Tangier Private Cooking Class: Moroccan Dishes With Locals

Shop the medina market, then cook what you choose with a Tangier family

A private four-hour cooking class in Tangier's old city where you join a local family to learn Moroccan cuisine. You visit the medina market with your chef to select fresh ingredients, then prepare traditional dishes together in their kitchen. The class includes pickup from your hotel, lunch, coffee and tea, and bottled water; your guide speaks English or Spanish.

The Experience

The morning starts with pickup from your hotel, then you head into the medina with your chef to shop the market. You'll walk past vendors selling spices, fresh herbs, preserved lemons and the other staples that define Moroccan cooking, and you choose what goes into the dishes you'll make. This is not a demonstration—you're the one handling the ingredients and learning the techniques as you go, with your chef walking you through each step.

Back in the family kitchen, you prepare traditional dishes from scratch: tagines built layer by layer, couscous steamed to the right fluff, pastries folded and filled. The class runs four hours total, which gives you time to actually cook rather than watch, and lunch is the meal you've just made. You eat together, drink coffee or tea, and by the end you know how to make these dishes at home.

Private transportation is included, so there's no navigating the medina on your own or waiting for a shared van. The guide speaks English or Spanish, and the class works for small groups or solo travelers—it's arranged around your group size, not a fixed roster.

What’s included

• Private hotel pickup and return.
• market visit with your chef to select ingredients.
• four-hour cooking instruction in a local family kitchen.
• lunch (the dishes you prepare).
• coffee and tea.
• bottled water.
• air-conditioned vehicle.

Good to know

Wheelchair accessibleAccessible transportStroller friendlyInfant seats availablePets welcomePublic transport nearby

Operated by NORTH TOURS TANGIER

Is this one for you?The class runs four hours and involves standing, shopping and hands-on cooking in a home kitchen—it's active and paced around actually making the food, not watching a demonstration. Book this if you want to learn by doing and take the recipes home with you.

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Top questions

What kind of dishes do I learn to cook in the Tangier cooking class?

You prepare traditional Moroccan dishes like tagines, couscous and pastries. The exact recipes depend partly on what's available at the market the day you go and what your chef family specializes in, but these are the iconic dishes the class focuses on.

Do I go to the market as part of the cooking class?

Yes. You visit the medina market with your chef before cooking, where you handpick fresh ingredients and learn about the spices and staples that give Moroccan food its flavor. This is part of the four-hour class.

Is the cooking class private, or do I cook with other travelers?

The class is private to your group. You cook with the local family whose kitchen you're in, and the class is arranged around your party size, not a shared roster.

What's included in the four-hour cooking class?

Pickup from your hotel, the market visit and cooking instruction, lunch (the meal you prepare), coffee and tea, bottled water, and private transportation back to your hotel are all included.

What language does the chef speak?

Your guide speaks English or Spanish. You can request your preferred language when you book.