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Cooking Workshop in Marrakech: Culinary Immersion at the Riad
Cooking workshop in Marrakech at Riad Vendôme: hands-on class with our chef. Market visit + preparation of 3 dishes (tagine, couscous, pastilla) + tasting. For 8, 10, 12, 14, 15, 20 guests. 3 hours, from £48/person. In French (English on request). Perfect for families, friends or groups.
A cooking workshop in Marrakech is much more than a simple class — it's a sensory immersion in Moroccan culture. At Riad Vendôme, you don't just watch a chef cook: you touch the spices, knead the dough, smell the saffron in the simmering tagine. Chef Naima guides you through every step, from market to plate, in the authentic kitchen of our riad in the Marrakech medina.
L'experience workshop at Riad Vendôme
A workshop, not a show. At our riad, you don't watch a chef demonstrate from behind a counter. You stand at your workstation, hands in the flour, apron tied. Our chef is at your side, correcting your technique as you roll the semolina, showing you how to dose the ras el hanout, letting you taste the sauce before and after adding saffron. It is hands-on, lived, felt.
The riad as your setting. The workshop takes place in the real kitchen of the riad, a bright, functional space overlooking the central patio with its fountain. No show kitchen for tourists — this is where our chef has been preparing daily meals for the riad's guests for over 15 years. The authenticity is not staged; it is natural.
Le course of your workshop
9:45 — Welcome. Mint tea in the riad patio. Our chef presents the day's menu and the recipes you will prepare.
10:00 — Shopping in the souk. Off to the local market, 200 metres from the riad. Our chef guides you through the stalls: how to recognise good cumin, choose preserved lemons, bargain for vegetables. You leave laden with fresh produce and spices.
10:45 — Preparation. Back in the kitchen. You prepare two starters (briouates, zaalouk or cooked salad) and your main course. Our chef explains every technique, every spice, every cooking method. You work at your own pace — no timer, no stress.
12:30 — Tasting. You go up on the rooftop terrace to taste your creations with view over the medina rooftops and the mountains of the Atlas Mountains. Mint tea and Moroccan pastries offerts.
This that rend our workshop unique
An authentic location. Riad Vendôme is in the Dar El Bacha district, the historic, residential neighbourhood of the medina — far from the tourist circuits of Jemaa El-Fna. The market where you shop is frequented by locals, not tourist groups.
La transmission. Our chef cuisine like sa mother and sa grand-mother lui have appris. No recipes revisitees to the mode fusion — ici, it's the Moroccan cuisine traditionalle in sa version the most authentic. Le tagine mijote lentement, the couscous is roule in hand, the spices are added by feel.
The souvenir. You leave with the recipe written of your dish, a sachet of spices (ras el hanout, cumin, curcuma) purchased in the souk, and the satisfaction of having cooked you-same a real Moroccan dish. A lot of our participants we envoient of the photos of the tagines they cooked once back home.
Packages and rates 2026
| Package | Included | Price / pers. |
|---|---|---|
| Workshop Discovery | Kitchen preparation + tasting | 25 £ |
| Full Workshop | Courses in the souk + cuisine + tasting | 35 £ |
| Workshop VIP | Souk + 2 recipes + tasting + pastries | 48 £ |
(*) Price per person, minimum 2. Ingredients, tabliers and boissons included.
Idea cadeau : offrez a workshop cuisine
You are looking for a cadeau original for a birthday, a mariage or Christmas ? Offrez a stay in Marrakech with workshop de cuisine included. We prepare a personalised gift voucher with the programme of the workshop and the details of the stay at the riad. Contact Eric for composer your offers tailor-made.
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 a authentic boutique riad, in the heart of the medina of Marrakech, in the prestigious Dar El Bacha. No impersonal classroomelle ni de cuisine hotel standardised — you cook in the vraie cuisine of the riad, donnant on a patio with fountain, zelliges traditional and plantes luxuriantes.
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, you feel the spices, you cook with your hands. L'privacy of the venue transforme a simple class becomes 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 are actif and creative in the kitchen. The afternoon, let you go prise in the hammam after a morning well remplie. The tagine you cooked, the mint tea on the rooftop, then the hammam with black soap and the argan oil massage — it's the day perfect in Marrakech, and all happens on the same place, without transfer ni logistique.
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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