Barcelona Interactive Spanish Cooking Experience
Overview
Available languages
3 hours
Mobile ticket
Enjoy a 2.5- to 3-hour interactive cooking experience with a local chef. Visit the La Boqueria market before preparing tapas, paella, and sangria. You will then be able to sit down and enjoy the freshly made meal.
Additional Info
Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
Public transportation options are available nearby
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
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
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)
Hotel pickup and drop-off
Market visit on Sunday's and national holidays (market it closed)
Gratuities
What To Expect
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.
Sample Menu
main
Paella
A delicious traditional Seafood paella, prepared with fresh ingredients from the local market.
starter
Tapas
Freshly prepared Spanish 'Pinchos' made with traditional hams and cheeses.
Options
Dinner Experience
Mid Afternoon experience
Mid Afternoon Experience : For those looking for a great activity in the middle of the afternoon
Lunchtime Experience
Daytime Experience
Morning Option
Morning Class : We now run morning cooking classes every day at 10.30.
Reviews
2,113 reviews
Total reviews and rating from Viator & Tripadvisor
Cultural opportunity
Cynthia C,
Nov 6, 2025
- Review from Viator
4.00Nice little kitchen. Delicious tapas and sangria. Very nice and engaging guides/chefs. It is a long walk, but through interesting areas. Very good directions for making paella and opportunity to help. It’s a pretty dish with a yummy smell.
Delicious Paella
Billie B,
Nov 4, 2025
- Review from Viator
5.00Andrea took us to the market to shop for seafood. We were each able to participate in the preparation of paella. Manny and Andres were absolutely wonderful. Manny was the chef and Andres taught us how to make sangria.
We had a great experience...
Amy B,
Nov 2, 2025
- Review from Viator
4.00We had a great experience at the cooking class. Heads up that you go to a market to get the food and it is a few block walk back and forth. The paella had a different flavor than what we do here in the USA. It had a burnt tasted to it. Food was okay, experience was good.
Mega cooking event
ankesD8612ZD,
Nov 1, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00Our host Andrea has prepared us a wonderful afternoon. First the visit to the market and then the interesting cooking of the paella. Garnished with stories about Barcelona and Catalan specialties. With us everyone was very enthusiastic and the paella tasted delicious
The food experience was...
Tony O,
Nov 1, 2025
- Review from Viator
5.00The food experience was amazing and Luca the chef did an amazing job of taking us through the Boqueria Market to purchase all of the fresh produce and fish products, followed by a wonderful test kitchen where he involved all the guests in the food preparation process. The shrimp and calamari paella and various other tapas and sangria were rich in taste and quantity. A wonderful evening.
Paella cooking class
barbara e,
Oct 31, 2025
- Review from Viator
5.00We had a wonderful time with Chef Manny. We picked out fish at the market then went to a private kitchen and prepared the meal. The portions were large and the drinks were flowing. It was nice that we could serve ourselves. It should be noted that we did walk 10 min. To the market and then to the kitchen. Also, at the end of the evening, we were on our own to get back, so hail a cab as the kitchen was not near any place we recognized.
Absolute Must Do!
566archied,
Oct 30, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00What an absolutely fantastic experience. This exceeded all my expectations. From the shopping experience with Matty and cooking class with Maya, everything was so informative and enjoyable. I commend Matty for recognizing my husband's mobility issues and paced the walking portion appropriately. He also provided information on sites along the way from the meeting location to the market and finally the kitchen. Maya was so pleasant in describing how paella is made and answering many questions that I'm sure she's been asked hundreds of times before. The hands-on portion of the class was fun as each of us got assignments to do. So all of us participated in the making of the dish. Which was so worth the wait! It was delicious and so much better than anything you could buy on the Ramblas. Knowing only the freshest and finest ingredients used only added to its deliciousness. And the sangria was pretty darn good too. Plus Matty showed us how to make the sangria at home. And it was bottomless! Would I recommend this tour? Absolutely!! Wear comfortable walking shoes and bring your appetite. Shout out to the fellow group of visitors on this tour. There were about 12 of us and we were a fun and friendly bunch!
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copperdog92,
Oct 30, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
3.00Going to the Bouqueria was a waste of time. Guide showed us the fish we were getting and then we left. Long walk to the cooking kitchen. Guide didn’t interact act with us much. Guide showed us how to do things but didn't ask us things. No reference to the tapas and what they were. Once meal was served, no interaction with guide re taste, like it, etc
Amazing cooking class
Irene D,
Oct 30, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00The class was phenomenal! Mia was our chef and she explained everything in detail. She was so charming and charismatic. Little backstory. My friend and I were about 1 1/2 late as first the map sent us in the wrong direction and then uber taxi dropped us off in the wrong place. Mia and the staff at Travelers Nest, the meeting place were awesome. Mia graciously let us join the later class.
Paella and sangria fun and
Joann M,
Oct 29, 2025
- Review from Viator
5.00Knowledgeable chef, amazing food and a great fun atmosphere created. Lots of party vibes as some of the group cooked the paella .
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