Get familiar with Cretan cuisine🧑‍🍳👩‍🍳What better way to embrace the Cretan culture than with a tasty immersion in its rich and unique cuisine?

The cuisine of Crete is an interesting blend of Greek, Middle Eastern and Italian influences, reflecting the turbulent history of the island. It uses tasty local ingredients, herbs and olive oil, pulses and freshly grown fruits and vegetables, with the characteristic qualities of the Mediterranean diet that is considered one of the healthiest in the world.

We offer a gastronomic tour that will allow you to learn the traditional specialities of Cretan gastronomy & to enjoy the intense flavour of a home-cooked meal. You also can visit our field and directly connect with the products of our land, to learn about organic agriculture.

For our recipes, we use as much as possible our products (cheese, olives, olive oil) and vegetables & fruits organically grown in our field. We purchase free-range eggs from local producers and other ingredients from local markets.

Closing the day we will sit all around our “Family” table and enjoy our prepared meals with local chilled glasses of wine, talking to each other, and expressing our feelings and experiences.

The cooking activities we offer range from half a day of hands-on cooking lessons to 4-6 days of gastronomic holiday packages that also include outdoor activities, such as fruit &vegetable collection, olives harvesting & olive oil production, visit to local wineries & wine tasting and visit the organic farm. 

Session Length

This experience is 6 hours in duration.

09:00  10:30 The Shuttle bus will pick you up from your accommodation and will transfer you to our venue in which the cooking class will take place. 

10:30  11:00  You will be more than welcome by our family staff, offering you a hot or cold beverage while everyone is getting ready to start cooking.

11:15 -13:30  You will continue with your cooking class. Under the guidance of the Cook, you will cook a Traditional Cretan Menu and you will learn how to create delicious dishes.  That will include at least 3 appetizers and 1 main dish.

13:30-14:45  Enjoy the efforts of your hard work with a few glasses of local wine. You have the opportunity to discuss with Cook and our staff about your cooking experience and the recipes.

15:00  We leave to return back to your accommodations.