Cooking class
Our Cooking class
A room in the Bab Sahra restaurant is dedicated to hosting the Cooking Classes where aspiring chefs try their hand at learning the cooking techniques of classic Moroccan dishes prepared with appropriately chosen and dosed ingredients. The project includes the extraordinary and anticipated collaboration with MasterChef, the acclaimed reality TV show where amateur chefs compete to make their dream come true.
We shall pick you up from your accommodation and then the day begins with a shopping expedition to a local souk or market deep in the heart of bustling Fes Medina. Here we shall purchase all the ingredients that we shall be using later to produce our traditional Moroccan meal during the fun for all cooking class. The butchers will have all the fresh beef, chicken and lamb you need, the vegetable stalls quality local produce at unbelievably low prices, fruit stalls a riot of colour and flavours and the spice shops, piled with aromatic herbs and spices used to produce delicious sauces, rare yellow saffron, red hot paprika, fragrant yellow cumin, orange/ brown ginger, the sunshine bright hue of the turmeric, the black of the pepper grounds, brownish sticks or powdered cinnamon and white Moroccan salt, all in all a sensation overload! Shopping completed, your guide will escort you to the traditional Moroccan kitchen.
There is a wide variety of dishes that you can learn to cook as the Moroccan cuisine is very rich, diverse and considered to be one of the most important cuisines in the world with many delightful dishes that have gained their fame and great reputation through centuries of different dynasties, being able to change and improve with time to satisfy and appease the needs of the Moroccan people. The most famous dishes that tourists like to learn how to prepare are: different types of Tagine (Chicken Tagine with olives, Tagine with meat and vegetables, Tagine with meat & Prunes,…), Different types of Couscous (Couscous with meat and vegetables, couscous with raisins and onions,….), Pastillas (Chicken Pastilla, Fish Pastilla,…), Moroccan Soup “Hrira”.
Back to our place for a quick refreshing and relaxing, before putting on our aprons for the next couple hours of learning and cooking. Roll up your sleeves and immerse yourself in the traditional Moroccan cooking. While learning and noting down the ultimate secrets of Morocco’s cuisine and its deliciousness. Finish your Fes cooking class in the ambient hospitality of the local people and get the chance to enjoy the fruit of your work, gathering around the table in a nice and relaxing atmosphere.
Cooking Class PROGRAME
The cooking class will take place at palais bab sahra place, in a traditional Moroccan palais in the heart of the medina located near the central square of blue gate . The day begins with a shopping spree in a local souk or souk in the heart of bustling Fez
There are a variety of dishes that you can learn to cook, because the most popular dishes that tourists like to learn how to prepare are: different types of tagine (chicken tagine with olives, meat and vegetable tagine, meat and prunes,…), different types of couscous (couscous with meat and vegetables, couscous with raisins and onions,….), pastilla (chicken pastilla)
and at the end of the lesson, a variety of salads are served with the dishes that have been prepared during the lesson and seasonal fruits and Moroccan tea & patisserie
NB: 1/2 mineral water (pax)
Schedule
Location/Meeting place: fez Medina blue gate
Language: English / Frensh / Arabic
Availability: every day
11am & 2:30pm : start souk (market) tour, start cooking, lunch
4:00pm & 20:30pm : start souk (market) tour, star cooking , Diner
**Please note that classes usually run between 4 – 4.5 hours depending on the type of dishes chosen
Prices
Price: 65 €/ person (all taxes included)
Children 6 to 10 years: 50%
Children 0 to 5 years: Free
A50% non-refundable deposit is required at the time of book We can return you the deposit and you can pay us by credited card or cash
FAQs
Yes, they are more than welcome. It costs 190dh per person for the 3-course lunch, or 75dh per person for afternoon tea. You must inform us at the time of booking to ensure we cater for the additional food.
Absolutely, but we ask that the group books a private workshop in order that we can pay special attention to our younger guests.
Yes, please contact ( contact@babsahrafez.com) for more information.
We are happy to organise bespoke courses for private workshops only. Please contact (contact@babsahrafez.com) for more information.
Yourself, a smile and a healthy appetite
No, BAB SAHRA FES is very easy to find in all locations. LINK TO MAP HERE . The first for those who prefer to enter from the blue gate.
You only have to go through the big door, after about 6 meters you find a street on the left and then turn right, going down you will see a big door of the famous medrasa Bouanania. After about 5 meters they find a street on the right. There you will see our restaurant banner RESTAURANT PALAIS BAB SAHRA FEZ
50% non-refundable deposit on booking via PayPal.
50% refund on cancellations made more than a week before the class.
No refund on cancellations made less than a week before the class.
Lorenzo Morelli
Aaliyah Williams
Lyon Blanchet
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Back to our place for a quick refreshing and relaxing, before putting on our aprons for the next couple hours of learning and cooking. Roll up your sleeves and immerse yourself in the traditional Moroccan cooking. While learning and noting down the ultimate secrets of Morocco’s cuisine and its deliciousness. Finish your Fes cooking class in the ambient hospitality of the local people and get the chance to enjoy the fruit of your work, gathering around the table in a nice and relaxing atmosphere.
