Morocco · Cooking

Essaouira Cooking Class | 1 Day : Private & Luxury

1 Day Round trip from Pickup service provided in Essaouira. Easy pace

The journey

Trip highlights
  • 01 Visit a local market with your guide and chef
  • 02 Prepare a hands-on three-course Moroccan meal
  • 03 Enjoy authentic hospitality in a traditional home setting
  • 04 Learn about local ingredients, customs, and food traditions
  • 05 Sit down to enjoy the lunch you helped create
  • 06 Vegetarian and vegan-friendly options available
  • 07 Suitable for couples, families, and children

Discover Moroccan home cooking in Essaouira with a hands-on class that combines market shopping, local culture, and a shared meal in a welcoming family setting. Begin with a visit to the local market, where your guide introduces regional ingredients, traditions, and culinary customs before you head to the kitchen.

With guidance from your chef and hosts, prepare a three-course menu from starter to dessert in an interactive workshop designed for couples, families, and friends. After cooking, sit down to enjoy the dishes you have made together and experience the warmth of authentic Moroccan hospitality.

This experience is also suitable for vegetarian guests, with vegetarian and vegan-friendly options available on request.

Discover Moroccan home cooking in Essaouira with a hands-on class that combines market shopping, local culture, and a shared meal in a welcoming family setting.

From the itinerary

At a glance

What this trip includes

Duration 1 Day
Tour type Shared
Activity level Easy
Accommodation Included
Transport Included
Wheelchair access Not applicable
City Essaouira
Languages English, French

Day by day

The itinerary

1
Day 01

Essaouira Cooking Class Day

  

ESSAOUIRA COOKING CLASS

You want to spend time in a Moroccan family house for of culinary indulgence? Our Cooking Class with our partner “Khadija’s Kuzina“, will be a perfect introduction for that! 

Upon Arrival to Essaouira Your guide will take you to visit the local market. He will provide you with all kinds of explanations regarding products, traditions and customs. Feel free to ask your questions and share your culinary experiences. More you interact, more you will discover! 

When in your host “Khadija’s Kuzina” in his typical house, you will be welcomed with open arms and authentic Moroccan hospitality. Over the next few hours, Khadija & Hussein will teach you how to cook a tasty meal of local dishes. Cooking with Khadija is often a unique social experience. She will share stories about food, about her family, and about her life. Once your masterpieces are ready, you will savor the real taste of Moroccan family cooking, around a lunch served with a lot of love. The Cooking Class starts at 18:00 and lasts about 04 hours. Your friends can join us after the cooking class, at lunch time, for a supplement of 15 euros.

03 courses menu

Starter, main dish and a dessert, all prepared by you with the supervision of our chef, our classes are hands on, you put your apron on and you get involved.

Professional Chef

We choose carefully our partners and Chefs, they are english speakers passionate foodies and knowledgeable about their craft, you will get a full on experience not just a cooking session

Joyful environment

The staff, the atmosphere, the space and your instructor all comes together to make the experience fun, safe and friendly, perfect for couples, children, friends ... all setups 

Vegetarian Friendly

We can provide a full vegetarian cooking class with a vegetarian menu where you will prepare the three courses all with vegetables, we can accommodate also vegan cooking class

Cooking Class Program

Meeting & Pick Up : 8:00 AM 

Visit to the Market 

Your chef will take you to the market to shop all ingredients needed 

Cooking Workshop 

Get your hand dirty and experience being a team member of the Chef’s brigade 

Taste the full menu 

Enjoy the 3 courses meal that you have made yourself 

The route

Where you'll travel

Tour route map
Round trip from Pickup service provided in Essaouira. 1 city · 1 Day

The fine print

Trip details

What's Included

  • Pick up from & return transfer to your hotel or riad, with Air Conditioned Land Cruiser with driver.
  • Local English-speaking guide
  • Traditional Market Tour
  • Lunch in place
  • Recipe sheet & ingrédient
  • Essaouira City Tour

What's Not Included

  • Items that are not included in the cost of tour price.
  • Drinks
  • Tips and extras.
  • Personal risk insurance.

Know before you go

  • We recommend you wear closed sports shoes, comfortable clothing, a hat, sunscreen. a windbreaker (required in the winter) and a daypack for your belongings. To best enjoy this experience,
  • we suggest you respect local customs and avoid wearing shorts or skirts
  • For your peace of mind, we recommend you check you have a personal all risk insurance with repatriation option.

Logistics

Meeting & route

Meeting point
Pickup service provided in Essaouira.
Tour start
Pickup service provided in Essaouira.
Tour ends at the same location as the start point.
End of the journey

Your 1 day finishes where it began, in Pickup service provided in Essaouira..

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