15 editor picks across Greece.
15 cooking classes worth the trip across Greece, editor-ranked by TableJourney. All Greece guides.
Athens Cooking Classes, the Eat with your Greek Cousin studio on El. Venizelou near Syntagma, runs six rotating sessions: the Pita Gyros workshop.
TipBook the Phyllo Pies course if you want the deepest single skill; the Seafood Feast is private only and best booked a fortnight ahead.
Foodies Greece on Leontos Sofou runs a single hands-on programme: students cook seven Greek dishes with the chef, including tzatziki, dolmadakia.
SOYBIRD in Koukaki, a seven-minute walk from Syngrou-Fix metro, runs small-group hands-on classes across Greek, Japanese, Thai and Korean menus.
TipChildren are welcome from about age 8; languages include English, Greek and German on request, useful for mixed-language groups.
Eat and Walk's Learn to Cook is a four-hour hybrid that begins as a market and tasting walk and continues into a kitchen session producing a Thessaloniki.
Foodies Greece teaches a 7-recipe hands-on class from a Leontos Sofou studio: eggplant salad, dakos, dolmadakia, tzatziki, meatballs, zucchini balls and halva, eaten with wine at the end.
The Greek Kitchen on Athinas in central Athens runs the Classic Cooking Class with a market visit and a hands-on three-hour cook, plus a separate evening.
TipThe Classic Class starts at the Varvakios meat hall; book the morning slot for the calmer market.
A market walk from Lions Square at noon into the Heraklion Agora, then cooking at Parasties: salad, dakos, grilled vegetables, cheese saganaki, hand-made spinach pie dough and grilled fish or meat, eaten family style.
ByFood runs a hands-on Authentic Greek Menu cooking class in central Thessaloniki, capped at sixteen guests, covering a full meze and main spread including dolmadakia, Greek salad and a Macedonian sweet ending.
Four hours in the village of Krousonas outside Heraklion: a welcome drink, a museum and garden tour, harvesting vegetables from the taverna's own beds, then cooking and eating the results under the grapevine.
The Artist Athens runs a hands-on Greek cooking class on Kalamida in Psyrri with a rooftop Acropolis view, working through tzatziki, Aegean salad.
TipThe rooftop dinner is the point; book the late-afternoon slot for the Acropolis lit at dusk and the post-class meal on the terrace.
A two-hour guided session at Peskesi in Heraklion that works through the building blocks of the Cretan table, why olive oil is treated as medicine, how wild greens became daily food, and why honey meets cheese.
Ammilos Cooking Experience is a Thessaloniki hands-on class that walks small groups through dolmadakia, Greek salad with feta, zucchini balls and tzatziki, finishing with the prepared meal at a shared table.
CookinAthens runs the Traditional Greek Cooking Class and Meal from a 5th-floor studio in Monastiraki in central Athens, a hands-on session ending in a full.
TipBring an empty stomach; the class becomes the dinner and finishes with Greek wine and dessert.
Two hours on extra virgin olive oil at Peskesi in Heraklion, tasting through oils and pairing them with food so you can tell quality and defect apart before you buy a tin to take home from the island.
Athens Walking Tours runs a four-hour afternoon cooking lesson and dinner on Syngrou Avenue, a small-group hands-on session covering three to four starters.
TipStart time is 16:00; vegetarian guests get a meat-free swap on the lamb course, recipes go home as a printed handout.
4 hours
Discover the flavors of Greece through this cooking class with a market visit. Start the day with a trip to the market and, at the end of the lesson, enjoy the food yo...
3 hours
Taste an authentic Greek family meal during your stay in Athens with a class in cooking gyros. Leave formalities out, grab a beer or a wine from the fridge, and enjoy ...
3.5 hours
Join us for a unique Greek experience that will take off your taste on higher level and immerse yourself in the mystery of the Artist Experience. You will become a dis...