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Paella and Burnt Basque Cheesecake Cooking Class (in Bilbao)

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Bilbao, Spain
  • 3 hours 30 minutes (approx.)
  • Mobile ticket
  • Offered in: English

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Overview

    Sample Menu

    Starter

    Local Idiazabal cheese

    Starter

    Chorizo cooked in cider

    Main

    Paella (Masterdish)

    Two type of paellas will be prepared: the fish paella and the meat paella

    Dessert

    Burnt Basque Cheesecake

    Basque Cheesecake is a crustless, ultra-creamy cheesecake baked at a high temperature to create its iconic caramelised top.

    What's Included

    • Lunch
      You eat what you have cooked
    • Alcoholic Beverages
      3 glasses of local wine or non-alcoholic drinks
    • Apron

      Meeting and Pickup

      Meeting point

      • Salbe pl., 6, 48007 Bilbao, Bizkaia, Spain

        The meeting point is our venue, gazing across the river toward the iconic Guggenheim Museum. We’re just a short walk from all the downtown hotels, so it’s a perfectly placed starting point for your visit.

      End point

      This activity ends back at the meeting point.

      Operating hours
      .11:00 am

      What To Expect

      Additional Info

      • Confirmation will be received at time of booking
      • Not wheelchair accessible
      • This tour/activity will have a maximum of 12 travelers
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      Cancellation Policy

      You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.

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      Featured review

      Marcy_K
      Mikel was absolutely amazing. He was super personable and interesting in his explanation of the food preparation and ingredients with useful tips. The final products of all the courses were award winning quality food. This experience was one of our best cruise ship excursions we've ever had and we can't recommend it enough!

      Reviews

      5.0
      based on 48 reviews
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      Interesting day

      Patricia_H, Oct 2025
      Good cooking experience. Learn how to cook garlic and onions. chopping lesson as well. Good cooking tips. Very good instructor.

      Paella cooking class

      Andrea_H, Oct 2025
      Wonderful class, chef worked at several Michelin starred restaurants and is a great teacher. Cannot recommend highly enough! Thoroughly enjoyable experience

      It was entertaining,...

      Sarah_L, Sep 2025
      It was entertaining, educational and delicious!! Mikel was a great teacher and Gastonomia Bilbao is a beautiful space with a shop, wine tasting room and bright clean kitchen.. The two kinds of paella and few apps we made, dessert and wine were excellent. Definitely recommend!

      Best Cruise Excursion Ever!

      Marcy_K, Aug 2025
      Mikel was absolutely amazing. He was super personable and interesting in his explanation of the food preparation and ingredients with useful tips. The final products of all the courses were award winning quality food. This experience was one of our best cruise ship excursions we've ever had and we can't recommend it enough!

      Best experience ever!!

      Maria_A, Jul 2025
      Mikel was an amazing instructor and chef! He provided great cooking tips, is so knowledgeable about cooking and the food, was really entertaining and friendly, and guided us through cooking a delicious paella dish, appetizers, and his incredible dessert (which is his personal recipe!!). I doubt we will ever taste a paella as delicious as what we made in the cooking class. We also tried cider, wine, and made sangria during the class. This was our favorite excursion during our cruise and highly recommend it to anyone thinking about booking a cooking class with Mikel!

      So much fun!!

      Monica_B, Feb 2025
      Mikel was amazing. We had the best time, the best food, and cannot wait to make these for our family! 5 out of 5 recommend!!

      Response from Host, May 2025

      Thank you for this positive review, we are very happy you enjoyed cooking in the company of Mikel. We hope to see you again and that you can share your knowledge with your friends and family (but don't tell them all the secrets :)). Agur (bye in basque), The team of Gastronomia Bilbao

      It was magical

      Michele_E, Sep 2024
      The most memorable part of this terrific experience was eating and drinking what was created! As for the process, the technique for creating the chicken and the shrimp broths was a learning experience. The introduction to bomba rice was educational as I had never used this before. Both paella dishes ( one seafood and one chicken with rabbit) were fragrant and flavorful. The dessert must be tasted to be understood; brioche became a custard with a crisp caramelized top… it was magic!

      Response from Host, May 2025

      Thank you for your positive feedback. We hope that you can share new knowledge with your environment and that they enjoy it as much as you do. Agur (bye in basque), The team of Gastronomia Bilbao

      Enjoyable, educational, delicious!

      Archie_C, Sep 2024
      This was more of an experience than a class. The food. The instructor, Mikel. The storytelling. It was all just incredible. I would do this class again and again! Highly recommend.

      Response from Host, May 2025

      Thank you for this positive review, happy that you were able to enjoy our wonderful Basque cuisine in the company of Mikel who always gives 1000%. We hope to see you again and that you can share new knowledge with friends and family (but don't tell them all the secrets :)). Agur (bye in basque), The team of Gastronomia Bilbao

      Fabulous

      Gail_H, Dec 2023
      LOVED the whole experience. The venue, so new! The chef and assistant, so helpful, the other people, lovely, And the food, EXTRAORDINARY!!!!

      Response from Host, May 2025

      Thank you for your positive feedback. We hope that you can share new knowledge with your environment and that they enjoy it as much as you do. Agur (bye in basque) and see you next time 😊 The team of Gastronomia Bilbao

      What a great day! Learned a lot and Miguel is a great host/chef.

      Deborah_A, Oct 2023
      Learning to make Pintxos and getting tips on where to eat from Miguel The kitchen is beautiful! Food was great

      Response from Host, May 2025

      Thank you for your positive feedback. We're so glad you had such a good time. If you want to do it again someday, we'll be waiting for you here 😊 Agur (bye in basque), The team of Gastronomia Bilbao

      Basque Cuisine

      Michael_J, Oct 2023
      An all around fantastic experience. Superb cooking and dining by a real foodie who cares about local tradtion.

      Response from Host, May 2025

      Thank you for your positive feedback. Agur (bye in basque) and hope to see you again 😊 The team of Gastronomia Bilbao

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