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
Mid Afternoon experience
Mid Afternoon Experience : For those looking for a great activity in the middle of the afternoon
Morning Option
Morning Class : We now run morning cooking classes every day at 10.30.
Dinner Experience
Lunchtime Experience
Daytime Experience
Reviews
2,170 reviews
Total reviews and rating from Viator & Tripadvisor
True Flavors of Barcelona …..
Jae C,Mar 18, 2026
- Review from Viator
5.00Until you allow yourself to experience it you wouldn’t know what you’d missed. Not only our chef , Kaki, was excellent but the sous-chef -one of the participants - topped the show.
Fun making Paella
Nichole C,Mar 17, 2026
- Review from Tripadvisor
4.00Maia and Andres were a wonderful set of instructors. The food we prepared was delicious and abundant. We learned a lot about paella. I was hoping to get instructions on the making of Sangria. It was a fun evening.
Meg
poppy N,Mar 15, 2026
- Review from Viator
3.00Actual paella making was fun, but having to stand and wait in a crowded tiny bar for 20 minutes waiting for it to begin only to be instantly taken to another location 10 minute walk away ruined the experience
Paella and Sangria WOW
Tristan M,Mar 9, 2026
- Review from Viator
5.00Chef Andres was amazing. So fun and knowledgable. Would recommend 100 times! This is a Barcelona MUST!
Our guide was so...
Denise F,Mar 3, 2026
- Review from Viator
5.00Our guide was so knowledgeable and entertaining. The food was plentiful and delicious. Met fun ppl and it was a great night. Well worth the cost!
Kako was our teacher but...
Riko N,Feb 28, 2026
- Review from Viator
5.00Kako was our teacher but the class was amazing! Worth every penny! Had the best time exploring the boqueria market. The paella was delicious, but more than that I loved the tapas that we had before hand.
Mother Daughter Trip to Barcelona
wendylG2060HO,Feb 27, 2026
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00Took this experience with daughter for a long weekend trip all the way from San Francisco and Detroit. We both enjoyed it very much. Kako was great! Fun class. Met many nice people. Our paella turned out great - so yummy! Zipping sangria throughout the whole time. Would highly recommend this to others!
Perfect paella experience
59troyp,Feb 25, 2026
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00Luca was great, from the tour through la boqueria, to the tapas, and walking us through how to cook amazing & fresh tapas and paella. Overall great experience and would recommend to anyone who wants to try authentic Catalan paella and have delicious sangria.
The highlight of our Barcelona visit.
Q5185LXlisab,Feb 24, 2026
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00This may have been the highlight of our trip. From shopping in La Boqueria through tapas , sangria, meal prep to the finished paella, Chef Luca was incredible. Not only did we learn to do the paellas but he offered to many useful and interesting hints about ways to use many of the different ingredients. Great value for both the hands on experience and the best finished paella ever!
Disappointing experience
aur lies419,Feb 20, 2026
- Review from Tripadvisor
2.00I am disappointed with this course which was a surprise offered by my daughter because I am a fan of cooking. Indeed everything could have been top, except the chef! Super nice group (one Chilean and two Canadians besides me who is French), very nice place and adapted to the concept, visit of the Boqueria, ideal place for food lovers, but the only concern is the speaker who is not kind. Poor quality of the course (sangria already made, paella shipped with barely cooked rice, tapas with peppers filled with cheese of Greek origin in a box...). But above all, he minced his words, did not bother to repeat or articulate, and had only one idea in mind: to send the course as soon as possible to carry out his evening mission (a cocktail for which we took his shopping from Boqueria to his kitchen...). In addition, I sent a message to confirm the course in the morning before moving and no one ever answered me...
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