Mexican cooking classes in Cabo San Lucas

Cabo San Lucas is the loud, bright end of Los Cabos — the Marina, El Arco, the beach clubs — and Cookin' Cabo has been cooking in it for nearly fifteen years. The Radilla family runs the class, and it starts where the food starts: a local Mexican market, with the chef choosing the seasonal produce and explaining what Baja cooking does with it.

From the market you visit a traditional tortilla factory to collect fresh masa, then move into the family's professional restaurant kitchen. That kitchen is the difference between a demonstration and a class: you are at a station, pressing tortillas, building salsas, tasting as you go, with a tequila tasting and soft drinks along the way. The day ends around a long table with the meal you cooked and souvenir aprons to take home.

The location is practical. The class is a five-minute walk from the Marina and close to the cruise port, which makes it easy whether you are staying in a resort, arriving by ship for the day, or driving over from San José del Cabo. Children aged six and over are welcome with an adult, and groups can be as small as two or as large as sixteen.

If you want the evening instead of the morning, the private formats cover a chef's table dinner in the professional kitchen. And if you are staying in a villa, the chefs can bring the whole class to your rental.