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USD $75.00
Small-Group Barcelona Cooking Class
Barcelona, Spain
Find out the professional secrets of Spanish cuisine during this small-group cooking class in Barcelona. Your local chef will teach you how to prepare an authentic 4-course Spanish banquet, which you will then enjoy with a glass of wine! Discover the secrets for cooking perfect Spanish omelets, tapas or ‘paella.’ Upgrade to include a guided walking tour of the lively Boquería Market before your cooking experience to discover the essential ingredients of Spanish cuisine and get an insight of local market culture. Enjoy personal attention from your chef on this small-group tour, limited to 14 people.
Discover the aroma and flavors of Spanish cuisine as you learn how to prepare traditional Spanish dishes from a local chef. Whether you’re a cooking enthusiast or culinary novice, you’ll enjoy the hands-on experience of this small-group Spanish cooking class in Barcelona. At the end, enjoy the meal you’ve just prepared with a glass of wine!
Located in the heart of Barcelona, the cooking school is fully equipped to ensure you have a delicious experience. Begin by preparing two traditional starters, such as seasonal vegetables with traditional romesco sauce or red bell pepper soup flavored with saffron and cod. Continue uncovering the secrets of Spanish cooking as you make roasted veal with buttered potatoes or one of Spain’s most famous dishes, paella – rice with seafood or a selection of meats. Finish your class by preparing mouthwatering desserts like crema catalana (Catalan cream) or arroz con leche (rice pudding).
As you prepare your meal, learn interesting facts about Spanish gastronomy from your local chef. Then, it’s time to sit down and taste your creations with a well-deserved glass of wine! At the end of your class, receive a booklet of recipes to wow your family and friends with homemade Spanish cuisine! Upgrade to include a Boqueria Market walking tour Upgrade your cooking class to include a 1.5-hour walking tour of the Boqueria Market in Barcelona. Before the class starts, visit the famous market with your chef and learn how to choose the best-quality products. This traditional and colorful market is home to an array of local products, such as fruits, vegetables, meats, seafood and cheeses – a wide variety of scents and flavors that make for delicious, rich cuisine.
Please note: The dishes you cook will vary according to season.
Overall an awesome experience with great recipes; instructor was very personable. The size of the class was also really nice, you got a chance to meet and talk to others. Only complaint I have is one woman took over the paella stirring and it would have been nice if the instructor had encouraged others to participate since that took up a considerable amount of time and the rest of the class was just sitting here watching.
Review by: Mohammad F, July 2018
Chef Carlos was educational, charming, and skillful. Lots of fun, delicious food, and good company. Added a nice dimension to our trip.
Review by: Kerry E, June 2018
This was an excellent cooking class. One of the best tours we have done in Barcelona. Our chef went above and beyond with us in terms of insuring everyone in our class cooked or helped prep every item we made. It did not matter if you had cooking experience or not. The class was a blast.
Review by: Wai Yan C, March 2018
Had the most enjoyable time here with Chef Rosa. A walk through the La Bouqueria Market was the best way to start the day.
Review by: Vincenza S, February 2018
A wonderful evening spent making new friends and enjoying the fruits of our labour. Located in the Gothic Quarter of Barcelona. Highly recommend this experience.
Review by: Carol Q, January 2018
This was an amazing experience and so much fun!
Review by: Felice F, January 2018
I cannot speak highly enough about this cooking class. The class was fun, informative, and delicious. I cannot speak highly enough about the class or Rosa, our instructor. The class was a highlight of our trip to Barcelona.
Review by: Michael L, December 2017
This is a MUST SEE for anyone who enjoys cooking, eating, and local flavor! Our chef Carlos was an outstanding host and teacher... I'd rate this experience at 6 stars if I had the chance. The Romesco and fresh vegetables alone made this a 5 star experience and I'll be happily attempting to recreate the recipes at home as soon as possible. Put this one on your list asap!
