La Boqueria Market and Paella Cooking Class in Barcelona

About this tour

Spend four hours learning to cook three pillars of Spanish cuisine under the guidance of professional chefs in Barcelona. The experience begins with a guided tour through La Boquería market, then moves to the kitchen where you'll prepare seafood paella, tortilla española, and crema Catalana from scratch. Before cooking, you'll taste ten tapas paired with wines whilst a chef explains the evolution of Spanish gastronomy. Everything concludes with a full meal featuring your creations, drinks included throughout.

Highlights

• Shop La Boquería market with your chef instructor
• Prepare seafood paella, tortilla, and crema Catalana
• Ten-tapas wine tasting with Spanish food history
• Eat what you cook at a proper sit-down meal
• Dietary adaptations available: vegan, vegetarian, gluten-free
• All drinks and coffee included start to finish

What to expect

You'll start in La Boquería, learning which vendors stock the best produce and how to select ingredients a chef actually uses. Back in the kitchen, expect hands-on instruction—you're not watching a demonstration. You'll build each dish methodically: the paella's sofrito and stock, the tortilla's folding technique, the crema Catalana's caramelised sugar crust. The pace is manageable, not rushed. Between cooking stations, you'll taste those ten tapas, each one paired with a wine the chef has chosen. The chef contextualises each tapa within Spanish culinary history. Lunch or dinner comes at the end, where you sit down properly and eat what you've made.

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