Watch our beloved students — home cooks and professional chefs — talk about theirMexican cooking classes in San Miguel de Allende. Click any picture to play.
Gilda Sandique
Gilda enjoying a hands-on, one-week course of cooking classes at Marilau Ancestry Cooking School, and talking about her experience.
Chef Stephen
As a professional chef looking for authenticity — the fundamentals, the logistics, what goes on behind Mexican cooking — during this 5-day Diplomado I found it. It really did exceed my expectations: understanding the basic salsas, building them up to a pipián, to a mole.
Maynard Thomson
Maynard shares his experience of the classes in San Miguel de Allende.
Jacqueline & Hug
Marilau’s school is exquisite — genuine Mexican cuisine, very extensive learning, how to prepare chiles to make salsas, great dialogue, and it feels like your own kitchen.
John Presley
I am not a cooking kind of person, but in Marilau’s class you learn the recipes and a lot about cooking. She is an outstanding teacher who knows how to work with you. Highly recommended.
Chad Seals
Marilau’s classes give you the history and the detailed hands-on experience you need for any traditional Mexican food — even the pre-Hispanic way to cook it.
Johnny Payne
The teaching methods are impeccable — a scientific approach, culture and history. You learn techniques, you have your limits pushed, in a very friendly atmosphere.
L. Colleman
This is the second time I come to Marilau’s school; the first time was the best food I’ve ever eaten — this time even better. The flavors are amazing, and the recipes are so easy to follow!
Beth Anne
The best part of the travel adventure: not only the recipes but the techniques we take home to recreate with family and friends. You won’t find better Mexican food than what comes out of Marilau’s kitchen.
Wilfred Alvarez
Soy un chef profesional; vine a México a estudiar cocina mexicana con Marilau. Es la mejor experiencia como profesional que he tenido — técnicas completamente diferentes a las que aprendí durante mi carrera.
Vicki Bluckley
The cleanest kitchen! Fresh Mexican ingredients, traditional techniques — the experience has been absolutely amazing. She is fantastic and a wonderful person.
Patricia Boesen
The main reason I chose Marilau’s school: authentic Mexican food. You leave the class knowing exactly the use of each ingredient and the techniques required. So worth it.
Mary’s Group
Wonderful! The best is that I truly learned what real Mexican food is all about, hands-on — including how to prepare chiles to make salsas.