Top 6 Cooking Classes in Oaxaca City

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

Shop Oaxaca’s market, help make a changing menu, and sit down to mole, tortillas, drinks, and other local dishes.

“Nicely paced market tour and cooking class! The different settings and pacing made it easy to stay engaged. We also enjoyed the balance between hands-on opportunities to cook and Oscar and the staff helping with clean up and set up to keep the class moving along efficiently. We had a nice group of just 6 of us and we enjoyed lunch together. They also served us a margarita, some mezcal, and iced tea. No complaints!”

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2.The Real Traditional Oaxaca culinary Cooking experience

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

Cook Oaxacan classics with nixtamalized corn, visit a local market, taste moles, and share a wood-fired meal at Quinta Brava.

“This was by far the BEST experience! Amazing from start to finish and well worth the money!!! I have told everyone how amazing it was…”

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3.Oaxacan Vegetarian Cooking Class

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

Shop Oaxaca’s Merced neighborhood, taste local ingredients, and cook mole, tortillas, salsas, and more in a hands-on vegetarian class.

“Fun class that gave us a unique perspective on sustainable cooking in Oaxaca. Loved visiting the market, though it was almost closed down for the evening so I wonder if the morning session would be more interesting. Learned several fun recipes including a delicious mole with several local herbs we’d never tried before.”

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4.Traditional Cooking Class with Minerva Lopez

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

Cook traditional Oaxacan mole, tortillas, tamales, and salsas with Minerva Lopez after exploring Mercado de Abastos.

“A perfect day. Annotated visit to the huge traditional central market. Minibus transport to Minerva’s beautiful home up in the hills not far from Monte Alban. Hands-on and thorough lesson where Minerva took us through selecting ingredients for and preparing her family recipe for black mole plus making corn tortillas. A mezcal moment. And we got to eat the delicious meal that we helped to create. A most satisfying day that I highly recommend!”

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5.Vegetarian Cooking Class

★★★★★★★★★★4.8 · 139 reviews · 3.5 hours · from $70

Shop Oaxaca’s local market, cook traditional vegetarian dishes, and share a mezcal-accompanied meal in a small four-person class.

“Our cooking class with Chef Victor was amazing, one of the highlights of our trip! First because it felt very authentic. Victor seems like he has genuine relationships with people at the market. He is a proud Oaxacan who learned some of his best recipes from his grandma and who talks about local food and ingredients with knowledge and passion. He speaks English very well but is easy to understand in Spanish as well. He's a very chill and friendly guy, who'll happily talk about life in Mexico or give local recommendations. The food was delicious, with a great variety of dishes and lovely complimentary drinks. No advanced cooking skills…”

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6.Traditional Oaxacan Cooking Class with Market Visit

★★★★★★★★★★4.9 · 80 reviews · 5.5 hours · from $133

Shop Oaxaca markets with a local cook, prepare regional dishes, make tortillas and sip mezcal drinks in a family kitchen.

“Samuel and Sandra were Excellent hosts and cooks. It was a relaxing perfect day at their home. The cooking happened at a very relaxed pace. Everything done over a fire in traditional clay pottery. The visit to the market was also very nice. Samual picked is up on-time from our hotel. Highly recommend for a small group!”

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