Barcelona Cooking Class

Serious about learning how to cook Spanish and Catalan cuisine? Then this is the experience for you. Keep reading for a full tour description, class availability, sample menu, photo gallery and how to reserve your space.

Tour Description

You will start the day by taking a tour of Barcelona’s world-famous La Boqueria food market, where your local chef and guide for the day will shop for the unique ingredients that will later go into your cooking, and explain some of the other delicacies of the market. After selecting some of Spain’s finest produce you will head back to the nearby kitchens, where the gourmet lessons begin.

Here, in one of two modern, open-plan kitchens, your cooking instructor will teach you to how to cook a 4-course Spanish meal, consisting of two starters, dessert and a main course of Spain’s iconic rice dish: the paella. (Note: on Wednesday mornings and Saturday evenings, you will learn to prepare some more modern Catalan tapas instead!).

You’ll get to savour several glasses of premium Spanish wines (from Rioja and Rias Baixas) as you cook, and of course you’ll get to dine on your own menu with your fellow classmates, once the hard work has been done.

A fantastic experience that has won many a rave review, you can opt for a morning class, which starts at 10am and costs 88 euros, or an evening class, which starts at 6pm and costs 75 euros, but doesn’t include the market tour. After the class is over, you’ll be emailed the recipes you cook so you can continue to cook them privately in your own home!

Full Menu

• Butternut squash with pear and caramelised hazelnuts
• Spanish tortilla with pan con tomato (bread smeared with garlic, tomato, olive oil and salt)
• Seafood paella (vegetarians also catered for!)
• Crema catalana
• Red wine (Tempranillo DOCa Rioja)
• White wine (Albariño DO Rías Baixas)

Note: The above is a typical sample menu and may vary according to the option you select, and seasonal changes. Dietary needs can be catered for.

Timetable of Classes

– Morning Classes

Mornings classes with market visit, are available every day except Sundays and cost €83 per person.

Mondays: 10am-2pm (Valencian-style chicken paella)
Tuesdays: 10am-2pm
Wednesdays: 10am-2pm (Catalan tapas, instead of paella)
Thursdays: 10am-2pm
Friday: 10am-2pm
Saturday: 10am-2pm

– Evening Classes

Evening classes, without market visit, are available every day except Sundays and cost €75 per person. (On Fridays and Saturdays, you can add a market visit for an additional €13, in which case the class starts at 5pm).

Mondays: 6-9pm
Tuesdays: 6-9pm
Wednesdays: 6-9pm (vegetarian paella)
Thursdays: 6-9pm
Friday: 6-9pm
Saturday: 6-9pm (classic tapas, instead of paella)

Note: Several paellas / tapas are cooked in any given class and vegetarians can join any class, although there is a dedicated vegetarian only class on Wednesday evenings.

Reservations

Run by a Barcelona Life partner, there are limited spaces per session, so email info@barcelona-life.com with your preferred dates and group size, and you’ll hear back very shortly with full details.

Other Cooking Options

If this activity is a bit out of your budget we also offer fun and affordable cookery classes more suitable for backpackers and young people.