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Moroccan Cooking Workshop: Traditional Meal Prep
4.9
111 Ratings
Essaouira
Master Moroccan cuisine in Essaouira. Join our half-day workshop, explore spice souks, and cook traditional dishes with expert chefs. Book your culinary adventure now.
Master Moroccan cuisine in Essaouira. Join our half-day workshop, explore spice souks, and cook traditional dishes with expert chefs. Book your culinary adventure now.
Duration:
4 hours, 15 minutes
Cancellation:
24 hours
Highlights
- 1 Rue Mohamed Ben Masoud - In a friendly and casual atmosphere, each participant learn how to prepare a traditional meal that one can then easily reproduce at home. (Some example of meal below). Workshops continue with a tour of the souk where everyone can complete his knowledge on the use of herbs and spices in Moroccan cuisine. Finally, the day ends in our oriental lounge by tasting of the prepared dishes.
- 1 Rue Mohamed Ben Masoud - In a friendly and casual atmosphere, each participant learn how to prepare a traditional meal that one can then easily reproduce at home. (Some example of meal below). Workshops continue with a tour of the souk where everyone can complete his knowledge on the use of herbs and spices in Moroccan cuisine. Finally, the day ends in our oriental lounge by tasting of the prepared dishes.
What's Included
- Lunch
- Lunch
What's Not Included
- Hotel pickup
- Hotel pickup
Meal Options
- Zaalouk: cooked salad with eggplant
- Tchakchouka: cooked salad with peppers
- Harira soup
- Beef or lamb tajine with almonds and dates
- Kefta (meatballs) tajine with eggs
- 7 vegetables and tfaya couscous
- Chicken pastilla
- Chicken seffa with vermicelli
- Sea bream and vegetables tajine
- Zaalouk: cooked salad with eggplant
- Tchakchouka: cooked salad with peppers
- Harira soup
- Beef or lamb tajine with almonds and dates
- Kefta (meatballs) tajine with eggs
- 7 vegetables and tfaya couscous
- Chicken pastilla
- Chicken seffa with vermicelli
- Sea bream and vegetables tajine
Additional Information
Half-day Moroccan cooking workshop.
Learn to prepare a full traditional Moroccan meal with help and instruction from our professional team. Under the watchful eye of our Moroccan chef, learn the secrets to many of the classic dishes. You will experience a guided tour of the spice souk, learning about the history of how our ingredients arrived to these…
Half-day Moroccan cooking workshop.
Learn to prepare a full traditional Moroccan meal with help and instruction from our professional team. Under the watchful eye of our Moroccan chef, learn the secrets to many of the classic dishes. You will experience a guided tour of the spice souk, learning about the history of how our ingredients arrived to these shores, before dining on your dishes you prepared back in our salon.
All classes are hosted in English and French.
- Children must be accompanied by an adult
Location
1 Rue Mohamed Ben Masoud
Rue Mohamed Ben Masoud
Meeting at l'Atelier, rue Mohamed Ben Masoud, in Essaouira's Medina
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
4.9
(111 Ratings)
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Janaamatt
Apr 25, 2025
The class was great. The... - The class was great. The dishes were delicious and we all felt like they were things we could easily make again at home.
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Pathfinder282194
Apr 20, 2025
Fabulous cooking class - This was excellent from start to finish. Great teacher, wonderful hands-on experience. The food we cooked was delicious. Highly recommend!
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Emiliem819
Mar 11, 2025
A must do experience - This was our favourite thing to do while visiting Essaouira! I thoroughly recommend it. My husband and I had a lovely morning cooking with the chefs at L’Atelier- they were so friendly and knowledgeable and the food we cooked was delicious! A must do experience! Thank you!
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007linea
Mar 9, 2025
Great place for lunch - Great establishment that offers a small lunchtime restaurant as well as a shop with very diverse items.
There is also the possibility to do a cooking workshop (to book)
Cleanliness of the premises ++
Chocolate fondant and quiche are delicious, I strongly advise!
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Paulf676
Feb 16, 2025
Fun tagine-cooking experience - There were 7 of us (max 8) and we prepared and cooked a lamb tagine and vegetable briouat (little triangular filled pastries) over the course of a morning. While the tagines continued to cook we were taken to a spice stall in the medina where the owner, Mohammed Seddiki, gave us a fascinating tour of his shelves. Then back to L'atelier for the finishing flourish - eating our results over lunch!
Very well organised; instruction in French and English - all materials prepared and ready to chop/ prepare at immaculately clean work-stations. Aysha was our local chef instructor, ably supported by Izzac (who also took us round the medina).
600 dirhams (about £50) per person. A really interesting experience offering fascinating insights to culinary aspects of Morocco.
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Sergiu_l
Feb 5, 2025
A beautiful side of Essaouria - The food we ended up cooking tasted amazing, but the experience of preparing it and learning about the Moroccan culture was even better! From the preparation of the tea when we arrived, to the trip to the souks to learn about spices, we felt like we have seen a part of Essaouria and Morocco that we haven't experienced before.
The hosts were knowledgeable, friendly, helpful and very very welcoming. The instruction was bilingual, in perfect French and English and different levels of cooking ability were catered for.
The kitchen was beautiful, all the utensils clean and sharp and the pace of the course was good. Some of our course mates had already booked more courses with the same school.
Thank you for a lovely experience,
Alice and Serge
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D1659omelisac
Jan 14, 2025
Amazing. - Amazing Moma the great perfectionist chef, demanding who breaks you and makes a thousand times the leather of Gacel until it comes out perfect, friendly until rage that teaches you if or if.
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Mirak866
Jan 3, 2025
Good cooking experience with authentic recipes - The cooking class was very gur organized and the two cooks explained and showed everything very accurately. It was very clean and the two recipes very delicious
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Gset36
Dec 29, 2024
Great opportunity to learn about Moroccan cuisine and have a great lunch - What a fabulous experience with very knowledgeable friendly ladies who took us through a mint tea ceremony, a lamb tagine and briouats. All were delicious and we enjoyed the trip to the market for spices as well. Merci beaucoup
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Jean-aimé
Apr 24, 2025
Great beginner introduction to general cooking with Moroccan spices. - The kitchen was immaculate and spacious. The dish we prepared was lamb tagine and very tasty. However, from an experienced cook's p.o.v., I didn't feel I learned much about Moroccan cuisine per say - the deeper traditions of spice combinations, instead of simply chopping and adding a 1/2 tsp of this and a full tsp of that. The appetizer we made - zaalouk - was different: it had a firm but not solid consistency and a medium kick of spice. The instructions were clear, but again, with no special insights. During the cooking process, we went out into the Medina and visited a spice merchant who spoke well about the uses of many spices, both culinary and medicinal. We sniffed many and sampled some. It was a lot of good information. Back at the atelier, we played our meal and shared it at a common round table with photos and farewells. A solid 4 out of 5.
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