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Marrakech Cooking Class: Traditional Moroccan Cuisine Experience in a Local Riad
4.8
20 Ratings
Marrakesh
Immerse yourself in the vibrant Marrakech medina with our cooking class. Discover the unique flavors of Moroccan cuisine and learn about traditional ways of life. Visit the local baker’s oven and farmers market for an authentic experience.
Immerse yourself in the vibrant Marrakech medina with our cooking class. Discover the unique flavors of Moroccan cuisine and learn about traditional ways of life. Visit the local baker’s oven and farmers market for an authentic experience.
Duration:
4 hours
Cancellation:
24 hours
Highlights
- Riad Dar Zaman - Our Marrakech cooking class offers a unique chance to immerse yourself in the local culture of the bustling Marrakech medina. We maintain intimate class sizes with no more than six participants, and the session is conducted by our chef Karima, with our manager Hassan providing translations from French into English.\n\nThe culinary…
- Riad Dar Zaman - Our Marrakech cooking class offers a unique chance to immerse yourself in the local culture of the bustling Marrakech medina. We maintain intimate class sizes with no more than six participants, and the session is conducted by our chef Karima, with our manager Hassan providing translations from French into English.\n\nThe culinary workshop is held in the open-air courtyard of our traditional riad. It begins at 10:00 AM and spans around 4 hours. The experience includes a trip to the neighborhood communal oven (furan), where residents bake their bread and cookies, a visit to the nearby market, known as a \
What's Included
- Lunch included
- Bottled water provided
- Lunch included
- Bottled water provided
What's Not Included
- Alcoholic Beverages
- Alcoholic Beverages
Meal Options
- Aubergine salad
- Zuchini / Courgette Salad
- Sweet tomato chutney salad
- Tagine - Popular tagines are chicken with preserved lemons and olives; lamb with prunes; vegetable with aromatic seasoning
- Orange slices with cinnamon
- Aubergine salad
- Zuchini / Courgette Salad
- Sweet tomato chutney salad
- Tagine - Popular tagines are chicken with preserved lemons and olives; lamb with prunes; vegetable with aromatic seasoning
- Orange slices with cinnamon
Additional Information
The Marrakech cooking class offers participants a chance to immerse themselves in the lively atmosphere of the Marrakech medina. The class includes visits to the local communal baker’s oven and the nearby farmers market. At the riad, attendees will explore the distinctive flavors of Moroccan cuisine while gaining insights into the Moroccan lifestyle. Karima and Hassan make a fantastic and entertaining team.
The Marrakech cooking class offers participants a chance to immerse themselves in the lively atmosphere of the Marrakech medina. The class includes visits to the local communal baker’s oven and the nearby farmers market. At the riad, attendees will explore the distinctive flavors of Moroccan cuisine while gaining insights into the Moroccan lifestyle. Karima and Hassan make a fantastic and entertaining team.
Location
Riad Dar Zaman
Make your way, or take a taxi to Sidi Ben Slimane (our neighbourhood in the medina). The road is a no-entry for taxis - they will drop you right next to a restaurant called Dar Sidi Ben Slimane.
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
4.8
(20 Ratings)
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Janetatholly-cot
Jan 15, 2024
The real taste of Marrakech! - The food we prepared and cooked was definitely the best we had during our stay in the city! Karima and Hassane were passionate about their cooking and showed us some of the little techniques that transform "good" into "excellent"!
Thank you so much for this unforgettable experience
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Linda
Nov 18, 2023
Trip with friend . Tour of Medinah, cookery class and lunch. - Fantastic cookery class. Very friendly team. English French and Arabic speaking . Wonderful tour of local Medinah “ off the beaten track “. Guide Hassan, Chef Karima and patron Peter were so welcoming . Prepared fantastic food and then served to us on spectacular roof top setting was just wonderful. Highly recommended . Hygiene tiptop.
