Madrid Cooking Academy in Malasana runs three-hour paella and tapas workshops in English and Spanish since 2015, with a small group format and hands-on prep at induction-fitted stations.
Tip: Bookings via website or Eventbrite. Classes daily 11:00 and 18:00. The paella class includes wine and the cooked meal.
Address: Calle de San Bernardo 23, 28015 Madrid
Context Travel's Madrid market-and-cook is the docent-led five-hour workshop combining a Mercado de la Cebada market walk with a Spanish-home-cooking lesson in a private kitchen.
Tip: Bookings via website. Group capped at 6. Includes the market walk, a paella and three tapas, plus wine pairings.
Cooking Point Madrid in Las Letras is the city's reference English-language cooking school since 2008, with three-hour paella and tapas classes, hands-on prep and a market walk option.
Tip: Bookings via website; classes daily 11:00 and 17:00. The paella class (95 euros) includes wine and the cooked meal.
Apunto Centro Cultural del Gusto on Calle Hortaleza in Madrid is the cooking school and bookshop since 1999, with classes on Spanish regional cuisines, baking and the cocido madrileno workshop monthly.
Tip: Bookings via website. The cocido madrileno workshop runs once a month (110 euros, 4 hours including lunch).
Devour Madrid's cooking class is the three-hour Spanish-cuisine workshop where students cook paella, tortilla and three tapas with the Devour team since 2014, with a market visit option.
Tip: Bookings via website. Classes daily 11:00. The market-and-cook version (145 euros, 5 hours) includes a Mercado de la Cebada walk.
Kitchen Club Madrid in Chamberi runs cooking classes in Spanish and English since 2007, with daily-changing themes from Spanish regional cuisines to international (Thai, Japanese) and dessert workshops.
Tip: Bookings via website. Drop-in classes from 55 euros; the full Spanish-cuisine workshop (130 euros) includes a market walk.
