Start-up owned and run by passionate and experienced people working together to create the best experience for our guests. Our chef was professionally trained at the prestigious Le Cordon Bleu Culinary Arts School and has vast experience working in high-end restaurants and hotels abroad.
OUR COMPROMISE
In Taste Peru, we are committed to deliver the best experience for our guests, showcasing the cultural diversity of our country through our gastronomy, taking you on a trip across its history and learning about professional cooking techniques in our fully equipped cooking studio where you'll prepare a delicious full meal always guided by our experienced chef.
COOKING CLASS - OUR CONCEPT
Be immersed into a fascinating trip to the San Pedro Market, where you’ll be introduced to a vast variety of local and ancient products, learn about the history behind them and their impact in today modern Peruvian gastronomy. Later, we’ll invite you to our cozy cooking studio, located inside a colonial times house (two blocks away from the market), where you’ll step back in time to enjoy a modern Peruvian cooking class guided by a professional Peruvian chef and rounding up all we saw at the market.
We offer two daily cooking experiences carefully design to cater your needs.
Lunch
10am. - 2pm.
Dinner
3pm. - 7pm.
*All our menus can be adapted to special dietary needs.
WHAT'S INCLUDED
During your 4 hour gastronomical experience, we'll provide:
An advanced english speaking professional chef and guide.
A fully immersive one tour across the local San Pedro Market.
A three hours hands-on cooking class in our private Cooking Studio.
Pisco Sour making class.
Hands on opportunity to create a three course andean/peruvian inspired meal.
Exotic fruit tasting dessert.
All ingredients and equipment.
Bottled water.
Not included: transportation, extra alcoholic drinks (available for purchase) and gratuities.
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Our Amazing Team
We invite you to be part of our fully hands-on cooking class experience... Learn more
Christian Manrique
Chef Manager
I’m a Peruvian chef trained in Sydney - Australia at the prestigious "Le Cordon Bleu Culinary Arts School". With work experience in high-end hotels and restaurants in Sydney and Miami. Currently settled in Cuzco-Perú, advocated to showcase the cultural diversity and richness of my country in our fully professionally equipped cooking studio, combining traditional Andean recipes and modern techniques giving our dishes a contemporary twist adapted to the most exquisite palates.
Alvaro
Chef
I’m a Peruvian culinary expert, (fully vaccinated against COVID-19), studied in “CENFOTUR”, the most important and prestigious institute in “Hotel management and gastronomy” in Peru, with experience in the most important five stars hotels in the country and at high class cruise ships around the world.
Being also working at the culinary business as a consultant for “new opening” hotels and restaurants for over 6 years.
I’m very proud of the culinary heritage an diversity of products we share to the world, let me show them to you at our professionally equipped studio in this enriching culinary experience.
Ali
Cook Assistant
Hi I’m Ali, I’m in charge of making your cooking experience as smooth and enjoyable as possible.
Diego
Cook Assistant
My name is Diego. I am currently studying tourism and hotel management and I work as a part time assistant in Taste Peruvian cooking studio. For me is a great experience to have the opportunity to help show our gastronomy to our visitors.
We carefully designed our menu in order to showcase the most amount of local products in a modern and different way, adjusted to the international palate with a high-end presentation, respecting seasonability and always using the freshest and best quality products available at the market.
Aperitif: Passion fruit Sour,
Shake your own Pisco Sours and learn about the history behind our national cocktail.
Appetizer: Classic Peruvian ceviche.
Our national dish done right.
Main dish: Modern Quinoa Risotto,
Tri-colored quinoa and Peruvian yellow chili risotto topped with a perfect sous vide poached egg.
Dessert: Chirimoya and exotic fruits parfait,
Have a taste of our best local fruits elegantly served as a parfait.
Hot infusions
*All dishes are seasoned with Maras pink salt.
Vegetarian Options:
Fish would be replaced with “Sweet cucumber”, a local fruit.
Meat would be replaced with mushrooms.
TASTE PERU MENU (DINNER)
We carefully designed our menu in order to showcase the most amount of local products in a modern and different way, adjusted to the international palate with a high-end presentation, respecting seasonability and always using the freshest and best quality products available at the market.
Aperitif: Passion fruit Sour,
Shake your own Pisco Sours and learn about the history behind our national cocktail.
Appetizer: Micuit Nikkei Style Tiradito,
Ceviche with a modern twist; Sashimi style fish marinated in a Japanese/Peruvian ponzu, avocados and cushuros.
Main dish: Quinoa crusted sous vide alpaca tenderloin,
with roasted native tubers in an smoked Andean chimichurri.
Dessert: Chirimoya and exotic fruits parfait,
Have a taste of our best local fruits elegantly served as a parfait.
Hot infusions
*All dishes are seasoned with Maras pink salt.
Vegetarian Options:
Fish would be replaced with “Sweet cucumber”, a local fruit.
Meat would be replaced with mushrooms.
JAN & MARCH 2024 Special Rate starting at $55.00
$55.00 Lunch Classes / $59.00 Dinner Classes, small groups guaranteed,