Cooking Classes in Spain

Enrich your knowledge and pleasure your palate on a full-day Silk Road tour that includes a paella cooking class. In the afternoon, you'll learn about Valencia's thriving silk industry, visiting landmarks such as the Silk Exchange (La Lonja de la Seda) and the Silk Museum. Once you've worked up an appetite, you'll prepare, cook, and feast on a traditional Valencian paella, accompanied by wine and beer.

Avoid the city's commercial restaurants and learn how to cook authentic Valencian paella with an afternoon's cooking class delivered by an expert chef. Discover the traditional recipe and get hands on experience creating your own dish, with all necessary ingredients provided. Sample appetizers and white wines as you cook, then sit down with your group to dine upon your home-cooked paella, served with starters, red wine, and dessert.

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.

Valencia is the birthplace of the paella and the best place to taste one of Spain's most famous dishes. Discover the secrets of authentic seafood paella during this 4.5-hour, small-group cooking class. Shop for ingredients at the Central Market, get hands-on in the kitchen, and then taste your delicious homemade paella, accompanied by fine Valencian wines.

Explore Valencia's history and master the preparation of paella, the city's signature dish, on a combo cooking and walking tour. Shop for fresh ingredients at a famous local market, then learn how to make an authentic Valencian paella at a specialty cooking school. Enjoy your homemade creation along with a scrumptious menu of other regional dishes paired with beer, wine and dessert. Later, walk it all off on a guided tour of the city's historic Old Town.

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.

Get a taste for the sights and food of Valencia during this 7-hour excursion combining a paella cooking class with a city sightseeing tour. Shop for ingredients and learn the techniques necessary to make "˜paella,' one of Valencia's most famous dishes, during a cooking session and lunch. You'll spend the second half of the day exploring the city on a flexible, hop-on, hop-off city bus trip.

Learn to cook Spain's national dish with a small-group cooking class in the heart of Valencia, then walk off your lunch with a back-nature adventure. First, get hands-on as you learn the art of cooking paella under the guidance of an expert chef, then tuck into a delicious 2-course lunch. After sampling your home-cooked culinary delights, marvel at the natural wonders of the Albufera National Park on a private tour.

Step into the shoes of a Spanish chef and learn to make Valencia's signature dish with a hands-on paella cooking lesson. Travel outside the city to a traditional farmhouse, where a gourmet instructor will show you the secrets behind this famous rice-and-seafood dish. Sit down to enjoy the home-cooked cuisine while surrounded by a landscape of orange trees and rice paddies for an authentic Valencian experience.

Get acquainted with Spanish culture during an immersive paella, tapas, and flamenco experience in Valencia. A perfect choice for first-time visitors, this tour includes a guided tour of Central Market (Mercado Central), a paella cookery class, a traditional tapas dinner, and a flamenco show. Plus, you'll have chance to take break midway through the tour to recharge before dinner and a show.

Don't let being vegetarian stop you from sampling Spanish specialties such as paella. Learn to cook the culinary staple and explore Central Market (Mercado Central) during a 4.5-hour vegetarian cooking class and market tour in Valencia. After collecting fresh ingredients from Central Market (Mercado Central), you'll learn to cook paella while sampling Valencian wine and appetizers. Then, you'll feast on the fruits of your labour accompanied by starters and dessert.

Get a finger on the pulse of Valencia's history and food with a cooking class at the city's School of Paellas, followed by a comprehensive hop-on hop-off city tour. With an expert chef as your guide, learn to prepare this labor-intensive traditional dish and taste the fruits of your labor (accompanied by tapas and beer or wine) with a small group. Then board a comfortable bus for a sightseeing tour of the city's highlights.

Valencia is the birthplace of the paella, but you don't have to eat seafood to enjoy the classic Spanish dish. On this 3-hour cooking class, learn the secrets behind an authentic Spanish paella, get hands-on as you create a special vegetarian recipe, then sit down to enjoy your homemade dinner, accompanied by Valencian wine. Hotel pickup and drop-off is included.

Get a taste of authentic Spanish culture during this 4.5-hour Paella cooking class in Valencia, the birthplace of the famous rice dish. Shop for ingredients at the Central Market alongside your guide and group, and then head to the kitchen to learn how to turn simple ingredients into a delicious meal with deep cultural roots. This tour includes all instruction, ingredients, food, and drinks during the class.

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.