Top Portugal Cooking Classes

When one experiences and gets a sense of a region, it awakens a series of emotions and experiences capable of transporting us back in time to the origin of its history. The journey that I present will bring you in contact with our know-how and traditional flavors, and meeting with our artisans will open up the gateway to a tour full of sensations and authenticity. Surrender to our Traditions!

This is not a cooking class or a typical farm tour. Guests spend the day on a working small farm and vineyard, exploring practical approaches to food resilience, preservation, self-sufficiency, and perennial food systems. Whether you live on a farm, in a suburb, or in a city apartment, you'll leave with a better understanding of where food comes from, how to build greater resilience into everyday life, and how to eat well even during disruptions and uncertainty. Along the way, guests enjoy a fusion lunch and local wine under the vines while sharing ideas and experiences. The focus is on practical knowledge, meaningful conversation, delicious food, and discovering that resilience can be both achievable and enjoyable. Guests leave with a practical resilience workbook and a clearer understanding of how to build a more self-reliant kitchen, pantry, and food system at whatever scale fits their lives.

Receive practical cooking lessons from a skilled local chef; Pick up easy-to-repeat at home techniques; Explore traditional flavors and uncover the history behind our cuisine.

Fatima, a professional chef, has always been passionate about cuisine and culture and learned to cook the family recipes from a young age, which has been passed down from generation to generation. She enjoys cooking Alentejo cuisine, from the region of Evora where she was born, also food from Algarve, where she lived and worked for 29 years. Fatima also bakes bread, makes traditional pastries and chocolate. She has always enjoyed being a host and looks forward to cooking, sharing stories and meeting new people from around the world. In your cooking class you will cook dishes from Fatima’s mom’s kitchen, the food she grew up eating and it will be prepared using family recipes. • Traditional Portuguese cooking class in Evora with a professional chef • Enjoy a home cooked Portuguese meal and wine pairing in a local home in Evora • Introduction to Portuguese cuisine and culture • 100% private activity • Vegetarian, vegan, lactose and gluten free options available

The moment Marcelo lights the fire, the experience begins. The heat, the smoke, the smell, the sound of charcoal crackling — these are not details. They are the whole point. Every cut of meat is cooked at exactly the right distance from the embers. Every temperature is read by feel, by instinct, by 35 years of practice. Not by a thermostat.

This is an exclusive hands on cooking class. You will be guided by the world of Portuguese culinary traditions by our Chefs and at the same time cook a meal that you will love!

More than a cooking class, this is a relaxed, small-group experience centred around preparing and sharing food together. Seasonal vegetarian menus draw on Mediterranean flavours, herbs and spices, with everyone taking part in creating the dishes. Afterwards, we gather around the table to enjoy what we've made, accompanied by drinks and conversation. Set beside the Funcho River in the peaceful Algarve countryside near Silves, Figs on the Funcho offers a personal alternative to a conventional cooking school. Our approach to creative and culinary experiences has been recognised by LUXlife, including Best Art & Culinary Retreat Centre 2026 – Portugal and Art & Culinary Wellness Escapes Destination of the Year 2025 – Southern Europe.