Turkish Cooking Class in Kaş: Learn Home Dishes with a Local Chef

Cook Turkish home dishes in a real kitchen, then sit down to eat them like you belong there

A small-group cooking class hosted in Hulya's home in Kaş, where you learn to prepare traditional Turkish dishes like karnıyarık and meze, then share the meal you've cooked around her table. The experience opens with coffee and conversation, runs about three and a half hours, and includes a full four-course meal. Vegetarian versions are available on request. Hulya, a former marketing professional from Istanbul who now works as a private chef and ceramic designer, brings both practical technique and personal story to the kitchen.

The experience

What makes this different from a cooking studio is the setting itself. You're cooking in Hulya's actual home in Kaş, not a demonstration kitchen, with a sea view that shapes the whole mood of the afternoon. She starts with coffee or tea and time to talk before you move into the kitchen, the way visits actually begin here. Then you work side by side preparing dishes that show up on a Turkish home table: karnıyarık (stuffed eggplant), two types of meze (traditional cold starters), fresh tomato salad, and Turkish rice. If anyone in your group is vegetarian, she adapts the karnıyarık with onion and tomatoes instead.

The cooking itself is practical and unhurried. You're learning technique for dishes people actually make at home, not restaurant presentations. When everything is ready, you sit down together and eat what you've made, the way Hulya describes it, like lifelong friends. That's when the real conversation happens: questions about what life looks like in Kaş now, how the culture works, what brought her here from Istanbul. The meal and the time at the table are part of the class, not an afterthought.

Hulya speaks English, German and Turkish, so the instruction works in whichever language fits your group. The full experience, from coffee to the last course, takes about three and a half hours. If you're staying nearby in Kaş, she can arrange pickup from distances up to seven or eight kilometers for a small fee.

What’s included

• Coffee and tea.
• a full four-course meal you cook together (karnıyarık, meze, salad and rice).
• instruction from Hulya in your choice of English, German or Turkish.
• vegetarian versions available on request.

Before you book

Days and timesEvery dayDepartures at 11:00 and 17:00

Book up to10h before

AgesAdult (13 and older) · Child (under 13)

GroupUp to 8

Live guideEnglish, German and Turkish

Meeting point and pickupNo hotel pickup: you go to the meeting point. Ends back at the starting point.

Cancellation and refundsFree cancellation up to 24 h before the start. After that, no refund.

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Good to know

Stroller-friendlyPets welcome

Operated by Lokal Bond

Is this one for you?This class suits anyone who wants to learn how Turkish home cooking actually works, not restaurant technique, and who values sitting down to eat with a local rather than watching a demonstration. The small-group format and Hulya's personal connection to Kaş make it feel like visiting a friend who happens to be a chef, not attending a formal lesson.

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Top questions

What languages is the tour guided in?

Live guide in English, German and Turkish.

Can children come?

Yes. Ticket types: Child (under 13).

What dishes do you actually learn to cook?

You prepare karnıyarık (eggplant stuffed with minced meat and sauce), two types of meze (cold Turkish starters that Hulya chooses seasonally but adapts to your preferences), a fresh tomato salad, and Turkish rice. If anyone in your group is vegetarian, she makes a version of the karnıyarık with onion and tomatoes instead.

Do you eat what you cook, or is it just a demonstration?

You eat the full four-course meal you've prepared together, sitting at Hulya's table the way locals do. That's part of the experience: the cooking and the shared meal are one thing.

How long does the whole class take?

The experience runs about three and a half hours, starting with coffee and conversation, moving into the cooking, and ending when you finish eating and talking at the table.

Who is Hulya, and what's her background?

Hulya is a former marketing professional from Istanbul who moved to Kaş and rebuilt her life as a private chef and ceramic designer. She brings both practical cooking knowledge and a personal story about living here to the way she hosts.