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Very good experience.
Very good experience. It was very successful. We ate well all together after cooking. We had a great time.
Traditional Moroccan Cooking Class
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At a glance
- Duration
- 4 hours
- Price from
- $39 / person
- Location
- Essaouira, Morocco
- Rating
- 4.9 / 5 · 99 reviews
- Languages
- AR, EN, FR
- Group
- Private
- Cancellation
- Free cancellation
- Confirmation
- Instant
- Ticket
- Mobile or paper ticket accepted
- Operator
- Cooking With Chef FATIMA
- Meeting point
- Bab Marrakech next to the port exit from the street (Rue Mohamed El Qorry) the old Medina of Essaouira
Description
Traditional Moroccan cuisine is rightly considered one of the tastiest and finest in North Africa. We will meet in the old medina, place de l'Horloge, and will immediately go shopping in the markets of Essaouira. We will explore all the markets and buy the fresh ingredients from the locals to buy food. Later we will go home, I will receive you with Moroccan mint tea. After that we are getting ready to cook together, I will show you how to cook our couscous step by step and I will share with you all the recipes I learned from my grandmother. Finally, we appreciate our work, we will savor our preparations with a great Berber mint tea! I'll show you the secret of good! Welcome to Essaouira with another kind of experience different from regular cooking classes.
Tour Options
What's included
Included
Ingredient purchase costs are included
Traveller Ratings
4.9
99 reviews
Important Information
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- All Can Attend Our Cousin Yard
Cancellation
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
1+ days before100% refund
0–1 days before0% refund
Frequently asked questions
How long does Traditional Moroccan Cooking Class take?
Traditional Moroccan Cooking Class lasts about 4 hours.
How much does Traditional Moroccan Cooking Class cost?
Prices start at $39 per person for this Essaouira experience, booked through Viator with the price shown before checkout. There is 1 booking option, so the final price depends on the option you choose.
Can I cancel Traditional Moroccan Cooking Class for free?
Yes. Cancel at least 1 day before the start for a full refund. Later cancellations are non-refundable.
Where does the tour start?
The meeting point is Bab Marrakech next to the port exit from the street (Rue Mohamed El Qorry. ) the old Medina of Essaouira. Hotel pickup is not part of this experience.
What languages is Traditional Moroccan Cooking Class offered in?
The experience is available in AR, EN, FR.
Is this a private or a group tour?
It is a private experience: only your party takes part. Up to 7 travellers can book together.
Is the tour suitable for children?
Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
Will my booking be confirmed immediately?
Yes, bookings are confirmed instantly.
Reviews(99)
Y
An unforgettable moment of our trip!
What a magnificent moment shared with Fatima. We chose to cook a (a?) Rfissa and it is a choice that is apparently rare but worth it for this type of activity because there are several techniques to learn like the msemen (in addition to having made her husband happy, who loves this dish haha). Fatima is an angel fallen from the sky. This morning will remain engraved in our memory. Do not hesitate for a second if you are passing through Essaouira. Thanks again 🙏🏽 Yannis and Inès
K
Wonderful.
Fátima is wonderful. A wonderful and complete experience.
L
Cook Traditional Moroccan Tagine and Soup cooking lesson
This was a truly lovely experience to cook a superb delicious vegetable tagine and Moroccan soup in Fatimas apartmemt. Excellent value for money, we were welcomed as part of Fatimas family and ate with her and her family. The whole cooking experience and market shopping for ingredients took about 5 hours. Absolutely loved this experience, thank you Fatima for teaching me how to tagine, I loved it
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M
Like home!
A beautiful culinary experience as at home! Eggplant caviar, kefta and msemen. We composed our menu, shopped at the market and cooked at Fatima. Very good time sharing, we recommend!😊! Thanks again Fatima!
L
100% recommended
Very welcome from Fatima with whom we had a great time in addition to preparing and tasting a dish we could choose! We recommend Fatima a 100%
C
Pleasant experience
Easy and precise appointment with Fatima, choice of meal. Then head to the local market where you buy meat, vegetables, spices... Preparation of the meal as a team, followed by tasting. Experience to make or redo without hesitation. Fatima is very nice and answers all your questions. We loved it. Thank you very much for this moment 🫶🙏
N
Fatima is a ray of sunshine
Thank you for this delicious moment, Fatima, you welcomed me and my husband very warmly and we had the joy to discover with you the preparations for a delicious couscous that we all enjoyed together. Would you like to learn how to cook couscous? Fatima is the right person to guide you!
B
Best of Berber cooking class
Cooking with Fatima was super. Buying foods in the market to preparing the dishes and chatting with her and her husband over lunch was a special time.
R
Pleasant afternoon But not really about the Food
We booked this as a private cooking class for 3 reasons. One market tour, second how to make tagines & third to learn about Moroccon food. So first of all this was not a private tour we joined 7 other people so in all we were 10 people. Our fellow tourist were really nice & it was fun talking food to them but it was not what we expected. Secondly the market tour was a 5 min walk thru where we followed Fatima thru the market seeing her buy ingredients. There was no information or interaction of any kind to help us experience the market / shops. Since I was interested I asked questions & got answers. Thirdly we cooked a chicken tagine and a fish one where we helped cut vegetables and saw the tagines being cooked. It took a long while to cook so we had to rush out after 3.5 hrs and missed the tea. The chicken tasted nice but was dry and over cooked. The sardine tagine tasted fine. Both seemed fairly basic with meat & veg. There was no other information about Moroccon food. The afternoon was nice and good for people who want to spend a pleasant time in a locals house eating their food as Fatima & her husband were really nice people. But this is not a class for those with serious food / cooking interest.
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