Your guide and driver will pick you up from your hotel at 10:00 and first take you to one of the local markets in Cappadocia (excluding Tuesdays and Thursdays), where you will select the ingredients needed to prepare your own meal. Afterwards, we will bring you to a traditional local home where the cooking experience begins. First, you will learn how to make Turkey’s most famous soup: lentil soup. Lentils have been cultivated in Turkey for centuries and this soup is renowned for its rich and satisfying flavor.
While the lentil soup simmers, you will move on to cooking Karniyarik (stuffed eggplant). Eggplant holds a special place in Turkish cuisine, and Karniyarik is one of the tastiest dishes made from it. This dish features eggplants filled with a flavorful mixture of chopped onions, garlic, black pepper, tomatoes, parsley, and ground meat.
The final dish will be Sarma, another beloved Turkish specialty. Sarma consists of vine leaves stuffed with a delicious filling and cooked with olive oil. You will discover the secrets to selecting the best vine leaves and learn the art of rolling from a local woman whose expertise will truly impress you. This is likely to be the most fun and memorable part of your culinary journey.
While at the local market, we will also pick some fresh fruits to enjoy as dessert. At the end of the experience, our local hostess will serve you authentic Turkish Coffee. Although coffee itself isn’t native to Turkey, the unique preparation method created a distinctive culture, and it became known worldwide as Turkish Coffee. You will learn how to prepare it, along with the customs and history surrounding this traditional beverage.
The tour concludes around 2:00 PM, and we will ensure you are safely dropped off at your hotel. The price for the cooking class is 90 Euro per person, which includes your guide, transportation to and from your hotel, and the meal you prepare. For individual participants, the rate is 120 Euro per person.
Please email us for more details or to make a reservation. We will respond to your inquiry within 24 hours at the latest.
• Pick-up from your hotel
• Drive to the local market
• Get ingredients for cooking
• Cook meal with the local chef
• Drop-off at your hotel
Pick-up from your hotel
Transportation with luxury vehicles
Lunch
Professionally-licensed English speaking guide
Drop-off to your hotel
Optional tips to the chef, guide or driver
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Once we receive your deposit , we will confirm your reservation and email you the travel voucher within 1 business day. The balance due can be paid at any time before to arrival – or you can pay after the balloon flight in our balloon office.
To confirm this itinerary, please provide us with the details of your hotel in Cappadocia so that we may arrange a pick-up/drop-off service. All hotels in Cappadocia qualify for complimentary pick-up/drop-off services.
Below is the general guideline for our cancellation policy if your agent does not mention otherwise:
Cancellation Policy for Cooking Classes:
If you cancel 48 hours before the balloon flight, there is no cancellation fee.
If you cancel within 48 hours to 24 hours before the ride, we will charge 50% cancellation fee.
If you cancel within 24 hours of the flight , we will charge the full amount as cancellation fee.
We cannot give any refund on no-shows for the flights.