mezcal.

“Great experiences learning how to make mole. We shopped for chiles etc in market. I love visiting markets. We went to her beautiful home and made the mole following her instruction from scratch . Our group of 4 included my wife , Ben and Brian made the mole and loved how it taste. We had a salute to drinking a shot of Mezcal. It was truly a memorable experience and loved the hands on instructions from Minerva Lopez and translation from Amy. I highly recommend this cooking class.”

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