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Sophiemh1863nr
Nov 14, 2023
Charming cooking experience in Marrakesh - Today, I had my favourite day of our trip! Peter, Hassan and Karima were the perfect hosts - and the first new cooking tip I learned was about 30 seconds into starting the lesson! The food choices were amazing, varied and packed with flavour and I can still taste them hours after getting back to our hotel. Hassan was charming and I loved his mint tea demonstration, Karima was delightful and an extremely talented chef and I loved Peter’s tour of the neighbourhood and visiting the local bakeries and Hammam. I won’t hesitate for a second to recommend this class!
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414robs
Nov 13, 2023
Amazing Marrakesh Food Experience - What an absolutely fantastic experience, highly recommended. An opportunity to experience the real Marrakesh and savour the most delightful food in the process. The hosts (Peter, Hassan and Karima) were super friendly, knowledgeable and made us feel so welcome. We were guided through a culinary adventure in the kitchen with the banquet served up on the roof terrace.
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G2010bdkateh
Oct 5, 2023
Wonderful cooking experience in Marrakech - What a wonderful RIAD, we booked here for a cooking experience on my birthday. Peter, Hassan and Sakina are the perfect hosts. Peter provides a great tour of the local medina, including Bread oven and Hamman prior to us preparing and cooking our meal. The food was wonderful, so tasty and we got to sit up on the terrace with two lovely Italian ladies who did the cooking experience with us. The group size was perfect, to allow everyone to get involved with everything. Fantastic English communication and so helpful, we even booked our trip to the Atlas Mountains via Peter and Hassan. I had the best birthday day in a beautiful setting of RIAD dar zaman. Highly recommend this and would happily do it all again. Follow RIAD DAR ZAMAN on instagram to get a flavour of all they have to offer and see what you are missing if you haven’t been! Thank you Peter, Hassan & Sakina
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Odyssey63178783985
Sep 29, 2023
Great cooking class! - Fantastic insight into local lives within the Medina, Peter answered all questions and took us on a great tour. The cooking class was excellent and Hassan was so friendly. We thoroughly enjoyed the experience and would recommend.
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Valentina_pezzoli_12
Jul 6, 2023
Delicious experience! - We were warmly welcomed at the riad by Adil and Karima. The tour with Adil was very informative. Afterwards we started making salads, the tajine and a dessert with lots of explanation and tips. Plus, they take really nice pictures. Well worth it!
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Michaelf0220
Jun 4, 2023
Fabulous Morrocan cookery class - We coudn't recommend this enough!! Karima & Hassane are a great doble act and share lovely recipes with you. They both make you feel so welcome.
The morinig started with a walk through the local community, Peter explained how the local community works with the bakery & hammam and we had a great wander through the local market. (This is not the souks in the medina) It was lovely to get a 1st hand expericence. We then went back to the riad to start preparing lunch.
There were 4 of us doing the class together, and we all got very involved with the preparation of 3 morracan salads, caramelised tomatoes. We had chosen which main we would like to prepare the day before, Chicken with preserved lemons and olives while the other couple did lamb tagine with prunes. To end the meal, we prepared orange slices with cinnamon.
Whilst the lamb & chicken were cooking, Hassane showed us how to make Morrocan mint tea the proper way. I have to say when made by Hassane it is delicious. He really is a pro!! It was the best tea we had all week. ☺ Thank you Hassane.
We then got to tuck into our Morrocan creatons, what a feast. Served on the terrace it was delicious.
This was one of the highlights of our trip.
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Scenic21441269583
May 17, 2023
Fantastic experience some thing not to be missed - This was the most amazing experience of Marrakesh
Peter and her son, and our cooks taught us how to create wonderful Morrocan vegetarian meals
The hospitality was bar none
The food tasted delicious, and we took home with us a sense of friendship, community, and connection.
I highly recommend this to anyone looking to create wonderful, exotic meals and learn something new with wonderful people I write them five star plus
Hasan puts his heart and soul in to every thing that he does, his teaching, his explanations and his communications.
He has so much passion for his work.
Excellent!!!!
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Kim
May 15, 2023
Fabulous - This was a wonderful day and one I will always remember. The cookery class was exceptional and Peter, the Riad owner and his staff were excellent.
The food we were taught to cook was exquisite.
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