Paella and Burnt Basque Cheesecake Cooking Class in Bilbao
- 3h 30m
- Free cancellation up to 24h before
- Guided in English
- Instant confirmation
Highlights
Join us in our cooking school in the heart of Bilbao and learn how to prepare authentic Spanish paella and the famous Burnt Basque Cheesecake. You'll make the starters, help create different styles of paella, and bake the cheesecake yourself, guided step-by-step by a local chef. We keep our groups small (maximum 12 guests) to ensure plenty of personal attention, questions, and real learning. Whether you're an experienced cook or a complete beginner, you'll leave with practical skills and recipes you can recreate at home. Located just across the river from the Guggenheim Museum, our cooking school is easy to reach from anywhere in Bilbao. At the end of the class, you'll sit down together in our private dining room to enjoy everything you've prepared, accompanied by three glasses of local wine or non-alcoholic alternatives. A fun, authentic, and delicious way to experience Basque and Spanish gastronomy.
Inclusions
What's included
- You eat what you have cooked
- 3 glasses of local wine or non-alcoholic drinks
- Apron
What's not
- Hotel pickup and drop-off transport
- Additional alcoholic or non-alcoholic beverages
Cancellation
Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the experience starts, for a full refund.
Reviews
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Ratings come from 69 reviews collected by our booking partner. They are travellers' own words, in the order they were written — never reordered to flatter the experience.
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5Perfect
Mikel was great. He is a knowledgeable expert chef and the food was easy to create with his help. The setting is beautiful. This was a perfect way to enjoy great food and wine doing something fun, while learning.
5Enjoyable cooking class.
Really enjoyable cooking class. The instructor, Mikel, was very entertaining with all his stories and made it a cooking class to remember. We learnt about different cooking methods and are keen to try out the recipes at home.
5Learn To Cook Basque With A Top Basque Chef
Fantastic class taught by Chef Mikel. Very interactive, informative, and fun with a sumptuous meal at the end and a lot of copas of wine during. Top Marks for this excursion!!!
5Fun morning for food and wine
We had a great experience with Chef Mikel. He was patient and entertaining as we chopped, stirred and cooked our way through 2 paellas and a Basque burnt cheesecake. The wine was good, the food was delicious and the company was fun. The kitchen was well appointed and sparkling clean with workstations for all. We highly recommend this experience as a must do in Barcelona!
5Mikel was very...
Mikel was very informative, personable, a great chef, and the kitchen classroom was beautiful. I highly recommend
5Fantastic experience cooking and learning about Basque cuisine!
We had a fantastic time cooking with Mikel! It was a great experience learning about Gastronomia Bilbao and getting hands on experience with making chorizo, paellas, and cheesecake. Even though our group was only three people, we were excited to make and try a meat and seafood paella, and got to help prepare ingredients for each dish. Mikel also gave great food recs for our time in Bilbao. We would highly recommend this as a starter to your food journey in the Basque Country!
Know before you go
- Meeting point
- Please join us at Gastronomía Bilbao. Classes start promptly on time. After a 15-minute grace period, it will no longer be possible to join the experience, as the class will already be underway.
- Pickup
- Everyone meets at the starting point; there is no pickup.
- Ticket type
- Mobile or paper ticket accepted
- Group size
- Up to 12 travellers
- Operated by
- Gastronomía Bilbao
How it compares in Bilbao
- Its from-price is close to the median of the 330 experiences we list in Bilbao.
- Its length is typical for the group.
- By number of reviews it ranks 30 of 330.
- The operator lists free cancellation on it.
About Bilbao
Bilbao is a Basque city on the Nervión River, a former industrial port reborn around a titanium-clad art museum and an old quarter of pintxo bars.
Bilbao grew rich on iron ore and shipbuilding, and its industrial riverside has been turned to culture. The Guggenheim Museum, designed by Frank Gehry and covered in titanium, curves beside the river, with a giant flower-covered dog and a spider sculpture outside. The Fine Arts Museum, in a park nearby, and the Zubizuri footbridge by Santiago Calatrava are other stops.
Top-ranked sights in Bilbao: Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, Casco Viejo, Bilbao's Santiago Cathedral.
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