Casa Crespo

Incredible cooking class. I have a gluten and dairy allergy which makes cooking classes difficult but this was perfect. The group sat down and we were able to choose from several options. Even still when the group chose something that had cheese, for example, the chef pulled out some for me and then added cheese for the rest of the group. Everyone was attentive to my allergies. And the food was delicious! I learned a lot about ingredients and meals in this region. Highly recommend.

I had a wonderful experience. Oscar was great. We went to the market back to the casa prepared a multi course meal and ate at our leisure. Highly recommended.

A friend convinced me to try a cooking class, which is usually not my thing, but we met a group of lovely people from all over the world, Oscar took us on a neighborhood tour of native plants and market ingredients, then he walked us through several dishes step by step and the meal that we made together has deeply inspired me. You cannot truly love mole until you understand every single ingredient that is put into it. One of my favorite cultural experiences of all time. Thank You!

Highly recommend this cooking class if you're looking for one in Oaxaca. One of the best tamale and mole I've had during my whole trip to Mexico.

Highly recommend hiring a private chef from Casa Crespo! It was THE BEST MEAL we ate in our whole time in Oaxaca. Filling and delicious. I wanted to lick the plate at each bite. Highly recommend!!! Willie was wonderful

A really enjoyable morning! We booked through viator but it’s probably worthwhile to just book from the place itself (less booking fees). It was about 3.5 hours long and cost roughly $1600 pesos. Overall i think it was worthwhile. Oscar was very efficient and organised. His staff were also very helpful. We met some really nice people on our tour as well and enjoyed the market where he explained different products. We cooked two types of mole (rojo and negro), ceviche, avocado soup, tortillas, chocolate ice cream and had a mojito as well. I recommend giving this place a go!

Once in a lifetime experience for me. There were 8 others on the day I took the class. Oscar, the host speaks English well. He explained everything properly and was funny as well. We went to the market, bought local organic ingredients. Spent about 4.5 hours in total and the cost might keep changing but I would say it is totally worth it. Oscar can also accommodate the recipes if you are vegetarian/vegan. We made 4 types of salsas,3 types of tortillas, Tamales, Mole with Chicken, Soup, Ice cream and Al Pastor.

Oscar and the rest of the workers at Casa Crespo gave me an amazing experience learning about the different foods and plants used in traditional Oaxacan meals. We did the full course meal class and got to choose our choices of appetizers, drinks, main course, and desert and then went to get ingredients from the local market. He really immersed us into the culture and taught us how to make all of the food and food included everyone in our group equally. Everything was organized perfectly, very clean, and delicious!!