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Valencia: Paella Workshop & Algirós Market with Wine

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Duration2h 30m

GroupUp to 22

LanguagesEN

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What if you could cook paella the way they do in Valencia—and eat it the same day?

You visit the Algirós market early to choose fresh ingredients, then spend the morning cooking traditional Valencian paella alongside a chef in an English-language workshop. You prepare a full menu—paella, omelette, and a Valencian dessert—taste local wines while you work, eat what you've made, and leave with a printed recipe and a diploma. The whole experience runs from morning into early afternoon, market visit included.

2h 30m

Step-by-step itinerary

Visit Mercado Algirós market
Buy fresh Mediterranean ingredients
Attend Valencian paella cooking workshop
Prepare potato omelette and coca en llanda
Enjoy local wines during cooking
Eat paella and dessert with chef
Toast with wine and sangria
Receive diploma and recipe

The Experience

What if the secret to paella isn't something you read in a book, but something a chef shows you while you're standing in the kitchen, hands moving through the rice? That's the shape of this paella workshop in Valencia. You don't start in the kitchen, though—you start at Mercado Algirós, the neighborhood market where the school sources everything that goes into the pan. Monday through Saturday mornings (the market closes in August), you walk the stalls with your group, touching the vegetables, seeing what's fresh that day, understanding how Valencian cooks actually shop. It's a small thing, but it changes how the cooking feels afterward.

Once you're back in the kitchen, the real work begins. You'll make a full traditional menu: Valencian paella as the centerpiece, a potato omelette, and coca en llanda—a Valencian pastry—with merengued milk ice cream for dessert. The chefs speak English and move through it without rushing, which means you're not just following steps, you're learning why each one matters. Local wine flows while you cook, and there's plenty of laughter, according to the school's own warning. The whole thing takes a few hours, and by the end you've made something you actually want to eat.

Then you do eat it. You sit down with your group and the chef, share what you've cooked, toast with wine and sangria, and taste the paella you made with your own hands. Before you leave, they hand you a printed diploma with your group photo and the recipe for Valencian paella, so you can try it again at home. The school has been running this for over twelve years, and they've built it around the idea that cooking isn't a performance—it's a conversation, and you're part of it.

What’s included

Your morning includes a guided visit to Mercado Algirós (Monday–Saturday only, closed in August) to select fresh Mediterranean ingredients.
In the kitchen, you cook a full traditional menu: Valencian paella with chicken and vegetables (or vegetarian), a potato omelette, and coca en llanda with milk ice cream.
Local wine and sangria flow throughout.
You eat everything you've made, share the meal with the chef and your group, and leave with a printed diploma featuring your group photo and the recipe for Valencian paella to cook at home.

Good to know

Wheelchair accessiblePublic transport nearbyInfants must sit on laps

Operated by Valencia Club Cocina

Is this one for you?Right for travelers who want to understand how Valencian paella actually works, not just taste it—the market visit grounds you in the ingredients before you cook. Plan for a morning or early afternoon depending on your group time; that's what fits both the market and the full menu into one session.