5 cooking classes worth the trip across Turkey, editor-ranked by TableJourney. All Turkey guides.
Cooking Alaturka ★ 4.5 · Istanbul
sultanahmet · Akbıyık Caddesi No:72A, Sultanahmet, 34122 Fatih, İstanbul
Cooking Alaturka in Sultanahmet, the longest-running English-language cooking school in Istanbul, doing a four-hour class plus the meal at the kitchen on Akbıyık Caddesi.
Cookistan Istanbul Cooking Classes ★ 4.4 · Istanbul
şişli · Ergenekon Mah., Dolapdere Caddesi, Yunusbey Sokak No:32/A, 34373 Şişli, İstanbul
Cookistan in Kurtuluş, two-sister-run since 2012 doing a market tour plus a six-dish hands-on Turkish home-cooking class one metro stop from Taksim.
Turkish Flavours Cooking Class ★ 4.3 · Istanbul
beşiktaş · Akaretler, Beşiktaş, 34357 İstanbul
Turkish Flavours runs private and group cooking classes in a Beşiktaş home kitchen, taught by a born-and-bred Istanbulite with a market run in the same morning.
Le Cordon Bleu Istanbul ★ 4.1 · Istanbul
çekmeköy · Özyeğin University, Çekmeköy Campus, Nişantepe Mah., Orman Sokak No:13, 34794 İstanbul
Le Cordon Bleu Istanbul on the Özyeğin University campus, the French school's Istanbul outpost running short Turkish-cuisine workshops alongside its full diploma calendar.
Les Arts Turcs Cooking Class ★ 4.0 · Istanbul
sultanahmet · Alemdar Mah., Incili Çavuş Sokak No:19, 34110 Fatih, İstanbul
Les Arts Turcs runs a Turkish-and-Ottoman cooking class on the third floor of an Incili Çavuş Sokak townhouse, group Mondays and Fridays at 15:00 and private by request.