Mimo's cooking school inside the Maria Cristina Hotel in San Sebastian runs daily classes across Basque traditional cuisine, pintxos technique and Spanish regional dishes in a 400-square-metre kitchen.
Tip: Monday paella, Tuesday fish-and-market tour, Wednesday regional Basque. Book through mimo.eus 2 weeks ahead.
Address: Paseo Republica Argentina 4, 20004 Donostia-San Sebastian, San Sebastián
San Sebastian Food's cooking classes inside the Maria Cristina Hotel pair a Mercado de la Bretxa market tour with a four-hour Basque pintxos hands-on class in a professional kitchen.
Tip: Includes the morning market tour; the class cooks four pintxos plus a main with wine pairings.
Tenedor Tours' private cooking class in San Sebastian, led by founder Gabriella Ranelli and team, teaches seasonal Basque dishes using market-driven produce in a small private kitchen.
Tip: Private group only, max 6. Book directly through tenedortours.com; reservations 1 month ahead.
Basque Culinary Center workshops in San Sebastian, the BCC public-facing programme, run weekend classes in Basque cooking, fermentation, pastry and pintxos in a dedicated school kitchen.
Tip: Walk-up Saturday workshops; the BCC website lists the rotating calendar.
Mimo's Michelin Star Secrets class in San Sebastian walks a small group through chef demonstrations and a four-course tasting drawn from the city's Michelin canon (Arzak, Akelarre, Berasategui).
Tip: Includes the tasting and wine pairings; book through Marriott or mimo.eus.
Mimo Bite the Experience in San Sebastian is the introductory pintxos cooking class at the Maria Cristina school, with a hands-on pintxos session plus a tasting and Txakoli pours over three hours.
Tip: Entry-level Mimo class at the lower price point; book through Cookly or mimo.eus.
