Moroccan Cooking Class: Traditional Cuisine in Essaouira
4.9
94 Ratings
Essaouira

Immerse yourself in the flavors and techniques of traditional Moroccan cuisine during this half-day cooking class in Essaouira. Explore the local markets, learn authentic recipes, and indulge in the delicious results. A unique culinary adventure awaits!

Duration: 4 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • تافوكت - I will welcome visitors to my home and teach them how to cook Moroccan dishes like tagines, couscous, Harira (Moroccan Soup), Moroccan bread.
    Notice: the Pastilla Is Not included in my experience because it takes a lot of time
What's Included
  • Ingredient purchase costs are included
Meal Options

  • Mint flavored tea

  • tajine - Tagine vegetarian or with chicken, fish, beef, lamb

  • Couscous

  • Seffa

  • Harira - Moroccan soup

  • Moroccan bread - Name is batbout

Additional Information

Moroccan culinary art, renowned as one of the most flavorful in North Africa, is a pleasure to experience. Our journey begins in the historic medina, at place de l’Horloge, from where we’ll proceed to the markets of Essaouira. We’ll explore these vibrant marketplaces, purchasing fresh ingredients from the local vendors. Once we’re stocked up, we’ll head…

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Location
Parking Bab Marrakech
Bab Marrakech next to the port exit from the street (Rue Mohamed El Qorry ) the old Medina of Essaouira
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Sightseer320149
Nov 11, 2025
Again and again! Just wonderful! - We had a wonderful morning with Fatima. The food was delicious, but a very special experience were the conversations and the trusting togetherness. Fatima is a very warm woman and exudes joy. We would love to repeat this cooking experience.
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Cmmannion
Sep 24, 2025
Amazing Experience - This is our first time doing a cooking experience whilst on holiday, it was an amazing opportunity to get to see authentic Morocco and get to learn more about the culture and life in Morocco. Fatima was fantastic, we got to go around her local market to select the ingredients to make our Lamb Tagine and then were taken to her lovely home to cook. The food was amazing, we learned so much from her and will definitely do something like this again on our next trip. Thank you Fatima for an experience.
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Alexandrasx8361uh
Aug 19, 2025
A shared meal at home - A nice meeting with Fatima who opened the doors of her adorable apartment. Together with the group, we decided which dishes to prepare and did the shopping accordingly. Little downside, we would have liked more to help Fatima in the kitchen. Harira and tagine were delicious!!! And all this in a friendly and warm Mood! Thank you Fatima!!
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Stefania_c
Jul 27, 2025
Highly recommended and delicious - Fatima was super welcoming and the experience was great, highly recommended! We had so much fun and had super interesting conversations. She quietly adapted to our needs (vegetarian dishes) and was super nice. It was nice to shop with her and cook together (even if we only cut vegetables). You can choose between couscous and tajine, and lunch ends with fruit, treats and tea. Of course the couscous was delicious, the best we ate. It also helped us in choosing spices to buy and take home. To be repeated :)
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104jackz
Jul 16, 2025
Delightful family cooking experience - Fatima was so kind, generous and fun to hang out with. We met at the medina, taxi'd to her local market, got to choose what we wanted to cook, then went back to her lovely house to make it all. It was an absolute feast; we had lentil-meatball tagine, taktouka and two flat breads, all homemade. We finished it off with fruit and some sweets we got from the market, and had a wonderful time chatting with her. Thank you Fatima!! 💜
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Paulp2805
Jul 14, 2025
Cuisine at Fatima - A timeless moment, a complete immersion in a part of the city where no tourists go , Fatima is incredible, after the market the preparation in her kitchen where she shared her recipes with us , followed by tasting , the best tagine of Morocco an explosion of flavors, a thousand thanks Fatima 😘 Paulo and Sarah
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Nancy_h
Jun 15, 2025
Nice experience - The following is an overview of this experiment: – Fatima joined us on BAB MARRAKECH Square - we went to the market by taking a taxi (paid by Fatima) - there were 5 of us and chose to make a tagine with vegetables and chicken At the market, Fatima bought everything we needed - we walked back to his apartment - we helped cut vegetables/cook - we were able to ask many questions and get answers (cooking, local life, tradition) We ate our meal and for dessert we ate watermelon. Thanks to Fatima, it was very good and very well explained
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Patricia
Jun 14, 2025
Great culinary experience in Essaouira. - Great experience to learn good Moroccan dishes. Fatima is an excellent cook, a lovely and very welcoming person who explained everything well to us. We ate at Fatima all these delicious dishes.
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O5856trraulh
May 23, 2025
Excellent experience with friendly host! - Fatima was an incredible teacher! She took us all to the market to pick out food for the dish we had chosen, then took us to her beautiful home, where we all learned how to cook a number of traditional dishes. She was very helpful and friendly, and answered any questions (cooking or otherwise) that we came up with. Thank you very much!
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Rachna_n
Nov 15, 2025
Pleasant afternoon But not really about the Food - We booked this as a private cooking class for 3 reasons. One market tour, second how to make tagines & third to learn about Moroccon food. So first of all this was not a private tour we joined 7 other people so in all we were 10 people. Our fellow tourist were really nice & it was fun talking food to them but it was not what we expected. Secondly the market tour was a 5 min walk thru where we followed Fatima thru the market seeing her buy ingredients. There was no information or interaction of any kind to help us experience the market / shops. Since I was interested I asked questions & got answers. Thirdly we cooked a chicken tagine and a fish one where we helped cut vegetables and saw the tagines being cooked. It took a long while to cook so we had to rush out after 3.5 hrs and missed the tea. The chicken tasted nice but was dry and over cooked. The sardine tagine tasted fine. Both seemed fairly basic with meat & veg. There was no other information about Moroccon food. The afternoon was nice and good for people who want to spend a pleasant time in a locals house eating their food as Fatima & her husband were really nice people. But this is not a class for those with serious food / cooking interest.
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