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Food tours La Vega · Mercado Central

La Vega Market and Chilean Cooking Class
Activity
Hands-on class
Walking
2 km
Duration
5h 15m
Group size
Runs with 2 people · max 10
Languages
English, Spanish, Portuguese

Overview

Shop with a chef in La Vega Central and Mercado Central, the markets where Santiago buys its food, then cook empanadas, pebre and pastel de choclo and sit down to eat them with Chilean wine.

Highlights

  • La Vega Central, the market where Santiago shops
  • Shop with the chef and cook what you bought
  • Empanadas, pebre and pastel de choclo
  • Lunch with Chilean wine at the end

Itinerary

Approximate times for the 09:30 departure.

  1. 01

    09:30Meet at La Vega Central 10 min

    Your chef and guide meets you at the market entrance.

  2. 02

    09:40Shopping in La Vega with the chef 75 min

    Chilean fruit, ajíes, merkén and the ingredients for your menu, chosen stall by stall.

  3. 03

    10:55Mercado Central 30 min

    The iron market of 1872 and its fish stalls.

  4. 04

    11:25On to the kitchen 20 min

    A short trip to our kitchen.

  5. 05

    11:45Cooking class 120 min

    Empanadas, pebre and pastel de choclo, cooked by you with the chef.

  6. 06

    13:45Lunch with Chilean wine 60 min

    What you cooked, at the table, with Chilean wine.

Included in the price

  • Market tastings: Chilean fruit and snacks
  • Cooking class with all the ingredients
  • Lunch with what you cooked, with Chilean wine

Plus a trilingual local guide · group of 10 at most

Why it costs what it costs

Over 5h 15m, what you eat and drink is included: nothing to pay on the spot. Plus a local guide who speaks your language and a group that never goes over 10 people.

What’s included

  • Trilingual chef and guide
  • Market tastings: Chilean fruit and snacks
  • Cooking class with all the ingredients
  • Lunch with what you cooked, with Chilean wine
  • The recipes by email
  • Group photos taken by your guide, sent after the tour
  • Never more than 10 people, even with more bookings: we split the group

Not included

  • Transport, hotel pickup and drop-off (walking tour)
  • Gratuities

What to bring

  • Comfortable shoes
  • An appetite

Good to know

Walking tour in the city centre and a cooking class; we meet at La Vega Central. Tell us about food allergies in the diet field when booking.

Booking conditions

  • Minimum 2 people per booking.
  • Runs with 2 people. If a departure does not reach it, we tell you in advance and you choose: another date at no cost, private (paying the difference) or a full refund.
  • Never more than 10 people per group: if there are more bookings on the same day, we split the group.
  • Online booking closes 24 hours before the start.
  • Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start.
  • We meet at a fixed, easy-to-find point (photo and directions below and in your voucher).
  • Pay by card (Mercado Pago), PayPal, bank transfer (CLP, USD or EUR) or Pix; instant confirmation by email.

Where we meet

Meeting point
La Vega Central, Recoleta
Ends at
La Vega Central, Recoleta
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Cancellation

Cancel up to 24 hours before the start for a full refund. Later cancellations and no-shows are not refundable.

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