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Emma_SJuly 2026 • Viator
Thanks Paula
We enjoyed our time with Paula! Learned some new cooking skills and she even gave us the recipes afterwards.
Private Traditional Portuguese Cooking Class in Lisbon with Paula
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Enjoy a private and authentic cooking class in a local home kitchen with your host Paula. This is a wonderful experience for anyone looking to connect with local culture over food. Your cooking class will take place in a local home kitchen where Paula will teach you 2-3 traditional Portuguese-influenced Goan dishes from her family recipes. After cooking, you will enjoy your meal together in Paula's home.
Please note, for parties larger than two guests, you will start your experience in Paula’s home with a welcome drink and snacks, and then walk across the street to Paula’s cooking studio (located just across the street from Paula's apartment) to cook and eat there.
• Cooking lesson in a local home
• Introduction to Portuguese and Portuguese-influenced Goan dishes
• 100% private activity
• Portuguese hospitality in a residential Almada neighborhood (short 7-minute ferry ride from downtown Lisbon)
• Vegetarian options available
Alcoholic beverages
Portuguese wine
Private cooking class and meal with your host Paula
Pick up from Cacilhas ferry terminal
This is a unique opportunity to visit the home of a local and explore traditional Portuguese culture and cuisine. Your experience will take place in Almada, just a short 7-minute ferry ride from downtown Lisbon. Paula will meet you at the ferry stop in Cacilhas and take you on a lovely 10-minute walk through the center of town to her apartment. Start your meal with a welcome drink of some Portuguese wine and appetizers. Then, in Paula's home kitchen you will learn to make 2-3 Portuguese and Portuguese-Goan dishes. You will learn to make two appetizers side-by-side such as pataniscas de bacalhau, traditional Portuguese cod fritters, and Goan bojas, gram flour fritters made with onion and cumin seeds. Then go on to make a main dish, where you can select between a Portuguese or Goan main dish, such as bacalhau a braz, a traditional Portuguese dish of cod with shredded potatoes and egg, or a Goan curry. After cooking, sit down together at Paula’s dining table or in her cooking studio table across the street. End your meal with a sweet dessert and coffee or tea.
Please note that Paula has a cat and shares her home with a family so it can be a bit cluttered.
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Pataniscas de bacalhau
Traditional Portuguese cod fritters
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Goan bojas
Goan gram flour fritters made with onion and cumin seeds
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Bacalhau a braz or a Goan curry
Meeting Point
Dá Cacilhas, Largo Alfredo Dinis, União das freguesias de Almada Cova da Piedade Pragal e Cacilhas Almada Setúbal, Portugal, PT, 2800-270
Open in Google MapsMeet your host at Da Cacilhas, a red kiosk located at the exit of the ferry in Cacilhas. To get here, take a 7-min ferry from Cais do Sodre in Lisbon and get off at the Cacilhas stop. Paula will meet you at the red kiosk in Cacilhas and together you will walk 5 min to get to her apartment.
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This experience ends at the meeting point.
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No refund within 1 day of the experience or no-shows.
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Monique DMay 2026 • TripAdvisor
Heerlijk relaxte en oprechte kook workshop!
Heerlijk relaxte en oprechte kookworkshop! We hebben genoten van de ontspannen sfeer, de leuke kook tips en de Portugese cultuur. Een echte aanrader!
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joemB2043BNMay 2026 • TripAdvisor
Fun cooking with Paula
Absolutely amazing time with Paula. The class was excellent. Learned so much and had a delicious meal. Paula is in no rush so it is a very relaxed time. We also learned so much about Portugal through our many questions. This was a great experience
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Susan_JMay 2026 • Viator
Approachable, delicious fun cooking!
Paula is a most gracious and knowledgeable teacher! I’ve taken many cooking classes and she taught me several tricks I’d never learned before. She caters to what your preferences are regarding protein selection, spices and flavor profiles. I personally enjoyed the 1:1 lesson but could easily recommend having another person . Paula made sure I performed many of the tasks and used the techniques she taught giving me a real sense of competence . She also allowed flexibility within the recipes gi...read more
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Response from ViatorMay 18, 2026
Thank you so much for your thoughtful and detailed review! We’re thrilled to hear how much you enjoyed your time with Paula. It’s wonderful that even as an experienced cooking class participant, you discovered new techniques and felt confident putting them into practice. Paula takes great pride in tailoring each experience to her guests’ preferences, so we’re glad that personalized touch stood out. We also love that you highlighted how hands-on and flexible the class was, making it easy to recreate the dishes at home. Most of all, it’s great to hear that the experience was not just educational but truly fun, that’s exactly the kind of joyful, memorable atmosphere Paula strives to create. We’ll be sure to share your kind words with her. She’ll be so happy to hear you’re excited to cook these dishes for friends, and she would absolutely love to host you again the next time you’re in Lisbon! 🩷
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MF48124April 2026 • TripAdvisor
Lovely Relaxed Afternoon of Food & Conversation
Paula is a lovely considerate creative and affable lady. She communicated well ensuring we’d find each other after taking the ferry to Almada which was a bonus to my trip to Lisbon! She asked ahead of time the types of dishes I would be interested in helping to make. She not only taught me some traditional Portuguese recipes but along the way helped me improve my cooking skills! Afterwards we had a leisurely lunch of the dishes we worked on together discussing many topics with some tasty local ...read more
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