13 Cooking Classes in Turkey, Compared and Priced

1.Private Turkish Cuisine Cooking Class with Local Moms

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 114 reviews · 3 hours (approx.) · from $90Our pick

Cook dolma and börek with a local mom in Beşiktaş, customize for your diet, then share a home feast.

“I arrived at the cozy apartment where the friendly host Nuran invited me to a lovely cup of Turkish tea together with her mother who was there as well. We started chatting, and I felt home immediately. We prepared dinner, which was a soup, main dish with lamb and potatoes, a broccoli and yogurt salad with bread on the side and my very favorite Turkish butter rice. Some pickles were served as well and Nuran explained how all is prepared patiently. Apart from the food being absolutely delicious, I was welcomed into this family atmosphere and just had the best time. It was the first time for me in Istanbul…”

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2.Traditional Home Cooking with a Local in İstanbul City Center

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 82 reviews · 4 hours (approx.) · from $80

Shop with a local in Kurtuluş, cook a Turkish home meal with Gülşah in her apartment, then share dinner, Turkish coffee, and dessert.

“Gülşah was an amazing host and we are very grateful she welcomed us into her home. Gülşah took us on a tour of her neighbourhood and explained all the different types of food and ingredients we could by. This was followed by an excellent cooking class where she taught us recipes that were not too complicated and dishes that could be made in our home countries. Dinner was followed by some coffee and a delicious dessert. There were wonderful conversations all night and all around it was a very wholesome and extremely fun experience!”

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3.Traditional Home Cooking with a Local in İstanbul Center

★★★★★★★★★★4.9 · 78 reviews · 4 hours · from $120

Shop Kurtuluş markets for spices and snacks, then cook Turkish classics with a small group in a local home, finishing with tea and dessert.

“Loved the local markets tour, before the hands-on recipe preparations at our hosts home, followed by savory and sweet Turkish delights.”

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4.Farmers Market visit & Turkish Cooking Class

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 60 reviews · 6 hours (approx.) · from $144.82

Shop Bodrum’s farmers market, cook Aegean meze with Chef Asli, then feast with local wine and recipes you can take home.

“Visiting the market and sampling the food, experiencing the wine match with the food, tastng teh food we had prepared.”

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5.Cooking Class at Exclusive Kings Valley

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 54 reviews · 4 hours (approx.) · from $129.31

Cook Turkish dishes in Kings Valley, shop at an organic farm, and eat lunch you made, with hotel pickup.

“Cooking traditional Turkish food in a valley Buying groceries from local shops Got chance to taste what we have prepared ^^”

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6.Market Visit and Cooking Class

★★★★★★★★★★4.9 · 41 reviews · 5 hours · from $154

Shop Bodrum’s market, cook a 5-course Turkish meal with an English-speaking chef, then enjoy Aegean Sea lunch and wine.

“Our guide was great and it was very interesting to walk through the open air farmers market with her and taste all kinds of items. Then we went about 45 mins away in a van to a lovely house on a hillside with an outdoor kitchen and cooked and enjoyed about 6 dishes. Our group was only 12 people which was the perfect size. It took a little while for the wine to be opened but once it started it flowed freely. Overall a great day. The drive to the house was a little longer than I expected but after reading the details page again it is clearly listed.”

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7.Cappadocia Cooking Class

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 29 reviews · 4 hours (approx.) · from $176.61

Cappadocia cooking class in Goreme and Urgup with hotel pickup, market shopping, hands-on Turkish home dishes, and a 3-course lunch or dinner.

“Pleasant experience with a local family. They switch the host with every class (based on what we were told), so our experience may be different that the next. The food was delicious, the host was gracious, we had great local wine. My only complaint is that it isn’t really a cooking class and a few ingredients were pre-cooked. We also didn’t get to cook individually, learn the recipes etc. the host makes a big pot of every dish and we assisted with cutting veggies and stirring the pots from time to time lol! Still, a very pleasant evening spent eating home-cooked food.”

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8.Authentic Turkish Cooking at a Local’s Home in Istanbul

★★★★★★★★★★4.9 · 24 reviews · 3 hours · from $84

Taste Istanbul at a local’s home with a 3-hour Turkish cooking class, tea, guided recipes, and a homemade meal for $84.

“I really enjoyed my time learning Turkish dishes! I learned baba ghanoush, cacik, and patatesli kofte, all vegetarian by request. All the dishes were so yummy and fun to prepare, and the baba ghanoush was my favorite because I’ve been wanting to learn how to make it for awhile now. I would 100% recommend this experience to anyone visiting Istanbul 😊”

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9.Private Ephesus Tour & Cooking Class in Village

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 24 reviews · 6 to 7 hours (approx.) · from $189

Private Ephesus ruins plus village cooking in Çamlık, with lunch and transport from Kusadasi. English guide, hands-on meal.

“We voted this our favorite tour. We had a group of 9 and visited Ephesus and then did a cooking class and had lunch at a private restaurant. Later we visited a ceramic studio and rug merchant.”

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10.Turkish Cooking Class with a Professional Chef

★★★★★★★★★★4.8 · 23 reviews · 3 hours · from $122

Cook a customized Anatolian menu in Istanbul with a pro chef, practice knife skills and plating, eat at the chef’s table, take recipes home.

“Very professional and yet relaxing environment, felt right at home within the class and learning how to cook some great Turkish dishes and knowledge from”

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11.Cooking Class in Authentic Etrim Village

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 23 reviews · 6 hours (approx.) · from $59.64Best value

Cook mezes, roll dolma, and bake wood-fired bread in Etrim village near Bodrum, with lunch and olive oil tasting.

“It was a good experience that needs some work. We made a ton of the same food (about 100 dolma for 2 people). The process of it should be to make 25 not 100. It was just done with no English translation. They were not even able to tell us the ingredients. Although very nice, the guide left all the time and we were with people who were not able to discuss what we were doing and it was awkward. Someone in the kitchen was trying to teach me the way to roll bead and I would do wrong and she was not able to tell me how to fix…”

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12.Cooking Class in Turkey From Istanbul

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 23 reviews · 4 hours (approx.) · from $300.06

Learn Ottoman-inspired Turkish cooking in small group class in Sultanahmet, with hotel pickup and a 3-course lunch plus wine tasting.

“I would highly recommend this cooking class at this Michelin star restaurant. The owner of the restaurant taught the class with precision, humor and a personal touch. We learned new cooking techniques, and the food was amazing. We were able to eat our dinner that we cooked and it truly was a highlight of our trip. Thank you for offering us a rare opportunity for which we will always be grateful!”

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13.Çiğ Köfte Cooking Class/Night with Traditional Music At Home

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 20 reviews · 2 hours 30 minutes (approx.) · from $60

Small-group çiğ köfte class at a home in Kadıköy, Urfa-style kneading with traditional music, taught in English for $60.

“One of the best, if not the best, experiences I’ve ever had. Bushra, Burak and Bawer were the sweetest people I’ve ever met before. There was never a dull moment, so many conversations you’d feel you’re sitting with friends you’ve known for a long time. Cooking class with traditional music is definitely something to have on your bucket list when you come to Istanbul. Highly recommended. ÇigKofte was so good.”

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