Moroccan Cooking Workshop: Traditional Meal Prep
4.9
107 Ratings
Essaouira

Master Moroccan cuisine in Essaouira. Join our half-day workshop, explore spice souks, and cook traditional dishes with expert chefs. Book your culinary adventure now.

Duration: 4 hours, 15 minutes
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • 1 Rue Mohamed Ben Masoud - In a friendly and casual atmosphere, each participant learn how to prepare a traditional meal that one can then easily reproduce at home. (Some example of meal below). Workshops continue with a tour of the souk where everyone can complete his knowledge on the use of herbs and spices in Moroccan cuisine. Finally, the day ends in our oriental lounge by tasting of the prepared dishes.
What's Included
  • Lunch
What's Not Included
  • Hotel pickup
Meal Options
  • Zaalouk: cooked salad with eggplant
  • Tchakchouka: cooked salad with peppers
  • Harira soup
  • Beef or lamb tajine with almonds and dates
  • Kefta (meatballs) tajine with eggs
  • 7 vegetables and tfaya couscous
  • Chicken pastilla
  • Chicken seffa with vermicelli
  • Sea bream and vegetables tajine
Additional Information

Half-day Moroccan cooking workshop.
Learn to prepare a full traditional Moroccan meal with help and instruction from our professional team. Under the watchful eye of our Moroccan chef, learn the secrets to many of the classic dishes. You will experience a guided tour of the spice souk, learning about the history of how our ingredients arrived to these…

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Location
1 Rue Mohamed Ben Masoud
Rue Mohamed Ben Masoud
Meeting at l'Atelier, rue Mohamed Ben Masoud, in Essaouira's Medina
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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(107 Ratings)
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Paulf676
Feb 16, 2025
Fun tagine-cooking experience - There were 7 of us (max 8) and we prepared and cooked a lamb tagine and vegetable briouat (little triangular filled pastries) over the course of a morning. While the tagines continued to cook we were taken to a spice stall in the medina where the owner, Mohammed Seddiki, gave us a fascinating tour of his shelves. Then back to L'atelier for the finishing flourish - eating our results over lunch! Very well organised; instruction in French and English - all materials prepared and ready to chop/ prepare at immaculately clean work-stations. Aysha was our local chef instructor, ably supported by Izzac (who also took us round the medina). 600 dirhams (about £50) per person. A really interesting experience offering fascinating insights to culinary aspects of Morocco.
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Sergiu_l
Feb 5, 2025
A beautiful side of Essaouria - The food we ended up cooking tasted amazing, but the experience of preparing it and learning about the Moroccan culture was even better! From the preparation of the tea when we arrived, to the trip to the souks to learn about spices, we felt like we have seen a part of Essaouria and Morocco that we haven't experienced before. The hosts were knowledgeable, friendly, helpful and very very welcoming. The instruction was bilingual, in perfect French and English and different levels of cooking ability were catered for. The kitchen was beautiful, all the utensils clean and sharp and the pace of the course was good. Some of our course mates had already booked more courses with the same school. Thank you for a lovely experience, Alice and Serge
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D1659omelisac
Jan 14, 2025
Amazing. - Amazing Moma the great perfectionist chef, demanding who breaks you and makes a thousand times the leather of Gacel until it comes out perfect, friendly until rage that teaches you if or if.
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Mirak866
Jan 3, 2025
Good cooking experience with authentic recipes - The cooking class was very gur organized and the two cooks explained and showed everything very accurately. It was very clean and the two recipes very delicious
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Gset36
Dec 29, 2024
Great opportunity to learn about Moroccan cuisine and have a great lunch - What a fabulous experience with very knowledgeable friendly ladies who took us through a mint tea ceremony, a lamb tagine and briouats. All were delicious and we enjoyed the trip to the market for spices as well. Merci beaucoup
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Deenam816
Nov 10, 2024
Moroccan cooking class extraordinaire - We greatly enjoyed this cooking class. It was a nice size and very professionally run. It was nice having Maryam and the chef to explain and guide us. The space was lovely and everything was laid out and ready when we arrived, and they were kind and engaging answering questions that they must get all the time! A nice bonus was a wonderful trip to a spice shop where we learned about many different spices and their uses. I have never experienced such fresh spices! We will definitely be back to Essaouira and would enjoy taking another class at l’Atelier since I would like to learn to make couscous. Highly recommend — and they are fluent in French and English.
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Nicole_m
Nov 5, 2024
Small cooking class with... - Small cooking class with two wonderful hostesses. We took a walk to the medina for a private visit to spice shop.
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Scotvoice
Oct 24, 2024
A first class cooking class with first class Staff and facilities - My travel agent booked me onto this cooking class and I am so glad she did. As I booked first I chose the menu for the group, briouats followed by chicken Tagine with lemon and olives. Miriam was out hostess along with the chef who’s name escapes me. There were nine of us in the group. The class was conducted in French and English and always with lots of useful information. We started off the Moroccan way with mint tea. Then prepared the filling for the briouats followed by the Tagine. Each step was well explained. The kitchen is so well set up it was a delight to be there. Once all the food was prepared we headed out to soul to me Mohammed, our spice expert. He was brilliant. We went into his tiny shop where he let us smell so many spices. We were so enamoured by his enthusiasm and knowledge we went back and bought a selection to take home. Back to L’Atelier where we all sat down for lunch and ate what we had made. My husband joined us for the meal and declared my efforts a success. This school was one of the nicest I have been to. And I return home with some new skills.
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Isabel_d
Sep 14, 2024
Loved this experience! A... - Loved this experience! A very well organised cooking class by the two lovely chefs . Everything was explained step by step, the trip to the spice zouk to learn about spices was a highlight too.
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Jj2b
Oct 21, 2024
Competent but cold - Pros Beautiful workspace Great location Great for english and french speakers Visit to the market Cons It lacked heart and was mechanical. Our prior experiences with cookery schools overseas were great social experiences. The hosts also imparted a proud introduction to the food culture of their country—not just how the dish was made but more of when, where, and why it was eaten—special occasions—their own family experiences etc. The hosts left us alone to eat as a group and the conversation was stilted and awkward. The meal was pastries and a standalone chicken tagine. For the price I was hoping for a vegetable dish The hosts seemed to be on their phones when not explaining. Did not seem to enjoy interacting with guests Overall I wish I had tried one of the cheaper experiences in Essaouira perhaps I would have learnt more about Morrocan cuisine
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