--- COOKING CLASSES 2012

Catalogue of Experiences COOKING CLASSES 2012

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Food & Wine Tours specializes in organizing Corporate and Special Events; Incentive Trips and Product Launches in Spain with a gastronomic touch.

THE BASICS: We propose locations; we manage singular spaces that combine art, beauty and history. Unique and elegant places to celebrate business meetings.

Itinerary planning, transportation, accommodation and on-the-ground support OUR ADDED VALUE is the possibility to combine these business activities with our experiences created around Food & Wine.

Team building & training, Indoor activities, tours, trips & cultural activities, restaurants & nightlife.

These experiences allow the opportunity of discover, share, and appreciate the diverse tastes of our unique country.

If you are a lover of good food and wine and are planning on doing a creative and fun experience, then our activities have been designed for you.

We can tailor made all of them to your specific needs.

Creativity is one of our milestones.

Our offer is addressed companies, tour operators and travel agents but also to all those entities seeking for high quality food and wine experiences.

Our services can meet all your needs, from the expertise of our professionals to create a unique activity; to the design, creation and coordination of the event that you consider it fulfils the agreed upon objectives.

We have classified our experiences by the level of activity 

Team building / competitions o Develop organizational skills o Give and take direction effectively o Work toward common goals o Build confidence and morale o Adapt to changing environments o Sharpen communication skills o Dare to be creative o Have fun

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Activities & Experiences

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Incentive tourism: winery visits…

From gourmet tours to cookery courses, take a break with a gastronomic twist, tailored to your needs!

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Index

Tradicional Cooking Classes in Barcelona ..................................................................... 4 Cooking at the Chef’s House & Gatronomic Tour in Barcelona ..................................... 6 Paella Cooking .............................................................................................................. 8 Cooking class of Pintxos paried with Wines .................................................................. 9 Spring on your table ................................................................................................... 11 Textures Cooking Class ............................................................................................... 12 The genius Cuisine of a Michelin Starred Chef ............................................................ 13

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Tradicional Cooking Classes in Barcelona Join Food & Wine Tours cooking classes and discover the secrets of our local traditional cuisine.

Learn how to cook the typical dishes of the region and taste the menu prepared in a friendly atmosphere.

Enjoy while cooking, play with the ingredients and savour the dishes you have prepared, while enjoying one day with your friends or colleagues.

Cooking lessons are hands-on, intimate, fun, informative and full of tips and tricks of the trade. You are encouraged to discover and explore the tastes and textures of some of the finest ingredients from fresh fish casseroles (cassola) to “mar i montanya” and rice dishes, fresh vegetables, green newly pressed olive oil, cheeses and our wines.

Type of cooking classes:  Tapas  Paella cooking  Traditional: Gazpacho, potato omelette, tomato bread, shellfish paella and Catalan cream, and so many more!

The workshop can begin with a tour at a market, optional.

Location: Barcelona City. Barcelona province. Consult other locations Participants: from 8 to 50 people Duration: 2 hours + meal Availability: Mondays to Sundays, all year round under request Languages: English, Spanish, French or Portuguese. Consult other languages.

The activity includes:  A hands on cooking class led by a chef  A meal with Spanish wines  Translated recipes  Venue rental  Apron  All local taxes The activity does not include:  Market Tour Fotos: https://plus.google.com/photos/106424538188505832009/albums/5643576161548164305?banner =pwa

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Our venues: Arc de Triomf: máx. 25 ppl

Pedrera Area: máx. 50 ppl

Up-left Eixample: máx. 20 ppl

Down-left Eixample: máx. 20 ppl

Catedral Area: máx. 20 ppl

Boqueria market: máx. 30 ppl

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Cooking at the Chef’s House & Gatronomic Tour in Barcelona An experience for gastronomes and culinary adventurers By the hand of our local chef, savor and indulge with us visiting the famous Boqueria market in Barcelona, get a few Spanish and Catalan cuisine essentials and go to our Chef’s house to prepare your food feast! Number for this private cooking class is limited to a maximum of 6 people.

This is a chance to discover a traditional market with its display of fruits, meats, fish,…. This experience will be pure delight for your senses with the display of amazing colors and subtle scents.

Discover the secrets of Mediterranean traditional cuisine, a cuisine that is reflected by its territory: the sea provides the excellent fish and seafood so typical of the cooking of the coast; the plain gives the produce of the field, the market gardens and the fruit orchards, from the hills we receive meat, cheese, wild fruits and mushrooms. The mixture of all of these is what has given our cuisine this variety of flavors and contrasts and gained it the name of “sea and mountain” cooking.

Menu will vary according to season: Gazpacho, potato omelette, chicken with prawns, tomato bread, shellfish paella, Catalan cream, etc.

Once the tour is done, we will go to the Chef’s house, where we will culminate the process by cooking traditional delicacies that will be tasted afterwards with a well deserved glass of wine.