Review by: Kenneth M, December 2017
This is a fantastic experience. Starting with walking the market and buying the ingredients and ending with finishing desert and saying goodby to new friends. We learned to to prepare, participated in preparing, and enjoyed eating a great meal. The instructor was very knowledgeable and freely shared her secrets. The highlights of the experience were the market and eating the food. The chef knows it well. Individual stall owners shared where and how they obtained their specific products and how to know what was fresh and what was not. The actual cooking was interesting, instructive and entertaining. My most broading experience, food wise, was eating cuddle fish and cockles. Both incredible as prepared. I would highly recommend that this be included in anyone's Barcelona experiences. After visiting the Sangrada Familia, do this.
Review by: Nelson G, December 2017
The best cooking class tour I have ever done_br/_ The food didnt turn out great but there was plenty of wine and conversation
Review by: Gabrielle C, November 2017
My husband and I took this class on Thanksgiving Day, and we sure did eat ALOT! Maria brought us around the market, and then had the kitchen all ready to go. We did some of the preparations while she explained Spanish and Catalan history and culture. What a wonderful experience!
Review by: Tammy D, November 2017
Such a superb experince highly recommend as part of your trip to Barcelona
Review by: Michael M, November 2017
Wonderful class. Terrific instructor, delicious food. Would do this again in a heartbeat!
Review by: DJGARMER, November 2017
Carlos took us to Bouqueria an amazing market near the class. We bought supplies for our meal and Carlos gave us background information about local cuisine. The class was fun and the meal was delicious. Everyone participated and the wine flowed. We never felt rushed. Beautiful kitchen and atmosphere.
Review by: wberube, October 2017
This was the highlight of my visit to Barcelona! I was able to convince my reluctant husband to accompany me to this class--he enjoyed every minute! Our Chef Assumpta was welcoming, gracious, funny and so very knowledgeable about the menu we were going to prepare. The kitchen was small and intimate and perfect for our group of 8. Everyone had the opportunity to participate in the hands-on aspect of the class. And the food was amazing.. romesco sauce, roasted vegetables on flatbread, Paella valencian style and yummy Crema Catalana! Assumpta's knowledge of each recipe and instruction for the proper preperation were spot-on! She made us all feel like we were all in her home for a dinner party! Oh, and the wine!! white or red and plenty of it. This is definetly a must-do in Barcelona!!
Review by: alessamarielo, October 2017
I highly recommend this class!
Review by: Hellen W, October 2017
Fabulous beyond words!! To cook with the locals, helps you to understand their culture. Give yourself plenty of time, though. This tour typically lasts longer than the allotted advertised time. This was one of my favorite tours in Spain. Absolutely fantastic!
Review by: John L, October 2017
Absolugte best time...Mario our chef was amazing...lots of fun and delicious...extremely interactive and a great evenin
Review by: Leila H, October 2017
This cooking class was the highlight of my trip to Barcelona! It was a wonderful evening with lots of great food, wine and instruction by our wonderful chef Maria on how to make the various dishes. We got to do lots of hands on chopping, peeling, stirring and of course eating! We were given the recipes and I can't wait to make the romesco sauce. I even bought some of the dried chiles for it. I highly recommend this tour!!
Review by: Veronica S, October 2017
Great experience I will repeat it again and again!!
Review by: Everett C, October 2017
Well done class and tour of the market before class is a must see experience to find out nuances to the preparation of rhe food before the class.
Review by: Dorothy B, September 2017
This was a great class, can't say enough about it. highly recommend it.
Review by: rallydocfiv5, September 2017
Lovely host, great food and company. Minor complaint... if you were doing one task at the end of the workbench you missed what was going on at the other so will have to rely on the printed notes for those recipes. Having said that, came to learn how to cook paella so mission accomplished.
