Turkish Meze Cooking for Beginners

Join our Turkish Meze Cooking Class in Istanbul. Learn to make traditional vegetarian mezes with a local cook. Sign up now for a culinary adventure!

Duration: 2 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Şht. Korhan Zağrali Sk. No:28 - Experience the flavors of Istanbul in our Turkish Meze Cooking Class. Join us for a unique culinary adventure where we open up our warm home for you, then head to our home kitchen for an intimate meze cooking session.
    In this hands-on class, you’ll learn how to prepare traditional Turkish mezes, including:
    Carrot…
What's Included
  • Tea and coffee
Meal Options
  • Carrot Tarator
  • Eggplant Meze (İmam Bayıldı )
  • Haydari (Yoghurt Meze)
  • Zucchini Tarator
Additional Information

Welcome to an authentic Turkish home cooking experience in the heart of Istanbul. Join our Turkish Meze Cooking Class, led by a local cook, where you’ll dive into the art of making traditional Turkish mezes.
You’ll get a hands-on training from a local cook who is experienced in cooking Turkish mezes.
You will be learning how to make your own Turkish…

Location
Şht. Korhan Zağrali Sk. No:28
Şehit Korhan Zağrali Sokak
1- Our community has a driver. If you wish a private transfer to the experience location, we will be happy to check the driver's availability. 2- Istanbul has traffic issue. I suggest you use metro, ferry as much as you can. Instructions to the address via public transportation is written on tickets
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Nishadolma_l
Aug 31, 2024
Thank you Irem for... - Thank you Irem for welcoming us into your home for an intimate and delicious dinner. Sharing some traditional and simple foods with you and chatting as if we were old friends was just what we needed in a big city full of strangers!
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557davef
Jul 18, 2024
Great Experience in a great environment - Irem is a lovely host! We cooked, laughed, shared stories & then we sat and ate together. This is an experience that is definitely worth the time and money. You should try it for yourself. I truly enjoyed this experience and can't wait to make these dish for my family and friends. Thank you Irem and Lokal Bond for this experience
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Bob_s
Jun 30, 2024
Delicious yet vegetarian - This evening İrem showed me how to make four common Turkish meze. Haydari (cheese and yogurt) - The mint is dried and fried in butter but the dill is fresh, chopped and sprinkled in. Babaganuș (smoked aubergine and parsley) Kabak Tarator (fried shredded courgette with yogurt) Havuç Tarator (fried shredded carrot with yogurt)
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Robertsd2434on
Jun 29, 2024
A-meze-ing eXperience - A fun two hour class This evening İrem showed me how to make four common Turkish meze. Haydari (cheese and yogurt with dill and dried mint) Babaganuș (smoked aubergine and parsley) Kabak Tarator (fried shredded courgette with yogurt) Havuç Tarator (fried shredded carrot with yogurt) I ate them with bread and that was a delicious meal. We talked about parents, children, art and Istanbul.
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Antoine_l
Jun 17, 2024
Fun evening learning to cook turkish mezze - We had a good time learning to cook some turkish mezze for our last night in Türkiye! Our host was of great company and very welcoming. I would recommend this activity to anyone and would be happy to try other Lokal Bond classes anytime!
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Daanh421
Jun 11, 2024
Mezelicious - This is a fun activity to do! We had a very friendly welcome. Instructions were clear and we had nice conversations during the cooking.
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Trip19235615691
May 8, 2024
Yummy and easy - I always like and cook Turkish meze, and as I join this cooking class I learned new things. Beside learning new dishes it was great to have time in a lovely home with my friendly host. Thank you for opening your home to me.
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Iulia-aal
May 4, 2024
Recommended - Very nice experience, made of food, sociality and sharing of traditions and cultures. We prepared typical Turkish appetizers, very simple but delicious. A set of useful recipes to tease and surprise your friends and guests. It is an excellent opportunity to get in touch with local people and their customs.
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Randys65
Sep 23, 2024
Didn’t make much food. I skipped dinner but we didn’t make much food. Interesting experience but very spendy - Just too expensive for what we learned. Hope she sends us some of the recipes cause I did not take notes so I need to add some more words to meet the minimum
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From $48
up to 8 guests
2 Adult
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).