Private Market Tour and Cooking Class with a Professional Chef in Marrakech

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What You’ll Experience
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3 hours 30 minutes
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3 - 13 guests
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English, French, Arabic
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Experience authentic Moroccan culture with a private market tour and cooking class in Marrakech. Learn traditional recipes with a local chef duo and savor the flavors of Moroccan hospitality.

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For each guest that attends this experience, byFood will donate
10 meals

Experience Details

Enjoy a private market tour and authentic cooking class in a local home with hosts mother and daughter duo, Khmisa and Kawtar. Khmisa, has been a chef for 40 years who specializes in Morrocan cuisine and pastry while her daughter, Kawtar, graduated with a bachelor degree in hospitality and tourism. This is a perfect experience for anyone looking to connect with local culture over food. Your market tour will take place in Old Souk Market where you will buy fresh vegetables and spices for your cooking class, before walking back to the host's home. In their home kitchen, Khmisa will teach you how to make 2-3 traditional Moroccan dishes from their family recipes then you will enjoy the meal together after cooking.


• Cooking lesson in a local home

• Introduction to Morocco's culture and cuisine

• 100% private activity

• Experience Moroccan hospitality in a residential Rue Bab Doukkala neighborhood

• Vegetarian and gluten free options available

Sample Menu

STARTER
Moroccan starters
MAIN
Chicken tajine with vegetables and preserved lemon
DESSERT
Pastilla of milk

What You Get

Private market tour and cooking class with your hosts Khmisa and Kawtar
Gratuities
Hotel pickup and drop-off

Good To Know

  • Please note: this is not a professional cooking class, rather an experience to visit a local home to meet a local chef and share culture and cuisine together.
  • Vegetarian option is available, please advise at time of booking if required
  • Please advise any specific dietary requirements at time of booking
  • Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
  • Service animals allowed

What You’ll Experience

This is a unique opportunity to visit the home of a local and explore traditional culture and cuisine. You will meet Khmisa and Kawtar, a mother-daughter duo, outside the main gate of Bab Doukkala Mosque in Marrakech which is a short walk going to Old Souk Market. At the souk you will witness the hustle and bustle - locals buying groceries, the smell of spices used in Moroccan cuisine, interactions with vendors etc. You will buy fresh vegetables and spices for your cooking class, before walking back to the riad for your cooking class. Finally, Join Khmisa and Kawtar in the kitchen to prepare their favorite family recipes in a hands-on cooking class. You’ll cook together for about 1.5 hours, and will learn to make three authentic Moroccan dishes, a starter, a main dish and a dessert, before sitting down at the dining table to enjoy the dishes you helped prepare.

Meeting & Pickup

Meeting Point

Bab Doukkala Mosque, Marrakech Marrakech-Safi, Morocco, MA, 40000

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Please meet Khmisa and Kawtar outside the main gate of Bab Doukkala Mosque in Marrakech, which is around a 10-minute walk to Old Souk Market where you will buy the ingredients for the cooking class.
End Point

This experience ends at the meeting point.

Cancellation Policy

Cancel your booking at least 48 hours before the experience start time to receive a full refund minus a 3.2% transaction fee.

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Please note: The price varies based on group size. The time is in Morocco Time.
Free cancellation (48 hours notice)
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