Mexico City Confidential Food Tour

Karl Wilder and The Chef Tours have done it again. I love food tours, and we chose this one for our team building week in Mexico City. We could not have made a better choice. This tour offers more alcohol than most tours, and that is what we needed to end our week of work. Milou, the company mascot, joined us and was as entertaining as our primary host. At each stop, he would jump on Chef Karl's lap, nap and be ready for the next stop. I don't want to give too much away, but I will never look at Guacamole or burritos in the same way. AND Mexican wine, who knew how good it could be. This was a tour, but it never felt like one. It felt like an old friend showing his secret favourite places in Mexico. Chef Karl created food tours for Secret Food Tours and Eating Europe, and his experience shows. With only 6 guests, I suggest booking far ahead of time to prevent seeing the sold out button.

Confidential Indeed. Our final stop made the entire tour worthwhile. A bar we never would have found on our own. This is not a street food tour; it is a mysterious night tour of wonderful locations led by a charming and funny host, along with Milou.

This was so much fun and enjoy it.Beautiful place very safe at night and food at the start to deal with the mescal you will hsve later.This is the best.The chef tour puts their money into food and drink it is amazing.

Great food, beer, Mezcale and tequila drink in places that were unexpected. Let's have some enchilades in a pet supply support, why not? We were staying about 20 minutes away an returned to every spot on this tour. I love being guided by a man and his dog. Chef Karl is smart, funny and has the best stories. Do not miss this tour.

Karl’s Mexico Food Tour - Would have been funny is not so expensive. I sought out a 'chef guided tour' because I am 'a foodie' with a better than average knowledge of ingredients, technique and history. I thought if I hired a chef I would be able to elevate my experience and cut through the tourist BS and get a really authentic informed experience. This was not the case. We booked both Night the Mexico City Confidential Food Tour and the Daytime Street Food tour months before our trip. The website was not functioning properly so we could not purchase tickets through the site and we ended up having to wire money to pay for our tours. This should have been an indication of what to expect. Our guide was Karl. He was prompt, well kempt and spoke Spanish well enough to navigate the tours smoothly. He brought a cute little dog on the tour... The dog turned out to be the highlight. Daytime Street Food Tour: Karl has really limited knowledge of Mexican food, and I question if he is a Chef at all. He didn't know the names of basic Mexico City street food staples, like El Pastor, Huaraches, and Huitlacoche. His vendor / dish selections were seemingly random and seemed to be based on geography rather than quality. The Chilaquiles were our first stop and the best thing he provided us during both tours. After that, it was just random stops with random quality eats. I love fine dining but have a special place in my heart for street food and I was very excited to explore one of the best food cities in the word.... I wanted to experience food that I might not find on my own, but instead we were taken on a tour of randomly selected spots. While most sports were good, nothing was mind blowing. One stop for Taquitos was inedible, the taquito was filled with low quality pressed ham and cheese, it was disgusting. Karl's running narrative while walking around was erroneous, ridiculous, fatuous and bordered on compulsive lying. Overall a waste of money, time and a great disappointment. The nighttime tour was a series of drinks with almost no food. Nothing about the night tour was special. Karl picked a few spots around the perimeter of a park and we just walked in a big circle drinking shots of well-mezcal or beer... For the amount we paid for the tour it was disappointing. His insights were ill informed and inaccurate. Tip for Karl: take someone else's food tour and copy their stops. If you just want someone to translate- Karl is an option, if you want to discover hidden gems… keep on walking.