Cooking experience in the most beautiful garden near Rethymno

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Summary
Experience Details
What You’ll Experience
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Duration
4 hours
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Number of Guests
1 - 8 guests
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Language
English, French
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Discover the secrets of Cretan cuisine with a hands-on cooking class in a stunning garden close to Rethymno. Master local dishes and savor the unique flavors of Crete.

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For each guest that attends this experience, byFood will donate
10 meals

Experience Details

You will learn how to cook all the delicious Cretan dishes like a local.

And you will do this in a beautiful garden only minutes away of Rethymno

Sample Menu

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Dakos or Koukouvagia
Tomatoes, xinomyzithra (cheese).or a mixture of feta anthotyros and flavoured with oregano.
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Bread
Create your own bread... the wooden oven awaits
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Gemista
Juicy, healthy and bursting with fresh and vibrant colors and flavours! Gemista is a traditional recipe for Greek stuffed vegetables
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Mizithropitakia
They are prepared with sweet mizithra cheese and served with honey
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Chicken with red sauce
Chicken with red sauce and potatoes
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tzatziki
Tzatziki is a traditional Greek garlic, yogurt and cucumber sauce, that is known and loved around the world.

What You Get

Lots of raki and laughter :)
All taxes, fees and handling charges​
All ingredients for your meal
Extra charge if you need a transfer from Rethymno to the meeting point

Good To Know

  • Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
  • Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
  • All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
  • Specialized infant seats are available
  • Service animals allowed
  • Wheelchair accessible

What You’ll Experience

Step by Step to an unforgettable experience The wood oven is hot and waiting! We will meet at a village close to the city of Rethymno - the village of Pigi. A beautiful spacious garden will be the scenery for our cooking class. As we get to know each other you will have the chance to visit our vegetable and herbs garden or enjoy the swimming pool (bring your swimming suit!). Now it's time for you to cook! As soon as you feel ready for work our host will dress you with your apron and will guide you through each of the recipes that you are going to learn. Home-made cheese, ntakos, tzatziki, staffed vegetables, greek salad and much more all cooked to local level perfection by you. Enjoy your creations After preparing all the dishes, lunch follows; we will use a traditional wood-fired oven for cooking our dishes and we will taste everything we have prepared outdoors, in an idyllic setting with a glass of raki and local wine. Let’s savor the wonderful Cretan flavors of traditional cuisine!

Meeting & Pickup

Meeting Point

Euphoria Homes, Eparchiaki Odos Platanon-Moni Arkadiou, Rethimno, Greece, GR, 741 50

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End Point

This experience ends at the meeting point.

Cancellation Policy

Cancel your booking at least 24 hours before the experience start time to receive a full refund minus a 3.2% transaction fee.

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What People Are Saying
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June 21, 2025
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This was a great experience for me, my wife, and our 18 year-old daughter. Beautiful location (once you get there). They taught us how to make some traditional foods while interacting with people...read more

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Warm Hospitality and Traditional Cretan Cooking – A Must-Do!
May 04, 2025
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Maria and Rebecca were absolutely wonderful hosts. It was a chilly, rainy day, and they thoughtfully messaged us in advance to remind us that the class would be held outside (though under a covered...read more

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Lovely Cooking Class!
October 11, 2024
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We attended the cooking class as a large group and everyone absolutely LOVED it! The food was delicious and the chefs were so knowledgeable and kind. It was a wonderful experience and we learned so...read more

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Prepare for left overs
October 02, 2024
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Maria picked us up from our hotel and drove us to Rebecca. Very accommodating towards allergies (i noted them in the reservation). We were only me and my husband and another couple, but I think the...read more

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Wonderful cooking experience
September 16, 2024
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Me and my family (6 adults and 2 children) had a wonderful time at a beautiful garden to have Greek cooking lessons with the hosts Vincent and Rebecca. In the evening Vincent picked us up at our ap...read more

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