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Farmers Market visit & Turkish Cooking Class

Name: Farmers Market visit & Turkish Cooking Class
Brand: Cooking Classes Bodrum - Day Class
SKU: 295473P1
Price: 131.73 USD
Rating: 5.0 (32 reviews)

Bodrum, Turkey

Farmers Market visit and Turkish Cooking Class

6 hours
Pickup offered
Mobile ticket
Offered in: English

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Overview

Turkish cuisine is a blend of various herbs, spices, and fresh produce. Get a taste of the eclectic cuisine during your time in Bodrum when you take this Turkish cooking class. Join a small group and start out by shopping for ingredients at a local farmers market. Then, learn to make several Aegean-Turkish dishes alongside your host and learn about local cooking traditions.

Become immersed in Turkish culture through its food
Enjoy the fruits of your labor at the end of class
Learn about the different regional cuisines of Turkey
A small group means more attention from your guide

Sample Menu

Starter

5 Meze's

We will be cooking five different mezze depending on the season and what the farmers market offers us cooked with self harvested olive oil.

Starter

A hot starter made with phyllo

A hot starter will be made with phyllo either fried or baked.

Main

A main course will be cooked

A main course will be cooked as a part of the class and we will decide what to cook with our guests.

Dessert

Desert

A dessert will be served at the end of the meal but will not be cooked at the class.

What's Included

Air-conditioned vehicle
Lunch
Bottled water
Coffee and/or Tea

Alcoholic Beverages
Off zone pick up surcharge - 20.00 euros

Meeting and Pickup

Pickup points

Select a pickup point

Start time

09:30 AM

Pickup details

We provide transfer to off zone hotels aswell with a surcharge in prices please ask if you are out of our pick up zone.

What To Expect

Additional Info

Confirmation will be received at time of booking
Not wheelchair accessible

Near public transportation
This tour/activity will have a maximum of 6 travelers

Operated by Cooking Classes Bodrum - Day Class

Cancellation Policy

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

For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
Any changes made less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time will not be accepted.

Cut-off times are based on the experience’s local time.
This experience requires good weather. If it’s canceled due to poor weather, you’ll be offered a different date or a full refund.
This experience requires a minimum number of travelers. If it’s canceled because the minimum isn’t met, you’ll be offered a different date/experience or a full refund.

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Reviews

5.0

32 reviews

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Nice afternoon in Milas

Stephanie_W, May 2024

It's a real stretch to title this as a Cooking Class. It is a nice afternoon helping to prepare a few tapas and enjoy delicious wines at a home located near Milas (an hour ride from the cruise port of Bodrum). Our host for the afternoon and her husband were delightful; she shared her tips on how to stuff grape leaves (the filling was already prepared), stuffed Phylo (the filling was already prepared), and a couple of salads. No recipe sheets were provided. From a food safety perspective, please change the order of preparing items so that handling raw meat is the last item (vs using the same boards for the raw meat and later, raw vegetable salad).

Wonderful experience

Lynn_S, May 2024

Learning about Turkish cuisines. The chef was so wonderful. They made you feel right at home. I definitely recommend this tour. You won't be disappointed

Market visit and cooking class in Bodrum

Valerie_M, May 2024

So enjoyable to cook at this home in the country. The view from the patio was fantastic. Could see the lagoon in the distance. Garden was lovely. We all enjoyed making local dishes with our chef. The market tour was so interesting. The abundance of fruits and vegetables was amazing. We enjoyed the tastings at the market. Was truly a special local experience.

Small group experience worked well.

Kathleen_P, Oct 2023

Best food I had in Turkey. Though not much actual cooking vs watching and the chief explaining what she was doing.

Awesome experience

Lisa_B, Oct 2023

My friend and I took part in the Turkish cooking class. It was amazing. Both the ride from the port to the home of the instructor and then the view from her house. We made multiple dishes and then ate them with a glass of wine. I highly recommend this activity. I will definitely make some of the dishes we prepared when I get home. Everything we made was veggie so perfect for vegetarians

Fantastic cooking experience in a stunning location with a great chef

Margaret_G, Jul 2023

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

Fantastic experience

rick_r, Jul 2023

Ours was a wonderfully small-group (3 couples) experience. Lots of personalized attention from Asli. Loved learning about her culinary trajectory and about the vineyard where her tastings, cooking classes, etc., operate. Amazingly gorgeous setting - extremely serene. Low-stress food prep/cooking, even for non-chefs. Delicious meal on a series of sumptuously set tables. Even got to drink the vineyard's beautiful wine. Market experience beforehand was tasty and interesting, but adds travel time, depending where market is held on a given day (location changes daily). Considerable travel time to the vineyard, but well worth it to be among its olive trees, grape vines and resident pets. Enthusiastic five stars!

