In short
A 4-hour hands-on Moroccan cooking class in Marrakech: market visit for spices and vegetables, then cook a tagine, two salads, bread and mint tea with a local chef, and eat your lunch. Small groups of up to 10, from €45 per person.
Shop the market with a local cook, learn the secrets of a real tagine, Moroccan salads and mint tea, then sit down to eat what you prepared.
Highlights
- Market visit with a local cook
- Hands-on tagine, salads and bread
- Mint tea ceremony
- Lunch of your own cooking
- Recipes to take home
About this experience
Food is the best entry point to Moroccan culture. Your class starts at a local market where your cook explains the spices — ras el hanout, cumin, saffron, smen — and how to choose preserved lemons and olives. Back in the kitchen, each guest gets a station and prepares a tagine (chicken with lemon, beef with prunes or vegetables), zaalouk and a tomato salad, and learns to shape bread for the communal oven.
While the tagine simmers, you master the ritual of mint tea, then sit down to share your lunch. You leave with the recipes — and our guide to Moroccan food tells you what else to taste.
Itinerary
- 10:00
Market visit
Spices, vegetables and local products.
- 11:00
Cooking
Tagine, salads and bread.
- 12:45
Tea ceremony
The art of Moroccan mint tea.
- 13:15
Lunch
Enjoy what you cooked.
What's included
Included
- Market visit
- All ingredients
- Cooking class with local chef
- Lunch and tea
- Recipes
Not included
- Pickup (meeting point in the medina; pickup on request)
- Tips
Good to know before you go
- Vegetarian, vegan and gluten-free on request
- Inform us of allergies
Pickup & meeting point
Meeting point in the medina sent on WhatsApp; pickup available on request.
Questions about this tour
Is the class suitable for beginners?
Yes, no cooking experience is needed and children from 6 are welcome with an adult.
What will we cook?
A tagine, two traditional salads, bread and mint tea; the menu adapts to the season and diets.
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