Alicante: Spanish Tapas Cooking Class & Live Guitar

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Duration2h 15m

GroupUp to 20

LanguagesEN · ES

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Cook Spanish Tapas in an Alicante Kitchen, Then Eat What You Made

You cook five traditional Spanish tapas and a dessert in a real Alicante restaurant kitchen with a local chef guiding you through each technique and tradition. After cooking, you sit down to eat everything you've made, with one drink included and live Spanish guitar to close the evening. The whole thing takes place in an actual working kitchen, not a staged space, so it feels like you're cooking where locals eat.

2h 15m

Step-by-step itinerary

Hands-on Spanish tapas cooking and dinner

Arrive at working restaurant kitchen
Prepare five traditional tapas dishes
Cook Spanish tortilla and salmorejo
Make Delicias de Elche and pork toast
Prepare Murcian marinera potato salad
Cook pumpkin buñuelos dessert
Enjoy tapas dinner with drinks
Listen to solo Spanish guitarist performance

The Experience

The kitchen is warm and alive — not a classroom, but a working restaurant space where locals actually eat. You tie on an apron and stand at a counter with fresh ingredients in front of you: potatoes, eggs, tomatoes, dates, pork. A local chef walks you through each dish, and you're not watching from the side — you're making tortilla española, salmorejo, marinera, the bacon-wrapped dates called Delicias de Elche, pork toast with nougat sauce, and pumpkin buñuelos for dessert. The techniques shift as you move from one tapa to the next, and the chef explains not just how but why each one matters in Spanish food culture.

After you finish cooking, you sit down at the same table where you worked and eat everything together. One drink is included — sangría, wine, beer, or a soft drink — and the conversation moves the way it does when people share food they've made with their own hands. There's no rush. Water comes around, and the atmosphere stays relaxed, genuinely Alicante. Then, as the meal winds down, a solo Spanish guitarist plays a few songs, and that's when the evening settles into something you didn't quite expect when you walked in.

The whole experience is built around the Spanish idea of tapas — not just the food, but the way it brings people together. You're not learning to cook for a restaurant kitchen; you're learning to cook the way locals do, with fresh ingredients and stories attached to each dish. The chef is there the whole time, and the host keeps things moving without ever making it feel rushed.

What’s included

Apron provided so you stay clean while cooking.
one drink of your choice with dinner, including homemade sangría, wine, beer, soft drinks and non-alcoholic options.
bottled still water throughout the experience.
guidance from a professional local chef.
five traditional tapas and pumpkin fritters for dessert, made with fresh ingredients in the working kitchen.
a full tapas dinner shared around the table after cooking.
live Spanish guitar performance to close the evening.

Good to know

Stroller friendlyPets welcomePublic transport nearbyInfants must sit on laps

Operated by Free Walking Tours Alicante

Is this one for you?Right for anyone who wants to cook real Spanish food in an actual Alicante kitchen and eat it the same night, without needing to arrange a separate dinner reservation or figure out where to go after the class ends.