Spanish Tapas Cooking Class

Learn how to make easy tapas dishes in Brisbane



3 hours Class size 1 to 15 guests    

  $129 (Afterpay available)

Join Vanilla Zulu Culinary Adventures for a relaxing Spanish cooking class in Brisbane!
Take a journey through Spanish cuisine and its history as the chef introduces you to wonderful ingredients. Tapas are the perfect way to enjoy a meal, entertain friends and family or escape on a culinary adventure! You will learn a variety of versatile dishes that you can make on your own again and again.
The cooking class will start with a delightful plate of chef-prepared food before you start to cook up a storm! Help prepare a variety of Spanish tapas with the chef right by your side. 
Learn the art of delightful tapas as well as the art of culinary bling where you will plate and create your own presentation plate for each course before indulging in our delicious feast! These classes are small and interactive and are perfect for all confidence or skill levels. You will work as a group to create fabulous Spanish dishes and eat the feast prepared.
The Spanish Menu:
Available Gluten Free and Dairy Free
  • Toro’s Ears – fragrant water biscuit bark with saffron and black pepper
  • Spiced black bean puree with caramelised onion, sage and chorizo gravel
  • Chorizo and potato croquettes
  • Perfect paella with chicken and chorizo (seafood optional)
  • Delicate natilla - baked custard & cinnamon dessert
Dietaries - only the 'available dietaries' listed with the Menu are catered for. We cannot cater to other dietaries for this class.
You'll learn valuable chef skills that will benefit your everyday meal preparation as well as give you the confidence to present meals at their very best, with the art of culinary bling plating and styling techniques.
VZ Class format is a mixture of demonstration and group cooking practices. Instead of individual work stations, students will work in pairs and cook in groups of 4. And afterwards, enjoy a feast of the meals prepared. Demonstration aspects of classes ensure we cover enough content to make you into a fabulous chef.
Please note: 
  • The class is held in a fully licensed venue so you are unable to BYO.
  • Groups of four or more guests will get their own private table.
Support Workers, Interpreters, Aids. Everyone must book and pay to enter. NDIS participants are highly recommended to bring Support Workers because of how the class runs (working in pairs etc). Please contact us to organise a discounted price for the Support Worker, Interpreter and Aids. Please be understanding, due to the layout of the class and safety & enjoyment of all guests, they must book in too.

Upcoming dates for Spanish Tapas Cooking Class

Times are Brisbane time. Dates and prices as of 5 Oct 2026, 8:05am; availability and price are confirmed live when booking on this page.

11 upcoming dates between 18 Oct 2026 and 29 Jan 2027.

  • Sun 18 Oct 2026, 10am-1pm
  • Sat 31 Oct 2026, 3pm-6pm
  • Sat 7 Nov 2026, 10am-1pm
  • Sat 14 Nov 2026, 10am-1pm
  • Sat 21 Nov 2026, 3pm-6pm
  • Thu 3 Dec 2026, 6pm-9pm
  • Sat 19 Dec 2026, 10am-1pm
  • Sat 9 Jan 2027, 10am-1pm
  • Sun 17 Jan 2027, 3pm-6pm
  • Sun 24 Jan 2027, 10am-1pm
  • Fri 29 Jan 2027, 6pm-9pm
What you'll get
  • 3hr action-packed, friendly cooking session in a relaxed environment-
  • Everything you need to create the most authentic, made from scratch, mouth-watering Spanishy food
  • Apron provided
  • Sit and enjoy a feast of the meals that you have just created at the end – prepare to amaze yourself!
  • Recipe book included
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Knowledge required
Perfect for beginners.
What to bring
Please wear closed-in shoes.
Location

Vanilla Zulu Culinary Adventures - Lower Ground Floor, 5/92 Commercial Rd, Teneriffe QLD

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Recent reviews of Spanish Tapas Cooking Class

