Top Cooking Classes in Turkey

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.

Mutfak Sanatları Merkezi workshops ★ 4.4 · Gaziantep

sehitkamil · Gazi mah. Zübeyde hanım blv No:39, Şehitkamil/Gaziantep

The Gaziantep municipality runs its own culinary centre, cooking a weekly changing regional menu in its dining room and teaching in its training kitchens.

Tip: Workshop dates go out through the centre's own channels, so ring ahead rather than turning up.

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.

Musem Akademi: Yöresel Gaziantep Mutfağı ★ 4.2 · Gaziantep

sahinbey · Karagöz Mah. Sadık Dai Sk. No:16, Şahinbey/Gaziantep

Musem Akademi teaches a dedicated regional Gaziantep cuisine programme from its Karagöz kitchens, the most serious local course open to people from outside the trade.

Tip: This is a full programme rather than a one-morning class, so it suits longer stays.

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.

Musem Akademi: Temel Pastacılık Eğitimi ★ 4.0 · Gaziantep

sahinbey · Karagöz Mah. Sadık Dai Sk. No:16, Şahinbey/Gaziantep

The pastry foundation course at Musem Akademi in Gaziantep covers dough, laminating and syrup work, which is the technical base under katmer and baklava.

Tip: The academy lists 19 active workshops alongside its main programmes, so ask what is running.

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.

My Turkey Adventure baklava workshop ★ 3.7 · Gaziantep

My Turkey Adventure builds a baklava workshop into its private Gaziantep itineraries, which is the simplest way for a short-stay visitor to get behind a rolling pin.

Tip: It is sold inside a wider private itinerary, so ask for pricing on the workshop alone.