Puerto Vallarta Cooking Classes

Our cooking experience with Manu was amazing! Perfect day from start to finish! Had so much fun choosing the menu, shopping at the market, and having him cook us the best lunch ever of ceviche and shrimp!! And his little perito max stole the show! Perfect 10/10 day in PV- highly recommend!!

Please know that when you do this during the summer the can they have has little to no aircon. You will be passing by a rough road. We cane from Marina Vallarta and it took about 40-45 minutes to get to the venue. The staff were great and accommodating. Valeria did a very great job in teaching us how to cook salsa molcajete, salsa guacamole, chicken enchiladas and the platano dessert. However, she forgot to give us the recipe of everything. In case, Valeria come across this review please send the recipes to me at [email protected]. It is very important that I get them so I can share with family. Thank you!

We had an amazing time learning and cooking! I loved how intimate it was, and the food was so tasty. We made many different salsas, soup appetizer and Birria tacos. Would definitely recommend this cooking class to others. 10/10 experience.

This was amazing! We book several excursions during our visits to PV and this one ranks in our top two! Val was so sweet and taught us some great cooking tips. Our driver (name?) was fun and kept us entertained. After our delicious lunch and drinks we had a dip in the resort style pool. The grounds of the ranch were beautiful and we wished to have stayed all day.We will be doing this again. Thank you for such a wonderful day.

Enrique, Eri, and Carolina were fabulous hosts! Wonderful experience for all!!

This was a fantastic experience! Met Manu at a local market to purchase the ingredients for our delicious dinner. Then to Manu's lovely home where Manu made ceviche and sea bass. Manu tailored our dishes to meet the needs of all 4 of us...one doesn't eat cilantro, so he substituted in basil! It was great. The sea bass preparation with black sauce was to die for...honestly the best sea bass I've ever eaten. I would highly recommend this experience and look forward to doing it again in 2027!

Manu is a fabulous chef and very knowledgeable about local flavours! We learned so many new shills that I can’t wait to try out when we get home💕. It was especially nice that he had all the recipes sent to us, so that we didn’t have to spend time writing them out. Lots more time to watch and ask questions. Truly a great class🥰

We enjoyed our salsa making class immensely! Miel and Sylvia were knowledgeable, fun, and patient. They shared loads of interesting information about the history of the ingredients. The salsas we made were delicious and I learned some tricks for prepping ingredients that will be game changers in my kitchen. I highly, highly recommend the class and any other future offerings from this dynamic duo!

We had so much fun making 4 different salsas! Sylvia is full of knowledge and incredibly charming. I will be back to PV and definitely do this again.

chef manu is great. we learned about new ingredients and new techniques. the market tour was authentic and his food very tasty. highly recommend this experience!

What a wonderful experience!! Riding up to the ranch through the mountains as the guide provided facts about the area set the tone for what became a truly inclusive experience. The cooking experience allowed for each family member to make their own delicious lunch with hands on experience with making each recipe! All the staff were amazing and friendly! We are definitely recommending this to other family and friends coming to Puerto Vallarta! And we will be going back!!!

Fantastic. Jeanne was pleasant very understanding, compassionate, fun and extremely knowledgeable. Rate her 11 out of 10.

What a fantastic experience this was! We were in Puerto Vallarta via a cruise ship and wanted to do a local cooking experience while in port instead of a cruise excursion. Before the tour started, Jeanne, our tour guide, was excellent at communicating and making sure we didn't have any dietary restrictions and giving us instructions on how to get to the meeting point.Jeanne is an amazing and patient guide! She readily answered all our questions and was so enthusiastic about everywhere we went! You can tell she really loves her city. She gave us a brief tour of the town, which happened to have Dias de los Muertos decorations up and explained the cultural significance. We were then led to a local tortilleria and learned about the tortilla-making progress and ate some freshly made tortillas, a small coffee shop to taste Mexican coffee, and then had a tour through the local fish and produce street market where we learned about all the different ingredients. Jeanne is very knowledgable! Afterwards, we had a cooking lesson at a restaurant where the head chef personally taught us how to make guacamole, enchiladas, use a tortilla press, and 2 different cocktails. We were also served some very delicious salsa. At this restaurant, we also had a delightful blind tasting test of around 14 different items that Jeanne had picked up from the market. I won't spoil what those were, it was definitely fun time guessing what some of the ingredients could be.I highly recommend Authentik Tours with Jeanne. After our tour, she gave us some recommendations on what else we could see nearby before we had to head back to our ship. We also really liked that she helped us take photos and videos and sent them to us, so we could enjoy our trip more easily. We'll definitely be looking to do other tours with Authentik Tours again in the future next time we're in the area!

We had a fabulous time making chile rellenos, salsa, guacamole and tasting tequila. This is out of the typical path of Puerto Vallarta in a beautiful location. Everything is fresh, the staff is exceptionally friendly and engaging and our group had a fabulous time.

Daniel made this experience very calm and relaxing as well as informative. He shared his knowledge of the plants, marine life and general area through out the day. Our family all enjoyed our experience and felt that Quimixto beach and falls are our favorite to visit. The Ceviches and guacamole that Oscar showed us how to make was delicious.

Of all the excursions we’ve done on our trip, this was very special. Our guide Daniel is very knowledgeable about wildlife and the ecology of the area, pointing out birds and tree’s adds lots to the walk. He’s professional and a very nice guy. Swimming at the waterfall is very refreshing and lovely. The village is beautiful and peaceful. There were no vendors, or pushy people trying to sell anything. Learning to make authentic ceviche and guacamole was the highlight! All around a good time with some relaxing throughout the day.