Chef José Antonio's family · Alameda Jorge Chávez, Miraflores
Chef José Antonio and his wife María Alejandra host the class in their Miraflores home, where you make your own ceviche, tuna tartare and pisco sour. Pick it for hands-on cooking in a group of eight at most, with pisco the family makes itself.
This is the best-reviewed cooking class on the site, with 4.9 stars from 278 reviews, and the price covers a hands-on class in which every guest cooks. You make one ceviche, one tuna tartare and one pisco sour or chilcano each, then eat what you made. Around it come an exotic fruit tasting, a pisco tasting, one dessert, unlimited water and a gift. The hosts send photos and an edited video afterwards. You can cancel free up to 24 hours before.
The class is led by Chef José Antonio, who the listing says spent more than 15 years in restaurants in Lima and Miami, with his wife María Alejandra. The family produces pisco in its own small distillery and pours more than 17 flavours, which is how you choose the one for your pisco sour. The tuna tartare uses soy sauce, sesame oil, avocado and lemon. The ceviche follows the family's own recipe, and the hosts buy the ingredients the same day, with fish from artisanal fishermen.
You meet at Alameda Jorge Chávez in Miraflores and the hosts take you to their home; one guest puts the drive at 15 minutes. Groups are capped at eight. The listing asks you to mention allergies and your language when you book, and to ask for the vegetarian option if you need it. After the class the hosts can drop you at Huaca Pucllana or El Olivar park for free. Gratuities are not included, and the listing invites you to write if you want another time.
Gather at Alameda Jorge Chávez 100, then ride with the hosts to their home.
Exotic Peruvian fruit while the hosts talk about geography, culture and the history of pisco.
Fresh tuna with soy sauce, sesame oil, avocado and lemon, made by each guest.
Taste the house flavours, then make the official pisco sour recipe.
Each guest makes a fish ceviche with the family's recipe and eats it at the table.
A dessert, a gift and an optional free ride to Huaca Pucllana or El Olivar.
★★★★★If you are scrolling through the many options and trying to choose a cooking class, do yourself a favor and book this one! Jose Antonio and his wife were excellent! [...] We were able to sample many varieties of Pisco before settling on a flavor and learning to make the delicious cocktail. We loved that he went step by step and tasted our individual creations to ensure that we had added the right amount of each ingredient. There were four of us and we each felt like we were receiving 1-1 lessons! [...]
★★★★★This was a top tier cooking class. It was very fun to learn about the ingredients and get to put it all together ourselves. [...] Also the ingredients were clearly very fresh and delicious which definitely made the food some of the best we’ve had!
★★★★★The cooking class was amazing! Jose made the experience so enjoyable and welcoming. I learned so much about Peruvian culture while getting hands-on experience preparing delicious traditional dishes. [...] Cooking, eating, and learning was such a highlight of my time in Lima. Highly recommend!
★★★★★We had an amazing experience! Very good food and great pisco. They speak english really well so overall this activity is 100% a recommendation!
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One ceviche and one tuna tartare per person, plus a pisco sour or chilcano. A fruit tasting, a pisco tasting and a dessert come with it.
Yes, on request. The listing asks you to say at booking if you need a vegetarian option and to mention any allergies.
In the hosts' home in Miraflores. You meet at Alameda Jorge Chávez 100 and ride there with them.
Up to 8. Every guest makes their own dishes, and guests say each person gets close attention.
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Cook ceviche, tuna tartare and a pisco sour with a chef in his Miraflores home, for eight guests at most.
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