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Quito Cooking Class: Traditional Dishes in Colonial House with Market Tour
Immerse yourself in the vibrant culinary culture of Quito with a cooking class led by Andres. Explore the local market, learn to make traditional dishes with a gourmet twist, and enjoy a delicious meal in a beautiful Colonial house. Book now!
Immerse yourself in the vibrant culinary culture of Quito with a cooking class led by Andres. Explore the local market, learn to make traditional dishes with a gourmet twist, and enjoy a delicious meal in a beautiful Colonial house. Book now!
Duration:
4 hours
Cancellation:
24 hours
Highlights
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Venezuela & Rocafuerte - Market Tour
Visiting the market in Ecuador is a one-of-a-kind experience!
You´ll discover the best smells, tastes, and colors of fruits, vegetables, and spices that will help you create the perfect Ecuadorian meal. Andres will take you on a tour of the Central Market and the surrounding area. Here you will meet the best…
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Venezuela & Rocafuerte - Market Tour
Visiting the market in Ecuador is a one-of-a-kind experience!
You´ll discover the best smells, tastes, and colors of fruits, vegetables, and spices that will help you create the perfect Ecuadorian meal. Andres will take you on a tour of the Central Market and the surrounding area. Here you will meet the best specialty vendors, the stand that has the freshest vegetables, yesteryear meat vendors, the lady who always has the best fruits, the medicinal herb stand, the mote vendor, the flower girl and an exotic fruit juice stand. The experience starts off by shopping for fresh ingredients and local products, some of which you will not be able to find anywhere else in the world.
Cooking Class
At the Cooking Class you will meet the Chef, my best friend’s mom who will teach you all the local secrets and will tell you the best stories of yesteryear Quito. You will make everything from scratch, chopping, dicing, and cooking like a true local.
Time to Eat
Once finished in the kitchen, the chef sets a beautiful table and all the hard work pays off. It´s time to enjoy your meal in a Colonial house in the heart of Old Town Quito.
Highly recommended experience!
What's Included
- Apron and chef hat for use during cooking class
- Recipes
- Lunch
- Tour of Central Market and Cooking Class
- Carbonated beverages
- Apron and chef hat for use during cooking class
- Recipes
- Lunch
- Tour of Central Market and Cooking Class
- Carbonated beverages
What's Not Included
- Extra food and drinks not mentioned on itinerary
- Tips for the chef/guide
- Extra food and drinks not mentioned on itinerary
- Tips for the chef/guide
Meal Options
- Locro de Papa (Potato Cheese Soup) - The Locro de Papa is a classic dish from Quito. It is a savory dish, with tons of cheese, potatoes and decorated with an avocado rose.
- Quinoa Soup - For those that are lactose intolerant a Quinoa Soup is right up their alley.
- Traditional Quito Shrimp Ceviche - Served with shrimp cooked to perfection, onions,…
- Locro de Papa (Potato Cheese Soup) - The Locro de Papa is a classic dish from Quito. It is a savory dish, with tons of cheese, potatoes and decorated with an avocado rose.
- Quinoa Soup - For those that are lactose intolerant a Quinoa Soup is right up their alley.
- Traditional Quito Shrimp Ceviche - Served with shrimp cooked to perfection, onions, various tomato textures, and orange juice. (The starter dish can be modified to your requests)
- Chicken or Veggie Tamales - Tamales are made in an achira leaf and cooked in a special pot for tamales. They are fun to make and very tasty.
- Empanadas - Empanadas are such a tasty treat. We can make cheese filled, cheese and onion filled or chicken stew filled empanadas.
- Encocado de Pescado (Coconut Fish Dish) - You will cook the fish with a delicious coconut sauce. The fish is served with yellow rice, plantain chips, and a garden salad.
- Chocolate Soup - The dish includes a variety of Ecuadorian fresh fruits and a chocolate sauce made with real Ecuadorian cocoa and a bit of liquor.
- Quimbolito Quiteño (Fluffy cake in a leaf) - Quimbolitos are awesome, they are a traditional dessert in Quito, a fluffy cake steamed inside an achira leaf.
Additional Information
Andres (the owner) will meet you at your hotel, if your hotel is close to the market we will walk there, if not we will take my comfy SUV. Andres will first take you for a tour in the traditional Central Market and surroundings to hunt for fresh local products that you will use during your cooking class. Then you will head to the restaurant which is…
Andres (the owner) will meet you at your hotel, if your hotel is close to the market we will walk there, if not we will take my comfy SUV. Andres will first take you for a tour in the traditional Central Market and surroundings to hunt for fresh local products that you will use during your cooking class. Then you will head to the restaurant which is located in a beautiful Colonial house in the heart of Old Town Quito. During this tour, you will experience life as a local and will learn how to make 3 traditional dishes, which you can replicate back home. Get ready for a packed day filled with incredible sights, tastes, and smells. And at the end of it all, you will be able to enjoy the delicious meal you cooked. Highly recommended experience!
