Seafood Paella cooking class Sangria workshop & Local Market
Description
Seafood paella is Valencia's gift to the coast—and this hands-on cooking class teaches you the real recipe, not the tourist version. Learn to make authentic seafood paella with its traditional salmorreta sofrito, the way Valencian chefs have perfected it for generations. Fresh seafood. No shortcuts. Just authentic technique from local chefs who grew up making it. Your experience starts at Ruzafa Market, a neighborhood gem where locals shop for fresh ingredients—far from the crowds of Central Market. Then, join our small-group workshop to master the secrets: building the rich salmorreta base, achieving the perfect socarrat (the prized crispy rice crust), using albufera rice from Valencia's own fields, and balancing saffron like a pro. While your paella simmers, enjoy a sangria-making workshop and sample traditional tapas. Then sit down to feast on your creation with local wine, salad, mistela, and homemade dessert.
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Important Information
- Wheelchair accessible
- Children must be accompanied by an adult
- May be operated by a multi-lingual guide (English, Russian and Spanish)
Reviews(384)
What a brilliant way to spend a morning! A trip to the market where our guides explained the different types of tapas and ingredients for each. Then back to the kitchen (with air con!) for tapas and sangria. We were in groups of 6-7 and cooked paella altogether, everyone participating in chopping and stirring etc. After cooking we got to eat , was really very tasty. The guides were all so much fun and we really did enjoy it. My daughter is coeliac and this was not a problem. EVERYTHING was gluten free except for the cake that was brought out for dessert.
Enjoyable 3 hours with friendly and accommodating cooking teachers. Enjoyed the paella we made. Only improvement i would have liked to see would be to make it more hands on. I wanted to do some cooking and the class prep was mostly done by the instructors. Also would have liked to see the purchase of the products.
Fantastic experience that I would repeat
Very hands on and explained well. Enjoyed going through the market for the fresh ingredients. Miguel was very clear with his explanations. The paella was delicious as were the tapas and sangria. There was plenty of food. We highly recommend.
Guides were friendly and informative. Group size allowed for hands on experience
Fun day of cooking paella. The market was amazing. Loved the fresh fish and hanging meats. Tapas was so good. Would recommend for foodies!
Absolutely one of the highlights of our visit to Valencia! Niko was the star of the show followed by a close second the paella. Highly recommended!!! Don’t hesitate to book this experience.
Such lovely people, and we had a lot of fun, learned a lot, and laughed a lot. Our paella was very good.
A fantastic experience from the visit to the market to the cooking of the paella and then enjoying it. Our chefs were informative, knowledgeable and great fun. We were encouraged to ask lots of questions and the sangria was most certainly free flowing. Would thoroughly recommend this experience as part of a visit to this beautiful city.
Thank you so much for your lovely review! 😊 We’re delighted you enjoyed the whole experience from the local market visit to cooking and sharing the paella 🥘🍷 Thank you for recommending us and for being part of such a fun afternoon in Valencia ❤️
It was awesome. Food was fantastic. Chef was fabulous and fun!! Time flew by. Fun going to shop for the ingredients too
Thank you so much! 😊 We’re so happy you enjoyed the food, the fun atmosphere and the market visit too 🥘🛒 Time really flies when there’s paella and sangria involved 🍷❤️
