A hands-on Moroccan cooking class on a 6,000m² organic farm estate at Mnar Castle, 20 minutes from central Tangier. Guests walk the garden, harvest their own vegetables, cook a traditional tagine with a local chef, pour their own Moroccan tea, and share the meal at a table overlooking the bay genuinely farm-to-table, not a demonstration.
This isn’t a cooking demonstration it’s a real working morning on an organic farm that happens to end in a meal. Guests walk the 6,000m² gardens at Mnar Castle before touching anything, to see what’s actually growing that week not a display bed, but the same rows the kitchen cooks from every day. From there, guests cut their own vegetables (gloves, scissors, and a basket, no staff doing it for you), build a tagine with the chef using the traditional order Moroccan cooking is built on not a recipe followed step by step, but a sequence: onion on the bottom, protein or vegetables built up in a cone, spices last, lid down to simmer and pour their own Moroccan tea from height, the traditional way. Everything arrives at the table at once, the way it’s eaten in a Moroccan home no courses in sequence and is eaten overlooking the bay.
This farm runs three related formats from the same 6,000m² estate, same chef, same table at the end this page covers the full farm-to-table version. The two others are:
(See the “Three Formats” comparison table below some details from the source were hard to read precisely and should be confirmed before publishing.)
Vegetarian, vegan, gluten-free, and halal options are available flag any allergies or dietary needs when booking.
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Learn to prepare traditional Moroccan dishes step by step with a local chef tagine, salads, and seasonal specialties then sit down together to eat what you made.
Cook on a 6,000m² organic farm estate overlooking the Mediterranean: harvest your own ingredients, cook with a local chef, and share lunch on-site.
Head out on a fishing boat along the Tangier coastline, then bring your catch back to Mnar Castle to cook it with fresh-picked garden ingredients and a local chef. Limited to 4 guests per booking.
Learn to prepare traditional Moroccan dishes step by step with a local chef tagine, salads, and seasonal specialties then sit down together to eat what you made.
There's real walking involved through the gardens, to the well, and around the kitchen but nothing strenuous. That said, it's specifically not recommended for people with back problems, pregnant travelers, or people with heart conditions, given the standing and walking involved.
This one is longer on the "farm" part you walk the gardens, cut your own vegetables, plant a seedling, and draw your own water before cooking even starts. The in-city hands-on class skips the farm entirely and goes straight into the kitchen.
No - Mnar Castle has no public transportation nearby. You'll need to arrange your own way there, or ask about the operator's separately-priced transfer option.
Yes - vegetarian, vegan, gluten-free, and halal options are all available. Flag any allergies or specific needs when you book.
Unfortunately, this experience is not wheelchair accessible, given the garden terrain involved.
Just 4 hours before your preferred start time much shorter notice than most other activities on this site.
