Daily Cooking Class with a Farmers Market Visit

US$ 125 per person

5.00 (5)

Starting time

9AM

Duration

6 hours

Min. participants

1 Participants

Language

English, German, Turkish

Free pick-up included

About

We pick our guests up from their hotels or a selected point in Bodrum than drive to the farmers market of the day or visit a small farm to pick up the ingredients of our cooking class for that day. At the market we will be tasting cheese, spices and olives etc. Than we drive to our kitchen to cook all what we have bought and more.

Here we will guide you through the delicious secrets of regional Aegean cookery with its accent on olive oil and fresh herbs, a very special and particularly healthy branch of Turkish cuisine.

We will serve you a lunch of all the wonderful dishes we have cooked together, at tables where we will share stories of cookery in the country and in our families. You will also be tasting local wines of the area with your meal. We usually get many nice people here and most of them say that this was the high light of their trip. If you like to learn about a country and its people the best place is a table where you share local food.

Schedule

9:00 am: Pick up from your hotel in Bodrum
9:30 am: Market Tour
10:30 am: Cooking Class
1:30 pm: End of class, enjoy your lunch
3:00 pm: Drop off to your hotel

Farmers markets are at a different location each day

Included Highlights

All ingredients

Cheese and olives tasting in the market

Market tour

Wine tasting

Additional Information

Pickup Option

Included

Confirmation

You will receive the confirmation of your booking's availability within 24 hours. Once confirmed, please present your booking reference number at the cooking school.

Cancellation

Full refunds will be issued for cancellations made at least 48 hours prior to the activity

Traveler Reviews

Verified 5.00 5 reviews

"Wonderful Turkish Cooking Experience in Bodrum"

A very enjoyable experience from going to the market, to helping to prepare the meal to enjoying our feast on Asla’s beautiful covered patio. All the food is fresh and there is variety in the dishes we prepared. Highly recommended!

"Highlight of our trip!!"

An amazing day learning to cook Turkish food with a wonderful chef and restaurant owner! Visited the local market first to pick out our fresh produce. Stopped for Turkish coffee and tea on our way to our class. Don't miss this experience! You will LOVE it!!! Thank you Asli! I will never forget this day!!

"Great chance to experience the culture"

The markets were a highlight for me. Relatively uncrowded, the colors of the produce, smells and tastes. Asli made us very comfortable and gave us personal attention, answering all our queries and sharing other recipes. I liked the focus on vegetables, the meal was flavorsome and not heavy. I will be trying some dishes out when I get home.

"Wonderful day for cooking!"

Asli took us to her restaurant where she taught us how to cook a number of appetizers and a main dish. It was great! Sometimes she demonstrated in her open-air courtyard kitchen, and sometimes we helped with the prep work at a long table inside the restaurant. In the end we all enjoyed an amazing meal at a beautifully-set table in the courtyard. She even made a surprise birthday cake as it happened to be my 50th! The intimate setting, the great cooking info, the new foods, and the feeling that you were among friends (and not just on a tourist excursion), made the whole day magical.

"Amazing course"

We went to some unusual shops, enjoyed sampling and getting the groceries for the meal. An unexpected trip to a beautiful place for Tea, bread, and preserves. Roosters were walking around the area and families enjoying breakfast together. Beautiful stop. The restaurant where Asala owned and had us cook with her was lovely. An outside kitchen, and dining areas. It was great to sit around together and chop and dice and discuss our different worlds. Sak was an engaging guide. The meal turned out so good. It was nice to share it all together. Really the best tour I had on the Windstar Cruise. My only comment would be I wish the recipies had been given to us. Taking notes didn't do justice to what we enjoyed.

Location

This activity includes a free pick-up to the location.

* The exact address will be shared in your booking confirmation.

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