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
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Will
Aug 20, 2025
You can't leave Quito without experiencing this market tour and cooking class! - From start to finish, we had such a a fantastic time. The tour of the Central Market was fascinating and we got to sample some absolutely delicious Ecuadorian fruits and juices. And then the cooking class experience was just the best. We were welcomed with such warmth and we felt right at home. I would absolutely recommend this experience to anyone visiting Quito. My wife and I have done cooking classes in Thailand, South Africa, and now in Ecuador, and this cooking class was definitely our favorite!
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Christopher_m
Aug 18, 2025
Lovely private cooking class with very tasty food! - My husband and I were looking for a small cooking class and if you are interested in the same I would highly recommend this one if you are in Quito! It ended up being just us two which was great. Apparently they like to keep the groups small as well. Andres picked us up from our hotel in the morning. There are multiple times to choose from which was nice if you want an early start or a bit later. He toured us around the market, we sampled fruits and juice and herbs. Then we went to a small kitchen in the old downtown area and cooked with his wife and her friend. It’s situated next to a peaceful, quiet little courtyard with a water fountain. I’m not sure if the dishes vary depending on the day but we made a hot fruit drink, ceviche, potato soup, snacks and fried plantains. All of the food was so tasty and could be seasoned more or less to our liking. The best part was being able to ask questions and make conversation. And of course the final lunch at the end! Certainly take a few hours of your time to try this and take home some easy to replicate recipes!
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Kathryn_a
Aug 12, 2025
So glad we did this class! - We had a really amazing time, thanks to Andras, Silvia & Manila!!
We got to tour the market with Andras seeing lots of fruits & vegetables they have & wish we did too at our neighborhood market in Utah!
Then we learned to cook several fun recipes AND we will be able to make them for our friends at home!
It was a great time learning about the foods of Ecuador!
Be sure to do this class in a wonderful place in the historic area while you are in Quitos!
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H6845embeckya
Aug 1, 2025
Beyond Fabulous!! - The culinary tour with a guide and our chef was BEYOND ALL Expectations!! We loved the market walk and learned a lot! The guide was superb and went above and beyond (Gloria). Our chef, Josue from ClarOscuro was superb. We loved our time and learned a lot as well as made a fabulous meal!! I HIGHLY recommend this experience!
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115pp
Jul 21, 2025
- We had an absolutely wonderful time at this cooking class. The team picked us up directly from our hotel and took us to the Mercado Central in Quito. There we were able to try a delicious drink of Andean blackberry and guanabana, some delicious street food (mote), and buy fruit as well as other supplies for the cooking class. We were then brought to a beautiful patio in the old city of Quito. This was a very historic area where we saw the extremely well-preserved neighborhood and saw what Spain must have looked like hundreds of years ago. At the cooking school, we were given chef hats and aprons and got to work. The head chef, Magola, was excellent. She described every step of the process and why she used specific cooking techniques. We really appreciated this as we have been trying to make some of these dishes at home but with little success. They prepared a delicious Ecuadorian drink called canela so. We had Abbas Ecuadorian fava beans and potatoes as the appetizer. We had shrimp ceviche and a delicious locro de papa, which is a very traditional Ecuadorian potato soup. Dessert was a selection of prepared Andean strawberries and peaches. This was a wonderful experience and a true respite in our stay in this hectic capital. We would recommend this for everyone and for all families. We look forward to coming soon again.
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Angie_a
Jul 18, 2025
Fantastic cooking class! - Great cooking class learning about traditional Ecuadorian cuisine. Some hands on interaction with 2 wonderful chefs.
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William_c
Jul 12, 2025
Great experience! - The market tour was exactly what I was looking for. Andres showed me local and indigenous fruits and produce that I have never seen before. The home-cooking class was great and I am looking to incorporate some of the dishes and ingredients into my own cooking. This experience was well coordinated and they even helped me with arranging transport back to the airport. Thank you!
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Melissagh8385zg
Jul 7, 2025
If You Like to Try New Recipes, this is for you. - I cannot recommend this experience enough. My family has done cooking classes in Spain, Paris and now Equador and this one was light years better. We made a complete meal with two local chefs. They could not have been nicer or more accommodating.
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Destination572426
Jun 27, 2025
Great Local Experience - It was just my husband and me. We had a great time. It’s very casual and family-like. Andres, Sylvia and Margola were fantastic. Loved the market tour, we tried fruits and juices. The meal preparation was fun and we left with an online recipe book and photo album. Great half-day activity. It was like spending the day with local friends rather than a tour group.
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Janette
Jun 25, 2025
Best cooking class ever - Everything about the experience was perfect. We were picked up from our airbnb and the market visit was eye opening with all their fruit and vegetables being available all year round due to being on the equator. The venue for the class was in a gorgeous old colonial house. The food we prepared was all so fresh and healthy and different from what we serve in Australia. We had to get a cab back to the airbnb because we were so full at the end of it. It was like a family gathering. Very comfortable and personal
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