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Paella Cooking Class Experience
Paella Cooking Class Experience
Paella Cooking Class Experience
4.5
10:00 AM - 10:00 PM
Monday
10:00 AM - 10:00 PM
Tuesday
10:00 AM - 10:00 PM
Wednesday
10:00 AM - 10:00 PM
Thursday
10:00 AM - 10:00 PM
Friday
10:00 AM - 10:00 PM
Saturday
10:00 AM - 10:45 PM
Sunday
10:00 AM - 10:00 PM
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Once upon a time, in a land far, far away (Bali) our founders met to begin their whirlwind adventure. Before you knew it, these explorers had set upon a new discovery and had started a travel company in Barcelona. All to promote the spirit of travel! As the years passed, the world changed and more nomads came in to the family. All with one thing in common; they had fallen madly and truly in love with Barcelona. Now we wish to extend this fairy tale. Over the years we have learnt everything there is to know about this beautiful city. Each person that came into the family added their own unique slant on what is so great about it. We gained artists, historians, entertainers, scientists, chefs, mixologists, writers and many, many more. Now we are sharing it with you. We want you to love Barcelona just as much as we do, and experience the magic this city has to offer through all kinds of different tours and activities. We hope you find magic in Barcelona, just like we did.
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Carolynne
Haslemere, UK4 contributions
Feb 2020 • Family
My daughter and I went for a little break in Barcelona in February to celebrate her 14th Birthday. We both found the paella cooking experience so much fun and the experience will certainly not be forgotten!! The chef and the barmaid were both very entertaining and they kept everyone engaged and enthusiastic to help prepare the paella and the sangria! The paella was delicious and we have since come back to the u.k and bought our own paella pan and burning ring to try and remake the unforgettable meal we had in barcelona!! We have followed the receipe which was given to us after or experience. It is a definite must do when visiting Barcelona. You certainly won't forget it!!
Written July 25, 2020
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Lilli W
Austin, TX2 contributions
Jul 2022
What a fun, unique and memorable experience while in Barcelona! Most cooking classes already have the ingredients prepped and you just watch the chef make the dish; not here! This is 100% hands on, chopping, sautéing, whisking and making the entire meal. My group of 3 had Chef Chris and he was so much fun! The sangria, seafood paella and crema catalana all tasted amazing! We throughly enjoyed the class. 10/10 would recommend!
Written July 15, 2022
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Myriam A
4 contributions
Jan 2020
You know when someone just enjoys what they do and it shows? The chef made this an incredible experience for my husband, the group of people we were with and I. We started at the Boqueria market to shop for the items for the paella and walked the cobblestone road to the cooking school where we were greeted with tapas and sangrias. Once we were in the kitchen, it was game on where she made it an interactive experience with history, trivia, and competition. It was a great bonding experience with strangers over food, booze, and camaraderie. Would definitely recommend when you're in Barcelona!
Written January 26, 2020
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MeganLlew
Taunton, UK2 contributions
Jan 2022 • Couples
Really loved our Paella cooking class, learnt so much about preparing the food but also the history of Paella. Our host, Gabriel, was amazing and really good at engaging all the guests. Excellent value for money and can’t wait to do it again on my next trip to Barcelona.
Written January 25, 2022
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948cheryl
Cape Town Central, South Africa2 contributions
May 2022
Gabriel offered us a fantastic Paella cooking experience! His premises, his ingredients and his gentle manner made for a perfect experience. He also taught us how to make his sangria and he was so generous with the food ingredients and the tapas served whilst we waited for our paella to cook. I would highly recommend a visit to his kitchen and his paella lesson.
