Cooking Classes in Portugal: Our 5 Favourites

1.Porto Local Market Visit & Cooking Class / Showcooking

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 206 reviews · 4 hours (approx.) Our pick

Explore Porto’s Bolhão Market, ride the metro to Gaia, and enjoy a Portuguese showcooking class with cod, croquettes, wine, and nata.

“Highly recommend this experience to all travelers to Porto. The hosts were incredibly warm and welcoming. The market tour was both educational and fun. The cooking class afterwards was set in a beautiful kitchen near the River. We had a great time and all of the food was so good!”

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2.Lisbon Market and Food Tour with Cooking Class and Lunch

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 117 reviews · 4 hours (approx.) · from $141

Cook a traditional Portuguese lunch after shopping for fresh fish, seafood, and produce on this small-group Lisbon market tour.

“Lots and Lots of food, all great. Rodrigo was a great food and Portugal wine ambassador and kept us moving through the city. Our favorite was the Mozambique restaurant, picked up a bottle of the hot sauce......and got a quick introduction to Lisbon while we made our way through the city.”

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3.Private Lisbon Market Tour & Portuguese Cooking Class with Paula

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 89 reviews · 4 hours 30 minutes (approx.) · from $99Best value

Cook Portuguese and Goan dishes with Paula, shop in Almada’s market, and share a private meal across the river from Lisbon.

“Spending time with Paula and learning about the goan Cusine was a very memorable experience. I definitely enjoyed the company and making the pastel de nata was great”

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4.Porto Market Tour & Cooking Class – Half Day

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 34 reviews · 5 hours (approx.) · from $231

Shop Porto’s seasonal market with chef Vitor, then cook and enjoy a four-course Portuguese meal with wine in this private half-day class.

“Loved this class. Vitor was so personable and knowledgeable. He first took is to an amazing fish market in Matisinhos. The fish were right off the boats. Then back to his professional kitchen where we spent the next hours drinking cooking drinking and eating”

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5.Local Market Tour & Cooking Class/Showcooking

★★★★★★★★★★4.9 · 32 reviews · from $114

Tour Porto’s Bolhão Market, ride the metro across the Luis I Bridge, and learn to cook cod in an intimate Portuguese showcooking class.

“Absolutely everything. We took exactly the same tour last year .”

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