Mexico Lindo Cooking

Mexican Cuisine Mastery Immersion — 10 Days (English)

A chef-level immersion through Mexico’s most important ancestral techniques, iconic recipes, markets, food tours & top restaurants.

Welcome to a transformative, chef-level immersion into the best of Mexican cuisine — guided by professional chefs and cocineras tradicionales. Over 10 intensive days, you’ll master ancestral foundations (nixtamal, masa, salsas, moles, recados) and the iconic recipes that define Mexico’s culinary identity, with the precision and workflow demanded in restaurant, private, and yacht kitchens. This is not a tourist class: it’s hands-on training rooted in tradition and elevated by modern execution. Expect deep market sourcing, curated food tours, and standout restaurant experiences — all delivered in a small-group format designed for serious growth.

May 22 – May 31, 2026 • Limited spots remaining • $5,500 USD • English-taught

• Apply via whats app

Techniques That Will Change Your Cooking

Ancestral foundations • Fire cooking • Maya stove • Chef-level workflow

You’ll master the essential foundations of Mexican cuisine — and learn how to execute them with the precision and workflow required in private and yacht kitchens. This is hands-on training rooted in tradition, taught directly by chefs and cocineras tradicionales, so you don’t just learn recipes — you learn technique, repetition, and real flavor building you can apply anywhere.
Hands-on work with:
• Nixtamal & masa (from corn to tortillas)
• Salsas (molcajete, roasted, raw, charred)
• Metate techniques + ancestral tools
• Traditional Yucatán recados + underground pib cooking
• Maya stove cooking with Chef Rosalía Chay (Chef’s Table BBQ, Netflix)
• Mole & adobos (layering chiles, spices, seeds, nuts)

Everything Is Included — So You Can Focus on Master Cooking

Boutique lodging • Transportation • Classes • Markets • Food tours • Curated dining

We’ve designed this immersion to be seamless and high-touch. From the moment you arrive, everything is handled so you can focus on learning, tasting, and refining your craft. You’ll move through Riviera Maya and Yucatán with a curated chef-to-chef flow: hands-on classes, market sourcing, food tours, and standout restaurant experiences — all in a small-group format guided by chefs and cocineras tradicionales.• Boutique jungle accommodation (private cenote property)
• Ground transportation during the program (as scheduled)
• All hands-on cooking sessions + instruction
• Markets, food tours, tastings, and curated dining experiences
• Ingredients and materials used during classes
• Personalized guidance in a small-group setting
• Diploma of Completion

Cook with Chef Rosalía Chay (Chef’s Table BBQ, Netflix)

A full day in a Maya community • Fire cooking • Pib • Heirloom corn

Spend the day in a Maya community with Chef Rosalía Chay — keeper of ancestral techniques and one of the most respected traditional cooks in the region.You’ll learn:
• Cochinita Pibil slow-cooked underground in a traditional pib
• Recados, tamales, and fresh masa from heirloom corn
• Maya fire-based cooking methods and traditional tools
• The cultural context behind Yucatán’s most iconic flavorsThis is the kind of training that changes your technique — and your perspective.

Itinerary Snapshot (Full Itinerary by Request)

Puerto Morelos • Valladolid • Maya Village • May 22 – 31, 2026

You’ll move from the Caribbean coast to colonial Valladolid and into a Maya village, combining hands-on cooking with markets, food tours, and curated dining. To keep the experience boutique and personal, we share the full day-by-day itinerary on request.

Day 1: Welcome dinner + coastal fire flavors
Day 2: Markets, ingredients + Caribbean seafood
Day 3: Nixtamal & salsa mastery at Mexico Lindo Cooking School
Day 4: Tacos + street food masterclass
Day 5: Travel to Valladolid + cenote + tastings
Day 6: Maya village day with Chef Rosalía Chay + Chichén Itzá
Day 7: Market tour + Yucatecan cooking class
Day 8: Seafood fiesta + farewell dinner at a Michelin Star Restaurant
Day 9: Mole & adobo masterclass + final dinner under the stars
Day 10: Final antojitos feast + departures

Investment

May 22 – May 31, 2026 • Limited spots remaining • English-taught

This is a boutique, chef-level immersion with high-touch guidance from chefs and cocineras tradicionales. Spots are limited to keep the experience personal and hands-on.

• From: $5,500 USD per person (double occupancy)
• Single room available (single supplement applies)
• Payment plan available upon request
• To reserve: deposit required (details sent via WhatsApp)

• Message “MASTERY” and we’ll send the full itinerary + reserve details.

Ready to Join Us in Mexico?

May 22nd - 31st, 2026

If you’re ready to deepen your Mexican cuisine mastery with chefs and cocineras tradicionales—through ancestral technique, iconic recipes, markets, food tours, and Mexico’s best restaurants—this is your moment. Spots are limited to keep the immersion personal and hands-on.

Not a Cooking Course — A Culinary Initiation in the Heart of Mexico

Only 3 spots left • Fully in English • May 22 – 31, 2026 • Yucatán + Riviera Maya

A chef-level immersion designed to transform your technique and flavor vocabulary: masa & nixtamal, salsas, moles/adobos, recados, fire cooking, and a full ancestral day with Chef Rosalía Chay (Chef’s Table BBQ, Netflix).Boutique jungle lodging, curated chef dinners, markets, cenotes, and a journey through Yucatán + Riviera Maya — all arranged so you can focus on cooking and mastery.

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