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Cooking Classes in San Cristóbal de las Casas: Current Options
San Cristóbal has current hands-on Mexican cooking classes rather than only food tours. Two clearly verified options are El Tzitz, with scheduled group classes and an optional market visit, and Cooking with Sofi / Poxna, a smaller flexible-format class combining Mexican cooking and traditional drinks.
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San Cristóbal currently has hands-on Mexican cooking classes, not just restaurant tours or food tastings. Two options have clear current primary-source information: El Tzitz Cooking School and Cooking with Sofi / Poxna.
Quick comparison
El Tzitz: structured cooking-school format, group classes on set weekdays, optional market tour, local ingredients and Chiapas/Mexican recipes.
Cooking with Sofi / Poxna: smaller flexible-format session combining Mexican cooking with traditional and pre-Hispanic drinks, with an optional market visit.
Schedules and prices are volatile. The figures below were checked on August 30, 2026; verify them again before booking.
El Tzitz Cooking School
El Tzitz specializes in Mexican cooking with an emphasis on local produce, local varieties and regional specialties. Its current official site says classes take place in a house in one of the older parts of San Cristóbal, close to the center and the main market.
Current published group schedule:
- Monday, Wednesday and Friday;
- class starts at 12:00;
- optional market tour starts at 10:30.
Current official prices:
- group class: MXN 740 per person;
- group class + market tour: MXN 900 per person;
- individual class: MXN 1,840;
- individual class + market tour: MXN 2,200.
The site says the menu can change with seasonal produce and that private classes or other days can be arranged directly.
Cooking with Sofi / Poxna
Poxna currently publishes a separate Cooking with Sofi experience. The class combines Mexican cooking with traditional drinks and a cocktail made with local-style ingredients and house preparations.
The current page describes a roughly 2-hour session, flexible scheduling and a maximum of two people per session. It is offered in Spanish and English.
The page currently lists MXN 800 for the cooking session and also offers an optional market visit for an extra charge. Because the same page contains inconsistent market-tour surcharge text in its Spanish and English sections, confirm the exact add-on price directly instead of relying on one displayed number.
Cooking with Sofi is published through Poxna, whose San Cristóbal tasting-room base is La Espirituosa. Confirm the exact class meeting point when booking.
Which class fits you better?
Choose El Tzitz if you want a longer cooking-school format, a scheduled group option or a market visit built around local ingredients.
Choose Cooking with Sofi if you want a smaller session with flexible timing and a stronger connection between food and traditional drinks.
If your priority is eating rather than cooking, use What to Eat in San Cristóbal or Best Restaurants instead.