Barcelona Cooking

This is the best food and best experience we have had in Barcelona! I would highly recommend it!!! Well worth the money!

Great event for a group! 12 of us from
Laguna Beach CA had an excellent time learning how to make Spanish Paella.
Katrina was an amazing teacher, She had some nice tips that will come in handy in the future. If your looking for a fun evening… good food, nice wine and a great teacher this is the place.

This cooking class was the highlight of my trip to Barcelona!
I traveled solo for a long weekend and decided to try this class. I took the class where we visit the Boqueria Market and then cook gazpacho, tortilla Española, paella, and Catalan Cream. We had 11 people in the class and it was an overall wonderful experience.
Our Chef was very knowledgable and made the class fun and educational. We all played a role in cooking the meal and then enjoyed wine and food and new friends. It was an affordable way to learn more about the culture of Spain and cooking.
Whether you are traveling solo or in a group, check this place out. You will not regret it!

A really nice way to see La Boqueria, and then learn how to cook what we bought. Our guide Kindra, was very helpful. She knew her way around La Boqueria and made what could have been an overwhelming place feel very accessible.
Back at the kitchen, we made so much great food. We really enjoyed our experience.

Had a good time and yummy food with Sam on the tapas tour. Liked the history lesson and all the gourmet places he took me were top notch. Good wine, good conversation, what more could you want?

We thoroughly enjoyed working with Kindra. We prepped Catalon Crema, Paella, omelette and a Catalon Crema brûlée. We wanted to learn to prepare and enjoy SS traditional Catalon dishes and enjoy them with local wine. The school has a relationship with a local winery and their white and Rioja matched up and supported the food well. We enjoyed working with our new friend Claire from New Zelank. Kudos to Kindra our chef.

One of our friends that recently visited Barcelona recommended Barcelona Cooking and we are so glad that she did! Barcelona was at the end of our two week trip to Spain and this was such a fun and special way to end our trip. We are not expert cooks by any stretch of the imagination, but our Chef Lluis made us feel at home in the kitchen. Not only did he have informative cooking tips that he shared along the way, but he shared a wealth of interesting stories and experiences that made the night so much fun! We really felt like we had a new friend by the end of the night. And did I mention the food was AMAZING? With Lluis’ help our dishes turned out better than I ever could have imagined! It may have been our best meal in Barcelona. I usually don’t like cold soups, but the melon soup that we made was out of this world and the healthy portion of iberico ham served on the side was divine. Lluis showed us how to make what he promised was the «best ever» Spanish omelette (which I had already fallen in love with over our two weeks in Spain) and he was right, it was the best ever! The Paella was delicious and fun to make (did you know that paella isn’t suppose to be yellow — watch out for the tourist traps!) and we finished with a Catalunya Cream that I can only describe as an improved version of crème brulee (and I never thought crème brulee need to be improved upon). The wine was flowing throughout the entire class as well. The food was delicious and Lluis was so entertaining, I would highly recommend this this class to anyone visiting Barcelona.

Wow — awesome experience! Excellent time, food, and instructor/​chef.
We took a trip to the local market (La Boqueria) and did some browsing, buying, and tasting. Afterwards we went back to the kitchen and got to work making several Catalunyan delights.
If you have a few hours in Barcelona I would whole-​heartedly recommend this — it’s a MUST-​DO! Excellent bang for the buck — four course meal, market tour, cooking lessons, and great conversation.

My husband and I stumbled upon the Barcelona Cooking class while reading the LA Times a few months before our trip. I thought it sounded like fun — something different for the two of us. We signed up for the, Saturday night Tapas menu. Emma is the Director, and she is warm and delightful and determined to makre the experience perfect. She is immediately responsive should there be any questions. The kitchen is perfectly located on Las Ramblas. It is a lovey space that is friendly and happy. Our charming and talented chef and instructor was Lluis, pronounced «You is.» We made 5 DELICiOUS tapas and learned so many technique tips. The dessert was wonderful and surprising — individual coconut cakes with fresh mint syrup (we made from mint leaves) topped with vanilla gelato, strawberry reduction and topped with a shake of fresh pepper and a drizzle of olive oil which somehow brought out all of the flavors perfectly! We enjoyed good wine and good conversation with two young women from Australia while LLuis shared his philosophy about life. Perfect evening and one that cemented our enjoyment of Barcelona! Do not miss this — it is a memory maker!

We recently experienced the Barcelona Cooking class and words can’t describe what a wonderful experience it was — even for our 4-​year-​old son! It started with a tour of the Bocaria Market, which was eye-​opening and informative (and quite a beautiful site). Back at the sleek, clean kitchen we prepared a 4 course meal, which Chef Candido managed to include my son in every step of the preparations. At the end, we drank wine and ate our delicious creations and i couldn’t think of a better way to spend 4 hours of our day (because we were late and the chef was so accommodating to our lateness, the class actually lasted 5 hours). The next morning our son awoke to exclaim, «i loved cooking class!». Definitely a testament to both the experience and the quality of the food. We would definitely recommend and also will be returning at some point during our month stay here in Barcelona.

My wife and I enjoyed two cooking classes, separated by a long bike ride around Barcelona, in this beautiful kitchen,
Our first class started with a guided tour /​shopping excursion to La Boqueria! Then, with our fresh seafood in hand, we came back and learned how to make Paella as it can only be done by a true expert (hint: not us). Wow! What an experience!
To top it off, our second class taught us multiple techniques and dishes including carefully prepared artichoke soup, fresh scallops, tomato bread, spicy potatoes, and the ultimate Catalan delicacy, Calçots with Romesco sauce.
This day was our best ever in Barcelona. We will return!

My husband and I absolutely loved our Spanish cooking class at Barcelona Cooking. The location was perfect — very close to the metro station right on La Rambla and just steps away from La Boqueria, the famous outdoor market. Our instructor had a great personality and taught us so much about the market and the fruits, vegetables, meats and fish unique to Catalan. You must definitely take the option of the market tour — it was one of the most enjoyable parts of our day. The kitchen cooking area was bright, cheerful and professional, and the open windows overlook the busy La Rambla. At first, my husband was not sold on our spending 4 hours cooking, but once we got started, he was hooked. We drank wonderful wine and nibbled on cava soaked olives while we chopped and cooked. The chef/​instructor seemed to really enjoy his task of teaching us, and he kept us laughing and asking questions the whole time. And he kept filling our wine glasses to make sure we were having a wonderful time. An amazing experience of Barcelona we will remember forever.