Cooking Classes in Barcelona

Meet your host Carolina at the entrance to the Pinxto Bar inside La Boqueria, Barcelona's main marketplace. This is a lively, covered market that both tourists and locals frequent. Walk through the market and explore local and regional produce sold by your host's favored vendors. You will learn about regional foods and purchase a few ingredients that you will use during your cooking class.  Back home, you will join Carolina in her small kitchen and learn to cook a healthy and authentic Spanish meal. Your hands-on cooking class will last about 1.5 hours during which you will prepare a regional appetizer like pan con tomate with jamon Iberico, olives and goat cheese, a main course of seafood such as squid poached in olive oil and lemon served with asparagus and a side dish, all from scratch! Enjoy learning about Spanish cooking before you sit down to share the food you helped prepare with Carolina.

Learn to prepare some of the classic dishes of Spain and Catalonia during a 3.5-hour cooking class in Barcelona. Your cooking class takes place in a private home with a professional chef who teaches you to prepare favorites such as seafood paella. Learn the history of tapas, sample 12 different tapas, and enjoy the delicious lunch that you helped to create, accompanied by unlimited wine, beer, or soft drinks. Upgrade to begin with a fascinating tour of La Boqueria, one of Spain's most important food markets.

Learn to make one of Spain's most classic dishes, paella, with this 3-hour cooking class. In a full kitchen with fresh ingredients, a chef will take you through the steps of preparing this delicious dish. This is a hands-on gastronomic experience, where you'll pick up expert tips, including all the small, local touches you can't get from a written recipe. Afterward, sit down to a 3-course meal and enjoy your creation.

Learn to make Spanish tapas, traditional paella, and sangria with a Barcelona chef, then share a hearty dinner of classic local cuisine that you've made yourself. All great Spanish food starts with super fresh ingredients, and you'll begin this 2.5- to 3-hour cooking class with a guided trip though St. Josep La Boqueria market before heading to a professional teaching kitchen. This hands-on Spanish cooking class includes snacks, drinks, and dinner, and you'll finish the night with recipes to take back to your home kitchen.