Chania Cooking Class in Crete with rustic, delicious and homely Cretan food!

Join our team from The Hellenic Odyssey, Greek home cooks with a proud heritage, as we come together to create a generous spread of food and to learn about the Mediterranean diet, its origins and its benefits.

You will learn how to prepare traditional authentic dishes that you won’t commonly find in a Greek restaurant. Instead, it is food that you would expect to eat in the kitchen of a Greek family home.

We will put into practice the key element of the diet which looks into how we eat. As the Mediterranean diet places a lot of focus on the role of food within the home environment, we will prepare all the meals together and sit down on the table to enjoy eating together.

The Mediterranean Diet follows 10 basic rules of eating. It not only looks at what we eat but how we eat. It rests on the premise that the very basic act of eating brings people together, it creates a sense of community, it allows for discussion time and it provides enjoyment through the sense of taste. Hence, food forms an important part of the human experience. Food makes us feel, it evokes emotion and memories.

Greek food is not only about sharing food and passing down recipes taught from grandmothers and mothers but it also ensures the recipes are not forgotten. It also follows deeply seeded traditions that imply that one's home is a welcoming and hospitable environment which is open to all.

What you will learn:
Learn about the Mediterranean based diet and its health benefits
Learn to make traditional Greek food using authentic family recipes

What you will get:
Cooking lesson with authentic recipes to take home with you
Consume all the food that has been prepared
Be guided by a Greek host demonstrating the recipes
A hands on cooking classes in a Greek home only 5-10 minutes from the town centre in a warm, cosy, inviting, welcoming and immaculately clean apartment


Sample Menu

• Fava Dip - Yellow Split pea dip
• Dakos - Cretan Barley Rusk with tomato and Cretan local cheese
• Kalitsounia - Kalitsounia - Small cheese pies with home made fillo
• Kotopoulo Kokkinisto - Slow braised chicken in a tomato based sauce
• Gemista - Seasonal stuffed vegetable with rice and herbs
• Pumpkin Fritters - Pumpkin and feta fritters
• Greek Yoghurt, seasonal fruit and Greek spoon dessert


Informacion Adicional
"Not wheelchair accessible"
"Near public transportation"
"Not recommended for travelers with back problems"
"Not recommended for pregnant travelers"
"No heart problems or other serious medical conditions"
"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"
"This tour/activity will have a maximum of 6 travelers"
"Confirmation will be received at time of booking, unless booked within 9 days of travel. In this case confirmation will be received within 48 hours, subject to availability"



Start Time: 05:00 PM
Duration: 3 Hours
Start location: Deligiannaki 28, Chania 731 34, Greece

Cancellations and refunds: All sales are final and incur 100% cancellation penalties.

Included

• Dinner
• Snacks
• Coffee and/or Tea

Not Included

• Alcoholic Beverages

Facilities