Bring an extra bag to stock up on the Catalan flavors and products that you’ll undoubtedly want to bring home.

You get to eat what you make so… set the table!

Alternatively you can skip the market tour and dive straight into the Spanish cooking class.

Great for small get together's, parties, and fun evenings.

Languages: English or Spanish. Consult other languages.

Participants: 1 to 6 (private) Duration: 4-5 hours Meeting point: Palau de la Virreina: C/ La Rambla, 99 Availability: Under request The program includes:  1 Gourmet walking tour with our Chef  Groups minimum of 2 people, maximum 6  Chef’s house rental fee  Personalized traditional menu (proposed by the Chef): appetizers, Entries, Main course, dessert, Wines and Coffee  Ingredients for the menu  All local taxes Ocio Vital, Experiencias Enogastronómicas

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The price does not include:  Transportation  Food and beverage not specified in the program  Additional Info  Vegetarian menu option available, please specify when booking.

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Paella Cooking Roll up your sleeves and make wonderful homemade paella!

Paella is the most famous authentic national dish of Spain. Come and learn how to prepare this wonderful and tasty meal.

The group will be divided in teams that will have to make the paella following the instructions in the recipe and led by the gastronomes that will be helping and supporting.

Once the paellas are finished, they will be blind tasted and judged on different criteria by the master gastronome or chef.

Will you be able to taste your paella? Certainly! Once the activity is finished and the winner team is announced, you will enjoy a full meal (lunch or dinner) sitting on the restaurant consisting on: 3 tapas (possibility to have them while cooking) ½ portion of the paella made by the participants 1 main dish to choose between meat of fish Dessert (crème bruleé) Sangria, wine, beer or soft drink, bottled still water and coffee.

Location: Barcelona City in restaurants in the harbour area Duration: 1-1,5 hours + meal Participants: 20-130 Availability: Mondays to Fridays from 11:30 to 13:30 or from 17:00 to 21:00.

All year around under request. Ask for weekend and holidays.

Languages: English and Spanish. Consult other languages.

The activity includes:  Paella cooking class: material, ingredients, gastronomes  Meal as specified  Recipes  Aprons  Venue rental  All local taxes The activity does not include:  Transportation  Gifts for the winning team  Any other meal or beverage not specified in the program Photos: https://plus.google.com/photos/106424538188505832009/albums/5654360404732014353?banner =pwa Ocio Vital, Experiencias Enogastronómicas

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Cooking Paella in Sitges Paella is the most famous authentic national dish of Spain. Come and learn how to prepare this wonderful and tasty meal.

The group will be divided in teams that will have to make the paella following the instructions in the recipe and led by the gastronomes that will be helping and supporting.

Once the paellas are finished, they will be blind tasted and judged on different criteria by the master gastronome or chef.

Will you be able to taste your paella? Certainly! Once the activity is finished and the winner team is announced, you will enjoy a full meal (lunch or dinner) sitting on the restaurant consisting on: Grilled vegetables with anchovies on a toast / olives / Spanish omelet / chicken croquetes (possibility to have them while cooking) and softdrinks, beer, wine and sangria Paella made by the participants Second to choose from: Gilthead traditional fishermen style Or Penedes roaster with wine sauce Dessert to choose: Natural pineapple with cream / Tangerite sherbet with tiramisu ice cream Mojito sherbet / toffee mouse White & red wine, bottled still water and coffee.

Location: Sitges, Port aiguadolç or Vilanova i la Geltru Duration: 1-1,5 hours + meal Participants: 20-200 Availability: Monday to Fridays. All year around under request.

Languages: English and Spanish. Consult other languages.

The activity includes:  Paella cooking class: material, ingredients, gastronomes & Meal as specified  Recipes, Aprons & Venue rental  All local taxes The activity does not include:  Gifts for the winning team  Any other meal or beverage not specified in the program Photos: https://plus.google.com/photos/106424538188505832009/albums/5654360404732014353?bann er=pwa Ocio Vital, Experiencias Enogastronómicas

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Cooking class of Pintxos paried with Wines Bilbao Join Food & Wine Tours cooking classes in Bilbao and discover the secrets of how to make pintxos, bringing you near to the world of Basque High Cuisine in Miniature…….

Bar counters display numerous pintxos, the equivalent to tapas in other areas of the country. Making the rounds consists of popping in and out of several bars, usually the same ones every day, grabbing a pintxo and drinking a txikito (a small glass of wine) in each one.

Cooking class of Basque tapas and pairing of wines in a restaurant in the city centre.

This course will allow you to learn the techniques and the most suitable products for the preparation of the Pintxos as well as the best way to treat these products and the combination of them considering the colour, smell, texture and in general to learn with practical lessons. Hands on cooking class There will be a total of 8 different pintxos elaborated. Each Pintxo will be paired with a different wine.

