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Visit the Amazon

Live from: 

Peru

Difficulty: 

Beginner to Advanced

Class Duration: 

2 to 2-1/2 hours

Language: 

Spanish, English

VISIT THE AMAZON

Peru

Beginner to Advanced

2 to 2-1/2 hours

Peruvian

Peru

Transport your kitchen to the Amazon in this cooking class with a chef, live from Peru

The Amazon is a vast, vast place. Covering over 6.7 million square kilometres, home to 47 million people, including 2 million indigenous people - the Amazon is the world's largest tropical rainforest and an immensely beautiful and diverse place. 


In this cooking class, we invite you to join us for a trip to one of the world's most fascinating regions. Immerse yourself into the Amazonian flavours of Peru.  Get to know the Chinese influence on this culture and cuisine as you indulge your palate with the taste of umami. The star of this meal is Amazonian Chaufa. This fried rice dish includes all the usual suspects… but things become interesting very quickly when Chinese and Peruvian flavours begin to meet bringing the Amazonian ingredients and food culture into a new life… ripe plantain, pork loin and bacon. Savory, sweet and smoky. This dish will change your definition of fried rice.


Rounding out the meal you’ll learn to make a sweet and savory, cheesy Baked Plantain and a refreshing Heart of Palm Salad, full of texture and Amazonian flavours. Get your kitchen ready because we’re heading to the jungles of Peru!

20 minute Kitchen Prep Session with a Personal Kitchen Assistant who will get you ready! Includes teaching about ingredients and answering any questions you have as you get ready for your private cooking experience

2-1/2 hour Private Cooking Class via Skype with a highly accomplished global chef who lives where the recipe originated. Perfect for stay home date nights!

Personalized step-by-step coaching, tips, culinary tricks, sharing of stories, and more

A fantastic multi-course meal, 100% authentic and enjoyed as if you travelled to your chef's country!

Music Playlists featuring artists from the chef's country to get ready for your experience

Cocktail Recipes and Suggested Pairings

Recipe Booklet to recreate your dishes again and again!

What You Get

**Classes make a hearty meal for up to four people to enjoy.  If you have a larger group eating, please know, additional fees may apply.  Please message us in advance of booking to ensure you have an amazing experience.

Meet The Chef

Chef Lucia

Chef Lucia

Lima, Peru

Chef, Consultant and Peruvian Culinary Expert, recently consulted for one of Latin America's 50 Best Restaurants

Lucia loves nothing more than her family, scuba diving, Peru, traveling, and, of course, cooking. Lucia's culinary journey started at the age of 12 (when she helped at the family restaurant), and since she has worked as a restaurant consultant, menu developer, customer service advisor, and caterer, and managed events for corporate clients and celebrities. Most recently, she acted as a consultant for a restaurant that landed on the prestigious “50 Best Restaurants of Latin America” list.


As a graduate of Le Cordon Bleu in Lima, Lucia pursued her love of food, travel, and cooking. She opened her own cooking class and experience company working in both Lima and Cusco City.  In addition to her long list of accolades, she has spent much of her life traveling - with more than 50 countries under her belt, she’s visited five continents and has traveled more than 70% of her home country of Peru. During her travels, she seeks out the local traditions and food to understand the country’s culture and history.


Now, she gives specialty gastronomic tours and experiences, consults restaurants, and runs a business that offers private chef services. She can’t wait to bring a little Peru into your kitchen in her cooking classes with The Chef & The Dish.

Cooking Class Menu

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PRIVATE CLASS

*The base price of most classes is $369 which allows 2 participants in the same kitchen. Each additional person in your kitchen thereafter is an additional $50 USD. So, a class of 4 is actually only $117.25 USD per person! Please know, a $50 USD surcharge will apply if you’d like to add a second kitchen. Looking for group classes? Explore here.

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From $149/pp USD*

The Chef and The Dish was an AhMazingly fun experience for the hubster and I! We cooked with Chef Lucia, who was fun, vibrant, knowledgeable, personable and sweet!!! The food came out just like Chef Lucia’s, and it taste just as great too! Must do this again

Jada Amber

Loved our Arroz Con Pollo class with Chef Lucia. She was so friendly and enthusiastic. We do want to travel to Peru now. This was a really fun experience for a couple. Could also see doing this with two couples or a group event. Oh, and the food was amazing. We are so glad we did this.

William Lund

Today with me in Toronto and my friend in London and the chef in Peru we made the ceviche menu. So well organized and Lucia the chef was fantastic. The food was delicious and it was fun as well as informative. Thank you so much The Chef and the Dish and I would highly recommend anyone to give them a try.

Charlotte Cummins

Chef Lucia was SO fun and easy to work with! I took the 'arroz con pollo' class and not only was the meal one of the best I have ever had, it was also easy to follow. I felt like I was cooking with a good friend because she was so personable. I still can't believe I made that dish in my own kitchen. It was much better than paying for a plate at a fancy restaurant because she taught me how to make it forever, AND she taught me little cooking tricks and techniques along the way!

Jennifer Duffy

Client Reviews

We’ve had a lot of press coverage and we’re super happy to help people transport their kitchen for the day.

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