Madrid Tapas Trip
Enjoy 10 tapas plus 2-and-a-half hour cooking class in Madrid under the guidance of a local chef, and learn to cook typical Spanish dishes like paella, potato omelette and more. Get to know traditional Spanish customs and find out about traditional Spanish ingredients.
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Cooking Point Madrid: Half-Day Spanish Cooking Class
Devour Tours offers very good tapas and paella cooking with a trip to the local market included.
The tour starts at one of Madrid´s most iconic food markets that have been used by local residents for over a century. Here you will find out about high-quality Spanish produce that will be used in your dishes.
You will then head over to see behind the scenes of one of the most exciting restaurants in Madrid’s Huertas neighbourhood into a beautiful cooking space reserved just for your small group. Here you’ll meet your instructor, a talented chef who’s studied at the Basque Culinary Institute in northern Spain and worked under a Michelin-starred chef in NYC.
You’ll will also sit down to enjoy your homemade lunch and dessert with your choice of beer or wine and head home with a deeper knowledge of Spanish cooking and several recipes to try out.
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Gourmet Madrid
Gourmet Madrid runs popular cooking classes from Monday to Friday. They are located close to the Torrijos Market in the trendy Salamanca neighbourhood of Madrid.
Their cookery class runs for 3 hours from 12 noon to 3 pm and is usually for groups of 12 people. Here you can learn how to cook Spain's most famous dishes which include Paella, Spanish Omelette and Sangria.
After the class, you will enjoy a well-deserved lunch with your prepared dishes, paired with different Spanish wines. The cooking class is led by an expert bilingual (English/Spanish) local chef.
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A Punto Cooking School Madrid
A Punto offers a popular two and half hour cooking class where you will learn how to make 10 different tapas from the regions of Spain, enjoy a meal of your prepared dishes paired with Spanish wines and get personalized attention from a professional chef.
Make authentic dishes such as gilda (pepper and anchovy skewers) from the Basque Country and pan tumaca ( Bread with Tomato ) from Catalonia.
This very enjoyable cooking experience costs £54.85 per person which offers very good value.
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A Taste of Spain
A Taste of Spain is a local travel agency specialising in organizing private culinary tours and activities across Spain for international foodie travellers and food professionals.
Their cooking classes offer the added bonus of being held at some very special venues, such as a members-only Basque Gastronomic Society,.
The venue is held in a penthouse with magnificent views and a delightful beach house by the Mediterranean with a wonderful rustic kitchen in a country home.
Their most popular cooking tour is the ultimate foodie tour of Spain which takes in San Sebastian, Madrid, La Rioja and Barcelona.
Visit the Taste of Spain website for more details.
Seville: Spanish Tapas Cooking Class
The Seville-based tour company Not Just A Tourist runs this exciting Spanish tapas cooking class.
The 3 to 4-hour class will teach you how to prepare and cook an authentic 3-course Spanish meal. Local Andalucian dishes are a mixture of Middle Eastern, Mediterranean, and European flavours, and here you will sample some of the region's simple, mouth-watering recipes.
The cooking class starts with a visit to a lively local market to purchase in-season ingredients, then it's back to the class which is held in a traditional space in the heart of the old town that has been turned into an art gallery and co-workspace.
The menu is adjustable to your taste and preferences but can include salmorejo (a purée of tomatoes and bread), or gazpacho as a starter, spinach with chickpeas, tortilla de patatas (Spanish omelette), or gambas al ajillo.
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Seville 3.5-Hour Spanish Cooking Class & Market Tour
Try something different on your visit to Seville and learn how to cook classic local dishes.
Run by Taller Andaluz de Cocina who offer a hands-on Spanish and Andalusian 3.5 hour cooking class following a tour of the vibrant Triana Food Market in Seville, the best place to get the freshest local ingredients.
Learn how to cook classic local dishes which include Salmorejo (chilled tomato soup) or gazpacho, Spinach with chickpeas or huevos a la Flamenca, Paella, as the main course and a light dessert (such as lemon sorbet with cava).
A professional chef will teach you how to cook these famous traditional dishes which is both educational as well as entertaining. The price of the 35-hour cookery class run by Tour Andaluz de Cocina is £54.85.
Malaga Cooking Experience by Toma & Co
Toma & Co are based in an old farmhouse in the foothills of Malaga.
