Description
Pintxos, Tapas & more Cooking Class
Discover the secrets of pintxos and tapas in our most authentic cooking class in San Sebastián.
Looking for a Spanish tapas cooking class? In San Sebastián, we don’t eat tapas, we eat pintxos! Learn the difference between these two delicious bites in our pintxo cooking class.
We’ll start the experience with a stop at a local bar for a pintxo and a glass of wine, explaining the differences between pintxos and tapas then, we will head to the market where we’ll handpick fresh ingredients and visit our favourite stalls. Back at our cooking school—the best-equipped in San Sebastián—we’ll cook the best pintxos and tapas in the city.
The class menu changes with the seasons to ensure we use the freshest and most authentic ingredients. Here’s a sample menu you might cook:
- Pintxo on the go
- Matrimonio de anchoas (anchovies pintxo)
- Fake Risotto with Orzo and Idiazábal cheese
- Filled peppers
- La Viña cheesecake
What makes this class truly special is the market visit, where you’ll understand the importance of fresh ingredients in creating the best pintxos that have made San Sebastián world-famous. You’ll learn to make a variety of pintxos that will impress your friends when you return from your vacation.
Our school is deeply committed to sustainability, sourcing ingredients from small local suppliers and using seasonal products. Our cooking school, recognized by National Geographic as one of the best in the world, features the most modern and well-equipped kitchen in San Sebastián. It’s the best way to enhance your vacation, allowing you to bring home recipes you can recreate, keeping the memory of your time in Spain alive.
INCLUDES
Market tour, two pintxos on the go, Expert chefs, 100% hands on cooking class, lunch with wines, recipes.
TIME
Duration: 5 hours.
Starts: 10:00
LANGUAGE
Our chefs speak English and Spanish perfectly, they will use any of those languages as needed.
MAX
16 people for classes in 2024
NEW! only 10 pax per group in 2025!
THE DATE YOU WANT NOT AVAILABLE?
If this class is not available dont´worry! we offer daily cooking classes on a daily basis, just click here to discover what class is available during your stay. If you have any questions, contact us on +34 603635310 or send us an email to [email protected]
WANT A PRIVATE CLASS?
Enjoy any of our classes on a private basis.
MEETING POINT
Our classes start at Mimo Bite the Experience cooking school, located in the center of San Sebastian. You can check our exact location below and if you need more information about how to get to our school, you can check our <a href=”https://mimo.eus/how-to-get-to-mimo”><strong>how to get to Mimo section.</strong></a>
Are you looking for a tapas cooking class?
In San Sebastián we do not eat tapas, we eat pintxos! More ellaborated appetizers that concetrate San Sebastián gourmet personality you can discover in our pintxo cooking class. Hop from bar to bar trying their specialties is part of the city charm. In our pintxos or ‘tapas’ cookery course you can go a step further and learn how they are prepared.
Our pintxo cooking class in San Sebastian is a great choice, but sometimes sitting down at a table full of main dishes feels so good. At Mimo, we offer other cooking classes where you will learn about Basque gastronomy from other perspective.
Discover San Sebastián through their pintxos
You have probably looked which are the best pintxos in San Sebastián by now, trying to find the most local and authentic places in the city. Getting to know the city through its gastonomy is actually a really great idea. You can appreciate the personality of each area of San Sebastián, when you go around each neighbourhood ‘poteando’ (which here means bar-hopping, having drinks and pintxos in different bars).
Pintxos culture exploded during last century, when they were created to offer clients small appetizers to try bar specialties. Currently, it has evolved, turning into a real gastronomy experience, in which each chef thinks really hard to create something new, combining basque flavours with foreing influences.
We do love our San Sebastián pintxo cooking class, because it captures the city identity and gives us the opportunity to share it.