CUSCO
Cusco’s best days out.
The 13 most popular cooking classes & food tours in Cusco. The ones worth building a day around, with prices, run times and the operator behind each.
Cusco food lovers, this class mixes San Pedro Market shopping, pisco cocktail-making, three classic dishes, and picarones, led by Chef Jesus.
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4-hour Cusco market tour and cooking class with local chef Ronal. Shop fruits and cheeses, cook rocoto, causa, ceviche or lomo, plus pisco.
Learn Belgian-style chocolate in Cusco with premium organic Chuncho cacao. Make pralines and mendiants, plus hot chocolate and ganache.
“We had a great time with David, our teacher! He’s got a great sense of humor. It was a great group of people. The view over Cusco was amazing! Even the walk there was beautiful. We would 10/10 recommend this class!”
A private 3-hour Cusco food tour with locals, 10 tastings, market bites, Qorikancha sights, and vegetarian options—one guide, your pace.
“My tour guys was nice. Called me one day in advance to inquire about diet restrictions. However I would say the food tour is NOT worth the money. It costs almost as much as the sacred valley tour (which includes lunch) and you literally only go to like 3 places. I don’t believe we even…”
A private Cusco cooking class that mixes Andean tamales, uchucuta pepper sauce, chicha tasting, and classic dishes with pisco cocktails.
“I thoroughly enjoyed the Peruvian cooking class provided by Chef Fernando in Cusco. It was one of the highlights of our trip!! His recipes, instruction, personality, and overall presentation were all fantastic. He followed up by emailing us the recipes we made. Highly recommend!”
4-hour vegan Peruvian cooking class in Cusco with a San Pedro market visit, three plant-based dishes, and two pisco cocktails.
“Can’t recommend this class highly enough. Able to accommodate vegan diets really well. A must-do activity if you are visiting Cusco!”
Cusco cooking class by ChocoMuseo: shop San Pedro Market, make ceviche and pisco sour, then enjoy a Peruvian dinner with recipes.
“Super fun class! I couldn’t believe how fast the 2 hours went because it was so interesting and yummy. Wonderful to have chocolate to bring home!”
A 150-minute Cusco chocolate workshop making Belgian pralines and mendiants with top organic Chuncho cacao, plus hot chocolate.
“Very fun and enjoyable”
Shop San Pedro ingredients, learn Peruvian cooking with Chef Ronald, and eat your creations plus a pisco sour tasting in Cusco.
“Had an amazing time, chef Ronald was the best!”
Taste Cusco by cooking a 4-course Peruvian meal at ChocoMuseo: market ingredients, ceviche, pisco sour making, and chocolate fruit dessert.
“The market shop and the recipes were fantastic. Learnt handy knife skills and loved it. Thankyou for fabulous evening and delicious food.”
90-minute Cusco street-food walk with night views, emolientes, anticuchos, picarones, and sweet tastings. Guided tastings for $50.
“Alex brought us to typical street food in Cusco which we might have been wary to try. It was informative and enjoyable. Please Alex send photos to our whatsapp number linked to this tour. Thank you”
Make Cusco chocolate truffles at Limbus: learn the process, roll and coat 20 truffles, sip hot chocolate, and take them home.
“I cannot recommend this class, as I never had the chance to attend. My rating is based on the poor handling of the booking. I arrived on time at the designated location, unaware the class had been cancelled until the hostess contacted the company. David then informed me it was cancelled as I was the…”
In Cusco, make bean-to-bar chocolate from cacao to your own organic bar, grinding on an Aztec-style metate and tasting Maya drinks.
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