Written May 22, 2022
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llbaker16
El Dorado27 contributions
Dec 2017 • Family
I must say I'm surprised to see so few reviews -- I am fairly certain that I read way more than the 7 shown here before I booked. We attended the session on the Friday between Christmas and New Year's last year -- December 29th. Perhaps the date was the kiss of death for this misadventure. The meeting place, The Travel Bar, was a great spot. Lively, casual, and fun. That was the last fun part. The group convened at 6PM to go to the Market. Seemed like a really large group of people to me, but I had no frame of reference. We got to the Market, and I am only grateful that we had already gone on our own earlier in the week. If you've been there at 6:15PM on a Friday night of a holiday week, try and picture a large group of people moving from booth to booth, trying to stay together, trying (without success) to hear what your guide is saying to you, while being asked by the owners of the booth you're blocking to please move out of the way so their own customers could approach. Our group of 4 managed to stay together to be herded from one booth to the next to hear absolutely nothing our guide said and to learn absolutely nothing since we could hear nothing given the distance our guide was from us. We then headed off towards the kitchen classroom. Upon arriving the first thing I noticed was that there were 4 tables seating 8 people at each table and one kitchen work area. There were a total of 31 people attending; the chef began the instruction by saying he needed 12 volunteers to help prep the meal and that when that was complete he'd have those 12 trade places with others for the cooking. That began what I refer to as the running of the bulls experience, part 1. People literally got out of their chairs and began rushing to the front to be part of the 12 volunteers. When they were done prepping and it was time to trade places, each of the original 12 traded with someone else in their own travel group. So 24 people had an interactive, hands on experience and 7 of us (our group of 4 and another group of 3) got to look at peoples' backs for the entire evening. I will say that had any of us been inclined to rush to the front, pushing and shoving our way forward, we could have participated at the expense of someone else. To further make this such an awful experience, there was one group of 7 traveling together who seemed determined to dominate pretty much everything and they succeeded. And the coup de grace was 2 younger couples (mid to late 20s - early 30s) who were not traveling together but became great friends during the evening. The girls were both keenly interested in taking unlimited selfies all evening while they were prepping and/or cooking -- heads thrown back, hair artfully arranged so that it streamed just above the food each was handling. The boys were keenly interested in moving to the open tables and pouring whatever sangria was on the table into a pitcher that they then took back to their positions in the kitchen. I could go on and on, but I'll close by saying that this was supposed to be one of the highlights of our trip and instead it was a TOTAL waste of the $151.80 I paid for the 4 of us. It was nothing as described or advertised and it met none of our expectations. Had it not been grossly overbooked, or if the guide had shown some leadership in managing the group, it could have been a lovely experience.
Written April 30, 2018
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Hannah K
1 contribution
Feb 2019 • Friends
I am having a difficult time connecting the director of this activity. If someone could please get back to me with an email to follow up with that would be great.
Written February 27, 2019
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John O
Adelaide, Australia121 contributions
May 2019 • Couples
The going rate for a quality cooking class in Barcelona is 65-70 Euro. This one was 35 Euro, but was very poor. Maybe the chef had an off day, but it amounted to false advertising.
Firstly, the event lasted only 2 hrs, not 2.5 to 3 hrs as advertised, at least a half hour of which was walking from the meeting place to the market, 5 mins in the market (with no description of the food being purchased), then walking to the kitchen. We were at the kitchen for only 1.5 hrs.
Secondly, we did not “learn to make Spanish tapas” as advertised. We were served slices of buttered baguette, plus slices of cheese and chorizo sausage, while we waited for the “chef” to finalise preparation for the paella cooking class.
Thirdly we did not “learn to make Sangria” as advertised. We were served pre-made sangria, with no idea as to what the content was or how to make it.
The only activity which we participated in, namely preparation of seafood paella, was okay, although my wife was concerned about lack of cleanliness in the kitchen.
This experience should be avoided at all cost!
Firstly, the event lasted only 2 hrs, not 2.5 to 3 hrs as advertised, at least a half hour of which was walking from the meeting place to the market, 5 mins in the market (with no description of the food being purchased), then walking to the kitchen. We were at the kitchen for only 1.5 hrs.
