Interactive Paella & Sangria Cooking Class in Barcelona with Josh

About this tour

Learn to cook paella and sangria from scratch in Josh's professional Barcelona kitchen, then sit down to eat what you've made. Over three hours, you'll prepare seafood paella using proper stock-making techniques, craft sangria by hand, and finish with caramelised crema catlana for dessert. Josh (or fellow chef Andres) guides you through each stage hands-on—his teaching philosophy centres on learning by doing, not watching. Between cooking and eating, you'll chat about Catalan food, travel and culture over wine.

Highlights

• Prepare seafood paella with homemade fish stock from local rock fish
• Make sangria from fresh fruit, learning Josh's favourite techniques
• Torch your own crema catlana before eating dessert
• Dine together on your finished dishes in a restored 1800s-style room
• Option to adapt menu for vegetarian diets with advance notice
• Small group private class with professional chef instructor

What to expect

Arrive at Josh's studio—a working kitchen one floor up with an accessible lift if needed—ready to get your hands dirty. You'll begin chopping fruit for sangria, then move into paella prep: learning how to build flavour in fish stock, preparing seafood, understanding ingredient ratios and cooking technique. Josh talks you through each step but expects you to do the work yourself. Once your paella is ready and resting, you'll torch sugar on individual crema catlana desserts. Finally, you'll sit together in the adjoining dining room to eat everything you've cooked, washing it down with included sangria and conversation about food, Catalonia and travel.

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