Rethymno: Chrysoula's Cretan Home Cooking Lessons

About This Experience

This is a home cooking lesson rather than a restaurant class. Chrysoula teaches in the outdoor kitchen of her family home in a village in the Arkadi area, east of Rethymno, under a covered terrace with a wood oven, and the group cooks together around one long table before sitting down to eat.

The listing's menu runs from starters such as dakos and tzatziki to mains such as gemista (stuffed vegetables and vine leaves) and moussaka, with cheese pies and honey for dessert. You are welcomed with Greek coffee or herbal tea, homemade lemonade and small olive-oil biscuits, and local wine and raki come with the meal.

The listing says the menu can be adapted for vegetarians and for allergies. Ingredients come from the family's farm or from local farmers.

There is no hotel pickup, so you need a car or a taxi to reach the village. The class lasts about three and a half hours and is taught in English.

Highlights

• Cook traditional Cretan recipes with a local cook in her own home
• Bake in a traditional wood oven, then sit down to the meal you made
• A starter, a main and a dessert, with local wine and raki
• Ingredients from the family's farm and the village

What's Included

• ✓ Cooking lesson
• ✓ Starter
• ✓ Main dish
• ✓ Dessert
• ✓ Local wine
• ✓ Raki

Not Included

• Hotel pickup and drop-off (not listed as included - make your own way to the house)

Good to Know & Caveats

• The listing says the menu can be adapted for vegetarians and for allergies - tell the host when you book.
• Hotel pickup is not part of the listing. The meeting point is the host's house in a village outside Rethymno, and reviewers say the exact spot is a little tricky to find, so open the map pin before you set off.
• Starting times are shown when you pick a date.

Meeting Point

The host's home in a village in the Arkadi area, east of Rethymno (map pin 9H27+M8, 741 50). Open the pin before you set off; there is no hotel pickup.