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Interactive Cooking Experience with Local Chef
4.6
2,112 Ratings
Barcelona
Engage in a 2.5- to 3-hour cooking session led by a local chef. A visit to the La Boqueria market will be made prior to the preparation of tapas, paella, and sangria. After the preparation, you will have the opportunity to relish the freshly cooked food.
Engage in a 2.5- to 3-hour cooking session led by a local chef. A visit to the La Boqueria market will be made prior to the preparation of tapas, paella, and sangria. After the preparation, you will have the opportunity to relish the freshly cooked food.
Duration:
3 hours
Cancellation:
24 hours
Highlights
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Travellers Nest Bar - In this interactive experience, you will learn to make Spanish tapas, traditional paella, and sangria. Share a hearty dinner of classic local cuisine that you’ve had a hand in making.
All great Spanish food starts with super fresh ingredients, so you will begin this cooking class with a guided trip through La Boqueria market….
- Travellers Nest Bar - In this interactive experience, you will learn to make Spanish tapas, traditional paella, and sangria. Share a hearty dinner of classic local cuisine that you’ve had a hand in making.
All great Spanish food starts with super fresh ingredients, so you will begin this cooking class with a guided trip through La Boqueria market.
Afterwards, the chef will lead this interactive Spanish cooking class on how to create tapas, paella and sangria.
At the end of the experience, you can even take the recipes back with you in order to impress your friends back home.
What's Included
- Tapas, paella and sangria
- Your chef’s recipes and local Spanish cooking and dining tips
- Interactive seafood paella making workshop
- Local chef
- Tour of Boqueria market (subject to opening times)
- Tapas, paella and sangria
- Your chef’s recipes and local Spanish cooking and dining tips
- Interactive seafood paella making workshop
- Local chef
- Tour of Boqueria market (subject to opening times)
What's Not Included
- Hotel pickup and drop-off
- Market visit on Sunday’s and national holidays (market it closed)
- Gratuities
- Hotel pickup and drop-off
- Market visit on Sunday’s and national holidays (market it closed)
- Gratuities
Meal Options
- Paella - A delicious traditional Seafood paella, prepared with fresh ingredients from the local market.
- Tapas - Freshly prepared Spanish ‘Pinchos’ made with traditional hams and cheeses.
- Paella - A delicious traditional Seafood paella, prepared with fresh ingredients from the local market.
- Tapas - Freshly prepared Spanish ‘Pinchos’ made with traditional hams and cheeses.
Additional Information
- Minimum drinking age is 18 years
- Please advise any specific dietary requirements at time of booking
- Vegetarian option is available, please advise at time of booking if required
- Minimum drinking age is 18 years
- Please advise any specific dietary requirements at time of booking
- Vegetarian option is available, please advise at time of booking if required
Location
Travellers Nest Bar
Carrer de la Boqueria
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
4.6
(2112 Ratings)
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Jeff_s
Oct 21, 2025
Fun morning tour - Marc has excellent historic knowledge and fun stories. This is not a tour for someone with limited mobility. Though there is a bus that takes you between the two sites, there is significant up hill walking in the park.
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Lcarterm
Oct 20, 2025
Great atmosphere - Very casual! In a good welcoming way.. give yourself plenty of time to enjoy good conversation and market time.
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Julixa
Oct 19, 2025
A MUST! - Andrea and Manny were both excellent hosts and chefs. The Paella? Out. Of. This. World. This is an experience that I shall treasure for life.
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Jennifer_h
Oct 19, 2025
The BEST cooking experience! - We had the most fun cooking with Luca. This was hands-down the best experience that we had in Barcelona. The tapas were wonderful and so was the sangria. Luca taught us things we have never heard of before. The paella was amazing! We would have done this cooking experience twice if we were not leaving the next day. I would recommend this event to anyone!
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Steven_p
Oct 18, 2025
Great experience and worth every penny - We met at a slightly seedy cafe deep in the gothic quarter. Whirlwind tour around local market then; wow; anonymous door then marble staircase up to fabulous kitchen and dining room. Luca is a consummate entertainer as well as good chef.
A good teacher and very easy to talk to. We loved his tapas and understood his paella. That doesn’t mean we enjoyed it very much: sorry to say that but better to be honest
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Karin_v
Oct 18, 2025
Make your own paella? Sign me up! - Great for a group of about 10-12 ao for us it was perfect. Loved the walk to the market to pick up fresh fish and the paella making was informative (now have a much easier way to devein shrimp) and also casual. The paella was delicious! Sangria was lovely too!
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Melanie_s
Oct 17, 2025
This was a great class to... - This was a great class to experience the market, meet new people, and learn how to make real Spanish paella. The food and drinks were amazing as well as the company. Andrea was awesome!
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Jenniferkp1126mh
Oct 16, 2025
Cooking experience convert - This was my first time ever trying a cooking class, and I finally understood why people who try it once tend to make it a routine part of their travels thereafter. This class, in particular, was so fun with Andre and Alejandro as our chef hosts. The pacing was impeccable and their teaching style was engaging and funny.
You get to learn some history--not just about paella the dish--but also about the city; you’ll get a mix of niche facts and basic tips on cooking; and best of all, you’ll be able to cook at a pace that works for you. You won’t be pressured to do something you don’t want to do.
Highly recommend this experience and this duo!
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Frank_l
Oct 16, 2025
Good food good eat - Met nice people. Manny was a good instructor. Did some prep, had some paella / sangria. Took home some nice recipes and memories.
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Debra_o
Oct 18, 2025
Not the best cooking experience - It was very disappointing that we were unable to experience the market tour. Although we enjoyed learning how they made paella in Spain, there was minimal hand on experience for many in the class. We’ve participated in many cooking classes during our travels, and this one was the least hands on. The group was not welcoming and a few took over the experience. It was also disappointing that we were told we had to walk back to the original meeting point for the churros and hot chocolate. It was dark and we were to find our own way back. Not very friendly in my opinion.
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