Reviews for Hands-On Mexican Cooking Class in Cabo San Lucas

We worked with Chef Ari in October 2019, where she served as the private chef for our group of eight adults over the course of five days while we were vacationing in Cabo. Chef Ari was phenomenal, and I cannot recommend her services and cooking highly enough! During our stay in a villa, she cooked two dinners/cocktail hours for us (including a special 40th birthday celebration), two lunches, and breakfast each morning. Each meal was delicious and made with care from the freshest ingredients. It is important to Chef Ari to support local farmers, and she visits these farmers each day and also preserves this produce in different ways, such as homemade harissa and pickles. She bakes fresh breads and pastries each morning and also makes her own ice cream. To have this variety and quality of fresh dishes every day was truly amazing! She also exposed our group (visiting from NYC and LA) to different local ingredients, such as huitlacoche, and explained what made them special. Prior to the trip, we worked closely with her to plan our menus and appreciated her responsiveness, creativity, and detail orientation. We loved working with Chef Ari and can't wait to return to Cabo again to enjoy more of her delicious cooking!

Fantastic experience!! The welcome drink, cooking class , mixed cocktails and dinner was unbelievable! We loved it so much we went back for a chefs dinner. Ari, Jose and Abram were amazing!! Chef Ari's house was gorgeous also!

The best dining in Cabo is not at a restaurant or 5-star hotel. It's at our wonderful Pedregal villa with Chef Ari and her team. My family and friends were greeted with a Mexican themed welcome dinner our first night. Innovative menus with the freshest of ingredients and made from scratch dishes followed. Her love of cooking was only surpassed by her enthusiasm for making our experience the best it could be. We loved it all ................... Chef Ari is a star.

Ari did an amazing job cooking for me and my friends. She cooked a lot of great meals and provided us with some great, authentic Mexican options!

I love hiring a private chef while on vacation with the family to lighten the chore of cooking for everyone and found Chef Ari while searching online. I was so excited based on the reviews, but the evening was even better than I expected. Ari was very communicative on what time she would arrive, ensuring she considered an food allergies, and proposed what sounded like an amazing menu. When Ari arrived on time, she and her assistant Judith went straight to work in the kitchen of our Airbnb. Not only was each course that Ari and Judith prepared absolutely delicious, Ari was also such a pleasure to talk to and had a very excited and upbeat personality which made her like an additional dinner guest :) Everyone in the family from kids to grandparents loved it- the leftovers for lunch the next day were just as good! Thanks Ari & Judith!

Wonderful cooking class in a beautiful private home! Chef Ari was awesome, as was the bartender Juan. She made the class both fun and educational, the food we made was delicious. We loved it so much we booked a private dinner the following night!

What a great experience. First, we did a cooking class and we enjoyed it so much we booked a private dinner. Loved Chef Ari. She made the experience so fun and we learned so many great things that we can use at home when cooking. This is a MUST do!!!!

Chef Ari was so nice and we loved being in her home learning her recipes. What a beautiful property and amazing kitchen. The entire staff was amazing. Our group, ages 18-55, loved the cooking class and great lunch. We will definitely do this again!!!

Ari, Honey, and Raul provided a cooking class and dinner at our renta house. It was great fun learning how to make flour tortillas, guacamole, and pico de gallo. Add to that the flank steak with pipian, the great dessert, and Raul's killer margaritas, and we had a fabulous meal. I highly recommend this team for a wonderful experience.

What a wonderful experience! Chef Ari was amazing and the food was better than expected. We will 100% be booking this experience every year and are looking forward to going to her house next year to enjoy her cooking again. I've been to Cabo every year for the last 7 years and this was by far my favorite experience yet. Can't wait to do this again!