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Turkish Cooking Class in Istanbul (Alaturca)

72 Akbıyık Caddesi, Sultan Ahmet, İstanbul

Description

Cooking Alaturca offers small group and private cooking classes for both lunch and dinner. The classes are conducted in English but for private group it can also be held in Turkish or Italian. Customers will spend 2h30-3h cooking 5 traditional Turkish dishes and then enjoy those around dinner with some wine, beer and/or soft drinks. The venue also operates as a restaurant

Access & Transport

The venue is at Akbiyik Cad. 72a Sultanahmet, which is a 2mins walk southwest of the Blue Mosque.

Instructions & Recommendations

Min. 2 personnes to confirm the class is taking place and max. group size is 10 people. It is also possible to privatize the class with min. 8 pers. (or equivalent price). Reservations may be cancelled up to 48 hours prior to the class

Meta review

This cooking class is getting excellent online ratings from customers who really enjoyed the passion, patience, and sense of humour of the chefs. Some of the favourite dishes regularly mentioned include stuffed eggplant and red lentil soup, and many are looking to make them again back home. Several parents commented that their children also had fun, but it is unclear what their level of involvement was.

Environmental & Social

Environmentally neutral. From a social perspective, we deem this activity to be positive as it provides a livelihood to independent operators

Conclusion

The dinner cooking class offered by Cooking Alaturca is the perfect opportunity to take a break from visiting mosques and/or shopping and try your hand at Turkish cooking whilst interacting with the chefs and a handful of other customers (group size is kept small). In our opinion, this is one of the better ways to discover the local culture.

Key positive

Located close to major tourist sights and easy to get to

An effective way to discover Turkish cuisine first-hand

Key negative

Quite expensive for Istanbul, especially for a family

Suitability

We are uncertain of age restrictions so best to check directly with the management. Likewise for wheelchair users as there is a short flight of stairs to get in the restaurant and the kitchen counters could be too high.

About this Rating

TYPE

Desktop

RESEARCHED IN

May 2024

PROVIDER

Koreval

Included Items
Food
5 courses
Drinks (non-alc.)
Soft drinks
Alcoholic drinks
2 glasses of wine or beer
Timing
Duration of visit

av. transport time:0h 25m

est. visit time:4h

Regulated hours
Period 1

MONDAY10:30 - 14:30

TUESDAY10:30 - 14:30

WEDNESDAY10:30 - 14:30

THURSDAY10:30 - 14:30

FRIDAY10:30 - 14:30

SATURDAY10:30 - 14:30

SUNDAY -

Period 2

MONDAY16:30 - 20:30

TUESDAY16:30 - 20:30

WEDNESDAY16:30 - 20:30

THURSDAY16:30 - 20:30

FRIDAY16:30 - 20:30

SATURDAY16:30 - 20:30

SUNDAY -

Pricing
Price is for cash payment. Credit card is US$100/pers.
Age band
Age band
Regular price / pers.
Senior
65 - 99
US$90
Adult
18 - 64
US$90
Teen & Young
12 - 17
US$90
Child
3 - 11
US$0
Infant
0 - 2
US$0
It is unclear what the min. age and price are for children

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