What you'll do
- Duration: 3 hours
- Group size: up to 15 people
- Hosted in: English
Learn step-by-step how to cook your first Paella following my family’s recipe in a charming cooking space located in one the most unique and multicultural neighborhoods of Barcelona, the bohemian district of Gracia. During this cooking workshop, we will also make Sangría, an iconic and traditional refreshment in Spain and while in the region of Catalunya you will be learning to make the most traditional dessert ‘Catalan Cream’, a flavorful, aromatic and creamy dessert.
We will cook all the recipes together and share the tasks just like a traditional Spanish family. Together around one big table with all the necessary fresh ingredients. Some of you will be cutting fruits to prepare the Sangría, while others will be preparing the Catalan Cream or the vegetables for the Paella. Depending on the size of the class, we will all take turns making sure that each one of us have a chance to participate.
At the end of the course we will eat together our communal Paella with a glass of Sangría and completed with the dessert of Catalan Cream.
What's included
Food
Dinner · Dessert
Main course: Paella mixta – a rice-based dish made with chicken, prawns and vegetables.
Dessert: Crema Catalana – an authentic Catalan creamy dessert made of whole cow milk, egg yolks, lemon, cinnamon and cornstarch.
Drinks
Wine
Sangría – one of the all-time greatest Spanish drink made with tasty red wine, refreshing orange juice and fresh fruits . Two full glasses per person.
Availability
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Things to keep in mind
If requested, the host can accommodate the dietary needs listed. You must let the host know before the experience if you’d like your needs to be accommodated. Contact us
- Tree nut allergy
- Gluten-free allergy
- Peanut allegry
Any experience can be cancelled and fully refunded within 24 hours of purchase, or at least 7 days before the experience starts.
Up to 12 guests of all ages can attend.
It’s up to each guest to understand the ingredients being used and communicate any allergies or dietary restrictions to the host. Guests should also consider that consuming raw or undercooked meats, poultry, seafood, shellfish, or eggs may increase the risk of foodborne illness.
This experience includes alcohol. Only guests who meet the legal drinking age will be served alcoholic beverages.
What you will find in our classes
Passionate cooks
Learn traditional recipes and hear personal stories from local hosts.
Fresh food
Right from the market to the table. 100% local food.
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customers reviews
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Eladi did an excellent job of explaining and then providing hands-on experience of making tomato bread, Sangria and paella. An enjoyable and tasty evening
11/01/2023This class was an amazing experience and Eladi was a great host. He explained everything as we went and the class was super interactive and fun. It was great to... read more meet the other guests and cook together during the class!
6/24/2023 -
Eladi’s class was the perfect activity for my family. He provided really interesting history and cultural context and we were able to have just the right amount of hands... read more on experience. And the paella was delicious! Highly recommend!
7/24/2023This was the family dinner in Spain I was waiting for. Met many new friends who made the experience even better. I will definitely come back again next year and... read more bring my friends. Eladi was a very welcoming host who I would recommend to anyone.
9/09/2023Me and my family had a paella and sangria lesson with Eladi! He let us all participate in different aspects and told us fun stories about the culture and history... read more that I didn’t know before! Very cool place and AMAZING paella, we finished everything!
6/16/2023 -
What an incredible experience !! This class was absolutely amazing. Carlos, the chef, explained everything with such care and love for the culture and food. Every second had meaning and... read more purpose, not to mention how great the food was. I would 1000% recommend this class for anyone: solos, families, and friends.
12/27/2023Yes do this!! We learned so much about the culture through great storytelling and the food. And the food and sangria were wonderful. Also great tips on how to... read more create something similar when we get home. Thank you for a great afternoon.
1/02/2023This was an absolutely magical experience! Carlos, our host, was fluent in English, funny, and incredibly knowledgeable. We learned how to make authentic Paella and sipped sangria. It was interactive... read more and delicious. This is something we will carry with us for the rest of our lives as well as share with our family. Truly extraordinary.
1/05/2024
My daughter and I had a fantastic experience learning how to make authentic paella, crema catalana and sangria at this class. Anna is so friendly, informative and talented; we really... read more enjoyed meeting her. The paella was the best we have ever tasted. We would definitely recommend this class.
01/02/2020
Initially I registered for another paella cooking class, but it was cancelled a day before the class. I looked online and and was glad that i managed to find this... read more class. It was an excellent class! Anna is a very passionate and articulate teacher, and she shared with us all about Spanish cooking. She prepared a drink Sangria with red wine, a dessert crema catalana ( which involves a blow torch), and chicken, prawn and green bean paella. As there was one participant which was vegetarian, we also had a smaller pan of artichoke paella which was delicious. (so its good that you go with a vegeterian! Haha) This class is interactive as for each step Anna would demonstrate and then someone could volunteer to take over. At the end of the class I purchased the wooden spoons we ate with :) I saw that they also had "pimento la vera" and saffron for purchase, but I had already got that on my trip to Granada, a few
06/02/2019
This was a really enjoyable class: 11 participants having fun together making paella, crema catalana and sangria. Eladi conveyed the history and the cultural significance of paella and we all... read more participated in making this delicious dish. We then ate our creation, drank the sangria and finished off with the crema catalana. A very enjoyable experience and definitely easy enough to try b
11/12/2018