Puerto Vallarta Cooking Class: Culinary Delights

Immerse yourself in the vibrant flavors of Puerto Vallarta at a cooking class led by a master chef. Explore the local market, learn traditional recipes, and enjoy a feast of Mexican cuisine.

Duration: 4 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Mercado Palmar De Aramara - Meet Chef Enrique and prepare for an immersive experience into the culture and flavors of Mexican cuisine.
  • Mercado Palmar De Aramara - Then, visit a local tortilla factory to buy the dough needed to roll out fresh tortillas.
  • Puerto Vallarta - With fresh ingredients in hand, proceed to the master chef’s home…
What's Included
  • Full Meal, Purified Water
  • Guided tour of the market
  • Professional chef as your host (multilingual)
  • Lunch
  • Transportation is only from the market to the home of the Chef
What's Not Included
  • Hotel pickup and drop-off
  • Gratuities
  • Alcoholic beverages
Additional Information

Eager to whip up and savor a delightful array of flavors? Join this cooking class hosted in the home of a master chef, where you’ll explore the vibrant cuisine of Puerto Vallarta. Experience shopping for fresh produce at the local market, tour a tortilla factory, and learn fascinating insights into Mexico’s rich culinary traditions.
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Location
Montero Produce Market Palmar de Aramara Branch
Océano Pacífico
Exact meeting point is "FRUTERIA MONTERO" beside "Mercado Palmar de Aramara" (this market area is one block behind Sam's Club; please wait at the corner outisde of MONTERO)
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Kyleaf244pm
Jan 17, 2026
Hands down…Best cooking class in Puerto Vallarta!! - Chef Enrique and Eri were wonderful hosts in their beautiful Puerto Vallarta home for an amazing cooking class. After shopping in a local marketplace, we made a few different types of fresh salsa, fish ceviche from scratch, fresh homemade tortillas, and finished the meal with octopus tacos and shrimp tacos in a lovely ancho chile crema sauce. The food was wonderful. The instruction was great. And the hospitality was amazing! I’ll be back and with friends!! Thank you!!!
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Linda_d
Jan 3, 2026
Excellent Market tour and cooking clasd - Outstanding market and cooking experience. One of the best tours we have had in. Puerto Vallarta. The chef., Enrique was amazing. And his home and assistance and lovely wife were so pleasant. Would recommend this tour to anyone
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P1745hvteds
Dec 31, 2025
Amazing experience and first time ever!!! - Best meal of the week! Enrique and his wife Eri and friends are very friendly, hospitable and welcome you to their home. The seafood we cooked was the best we have had and the different salsas we made was amazing. This is our first cooking experience and will attend many more with the experience we had on this visit.
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Davidjo392nq
Dec 30, 2025
Wonderful PV Cooking Experience! - Amazing experience! Visiting the market for fresh ingredients and learning about the area from Enrique , then being invited to his home to cook was enjoyable for everyone!!! Must do!!
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Eila_p
Dec 26, 2025
I had an amazing cooking... - I had an amazing cooking tour today with Chef Enrique. He is incredibly knowledgeable, funny, and very welcoming. He walked us through everything step by step and taught us how to properly choose the best ingredients at the market. Such a fun and informative experience. 100% would do it again when I’m back in PV.
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Stephen_b
Dec 19, 2025
Authentic Mexican cooking - We did a Wednesday class, which for us meant seafood (octopus and shrimp) enchiladas and tostadas. Enrique walked us through the market, and showed us how to choose the freshest ingredients. Everyone in our group of six got a chance to participate in the prep and cooking at Enrique's house, and the results were delicious! You get a link to many more of Enrique's recipes at the end, too.
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James_h
Dec 17, 2025
Excellent cooking experience - We had a great time with Enrique What an amazing host and chef. It was a wonderful seafood lunch, our 2nd with him.
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Robynandjimh
Dec 17, 2025
Best cooking class ever! - We had an amazing time with Enrique! This is our 2nd visit. So enjoyable with great food, adventure, and recipes! We enjoyed visiting the Mercado!
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Tapestry257
Dec 10, 2025
Delicious and fun! - What a lovely day. My daughter is visiting and we signed up for this seafood cooking class. Starting at the mercado, learning how to identify avocados that are ripe and ready to eat (later learned the best way to cut them safely and remove the pit). At the mercado, Enrique also showed us how to tell when shrimp is fresh, shared some mexican culture and food history. Picked up fresh vegetables, seafood and masa, then off to his kitchen to prepare a delicious meal. Started with Mahi Mahi ceviche tostada. Then the seafood tacos; tacos of Shrimp in poblano cream with a cilantro, pineapple salsa plus octopus with queso fundido and a blackened habanero salsa in homemade tortillas. Enrique showed us, taught us; assigned us all tasks to participate, then we sat together and enjoyed the ceviche and tacos we created. It was a fun and interesting group. The experience was delicious and fun! Oh, and he shared a link to his recipes - Thank You Enrique!
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Camper29316813934
Dec 10, 2025
Must do in Vallarta - Came with my mom and had a wonderful experience, recipes were delicious, the location was spotless, instruction was phenomenal. Definitely something you should do if your in or around Vallarta
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From $136
up to 8 guests
1 - Adult
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).