Essaouira Cooking Class with a Visit to the Fish Market

About the Essaouira cooking class

Essaouira cooks differently from the rest of Morocco: more fish, more chermoula (the marinade of coriander, garlic, cumin and lemon) and more argan oil, made in the villages just outside town.

The class starts at the port, where your cook chooses the fish straight from the boats, then moves to the central market for vegetables, herbs and spices. In a riad kitchen you prepare a fish tagine with chermoula, potatoes and peppers, two or three Moroccan salads, and almond briouats for dessert.

You eat together in the riad courtyard, and leave with the recipes and a small bottle of argan oil.

Highlights

• Choose fish at the port
• Central market shopping
• Fish tagine with chermoula
• Moroccan salads and almond briouats
• Lunch in a riad courtyard
• Recipes and argan oil to take home

Route map of the Essaouira cooking class

A breezy fortified port town with blue fishing boats, fresh seafood, art galleries and kitesurfing. All tours in Essaouira

Itinerary for the day

1. 10:00 Fishing port

   Meeting point at the port gate

   Choose fish with your cook as the boats come in.

2. 10:45 Central market

   Vegetables, herbs, olives and spices.

3. 11:30 Cooking

   Make chermoula, the tagine, salads and briouats.

4. 13:30 Lunch

   Eat together in the courtyard.

Times and driving durations are approximate and can be adapted. It is a private tour, so you can change stops with your driver-guide.

Prices for the Essaouira cooking class

Your private tour, with prices per group size. All prices are in euros and include everything listed under “What’s included”.

The more you are, the less you pay per person. Children count as travellers when they need a bed.

What's included