Madrid Tapas & Paella Cooking Experience with Local Market Visit
Description
Take a deep dive into Spanish cuisine and culture by getting hands-on in the kitchen. After a tour of a traditional market with an expert local guide, you’ll head into a modern private kitchen space to make traditional paella, tapas, and dessert. By the time you sit down to enjoy your homemade lunch, you’ll understand the crucial role that food plays in everyday life here in Spain, the fascinating history behind paella, and cooking techniques you can bring back to your own kitchen.
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Important Information
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- This tour is in English.
- Unfortunately due to the nature of this tour it is not suitable for guests with mobility impairments or with wheelchairs, or strollers.
- This tour is adaptable for: Vegetarians, Pescatarians, Gluten free (not celiacs), Non-alcoholic options & Pregnant women.
- This tour is not suitable for vegans, those with celiac disease and those with lactose intolerance.
- Those with dietary restrictions or food allergies need to email our Guest Experience team after booking the tour so we can arrange your ingredients.
- Unfortunately, due to the prevalence of sharp knives, hot stoves, and high surfaces, this experience is not suitable for children under 12.
- Walks and Devour comply with all local government regulations. Please refer to local government guidelines for the most up to date information.
- Please note: This tour offers multiple options. Take a moment to choose the one that best suits your interests.
Reviews(556)
Chef Arantxa was amazing! A great experience; toured and picked up fresh ingredients from the market. vermouth & pinchos to start, excellent fresh bread, patatas bravas were amazing! We even made croquetas! The paella was the final highlight of our cooking experience. Everything was just amazing! We ate so much, We got so much out of the tour; definitely recommend highly, especially with Arantxa!
We had an absolutely fantastic experience with our guide, Cassie! She is so knowledgeable and fun and the whole experience was so interactive! It is a decent amount of walking, so beware if you are spending the day walking prior to the tour 😅. The food and drinks were great at every stop, and some of us even went outside of our comfort zones to try new things. 100% recommend!
Chef Arantxa was fantastic, local market tour & we cooked wonderful tapas & paella. Highly recommend!
Fantastic experience. Arantxa was brilliant. Funny knowledgable and the cooking was great unhurried fun.
The class was a very good class, i would even do it again, the chef was very knowledgeable and kept everyone involved. Going to the market was also a good experience as she was explaining the different ingredients and the different qualities.
Our second Madrid tour in 3 years with Arantxa. She is an exceptional cook and talented tour guide. Full of information, history and context for we were cooking and eating.
It was a birthday gift for my mom and she had the most amazing time!!! She said she had done one in Barcelona but there was absolutely no comparison and this far exceeded her expectations!!! We absolutely adored Arantxa!!!
Arantxa was amazing - she was so nice and informative. The food was amazing - loved how she was really encouraging. The experience was 10/10 - would recommend!.
The experience started with a visit to the local market where we learned about the cooking and shopping culture. We then went to the cooking class and made several tapas and the paella dish. I really appreciated Arantxa’s humor and don’t mess around attitude. The food was delicious, the recipes were made easy to understand and replicate. I love the mix of the history, and cooking with this tour. I highly recommended this tour especially if it is with Arantxa
This was a fun class. We had 8 total people in our class, and Arantxa was our instructor. She was so fun, energetic, and knowledgeable. Food was delicious, wine was flowing, and such.m a good time. I definitely recommend this class with Arantxa, you won’t regret it :)
