Private Cooking Class and Guided Tour of La Boqueria Market

Barcelona, Spain

Savor the flavors of Catalunya during this 4-hour private culinary experience in Barcelona. Learn about traditional Catalan ingredients and the history of Spanish tapas during a guided tour of La Boqueria, Barcelona's largest and most iconic public market, and cook up some of Spain's most famous dishes under the guidance of a professional chef. Sit down with a class of wine to enjoy the foods you've prepared in a private lounge area. Hotel pickup and drop-off are not included.

Meet your professional chef and guide for the day in Plaça Reial at 3pm to begin your 4-hour gourmet adventure in Barcelona. Follow your guide on foot to nearby La Boqueria, Barcelona's most iconic public market, where you'll learn about traditional Catalan dishes and ingredients, as well as the history of the market itself. 

Tie on your apron and head to a private studio kitchen to get cooking. With the help of a professional chef and assistant, prepare classic Spanish dishes, like seafood paella, Spanish omelette, muscles with sauce and Crema Catalana, a quintessential Catalan dessert. As you cook, you'll learn more about the history of tapas in Spain. Each participant will have a table with an apron, ingredients, and a recipe booklet with step-by-step instructions.

Finish your culinary experience by sitting down in a private lounge to enjoy the dishes you've prepared, served to you with your choice of regional wine, beer, soda or water. The class should wrap up at Plaça Reial around 7pm.

Traveler Reviews

Review by:   Denise S,    August 2017
Loved it! Our group 4 adults and 1 nine year old had a lovely evening. The market tour was really fun and the cooking was the best! We had Spanish appetizers from the various regions of Spain with an explanation of each followed by the hands on cooking as much or as little as you want of seafood paella! All accompanied with wine for the evening. Alfredo chef speaks little English, but his translator was awesome and it was a seamless evening. Note that the cooking takes place on the 3rd floor without an elevator and the elderly in our group had a difficult ascension of the stairs.

Review by:   Barbara S,    April 2017
Our experience with Janella, our market tour guide, and Alfredo, our chef...was the highlight of our trip abroad. We loved the market, despite it was a busy Saturday, the day before Easter. We saw the premier food vendors and were taught the differences in Jamon and other specialty spanish vegatables. Also learned how the Spanish use almost all parts of the animal that is used for food. We headed back to the lovely studio a few floors above the Placa Reial. With the large floor to ceiling windows open and the breeze blowing in we could hear and see the sights in sounds of the square while we learned a geographical and traditional approach to tapas from throughout Spain. It was so enlightening and DELICIOUS! We moved onto preparing together, a traditional Catalan Paella. I am a paella fanatic from the states and this far surpassed anything I have ever had...We even let Alfredo know how much we appreciate soccarat the crunchy bottom of a perfect paella he showed us just how to achieve such a crust....mmmmmm....What a wonderful time we had. SO SO worth the money!!!

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