Secondly, we did not “learn to make Spanish tapas” as advertised. We were served slices of buttered baguette, plus slices of cheese and chorizo sausage, while we waited for the “chef” to finalise preparation for the paella cooking class.
Thirdly we did not “learn to make Sangria” as advertised. We were served pre-made sangria, with no idea as to what the content was or how to make it.
The only activity which we participated in, namely preparation of seafood paella, was okay, although my wife was concerned about lack of cleanliness in the kitchen.
This experience should be avoided at all cost!
Written May 21, 2019
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SuzieQLoveland
Loveland, Ohio134 contributions
Mar 2018
We took this class on a Saturday night. There were 12 of us and we all had a great time. Mara was wonderful and the food was delicious! There were pitchers of sangria and tapas ready for us when we got there. We relaxed and ate and drank for a while. We then all got to help make the paella, and learned a great deal while doing so. Then we got to eat the paella, which was amazing! We then learned how to make the sangria, and several of us made a pitcher. We also got the recipes, which was a bonus.
Written March 5, 2018
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thejetsetters2015
Miami Beach, FL95 contributions
Apr 2017 • Couples
I was so excited to go to this cooking class, having heard about it after a walking tour that met at Travel Bar. Having been to two other cooking classes in Barcelona with different companies (and others around the world), I can confidently say that this was the WORST cooking experience I've ever had. We arrived early at Travel Bar then had to wait 15 minutes past the agreed upon time to leave so our cook could get everyone signed in. She NEVER introduced herself, seemed flustered and was disorganized. Prior to booking I was told we would have a walking tour of the market. Our cook told us as we left the bar that this wasn't going to happen as it was a Sunday. We did, however get to watch her rush into a mini mart and buy bread that she forgot along the 15 minute walk to the cooking school. Once we got there, she told us that we had to only use two of the three tables there, so we had to cram 19 people into two tables. She told us to have some Sangria while she prepped. We got 2 pitchers of pink liquid that had no resemblance to Sangria. No water, no soda, etc. After a half an hour, one of us got up and went to ask if we could watch her cook and she told that person she would be out to see us soon. The entire group was already disappointed, hungry and thirsty. She finally came out with 1 tapas that we got to try and she went back to the kitchen while we sat and ate. A few people got up to make some new drinks and she came rushing out and yelled at them. The she called everyone over to watch her make the paella. She offered a few people the option to help (without asking them to wash their hands!!) and the rest of us tried to cram in the area to see what she was doing. Things were going fine until she had to leave to go to the store again because she FORGOT THE SAFFRON. That's pretty much the most important ingredient. So, we waited while she did that and the when she came back she said that we could sit down and wait for the paella to finish cooking. We all got some and it was bland and undercooked. Thankfully, the group of people who were there were wonderful and fun, which was the highlight of the night. After 3.5 hours of disappointment and hunger, we went with some others to have a proper drink and some food. Do not waste your money on this experience.
Written June 7, 2017
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Adam Babcok
Spartanburg, South Carolina
Does anyone still have a copy of the recipe from previous tours? I kept the slip of paper they put the URL on from our tour two years ago, but the website has gone down. Please private message me if you still have a copy! I'd love it via email. Brings back memories as we are more homebound now.
Written January 23, 2021
Hi I think I can help you on this one! Please can I have your email to send it across to you.
Written January 24, 2021
Im trying to book it but it says a error occured, is there another way of booking it?
Written August 8, 2019
Hi, Sightsee732937. What would you like to know about this attraction?
Written April 11, 2019
Hi, Sightsee732937. What would you like to know about this attraction? How do you book it?
Written March 12, 2019
Yulia M
Torrevieja, Spain
Hallo, wir haben jetzt für 9 Personen gebucht, mehr ging leider sind, wir sind aber mehr als 9 Leute, kann man die anderen noch dazu buchen?
Written February 1, 2018
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