  • 5/5 from Kathy Cope, attended Jul 2026: Great class, the food we cooked was so delicious, and I know we can replicate these at home. Highly recommend for a small group activity. My son gifted the card to me - it was super easy to book in a time a suited.
  • 5/5 from Trish Scherer, attended Jul 2026: We joined a cooking class at Vanilla Zulu on Saturday 11th July. The class we attended was the Spanish Tapas and Paella with the chef Adrien. What an absolutely wonderful culinary experience. Adrien was incredibly friendly and generous with his knowledge and the dishes we cooked were very delicious. If you are looking for a “hands on “ experience then this is your place. A really enjoyable morning with friends, followed by time to sit down and eat the meal together. There is a bar on hand as well so all in all an inclusive experience I would highly recommend to all cooking levels. Other recommendations- arrive early to find a park and bring your own takeaway container for leftovers.
  • 5/5 from Elizabeth Claymore, attended Jul 2026: Chef Adrien ran a really enjoyable class where we learnt new skills, made and ate great food and didn’t have to do any of the washing up! The format of the classes works really well and I would definitely book another class! Thank you!
  • 5/5 from Kristine Gould, attended Jun 2026: Amazed at how much we achieved and so tasty! It was fun and can’t wait to replicate at home.
  • 5/5 from Kellie Forbes, attended Apr 2026: Chef Elle was amazing, loved all the extra tips and tricks. Thankyou for a fantastic day, I'll be back.
  • 5/5 from Zali Meredith, attended Mar 2026: Chef Elle was great and the food was delicious!
  • 5/5 from Robert Woo, attended Feb 2026: We had a wonderful afternoon and learnt a lot. Aidrien was a great teacher with so may tips. The food was fabulous and the instructions were easy to follow. I’d love to do another class.
  • 5/5 from Suzanne Dang, attended Jul 2025: Yummy! It was a well pace class and had enough time to eat.
  • 5/5 from Michael Farrelly, attended Jul 2025: The Chef was very good
  • 5/5 from Gracie Samuels, attended Jun 2025: The Spanish Tapas class was amazing! My husband and I went with some friends and absolutely loved our time. Adrian was a great teacher - very helpful and clear but also gave us space and freedom to get creative and grow our confidence. The food was incredible and we got to take home leftovers!
  • 5/5 from Natalie Bicknell, attended Jun 2025: What a fabulous cooking class. Elle was seamless in her explanation and information about the food and instructions. I couldn’t have loved it more.
  • 5/5 from Chris Hart, attended Jun 2025: What a great day. Went with a friend and we both loved the day. Had a wonderful tutor and the food was great. We both come away with some sound ideas of cooking Spanish at home. We are now looking at our next cooking class. Well done.
  • 5/5 from Charity Kelegai, attended May 2025: Chef Elle was fantastic! Had a great time, excellent food, learnt some new things and made new friends. 10/10 experience!
  • 5/5 from Tania Lee, attended Apr 2025: It was amazing
  • 5/5 from Maurice Everson, attended Feb 2025: The Cooking class was well organised and a lot of fun. the teacher was great and the food was delishious. Booking through ClassBento with our gift card was very easy.
  • 4/5 from Akane Luck, attended Feb 2025: It was very enjoyable tapas cooking class. The only negative feedback was that it was too hot inside!
  • 5/5 from Andrew Hurren, attended Sep 2024: Fantastic experience and great food. Learnt a lot. And very good teacher. Will be back for sure
  • 5/5 from Sue McLean, attended Mar 2024: Booked this for my partner’s birthday. Chef Luca was amazing and made the experience so much fun! Easy to follow, delicious recipes - there was nothing to take home, we ate it all Great value for money and would definitely book another class in the future
  • 5/5 from Selina Walther, attended Mar 2024: Loved our Spanish Tapas class with Chef Luca, my son and I enjoyed every minute of it and were proud of our meal. The other people on our table were great too and the ingredients top quality. Would highly recommend!
  • 5/5 from Stephanie Huynh, attended Mar 2024: What a great way to spend an afternoon with good friends! Chef Luka was friendly and knowledgeable. We all thoroughly enjoyed our class, drinks and feasting! Definitely recommend
