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Authentic Cretan Cooking Class in Ozlem’s Home in Crete

Recommended by 100% of travellers
Crete, Greece
  • 3 hours (approx.)
  • Group discounts
  • Mobile ticket
  • Offered in: English

Overview

    Sample Menu

    Starter

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    Wild green salad or Sautéed wild greens or Cretan rusk salad

    Main

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    Artichokes with peas and meat or Mousakka or Shrimp Saganaki or Cretan chicken pie or Chania vegetable pie

    Starter

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    Pickled artichokes or Marinated sardines or Snails or Stuffed veggies or Fish with okra

    Dessert

    Kazandibi

    An Ottoman sweet

    What's Included

    • Private Cretan cooking class with your host Ozlem
    • Home-cooked Greek meal
    • All Fees and Taxes
    • Hotel pick up and drop off.

    Meeting and Pickup

    Meeting point

    • 79PG+9CP, Roustika 740 58, Greece

      Please meet your host directly at her apartment in Roustika. Please check the 'Before you go' section on your voucher for the exact details. The above only offers neighborhood details. Exact address can be found in your ticket upon confirmation.

    End point

    This activity ends back at the meeting point.

    Operating hours
    .11:00

    What To Expect

    Additional Info

    • Confirmation will be received at time of booking
    • Not wheelchair accessible
    • Pushchair accessible
    • Near public transportation
    • If any travelers in your party have any allergies, dietary restrictions or cooking preferences please advise at time of booking
    • Menu may vary depending on the season
    • Private, personalized experience
    • Lactose free, gluten free, vegetarian and vegan options are available, please advise at time of booking if required
    • Please check the 'Before you go' section on your voucher for the Google Maps link to the exact location
    • This is a private tour/activity. Only your group will participate
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    Cancellation Policy

    You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.

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    Reviews

    5.0
    based on 13 reviews
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    Superb Cooking and Lunch Experience

    Lynnette_B, Oct 2024
    Warm and engaging, cooking and lunch with Ozlem is not to be missed!! I booked this class for my last day on the island of Crete, and requested dishes centered around fish and seafood and Ozlem created a fabulous menu including Seabream cooked in salt, squid with Cretan greens, and shrimp-stuffed calamari. Everything was incredibly delicious!! Ozlem and I had fabulous conversations about everything from the food we were cooking to the history of cooking and even just talking about books. It was a marvelous time! If I ever findyself in the area again, I will definitely book with Ozlem!!

    Cooking with Ozlem was the highlight of my trip to Chania

    Anne_M, Oct 2024
    Cretan and Greece cooking are very different. People had told me that. But with Ozlem, I experienced it!. Of course Ozlem is a delightful, calm, organized and gracious hostess who knows a lot about real Cretan cooking. And she is so much more than that. I met up with her in a small apartment she maintains for her work, about 10 minutes walking time out of Old Town. During my 3 hours with her, she brought to life the cultural mash-up I was sensing in Chania. She asked about my interests before I arrived and planned a perfect meal for me. I experienced goat for the first time in a preparation that was heavy on wild greens and topped with staka - a particular Cretan food made with milk cream and flour. It is addictive! We also made a sea bass, okra and tomato dish. We chatted as we peeled the okra and cleaned the wild greens. I wish I could stay longer in Chania so I could get to know this amazing woman a little better! In addition to her cooking classes, she teaches Greek to people around the world and is a writer. If you have a chance to cook with Ozlem, do it! You won't regret it.

    Epic experience!

    Burcu_R, Jul 2024
    Ozlem was an amazing host and teacher. She taught me so many important details that I can use in my daily life, that it migjt take years to search and find through books or internet. We made cery delicious foods and I have never tasted that quality of ingridiens and combinations.. i cannot wait to make those foods by myself and hopefully catch the same level ♥️♥️ thank you Ozlemaki♥️♥️♥️♥️

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