Enjoy a tour and cooking experience which includes a shopping trip to a local farmer's market where you will learn about the fresh produce, then spend the day in an idyllic rural setting, far from the city´s hustle and bustle where you will learn how to create a selection of some typical Andalucian dishes.
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The Paella Club
The Paella Club is located close to the famous Boqueria food market in Barcelona, a perfect setting for a master class in Paella and authentic Catalan cooking.
This popular cooking school boasts that visitors who join their classes are not made to feel like tourists, which they do very well.
The Paella Club is the brainchild of renowned chef Alex Betolaza and aptly aided by Executive Chef Alex Villar.
Madrid: Cooking Class Experience with Lunch
Learn about Spanish culture through its's diverse gastronomy with Discover Madrid Concierge.
The tour and cookery class start with a shopping tour in a well know fresh food market to buy local products as well as walk around the vibrant La Latina neighbourhood of Madrid.
Then join your cooking class with a professional chef in the very center of the old city. Here you will be able to learn how to cook a selection of delightfully typical Mediterranean recipes, plus a tasting of each dish.
Then it's a sit-down lunch with your cooking buddies to enjoy the food you prepared and all washed down with a good glass of wine or two.
The chef gives lots of tips on the top restaurants and tapas bars all over Madrid s well as informative information and stories about Spanish food and it's history. Click here for more info and to book online.
Palma de Mallorca: Midday Seafood Paella Cooking Class
Foodie & Tours are based in Mallorca and offers tailored small group and private gastronomic experiences led by passionate local guides.
Each well-planned cooking class has been designed to test all your senses whilst offering an insight into local food culture.
The 3-hour midday seafood paella cooking class includes a visit to a charming neighbourhood with your guide, a wine-tasting experience of some of the finest wines produced in the region and a Paella cookery class with typical starters.
The cooking class will take place in Llucmajor, the highest village in Mallorca, only 18 kilometers away from Palma and with phenomenal views of the sea.
You will learn how to cook a delicious seafood paella with the freshest materials purchased from the market in the morning.
The 3-hour class is priced from £77.70 per person - Click here for more info and to book online.
Traditional Paella Cooking Class with Lunch in Barcelona
Learn how to cook a traditional Spanish seafood paella. Visit La Boqueria with the chef to buy ingredients, and take a walk through the old town.
Sample some tasty tapas, make Sangria, and watch as the chef prepares a Paella de Marisco for you to enjoy.
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Home Based Cookery Classes
A La Taula
Nuria, founder of A La Taula offers cooking classes in Barcelona, in a spacious renovated kitchen full of the typical architectural details of a 19th-century Barcelona apartment building. She grew up in Barcelona with a family that had a passion for food, her mother made wonderful meals every day and she also spent much of their time traveling around Catalonia to try different restaurants.
Nuria now runs popular half-day cookery classes, during which the main meal is prepared, 2 fresh market tapas dishes, and a dessert. The ingredients used are always high-quality, seasonal, fresh, local and organic whenever possible. Nuria shares her favorite family recipes, which have been tweaked with her own special touch.
La Rosilla
La Rosilla is run by Lynsey Drake, originally from the UK she relocated to Spain 15 years ago to live the dream and has not looked back since. La Rosilla is a charming country home located in the mountains of Malaga in the beautiful Axarquia region of Andalucia.
Lynsey runs an event and private party catering business, a supper club and chefs table as well as cooking vacations in Spain. You can spend a fun-filled day at La Rosilla learning, tasting & cooking Paella and local dishes to impress friends on your return home.
Finca Buen Vino
And for an authentic cookery experience try the Finca Bueno Vino run by Jeannie and Charlie Chesterton. Set in a charming Finca in Aracena near Seville in Southern Spain, Jeanie and Charlie run several cookery courses each year where you can learn how to cook authentic Andalucian and national dishes in a warm and friendly atmosphere.
Annie B's Kitchen
If you fancy learning to cook real Spanish dishes in an authentic Spanish village atmosphere then we would highly recommend Annie B's Kitchen based in Vejer in Andalucia. Annie B is located in the very typical Andalucian village of Vejer de la Frontera.
Her classes revolve around quality local sourced ingredients prepared with love and dedication in a relaxed atmosphere.
If you plan to visit Andalucia and are keen to learn to secrets to cooking amazingly delicious Spanish food then Annie B's cookery classes are well worth visiting.
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