  • 5/5 from Cassandra Lucena, attended Mar 2024: Loved the class! Perfect for a date night. Luca was very informative and made the night entertaining too. We loved learning how to cook tapas and paella. Looking forward to doing another class!
  • 5/5 from Carmen Louise Arenas, attended Feb 2024: This class was so amazing, and catered for people like myself, a basic cook. Our teacher was amazing with great explanation to detail. Such friendly environment to come and do a class, will definitely be back to do more courses.
  • 5/5 from Alec Rundle, attended Jan 2024: Chef Luca was fantastic. Really knowledgeable and always provided alternatives to dishes or how to enhance them. He also gave us a history of many of the dishes and taught tips and tricks. The food was all delicious and it felt like there was a solid amount of sharing the workload between the table for all of the dishes.
  • 5/5 from Jeff Haynes, attended Jan 2024: The chef was informative and entertaining it was like dinner and a show lovely atmosphere
  • 5/5 from Emilie McGrath, attended Dec 2023: Such a fun cooking experience and the food we prepared and ate was delicious. Chef Luca was hands on and explained the steps clearly. I went on my own and met some really nice people too! The venue was good and I had a really lovely time.
  • 5/5 from Ann Frizelle, attended Dec 2023: Amazing, Charming, funny, professional and very personable sharing his knowledge, I shall book another class
  • 5/5 from Jill Mallett, attended Nov 2023: We had a terrific night! Chef Luca was lovely and knowledgeable and presented things at a good pace to understand and follow. Beautiful food at the end as well!
  • 5/5 from Marie Cuda, attended Oct 2023: Great class. Easy to follow instructions from Chef Luke. Chef Luke makes you feel relaxed and confident. Fresh ingredients. Always popping to your table offering tips and encouragement. Menu was great. Venue great with addition of a bar to enjoy your finished accomplishment. All the staff were helpful, polite. Great environment. Will be back.
  • 5/5 from Yaro Starak, attended Sep 2023: all perfect the chef and the group cooking with hiom were great!. all learned a lot
  • 5/5 from Colleen Wood, attended Aug 2023: Luciana the Chef was amazing - warm and engaging and knew when to let us do our thing. Venue was perfect - set up for teaching with everything we needed. Beautiful fresh ingredients and no skimping, plenty to go around for everyone on the day and leftovers to take home. Our class was Spanish Tapas - what a culinary delight it was and how simple to make Lavash, Paella etc. And - the kitchen has a bar!
  • 5/5 from Blandine Cousin, attended Aug 2023: Chef John Luca was excellent, very passionate about his cooking and very attentive to details. He gave us lots of tips too. This cooking class gave me some special bonding time with my teenage son, who also really enjoyed the cooking class. It was a nice Mother’s Day present from my husband. Keep on the great work.
  • 5/5 from Kyara Ramraj, attended Aug 2023: Absolutely loved this class. Chef Gianluca was so charismatic and fun to work with. I will definitely be joining another class in the future.
  • 5/5 from Louisa McGarry-Heaton, attended Jul 2023: We really enjoyed the class, the teacher was fun and easy to follow. The food was delicious to eat at the end!
  • 5/5 from Danielle Holloway, attended Jul 2023: The class was great, Chef Luca was a great teacher, easy to follow instructions, food was delicious and all equipment was provided.
  • 5/5 from Charlie Webster, attended Jun 2023: The teacher Luciana was just the best! Every aspect of this cooking class went superbly well, and we all enjoyed our complete three course meal. The venue at Vanilla Zulu is prefect for the class, and having a bar was a nice touch to enable a great night out with friendly people, coupled with some valuable learning.
  • 4/5 from Millie Nakatsuka, attended May 2023: I really enjoyed the class and the food was great. Just had trouble actually hearing and understanding what was being said. Wish they would use a microphone.
  • 5/5 from Jill-Maree Wainhouse, attended Apr 2023: We had a fantastic time cooking our paella & tapas. Lucia was such a bubbly teacher who was also very knowledgeable. Good mix of teaching & cooking ourselves. Very professional kitchen & the cocktails were delicious. Will definitely come back again
