Real prices
Lima's food tour, market to table, priced
The private Lima market and cooking experience runs from $405 per person with YouAskWePlan — an estimated sale price, subject to availability, last updated August 2026.
You walk a working Lima market with a chef, argue amiably about which fish deserves your ceviche, then cook it and eat it. This is the priciest half day in our Lima catalog and the one travelers defend most fiercely afterwards.
The price is private service around food, which in Lima means something: this is the hemisphere's most decorated food city, and the kitchen you'll use belongs to people who take that personally.
Prices
Private — market walk + participatory kitchen
$405per person, from
Per person, two travelers.
Estimated, subject to availability · price last updated August 2026
What the price includes
- The guided market walk with your chef
- All ingredients and the participatory kitchen session
- The meal you made, at a table you earned
What it doesn't
- Transport to the market meeting point (arranged in your plan)
- Drinks beyond what's noted
Season and availability
Year-round, rain or grey sky irrelevant — this day happens indoors and among market stalls. The fish counter changes with the sea, which is the point.
Worth knowing
If your trip runs through both cities, compare this with the Cusco kitchen morning: Lima's is seafood and precision, Cusco's is Andean ingredients and wood smoke. Doing both is not excessive; it's thorough.
Questions travelers actually ask
- Do I need to know how to cook?
- No. The chef runs the kitchen; you run your own station with real guidance. Couples where one person only came for the eating still leave happy.
- Why does this cost more than other Lima half days?
- It's fully private, ingredient inclusive, and staffed by a chef rather than a guide. You're paying restaurant-kitchen attention, not sightseeing logistics.
Dates, travelers, level — your full trip price shows as you design, before you commit anything.