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 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.
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
Options
Morning Option
Morning Class : We now run morning cooking classes every day at 10.30.
Mid Afternoon experience
Mid Afternoon Experience : For those looking for a great activity in the middle of the afternoon
Dinner Experience
Lunchtime Experience
Daytime Experience
Reviews
2,143 reviews
Total reviews and rating from Viator & Tripadvisor
Great cook, always up for...
Florian S,,Jan 4, 2026
- Review from Viator
5.00Great cook, always up for a joke and entertainment. And the paella was delicious as well, of course.
Cooking class fun
bughi2006,,Dec 31, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
4.00Overall a good experience. To improve the interaction between chef and customers during the preparation of paella. Times a bit pressing because of other groups coming.
Highly Recommend
Cam F,,Dec 30, 2025
- Review from Viator
5.00Luca was friendly and professional. His cooking and instructions were outstanding. It felt like a labor of love for him. The class is offered in a small group setting around a large table - only our family and another family in the professional kitchen where the class is held. Luca first took us shopping for fresh ingredients at La Boccaria market. Back at the kitchen we were seated around the table while Luca made us tapas and served them to us. Simple but delicious. He then walked us through paella making, including us in the process. He even made a vegetarian version specifically for the single vegetarian in the group (me). I will come back next time I’m in Barcelona.
This is not that other cooking class. Do this one!
Melissa N,,Dec 29, 2025
- Review from Viator
5.00I’ve taken other classes, this was much different. I walked away with a tip for buying my favorite wine, a recipe for another dish I couldn’t master, and an Amazon purchase to upgrade my home paella game. This was perfect.
Chef Andrea was amazing,...
Carla H,,Dec 24, 2025
- Review from Viator
5.00Chef Andrea was amazing, very informative and fun. We learned a lot had a good time , the paella was delicious would recommend this activity
Great class with Andrea
64nanditag,,Dec 19, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00Really nice class! Andrea was an excellent guide, teacher, and chef! You can participate to the extent you’d like (just drinking Sangria is an option!) for the cooking portion of the class. The whole experience is about 3 hours long, and you can scan a QR code at the end to receive the recipe. We were lucky and there weren’t too many people in the class, but I imagine in the summer it would be packed in the kitchen.
Interactive and fun experience in Barcelona
Nicole R,,Dec 18, 2025
- Review from Viator
5.00We had a lovely evening with Chef Andrea and our fellow cooking buddies! Enjoyed the quick trip to the market and learning about the different kinds of seafood necessary to make the traditional paella in Catalonia region. Then off to the beautiful kitchen to get to work on our dinner and drink some sangria and wine!! There were a variety of tasks to choose from to help prepare the paella, so no need to have a lot of experience cooking. We had lots of fun on this tour, would recommend this experience 100%!!
Great class, but poor communication
127ah,,Dec 18, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
4.00Overall, this was a great experience! The trip to the market was interesting and the location of the class was a surprise. The cooking class was very organized, and the instructor explained everything in great detail. I highly recommend the class, however, we have been unable get the recipes as promised from the instructor. I’ve tried contacting them every which way possible, with no response. I’ve reached out to Trip Advisor as well, still no response.
10/10
992colinc,,Dec 12, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00Awesome experience. Andreas did an amazing job of entertaining, cooking, and teaching us. From picking fresh ingredients from a local market to finishing the night with complimentary churros the whole night was excellent
Great Cooking Class
Ken B,,Dec 10, 2025
- Review from Viator
5.00Great class with shopping in the local market for ingredients before. Learned the art of making paella with hands on cooking! Great time.
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