Cataplana Cooking Class — Lagos

The Cataplana Cooking Class in Lagos teaches the Algarve's signature copper-pot seafood dish under the direction of a professional local chef in a professional kitchen in Lagos. The class begins at Lagos market, where participants shop alongside the chef for fresh fish, shellfish, and vegetables, before moving to the kitchen to prepare the cataplana from scratch, learning the layering technique that gives the dish its name and steam-sealed cooking method. The roughly three-and-a-half-hour session is built around a single main dish rather than multiple courses, so it is entirely savoury, finishing with the group eating what they cooked alongside a glass of local wine. Ingredients, the market visit, kitchen time with the chef, the finished meal, and wine are included; transport to Lagos and additional drinks beyond the included glass are not. Class sizes are kept small so each participant can work a pot directly under the chef's guidance, with instruction given in English, and shellfish-free or gluten-free adjustments to the recipe can generally be made if flagged when booking.