Review by: Christopher D, September 2017
Let me be honest and admit that my wife and I are not good cooks. We took the class as a challenge to ourselves. But we loved all of it. I highly recommend taking the option of going to the market. This was an extremely interesting and valuable part of the class. We learned so much! Returning from the market we sampled some extremely fresh and tasty churros. Back in the class the group of 14 all participated in making several dishes. Our chef David was extremely informative of how and why things were done in certain manners and all of us learned a great deal of practical info about making Italian food. Everything was well organized and we all had wine or water to drink during the process. He maintained a cheerful and kind manner is dealing with us 'novices'. We thoroughly enjoyed the learning, the preparation, and the food. It was long day, but well worth the money and time spent. We highly recommend this experience - so much better than plowing through crowds in a tourist spot.
Review by: polly203, September 2017
Had an amazing cooking day with the very lovely Carlos, and fellow travellers. Enjoyed the market tour, and the entire cooking experience back in the kitchen. I went on my own, but felt completely welcomed by all. Would recommend this expererience, it was a great day..! Thank you to the team at taste and cook.
Review by: Susan M, September 2017
Excellent evening learning about and cooking Spanish food. We met many new people and enjoyed a good meal together at the end.
Review by: Deane B, September 2017
Really GREAT - we were a small group of 6 plus our chef. Very personable. Very professional. All around can't recommend the experience more highly. We were only in Barcelona for a few hours - basically transiting thru the airport - this was a fantastic way to enjoy the little time we had in Barcelona.
Review by: EDWARD G K, September 2017
Really fun. An excellent person leading us.
Review by: Julia F, September 2017
Best best ever. The instructor was awesome. I was glad for the hands-on approach. We had a great group and it was the perfect size. Highly recommend this event.
Review by: Inga D, September 2017
Amazing expereance. Highly recommended !!!
Review by: Rae P, September 2017
Great experience! Enjoyed the Market, seeing all the local provisions. The cooking class was educational and delicious. Rosa I has a talent and passion for what she does!
Review by: Barbara R, September 2017
Fabulous evening. Highly recommend this experience.
Review by: Angel A, June 2017
This was a well organized class at a cooking school in Barcelona. The chef spoke English with a lovely Spanish accent and was very friendly and skillful. She had the recipes all ready for us with pencils to make additional notes if we wanted to. This was hands on and she demonstrated the skills before having all of us participate. The recipes were delicious and very typical Spanish traditional foods. There was plenty of red or white wine to enjoy from the start to the finish of the class.
Review by: punch, June 2017
An evening with nice/interesting people learning how to make paella in the Gothic part of the city. Great.
Review by: Scott V, May 2017
This cooking experience far exceeded my expectations ... which were high given it was Barcelona! We my wife and I plus our two twenty-something daughters had a truly remarkable evening with lots of memorable moments. Mario, the chef who guided us through the evening was witty, charming and full of the kind of local culinary lore that made everyone feel comfortable and engaged. The food was delicious and the wine continued to flow throughout the four hours we were there. Everyone participated in the meal preparation and service. It was a great group of people, literally from all over the world and we had lots of laughs. Take advantage of this terrific experience!
Review by: JT, May 2017
Instructor was very knowledgable on so many aspects of cooking. Class was so much fun. Lots of instruction was applicable to more than just the dishes we were making that day. Very engaging class, one of the best and memorable things I could have done in Barcelona.. A lot of basic concepts of cooking were learned and lots of how to pair or blend many types of food into a complete meal and also on presentation of food made. I thoroughly enjoyed this class.
Review by: Richard S, May 2017
The chef/instructor was knowledgeable and personable. He had us all involved in preparing the collective meal for nine students and by the end, we were all friends. We learned so many techniques for food preparation that we had never been exposed to, so I'm not sure we'll remember all of them but it was a truly memorable experience!
