Half Day Cooking Classes

Fez is one of Morocco’s great food cities, and this is a chance to understand it from the kitchen, not just the table.

Our Fez cooking classes take place at The Courtyard Kitchen at Dar Namir, a beautifully restored courtyard house where Moroccan home cooking meets a more contemporary, seasonal approach. These are small, hands-on classes built around real ingredients, generous flavors, and the techniques that make Moroccan food so layered: preserved lemons, fresh herbs, warm spices, slow-cooked sauces, handmade breads, bright salads, and dishes made to be shared.

Depending on the class, you might learn to prepare a classic Moroccan feast, explore Moroccan tapas-style dishes, cook a modern seasonal menu after a market visit, or spend the day outside Fez at an organic goat farm cooking over fire and eating lunch among the orchards.

Most classes are private or small-group, with menus planned around the season and your dietary needs. Vegetarian, vegan, and gluten-free guests can be happily accommodated with advance notice.

This is not a demonstration you watch from the sidelines. It’s a slower, more personal way to experience Fez: cooking, tasting, asking questions, sitting down together, and leaving with a better sense of how Moroccan food is actually built.

2 pax €125 per person 3 - 6 pax €95 per person

4 hours

Full Menu

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Immerse yourself in a half day cooking class

This Fez cooking class is hosted by Rachida, who cooks the kind of food that anchors a Moroccan kitchen — practical, generous, and instinctive rather than built around a recipe. Each dish comes together using time honoured techniques and flavour combinations that result in really good, deeply flavoured food you’ll make again and again.

Class times: 10am–2pm or 4pm–8pm
No market visit
Group size: 2–6 participants

Please choose one menu for your whole party. Everyone in your group will prepare the same menu.

MENU ONE

Preserved lemons

Three salads: zaalouk (smoky aubergine), mint chermoula courgettes, and harissa honey carrots

Ras al Hanout and rose petal kefta (beef) with yogurt tahini sauce and t’faya onions

Melawi (square folded flatbreads)

MENU TWO

Preserved lemons

Goat’s cheese briouats with honey harissa and mint relish

Two sides: batata hará and Moroccan green beans with tomatoes, garlic, and cumin

Chicken daghmira (a thick, mildly spicy onion sauce) with preserved lemons and olives

MENU THREE — VEGETARIAN

Preserved lemons

Three salads: zaalouk (smoky aubergine), chermoula courgettes, and harissa honey carrots

Moroccan spiced lentils with salt-roast beetroot, yogurt tahini sauce, and t’faya onions

Melawi (square folded flatbreads)

What's Included?

Hands-on cooking class with Rachida in a local kitchen

Dietary Restrictions

Can adapt for different diets if contacted in advance.

Important Notes

This is great for those who want to learn traditional cooking techniques but don’t have a full day to dedicate to a cooking class.

Hosted at 10 am – 2 pm or 4 pm – 8 pm

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Half Day Cooking Classes