  • 5/5 from Chris Koch, attended Apr 2023: Had a fantastic experience and definitely coming back to explore more cuisines! Can highly recommend
  • 5/5 from Sallie Kang, attended Apr 2023: Our teacher Chef Luci was fabulous! It was so easy to follow the steps of the recipe from her example and she explained everything very clearly. The class was run very smoothly, the food was delicious and we all want to make it at home now. My husband and I had a great time and can't recommend the experience highly enough. Thank you.
  • 5/5 from Julian Anning, attended Feb 2023: I thoroughly enjoyed the Spanish Tapas class. The teacher was knowledgable and friendly, very easy to talk to and ask questions. The class itself was the right balance of challenging and accommodating, with a great variety of dishes. I learned a fair bit about Spanish cuisine and cooking techniques, and feel empowered that I can make such nice food from simple ingredients. I would definitely join another class at Vanilla Zulu.
  • 5/5 from Priscilla Bustamante, attended Feb 2023: Lucy was amazing! Clear instructions, calm and caring. Great sense of humour. I will recommend this class to friends and family.
  • 5/5 from Clark Montagu, attended Dec 2022: Great cooking class. Especially if you’re not too serious about cooking. The teacher was great and explained everything and the whole experience was relaxed friendly and fun. Oh and the recipes were easy and delicious.
  • 5/5 from Jordan Davis, attended Sep 2022: such a lovely afternoon cooking amazing food! the chef was incredible, so engaging and knowledgeable. kitchen was clean, open and took me back to when i did hospitality in high school. honestly would recommend this to anyone who LOVES food and LOVES cooking
  • 5/5 from Olivia Yarrow, attended Sep 2022: Perfect sized class, friendly and helpful teacher, and delicious and fresh food! I would recommend this to anyone looking for a fun and educative activity.
  • 5/5 from Juanita Thacker, attended Jun 2022: Everything was absolutely perfect. The chef was incredible, the resources were useful, it was my first ever cooking class and being a coeliac I felt so included and also safe! The recipes were so easy to follow, nothing was complicated and it all tasted and looked phenomenal. What an amazing experience, I can’t wait to go back.
  • 5/5 from Jake Burgess, attended Apr 2022: I arrived at the class skeptical but Chef Lucy was beyond supportive and provided an unimaginably enjoyable experience
  • 5/5 from Andrew Dickson, attended Apr 2022: We had a great time. Lucy was a wonderful teacher. So full after eating the delicious meal we made.
  • 5/5 from Helen Piczak, attended Jan 2022: Great class, great teacher, great venue Will definitely be coming back to another class soon.
  • 5/5 from Kathy Gray, attended Nov 2021: We thoroughly enjoyed this class and have booked more in as we loved it that much
  • 5/5 from Danielle Stowasser, attended Sep 2021: Luciana led us through three beautiful savory Spanish tapas dishes and then yummy dessert. She was great! Nice to have Spanish-speaking chef from Argentina. Great course for any level of cooking skills. They catered for another attendee who needed gluten-free and lactose free ingredients. It was great to taste the natilla made on coconut cream she made. I think I’ll use that instead too when I make it. Highly recommend this course and instructor. Only tip: there is so much left over, you need to bring lots of containers to take the left overs home
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Brisbane’s best cooking school is here! Vanilla Zulu is the place to come for cooking classes, corporate team building and special events.
We are located in the central and trendy suburb of Teneriffe, Brisbane!
Have you always wanted to do a cooking class? We offer a wide range of interactive cooking classes, including cuisines like Rustic Italian, Authentic Thai, Asian Street Food, Spanish Tapas, Sophisticated French, Desserts and Pastries and Vegan classes, to name just a few.
Guided by our team of accredited chefs, you will learn how to make delicious meals from scratch and enjoy hours of fun and food. Learn to cook everything with quality ingredients in a spacious and modern kitchen. Take home our Recipe Book so you can be your very own chef at your next dinner party.

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