Barcelona Interactive Spanish Cooking Experience

Overview

Available languages

English

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

Mid Afternoon experience

Mid Afternoon Experience : For those looking for a great activity in the middle of the afternoon

Lunchtime Experience

Daytime Experience

Dinner Experience

Morning Option

Morning Class : We now run morning cooking classes every day at 10.30.

Reviews

4.58

2,117 reviews

Total reviews and rating from Viator & Tripadvisor

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Maya was awesome! We loved the night, and had a good time. I don’t love fish so would love another option :)
Annie G,
Nov 13, 2025
- Review from Viator
5.00
There is walking involved, for those that need to know. It’s a great night and Maya our chef was wonderful!
Informative and entertaining
Oscar1a,
Nov 8, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00
The course was awesome. Thank you chef Andreas I throughly enjoyed the course. It was the perfect size of participants The sangria was delicious
Amazing experience
Beranna83,
Nov 8, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00
We had a great time! The cook was very nice, very knowledgeable, very open, just a delight to be with. She showed us the market, gave advice on what (not) to buy and where. The kitchen was all set up, we prepared the paella to which she gave us all the secrets and it turned out just delicious. Our group also got to know ow each other next to some tapas and sangria while the food was cooking. Super experience.
A great experience topped with an excellent paella.
LFS73,
Nov 8, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00
A great evening with Chef Maia and a perfect paella. Very nice atmosphere and teamwork in a group of like-minded people from all over Europe. Visiting the market together and shopping were a highlight, including valuable tips from Maia.
Cultural opportunity
Cynthia C,
Nov 6, 2025
- Review from Viator
4.00
Nice 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
5.00
Andrea 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
4.00
We 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
5.00
Our 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
5.00
The 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
5.00
We 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.

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