Where Lima meets Tokyo in NYC
NIKKEI
A Private Hands-On Cooking Experience
For team building, corporate events & private gatherings
Request a Private Class“Cooking together changes the room. People connect, create, and leave the table knowing each other a little differently.”
Chef Alvaro
The Experience
Japanese technique.
Peruvian soul.
This is a hands-on experience built around cooking, creating, and sharing together. You'll work alongside the chef, learning techniques, preparing each dish as a group, and having fun along the way. By the end, everything you've created comes to the table and the cooking class becomes a shared meal.
Nikkei cuisine grew from the meeting of Japanese and Peruvian cultures. Japanese precision and respect for ingredients found a new language in Peru through citrus, chiles, seafood, and bold Peruvian flavors. Two culinary traditions coming together to create something entirely their own.
Create Your Nikkei Experience
Choose your dishes and create a menu for your group.
First Course
Causa Nikkei with Tuna
orSignature Salmon Yanque
Maki
Nikkei Maki Rolls
Raw Course
Tiradito Nikkei
orCeviche Nikkei
Inside the experience
The Private Experience
An evening built
around your table.
Introductory offer
$150
per person
All ingredients, equipment & instruction included
Up to 15 guests
- Guests
- Up to 15
- Location
- Your space in NYC
- Duration
- 2.5 – 3 hours
- Included
- All ingredients and tools
- Format
- Hands-on instruction
“My guests and I enjoyed a wonderful evening with Chef Alvaro. Not only did we learn to create unique dishes with a Peruvian twist, he also taught us real cooking technique. Don't hesitate to book. You won't regret it.”
Saaya · Jump Capital · NYC
For Your Team
Bring Your Team Together Differently
Skip the usual dinner reservation. Nikkei is a hands-on experience designed for team building, corporate gatherings, client entertainment, and celebrations. Cook together, learn something new, share what you create, and leave with a memory that feels genuinely shared.
Private Groups · Corporate Events · Team Building · Celebrations
Meet the Chef
Alvaro Luna
Born in Lima and based in New York City, Alvaro Luna brings together the two worlds that have shaped his life: art and food. A professional artist, chef instructor, and educator, he approaches cooking with the same curiosity, intuition, and visual sensibility he brings to his studio practice.
His Nikkei experience grows from his Peruvian roots and his fascination with the Japanese influence that transformed Peru’s culinary culture. For Alvaro, cooking is more than following a recipe. It is about creating, experimenting, sharing, and bringing people together around the table.