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Discover Anatolia's millennia-old culinary heritage in a personalized hands-on cooking class. Learn traditional techniques, prepare authentic dishes, and enjoy your creations at the chef's table ️ What Makes This Special: ✨ Personalized menu based on your preferences and dietary needs after booking ✨ Learn from professional chef in Turkish or English with full participation ✨ Master knife skills, ingredient prep, and traditional cooking methods ✨ Cultural stories behind every dish from Ottoman palaces to Anatolia ✨ Professional plating techniques to make dishes visually stunning ✨ Enjoy lunch or dinner at chef's table in warm, social atmosphere ✨ Take home recipe booklet to recreate and impress friends Sample dishes: İmam Bayıldı, Mantı, Çerkez Tavuğu, Sütlaç, and more. Between Galataport and Galata Tower
Turkish Cuisine Cooking Class in a Charming Istanbul Café lasts about 3 hours.
Prices start at $104 per person for this Istanbul experience, booked through Viator with the price shown before checkout. There is 1 booking option, so the final price depends on the option you choose.
Yes. Cancel at least 1 day before the start for a full refund. Later cancellations are non-refundable.
The meeting point is We are located directly across from Bloom Cafe, diagonally opposite Beyrut Cafe, and right next to Tolga Aras Photography. Our venue is a spacious and bright street-level shop. . Hotel pickup is not part of this experience.
The experience is available in RU, EN, TR.
It is a small-group experience with a maximum of 16 participants.
Yes, bookings are confirmed instantly.
Travellers rate it 4.6 out of 5 across 7 verified reviews; it is run by Highlights in Türkiye Workshops. Most-mentioned highlights: Tea, Coffee and Soft Drinks; Recipe Booklet – Take home all recipes to recreate authentic Turkish dishes; Professional Chef Guidance – One-on-one learning in Turkish or English throughout.
Booked this specific class because of the “Food Styling Workshop” part of it. While the food was good, it was carelessly slapped on the plates—no styling. Also, never received the promised Recipe Booklet.
Thank you for your feedback. We always aim to work with greater care, continuously improve ourselves, and provide our guests with an even better experience.
An excellent cooking workshop with many menu items, cooking tips and great recipes. The chef was a wonderful teacher and I enjoyed the opportunity to learn to prepare new dishes. Highly recommend this experience!
Absolutely wonderful experience. Our chef Yahya was a fantastic instructor, leading us through preparation of soup, salad, main dish and desert. We learned several new food prep techniques and skills, in a very fun environment. Most important, it was delicious.
We had an amazing evening cooking with Yahya. He was so friendly and knowledgeable, and the food we made was incredible. This was definitely a highlight of our trip!
This was such a unique and enjoyable experience! Yahya made sure we felt comfortable and tailored the menu to our preferences. The view from the terrace while enjoying our meal was unforgettable.
A wonderful experience! Yahya is a talented chef and a great teacher. The recipes were simple yet delicious, and the whole session was interactive and fun. I’d recommend this to everyone visiting Istanbul.
The cooking class with Yahya exceeded all our expectations. His knowledge and hospitality were unmatched. We learned so much and had the best meal of our trip. Highly recommended!
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turkish Cuisine Cooking Class in a Charming Istanbul Café | 3 hours | 4.6 (7) | $104 | |
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