Review by: victors, May 2017
Don't leave Barcelona without taking this class!!! IT was simply awesome and better than described, my wife and caught a quick cab from the H10 Marina Hotel thinking not sure what to expect...we arrive and it was like watching a foreign language movie with the class/building facing a private street with passersby looking in wondering How can we do that! Ok, we wanted until everyone arrived and exchanged pleasantries, then off tot he optional market tour. This was a small add-on charge, but to me, the best part of the class. Our chef-Chef Carlos was equally skilled asa guide as we shopped in the world famous Market on La Rambla in Barcelona see pics. Once we completed shopping and tasting, we headed back to the kitchen to prepare the world renowned Paella and sides! We learned about Salted Cod from Iceland that required no refrigeration yes we used it...awesome! Carlos also instructed us on the preparation of various other dishes with all locally sourced produce and meats. WE made appetizers with wine, we had some bread with a fresh tomatoes puree...and some wine, all this while others in our small group were busy doing something-preparing veggies and chopping this, and slicing that...all with wine. It goes without saying that wine is major part of every meal and there were no complaints as we all partake! As the Paella came to completion we all ate, drank wine-of course and celebrated our delicious dinner with a toast of ...you guessed it wine! This was awesome and really enjoyable to meet and fellowship with diverse cultures as we learned about Spain and Barcelona and what this amazing city has to offer, well done-dont MISS!
Review by: Lee S, May 2017
A fun evening that culminated in us enjoying the dinner our chef Mario instructed us on how to prepare. He was knowledgable, encouraging and funny and he quickly engaged the group. A terrific introduction to Catalan cuisine!
Review by: sean k, May 2017
This was a great experience. You get to meet some new people, enjoy a great meal and learn how to cook a five course meal. Our class made sea food paella as our main course and it was mouth watering. The chef was very helpful, funny and a great instructor. My only regret was not booking the option to go shopping for the food in the market.
Review by: Brooke G, April 2017
Fabulous group cooking class with a chef who is passionate about true Catalan cooking. Lots of information about the subtleties in different vegetables and preparation styles. Lots of fun.
Review by: Valerie D, April 2017
Everything was amazing: the shopping, the food, the guests, the chef, the kitchen and the experience! A highlight of a month long Europe trip.
Review by: Neville T, April 2017
Excellent way to spend a half day. Learnt a lot.
Review by: kathleen f, April 2017
A trip highlight -- for me and my 17 year old daughters.... the Chef was incredible -- informative, hands-on, and FUNNY! she insured everyone was involved.... a great experience. And we left with recipes.
Review by: Judith C, April 2017
As stated amazing, highly recommended. I learnt so much about the culture, the local food, cooking habits of the Catalonian people and cooking in general. So much food it was all very nice indeed. Caution if you have food allergies this doesn't seem to come into consideration with the menu selected. We have no allergies but were concerned if some did. Would do it again though.
Review by: KB, March 2017
Loved this cooking class. Chef was great, people in the class were great and I loved the food we made. They even tailored it to my allergies.
Review by: Maria M, March 2017
Excellent experience. Highly recommend this.
Review by: Linda B, March 2017
We began the day with a trip to La Boqueria markets to purchase some of the fresh produce for the menu. Our guide and chef, Carlos, gave us some interesting background knowledge of the markets, traders and produce. He also spent some time on the walk to and from the markets giving us a brief history lesson and pointing out key foodie places around the Gothic district. The class was great fun and informative. The food was delicious, helped more than a little by some great wine! A thoroughly enjoyable way to spend half a day in Barcelona. Carlos also gave the group some great tips on local restaurants. Highly recommended!!
Review by: Chelsea C, February 2017
I booked this class along with the market tour, and it was amazing! Our chef Rosa was so warm and friendly, in addition to being a wonderful teacher. She was able to answer all kinds of questions about ingredients, techniques, and Barcelona cuisine. We made romesco sauce, cod confit, squid/prawn paella, and crema catalana. Everything was delicious, and we had a wonderful time chatting together in the kitchen and at the table. Highly recommend!
Review by: Kathleen S, January 2017
Can't say enough positive things about this experience! We chose not to go to the market with the chef now, we regret it. If we had to do it over again, we would definitely have gone. The facilities were lovely, food was fabulous, class size was perfect. It goes down in our memories as a highlight of all the trips we have taken. Chef Carlos was the perfect person to work with on our cooking. Would highly recommend this!
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