Food & Market Tour Guide

Responsibilities

• Lead culinary and market tours for hotel guests — Mercado de Jamaica, Mercado de Medellín, La Merced, Mercado de Artesanías, Roma food market tours
• Provide context on Mexican culinary culture — regional cuisine origins, ingredient history, taco culture, pre-Hispanic food traditions
• Guide guests through street food safely — vendor selection, hygiene awareness, what to eat where
• Organize cooking class experiences and chef-led dinners
• Coordinate with hotels on culinary programming for food-focused guests

Requirements

• Deep CDMX food and market knowledge — vendors, cuisine history, regional diversity
• Excellent English
• Genuine passion for Mexican food culture
• SECTUR certification or in progress
• Food safety awareness for street food tour guidance

Benefits

• IMSS, Aguinaldo, vacation + premium
• Transport subsidy
• Tips

Work environment

CDMX markets, street food venues, and culinary establishments. The food tour guide's office is the greatest culinary market system in Mexico.

About the role

The guide who feeds tourists the real city. The food tour guest who follows their guide into the smoke of Mercado de Medellín — who eats a quesadilla made in front of them on a comal, who drinks a tejuino from a clay cup, who sits on a plastic stool at a taco stand surrounded by locals having lunch — has experienced Mexico City in a way that no hotel restaurant provides.