Truly Excellent Cooking Experience!

Marne_C, May 2023

So, you’re thinking of taking a cooking class in Türkiye? Stop. Book this RIGHT NOW!!! I’ll wait… Okay, you want more details? This is the real deal for foodies, a full day of food shopping, preparation and sumptuous dining. Your instructor Asli is a restauranteur (and a partner in a winery!) She is a completely fluent English speaker, a superb cook, a delightful conversationalist, and a terrific teacher. You’ll begin with an in-depth immersion in a locals-only market of fresh produce, enticing spices, nuts, cheeses, cured meats, just-made filo dough (in 2 foot / 60cm circles!), aromatic teas, and, and, and. You’ll taste nearly everything you see as Asli shops for the day’s ingredients. And then it’s off to Asli’s home for the cooking class. Her patio is graced with breathtaking views and a wonderful outdoor kitchen. You’ll sit around the spacious table and learn the secrets of Turkish cooking from a true master. My wife and I learned at least a dozen new preparation techniques — (You cook eggplant like that? OMG!!!) — and quite a bit about Turkish history and culture. Plus we made some great friends with the other participants in our small-group class. And when it finally came time for the meal, the food we made under Asli’s guidance was truly great, bordering on celestial. Course after course after course, a complete dinner-and-a-half. Yum-a-rama! It was a sensational day, and without a doubt the best cooking class we’ve ever had. (And we’ve had a lot!) Have you booked yet?

Response from Host, Jun 2023

Thank you so much for such a wonderfull review, it means alot!

Cooking Class in Bodrum

BARBARA_H, May 2023

The experience was fabulous. There were only four of us. We were picked up at the cruise ship terminal with no hassle by our host, then driven in an SUV to a local market where we actually shopped for the ingredients for making lunch. We then went to the host's home and cooked lunch. It was just wonderful getting cooking tips (like grating tomatoes vs chopping them). The five of us sat at her dining room table and ate the food we had prepared. The host was so gracious and it was awesome to be able to see a functioning Turkish home. The tour was just great!

Response from Host, Jun 2023

Thank you for taking your time and sending us this wonderful review.

A perfect day - farmer's market tour; cooking; eating; wine tasting and so much more

Gerald_E, Apr 2023

We were overwhelmed by Alsi's knowledge and experience; the beauty of her restaurant and winery; her caring attitude to ensure that we had a great time and received an understanding of all that was on offer. Thank you so much - it would be great to be able to return one day.

Wonderful experience, delicious food and company.

Glenda, Oct 2022

The market was a fantastic experience. Asli sharing her lovely home was more than we expected. She is a very warm person and a perfect host and chef/teacher.

Amazing insight into everyday Turkish life

Seema_J, Jul 2022

As there were just two of us, we were picked up by Asli from our hotel. We travelled to the farmer's market and chose various vegetables of our choice. This was great as we could easily negotiate our allergies. The next stop was a delicatessen where we chose cheese, pepper paste, etc. We then travelled to Asli's house. Asli is easy to talk to and very charming. During the journey it was easy to talk to her about various aspects of the Turkish culture. At her home we spent the rest of the day preparing and cooking a choice of meze and the main course. The food was plentiful and delicious. By the time we were dropped off at our hotel, we were full and felt like we got a real insight into life in Turkey, having learnt in equal parts about the culture and cuisine. By far the best visit of our holiday in Bodrum.

Amazing day cooking with a local family!

Brooke_M, May 2022

I can’t say enough about how fabulous this day was! Alsi picked us up from the port and took us shopping at her neighborhood farmers market, butcher and baker. Then we went to her home and learned how to prepare numerous Turkish dishes while sitting outside in her beautiful outdoor kitchen. We enjoyed learning all about the Turkish culture while relaxing and enjoying the gorgeous view! If you want to do something special, do this!