Cooking Lisbon – Portuguese Flavours Cooking Class

Cooking Lisbon runs its Portuguese Flavours cooking class from a kitchen on R. das Flores in the Chiado district, offering a 3.5-hour hands-on introduction to Portuguese home cooking. The class begins with an optional visit to a nearby market to select fresh ingredients, followed by a hands-on session in which participants prepare three traditional Portuguese dishes under the guidance of a local instructor, typically covering a savoury main such as bacalhau or a seafood or meat dish alongside a side and a dessert. Once the cooking is complete, the group sits down together for a communal lunch of the dishes just prepared, served with Portuguese wine. The €75 price includes the market visit, all ingredients, the hands-on instruction, the communal lunch, wine, and a recipe booklet to take home; it does not include transport to the Chiado kitchen or additional drinks beyond the wine served with lunch. Classes are conducted in English in small groups, keeping the kitchen manageable for hands-on work at each station. No prior cooking experience is required, and the pace allows time for questions throughout each of the three dishes. Vegetarian or other dietary substitutions can generally be arranged with advance notice at booking, since the class format allows the instructor to adapt the recipe selection for individual dietary needs.