Top Puerto Vallarta Food & Drink Classes

Feast upon the explosive flavors of Mexican cuisine during a cooking class in Puerto Vallarta.  Shop in a vibrant market for colorful produce; visit a traditional tortilla factory; and learn of regional culinary customs with a knowledgeable guide. Gain insight into customary cooking techniques with a local master chef, discovering recipes like fish ceviche, and taste tantalizing samples of tequila on this insightful and interactive culinary tour.

Get an authentic taste of Mexico--with a twist--on this excursion. You are invited to the home of an internationally trained chef who returned home to bring his own special flair to traditional cuisine. This personalized tour starts with a visit to the market to select the best ingredients for your meal. Return to Chef’s home to cook together before sitting down to enjoy the fruits of your labor.

Swap sunbathing for chocolate making on a visit to ChocoMuseo in Puerto Vallarta, ideal for choccy enthusiasts, families, or couples. Learn about Mesoamerica’s often-overlooked history of chocolate as you explore the museum with your guide, then get hands-on experience tempering, molding, and decorating your own cacao creations to take home.

Mole poblano is a spicy chocolate sauce that is served over meat. Learn about this Mexican dish during a hands-on cooking class in Puerto Vallarta. Visit a local market to purchase ingredients, including Mexcian cacao and chilies, and learn to make this dish from start to finish with a group of no more than five participants. Then, enjoy the fruits of your labor and take home a jar of your mole.

Learn how to prepare an authentic Jaliscan meal during a private cooking class at Helene’s home kitchen in Puerto Vallarta. Discover the traditional flavors used in Jaliscan cuisine and enjoy a hands-on culinary experience preparing recipes that she has perfected over the years. Get an insider's peek into the local culture and lifestyle, and spend about an hour and a half cooking before sitting down to enjoy your meal.

Learn to cook with a local chef in Puerto Vallarta during this private culinary experience in his home kitchen! Your host for the day is Manu, a professionally trained chef who loves to create innovative, modern fusions of classic Mexican dishes. Manu will teach you to prepare traditional Mexican dishes with a modern twist, dishes you can replicate in your own kitchen at home. Enjoy the meal together in Manu's home, a small and simple but typical home in central Puerto Vallarta. Manu knows his city well so feel free to ask him for his recommendations for the best places in town to get amazing street food such as tacos al pastor and churros. Manu is experienced in catering to all types of tastes, allergies, and dietary restrictions. Upon booking, please be sure to let him know your preferences, if you have any.

Learn all about chocolate production, from pod to pastry, and get the chance to sample some artisanal chocolate yourself with this visit to Planeta Cacao, a cacao garden near Puerto Vallarta. You'll learn all about the importance of chocolate in pre-Colombian times, see how it's cultivated, and learn all about the process of preparing it for consumption.

Learn the secrets behind classic Mexican sauces at a Puerto Vallarta cooking class that’s all about having fun. Make a wide range of sauces that you can adapt to all kinds of dishes; prepare the classic corn-based snack ‘sopes;’ and sip included beer, wine, spirits, or juice throughout the evening—you might even be dancing by the end of the class.

The opportunity to have an encounter with fresh cacao pod, taste different kinds of chocolate and the traditional & ancestral drink made with cacao since thousand years.

Learn about cocoa, from the tree to the delicious mole Start the day with a visit to an organic cocoa farm, where you will learn and taste everything about chocolate, from the tree to the seed, to the delicious products made with it. Discover its origins and try it as the Mayans used to drink it. Go shopping at the supermarket with your local guide and get all the ingredients to participate in a fun practical cooking class. You will learn to cook, among other things, one of the most emblematic complex dishes of Mexican cuisine, the famous Mole. Make your own fresh sauces and tortillas by hand to round your plate in the traditional way. A cultural tour with the most delicious homemade food, then enjoy your delicious lunch with the captivating view of a quiet lagoon, as the perfect backdrop for a beautiful family meal. Combine this party with refreshing beer and taste the distinctive flavor of local tequila and mezcal.

It’s not hallucinogenic and doesn’t always come with a worm - Mezcal: Tequila’s smoky, mysterious, cool uncle. Despite Mezcal’s growing popularity in the liquor and cocktail scene, much of the product never even makes it to US or Canada due to trade restrictions and small batch quantities. This is your opportunity to try something new and see why this artisanal drink is receiving so much attention. A total of four quality, small distillery mezcals will be sampled throughout this hour and a half tasting.

This activity is incredible because cocoa is native to Mexico, so you will taste one of the ancestral flavours. And you will learn the process cacao undergoes to create chocolate. This is an experience for all your family.