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Cooking Class in Morocco : Discover the Gastronomie Moroccan
Cooking class in Marrakech at Riad Vendôme: learn to cook traditional Moroccan dishes (tagine, couscous, pastilla) with our chef. Market visit + hands-on cooking + tasting. 3 hours, from £48/person. For 8, 10, 12, 14, 15, 20 guests. Available in French and English. Book via WhatsApp +212 600 608 608.
Morocco is a top gourmet destination. Its cuisine, classified as UNESCO Intangible Heritage, attracts thousands of travellers each year, curious to discover the secrets of the tagine, couscous and spices. At Riad Vendôme in Marrakech, we offer an authentic cooking class that goes beyond a simple recipe: it's a completee immersion in Moroccan culture, from souk to plate.
Why apprendre to cook in Morocco ?
Morocco is one of the rare countries where cooking is a daily art of living. Here, the tagine is not a restaurant dish — it is an everyday meal, prepared in every family with recipes passed down through generations. Friday couscous is a sacred ritual that brings the extended family together. Spices are not mere seasoning but the very soul of every dish.
Marrakech, gourmet capital. Marrakech brings together all of Morocco's culinary influences: Berber cuisine from the Atlas Mountains, Arab cuisine from Fès, Sahrawi cuisine from the south, and Moroccan Jewish cuisine. The Marrakech souk is the country's largest spice market. It's the ideal place for a cooking class covering the full breadth of Moroccan gastronomy.
Your Class at Riad Vendôme
A riad in the historic medina. Riad Vendôme is in the Dar El Bacha district, in the heart of the UNESCO World Heritage medina. It's a traditional riad with patio, fountain, rooftop and an authentic kitchen where our chef has been preparing meals for guests for over 15 years.
Completee 3-hour programme: shopping at the local market (spices, vegetables, meats), preparation of Moroccan starters and a main course of your choice (tagine, couscous or pastilla), then tasting on the rooftop terrace with views over the Atlas Mountains and the Koutoubia. Mint tea and pastries included.
The regions culinarys in Morocco
Our chef you're done discover the different traditions culinarys regional in Morocco :
Cuisine of Fès — The most refined in Morocco. Chicken tagine with preserved lemons and olives, pigeon pastilla, mrouzia tagine (lamb, honey, almonds, ras el hanout). Fès is considered the gastronomic capital of the country.
Cuisine of Marrakech — Strong Berber influences. Tangia (a Marrakech speciality slow-cooked in hammam embers), tanjia, mechoui lamb barbecue. Marrakech's ras el hanout is spicier than that of Fès.
Berber Cuisine of the Atlas Mountains — Simple and generous. 7-vegetable couscous, seasonal vegetable tagine, traditional oven-baked bread (khobz), amlou (almond and argan oil paste).
Cuisine of the littoral — Poissons and fruits de mer. Tagine de poisson chermoula (speciality from Essaouira), sardines farcies, calamars grilled.
Rates and booking 2026
| Package | Included | Price / pers. |
|---|---|---|
| Discovery | 1 recipe + tasting | 25 £ |
| Full | Souk + starters + main course + tasting | 35 £ |
| Gastronome | Souk + starters + 2 plats + pastries | 48 £ |
| Group (10+) | Workshop team building completee | 30 £ |
(*) Per person, minimum 2. Ingredients and tabliers fournis.
Combiner cooking class and stay in Marrakech
Stay gourmet : combinez your cooking class with accommodation at Riad Vendôme. Our rooms are available on half board (breakfast + dinner cooked by our chef). The package week-end (2 nights + cooking class + hammam) starts to £195 per person.
Activities complementary : guided tour of the medina, hammam and massage at the spa of the riad, excursion in the Ourika Valley or in the desert Agafay. Eric puts together your programme tailor-made. See our packages stay.
Videos and photos : watch our cooking workshops and spa sessions on video at @riadvendome on Instagram.
A cooking class in a boutique riad in Marrakech
At Riad Vendôme, your cooking class takes place in an authentic boutique riad, in the heart of the Marrakech medina, in the prestigious Dar El Bacha district. No impersonal classroom or standardised hotel kitchen here — you cook in the riad's real kitchen, overlooking a patio with fountain, traditional zelliges and lush plants.
Our guests choose Riad Vendôme precisely for this intimate atmosphere. By joining a cooking workshop with us, you don't just learn recipes: you experience the riad from the inside, discover traditional Moroccan architecture, and ascend to the rooftop terrace with panoramic views over the medina rooftops, the Koutoubia and the Atlas Mountains. It's a completee immersion in the Moroccan art of living.
Why a riad rather than a hotel? In a riad, the space is on a human scale (maximum 25 guests). The chef is by your side, not on a stage. You touch the ingredients, feel the spices, cook with your hands. The venue's intimacy transforms a simple class into a moment of authentic exchange with our chef and the other participants.
🌿 Half-Day Package: Cooking Class + Spa
L'experience completee in Marrakech en a day trip. Combinez a cooking class morning with a session spa the afternoon — the programme ideal for couples, the hen party and the groups that veulent enjoy to fond of their stay.
| Package | Programme | Price / pers. |
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| Cuisine & Spa Discovery | Morning: cooking class completee (souk + cuisine + tasting) Afternoon: oriental hammam + 1hr massage | 90 £ |
| Cuisine & Spa VIP | Morning: VIP class (souk + 2 recipes + pastries) Afternoon: hammam + body wrap + 1hr30 massage + tea | 95 £ |
| Cuisine & Spa Group (10+ guests) | Morning: workshop team building cuisine en teams Afternoon: hammam + 1hr massage per person | 65 £ |
(*) Price per person, minimum 2. Inclut all ingredients, tabliers, produits spa and linge. Booking 48:00 in advance.
Why this package? In morning, you're active and creative in the kitchen. In the afternoon, let go in the hammam after a full morning. The tagine you cooked, mint tea on the rooftop, then the hammam with black soap and argan oil massage — it's the perfect Marrakech day, and everything happens in the same place, with no transfers or logistics.
Ideal for : coupthe en week-end romantique, hen party (la combinaison favourite of our clientes), groups of friends, corporate seminars (day trip incentive), retraites yoga (cuisine saine + relaxation), voyages group.
Book via WhatsApp : +212 600 608 608 — Eric you puts together your programme tailor-made.
A cooking class in a boutique riad in Marrakech
Le Riad Vendôme is classified by the Moroccan Ministry of Tourism.
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