Traveling Spoon
Modern Catalan Cuisine with Optional Tour of the Boqueria Market
Yves, a native of Catalonia, embodies the word “host” to the fullest. He is warm, professional, and extremely knowledgeable about the cuisine of the Catalan region. A self-taught chef, Yves has a background in Internet marketing. He left the marketing field to pursue his passion of “social cooking” nearly ten years ago, when his first son was born. Yves' greatest passion is cooking and using food to bring people together. Enjoy modern, inventive, farm-to-table Catalan cuisine during this special experience with Yves.
What to expect:
Market Visit: Meet your host Yves at the center of the bustling Boqueria market right in central Barcelona. This open, covered market is held outdoors and full of life. Walk through the market and watch Yves interact with all the vendors. He knows them all by name, as he is there 4 to 5 times a week. Discuss with Yves which ingredients you are most excited about whether it be jamón, a vegetable, fish, beef or shellfish. Based off your preferences, Yves will custom design a menu to include your favorite ingredients! Your market tour will last about an hour.
Cooking Experience: Join your host Yves at his spacious kitchen equipped in his welcoming, Catalan-style home. His home is beautifully lit and has a modern kitchen with all the appliances of any modern kitchen lover’s dreams. Here Yves will teach you recipes he has created himself, highlighting fresh and seasonal ingredients picked from Barcelona’s Boqueria market the same day. Dishes might include pan con tomate, fideua, paella, bacalao, clams or Catalan-style mussels. Your meal will conclude with a dessert of crema catalana or strawberries dipped in a layer of chocolate. Depending on the time of day, you might be joined by Yves's wife and two young sons. Your hands-on cooking demo will last about two hours and you will assist Yves as he prepares several dishes from scratch. Enjoy learning about the tips and star ingredients before you sit down at the table to share the meal you helped prepare with Yves.
Choose a starting time, either: 12:00pm or 7:00pm.
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