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🇹🇷 Istanbul
Turkish Cooking Class with Market Visit
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Turkish cuisine is one of the world's great food traditions, and this cooking class gives you a proper introduction. The experience begins at a bustling neighbourhood market (not the tourist-facing Grand Bazaar) where your instructor, a passionate home cook who learned from her grandmother, teaches you how to select the freshest vegetables, the best spices, and the right type of cheese for each dish. Back in a well-equipped home kitchen overlooking the Bosphorus, you prepare a full Turkish meal together. The menu typically includes three meze (hummus, ezme salad, and stuffed vine leaves), a main course of chicken or lamb kebabs with pilaf, and homemade baklava for dessert. Your instructor shares family recipes and the stories behind them while you chop, knead, and stir. Sit down to enjoy the meal you prepared, accompanied by Turkish tea and good conversation. You leave with printed recipes and the confidence to cook Turkish food at home.
What makes this tour
Shop for ingredients at a real neighbourhood market
Cook three meze, a main course, and homemade baklava
Learn family recipes passed down through generations
Enjoy your meal in a kitchen with Bosphorus views
Take home printed recipes to recreate the dishes
Small, intimate class for hands-on learning
What's included
- Market visit and all ingredients
- 4-hour cooking class
- Full meal with Turkish tea
- Printed recipe cards to take home
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FoodiesCouplesCultural explorers
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