Spanish CookingA hot trend in travel is to go somewhere and well, do something… something of value that is. You can go green, do some volunteer work, or take a crash cooking course. Since we love food that’s finger lickin’ good, we’ll take the latter please!

Spanish cooking is a huge international trend too. It’s long been known that some of the best restaurants on the globe are located in the country, particularly El Bulli, which has held the title of world’s finest restaurant for three years running.

Though you may not come out as fine a chef as El Bulli’s Ferran Adria, you can give Spain’s gastronomical gems a whirl at one of Barcelona’s GoLearnTo schools that offer crash cooking courses. Half a day is £48 while a lesson that includes a visit to the Boqueria market is £57. We say shell out the extra £10 and get a private lesson with an English speaking Spaniard chef.

So when you come home and everyone says, “What’d you do? What’d you see?” You can reply back, “Why don’t you come over and have a taste?” That’ll certainly throw them for a loop!

Try these Barcelona hotels that are conveniently located near the schools.

3 Star Hotel Jazz

3 Star Hotel Montecarlo

4 Star Hotel 1898