Arrive in Marrakech where you'll be met at the airport and transfered to the riad. Dinner will be at a nearby recommended local restaurant tonight. For those arriving on a late flight this evening a light supper will be served at the riad. Venture into the medina with a guided tour of the souk, where you can shop, potter, pick up jewellery, pottery, artefacts. You have the afternoon to yourself to lunch and if you wish to swim at a nearby pool then this can be arranged by the manager of the riad. In the late afternoon prepare Tangia – the slow cooked dish of Marrakech, which you’ll then take along to the oven where the locals take their food. Back at the riad watch a dessert demonstration, until the Tangia returns, for you to savour on the terrace. Today is a treat as you head out of the medina to Ourika valley - a place of exceptional beauty - for the day. Lunch will be at a little eatery out in the country, near the waterfalls. Back in Marrakech, late in the afternoon there’ll be a couscous demonstration and then settle in the cool courtyard to prepare Moroccan tortillas and pastillas for a delicious dinner at the riad. Today you’ll be taken to the Mellah food market and to visit the spice merchants. Your day is free to explore Marrakech, unwind in a hammam, or laze at the pool nearby. Dinner is at a highly recommended local restaurant. Today in the morning you’ll prepare chicken chermoula which you’ll take for a very special day in the countryside. Drive to lake just outside Marrakech, where you’ll spend the day, under the trees by the water’s edge. The delicious chicken will be barbequed on the spot for lunch. Evening free. The day is yours to do as you will, explore the city, relax at the riad, have a massage… or do nothing at all. Return to prepare tagines and salads for dinner at the riad. Depart This course is available all year (except during the very hot summer months from June to August). Runs weekly on a Saturday to Friday basis.