Locations: Restaurant in Bilbao Participants: Groups from 2 to 13 people Duration: 2 hours Availability: Individuals & groups: Mondays to Saturdays, all year around under request Languages: English and Spanish. Consult other languages.

The activity includes: • Hands on Cooking class of Pintxos: • The services of the chef • Making and tasting of 8 pintxos with 8 wines • Booklet • All local taxes The activity doesn’t include:  Apron

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Spring on your table “The only things left from Paradise are flowers, the stars and the eyes of children” To find flowers in a dish is uncommon, but as our chef says, most children have once in their lifetime taste a flower.

Adding flowers to a dish can add colour, taste, and an unexpected surprise for your dinner guests.

In other cultures - and in other times flowers were customary. Our chef, awarded by his creativity, has incorporate them in his cooking as a valuable ingredient and seeing the spectacularity of his more than hundred recipes we wonder why it is not spring in every kitchen.

We will guide you through a world of aromas and unknown sensations, flavours set at the deepest of your memories and unforgettable moments. By the hand of our chef you will discover the virtues of this fashionable ingredient in our gastronomy, flowers; without a doubt an experience full of new sensations, surprising and original.

You will be able to taste flowers as the rose, the orange bloom, violets, begonias, lavender, jasmine and the surprising electrical flower; these flowers will be tasted raw and in surprising recipes that our chef will prepare for you.

Some of the culinary proposals:  Cheese mouse with Indian cress  Confit of duck with orange blossom  Tuna Sashimi with violets  Piña colada with jasmine  Passion fruit cream with rose petals and water  Strawberries with roses Locations: Barcelona: Barcelona City. Barcelona Wine Areas: Alella, Abadal & Penedes. Sitges area. We go to your house or venue Participants: Groups from 8 to 40 people Duration: 4 hours Availability: All year around under request Languages: French and Spanish. Consult other languages.

The activity includes: • Demostrative Creative cuisine - Flowers cooking class: material, ingredients, master chef • English speaking gastronome assistant • Gourmet pairing dinner with wines • Venue rental • All local taxes The activity does not include: • Apron Ocio Vital, Experiencias Enogastronómicas

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Textures Cooking Class The alchemy of the senses Following the Techniques of Ferran Adrià, we will do a cooking class on the different Textures from elBulli, a world of unprecedented sensations, textures and flavours through a more than loquacious combination: sweet-savoury, hot-cold, raw-cooked... to cause a gastronomic big bang that excites every sense and exceeds every expectation.

It never ever creates indifference on the most capricious palates.

During this class we will learn some of his most famous techniques, like basic spherification, invers spherification, gelification, airs,…

The class is a hands on class and demostrative, the dishes cooked by the participants will be eaten during the class, at the same time they are “cooked”, as some of this textures do not last long, like airs and some spheres stay with the same texture for only a few minutes,… there will be wine serve with the food, as well as a table to sit down for those who do not want to participate very actively.

Sample Menu Melon Caviar with passion fruit and jam Olive spheres Potato Gnocchi with Consommé and egg Bay prawns with parmesan spheres, tomato and basil air “Thai” Pork chops with coconut spaghettis and peanut air Mango Raviolis with honey and vanilla ice cream Strawberries with yogurt, tomato and pepper Locations: Barcelona: Barcelona City. Barcelona Wine Areas: Alella, Abadal & Penedes. Sitges area.

We go to your house or venue Participants: Groups from 4 to 15 people Duration: 3 hours Availability: All year around under request Languages: English, French and Spanish. Consult other languages.

The activity includes:  A hands on /demostrative cooking class  A meal with Spanish wines  Translated recipes  Venue rental  All local taxes The activity does not include:  Apron

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The genius Cuisine of a Michelin Starred Chef Cooking class with a Michelin Starred Chef

Enjoy an exclusive cooking class with a Michelin starred chef.

Spain is one of the countries in the world with more restaurants and chefs with Michelin stars.

Probably the most recognized and influential culinary ratings in Western Europe.

During this experience we will have the unique opportunity to learn from a master. After the class there will be a meal served at the restaurant or at the venue chosen.

We have agreements with several Michelin Starred chefs over Spain, thus this experience is different in each case, most are demostrative, but in some cases they might be hands-on.

Locations: Barcelona, Bilbao, San Sebastián, Mallorca Consult other locations Participants: Groups from 8 to 100 people Duration: 2,5 hours Availability: All year around under request Languages: Spanish or English or French, depending on the chef.

The activity includes: • Cooking class: material, ingredients, master chef • English/french speaking gastronome assistant • Gourmet pairing dinner with wines • Venue rental • All local taxes The activity does not include: • Apron

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Trips and experiences

Ocio Vital is the first Spanish company specialized in enogastronomic tourism.

We offer a wide range of top-quality services and products, dedicated to companies, groups, institutions and private people, about the gastronomy and wine’s world.

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