San Sebastián: Basque Cooking Class, Wine & Cider Tasting

San Sebastián: Market Tour, Cooking Class, & Meal

Start at San Sebastián's traditional food market to learn about seasonal Basque ingredients, then cook tortilla de patatas, bacalao al pil-pil, txuleta and burnt cheesecake and eat it sidrería style.

TipMeet at the entrance of La Bretxa Market, next to the Coffee Break cafeteria; the class needs at least 4 people and is hosted in English and Spanish.

Sociedad Eating/Cooking Experience - can be privatized

Step into a San Sebastian gastronomic society, a txoko traditionally reserved for locals, and share a meal prepared collectively; join the cooking or simply watch and chat from the table.

TipMeet in front of the main entrance of Hotel Maria Cristina; the Sociedad is a 4-minute walk away and has some stairs at the entrance.

Mimo Bite the Experience ★ 4.8

Mimo runs daily cooking classes in the building of the Maria Cristina Hotel, from Spanish Cooking: Beyond Paella on Mondays to Traditional Basque Cuisine on Wednesdays.

TipPick the class by the day: a market tour and fish class on Tuesdays, pintxos and tapas on Thursdays, seasonal market cooking on Fridays.

Mimo Bite the Experience ★ 4.5

Mimo's Michelin Secrets Cooking Class runs only once a month for 5 hours, recreating dishes from Michelin-starred restaurants with techniques such as foams and spherification. The class ends with lunch with wines.

TipThe class starts at 10:00 with a maximum of 10 people per chef, and children under 12 are not allowed in group cooking classes.

Private Cooking Class

Basque cooking is not only about pintxos: in this private class the chefs share recipes from the fish dishes of the coast to the hearty stews of the mountains, and the skills to recreate them.