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Authentic Tamale Making

Join Jorge Mejia, owner of Yelp-raved Tamales Alberto, in his shop to learn the craft of tamale making. Discover the techniques for cooking the meat and preparing the masa, and leave with a half-dozen of his delicious tamales. This bilingual class is a must for any food lover!

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  • 1630 Sunset Blvd, Los Angeles, CA
  • 2 hours

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Sat. Oct 24, 2026, 3pm PT


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Jorge Mejia, the passionate owner of the highly acclaimed Tamales Alberto, cordially invites you to his shop for an immersive learning experience in the traditional art of tamale making.

Jorge will share comprehensive instruction on all aspects of the craft, including detailed guidance on cooking the meat and preparing the masa dough properly. You will actively participate by folding the tamales alongside him. The best part of this experience? You'll depart with a half-dozen of his delicious handmade tamales to take home and enjoy.

The class is conducted bilingually, taught in both English and Spanish to accommodate all learners.

Please bring an apron and wear comfortable shoes for this hands-on culinary class.

Refund Policy

Cancellation Policy:

Classes are mandated by the State of California to be self-supporting based on student enrollment fees. As such, we reserve the right to cancel any class offering if the minimum number of student enrollments necessary to support it is not achieved. You will be notified no less than the day prior to the start of the first session if an offering will be cancelled and offered either a transfer of your fees to another class offering or a full refund. It is therefore essential that your phone number and email is up-to-date and functional. Refunds will be processed within 20-30 business days of cancellation.

We also reserves the right to change room location and or substitute instructors and will endeavor to contact you via phone and/or email prior to the scheduled meeting time with the updated information.

Transfer Policy:

  • To transfer to another class, requests must be made via email at least four business days before the first class meeting.
  • Transfer requests will not be granted after the first class meeting.

Please note, approved transfers are a one-time allowance and are subject to our general refund policy for the second class offering.

Refund Policy:

  • All requests for refunds or transfers must be made at least four business days before the start of class and are subject to a $10 cancellation fee per class. 
  • Refund requests are also subject to a 5% CourseHorse processing fee.
  • There are no refunds nor transfers granted after four business days prior to class.
  • Transfers are limited to once per class.

Important information: Refunds ARE NOT issued for absences nor prorated for late registration. Missed class meetings may not be made up in another class. Class offerings may not be audited.

Refund Processing Fees:

  • The following only applies in the event a provider’s cancellation/refund policy allows for cancellations and a full refund, please see above or contact CourseHorse to determine eligibility.
  • In the event a class is still going to occur and a full refund is requested, and you are eligible for a full refund in accordance with the provider’s policy, a 5% processing fee will be deducted from your refund amount

Please contact us at [email protected]

Reviews of Classes at Los Angeles City College (933)

(4.4-star rating across 933 reviews)

This class: 3.7 out of 5 from 6 reviews

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  • Authentic Tamale Making

    It was fun. The teacher made tamale making real easy. I could do it myself now. Just had to wait to get home to cook them. But it takes a long time to cook, so I guess the class was don3 the right way. Enjoyed it very much.
  • Authentic Tamale Making

    The class was fun, relaxing, useful,
  • Authentic Tamale Making

    This class is a relatively inexpensive for a cooking class, but it's important to know its not of the quality of cooking classes of many of the classes offered by culinary businesses in the LA area. With that said, the teachers are super nice and I learned what I needed to learn. The class took only an hour, which I actually appreciated because I don't actually like 3 hour long classes. The class was held in a college classroom, not a kitchen, so if you are paranoid about sanitary concerns, this is not for you. You work with already prepared masa, so if you wanted to make your own masa, you will not learn that here. You will make two types of tamales, pork and cheese, but you are never actually cooking anything, just learning technique of filling. You will get to take home 12 tamales. If you just need a refresher on the filling technique, or if you are not a huge foodie but want to learn to make tamales, this is a good class.
  • Authentic Tamale Making

    The pros: the instructor was super sweet, informative and generous with products and materials, however, the cons for me out numbered the pros. We didn't learn how to make "authentic" tamales since we using prepared store bought masa. I wish there had been a chicken option for non-pork eating students and finally, had I known the class would be over in an hour and a half (at most), I could have had the opportunity to schedule my day better. Had I not taken advantage of Coursehorse's discounted rate, I would have wanted a partial refund.
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