The 11 Workshops & Classes That Earn Their Price

Corfu: Greek Cooking Class & Olive Oil Tasting - From the old harbor to a hillside family home

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 178 reviews · 6 hours · from $117Our pick

Meet guide Yorgos in Corfu Town, shop for fresh ingredients, then head to his family home for a hands-on Greek cooking class. You’ll visit an old olive press, taste local oil, and share a five-course meal with wine or beer. Transport from selected hotels is available.

“Highly recommend this to everyone staying in Corfu. George is the most personable and welcoming guide, giving you a true insight into local life in Corfu. His home is a beautiful setting for learning to cook in a traditional way and the food you prepare is devine. 10/10 activity and a wonderful way to start my stay in Corfu.”

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Cretan Cooking Class and Olive Oil Tasting

2.Cretan Cooking Class and Olive Oil Tasting

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 178 reviews · 4 hours (approx.) · from $114

At Cretan Vibes near Moíres, Marianna and her mother, Mama Stella, guide you through a hands-on Cretan cooking class in their open-air farm kitchen. Prepare dishes such as dakos, dolmadakia, stuffed zucchini flowers, lamb, and kalitsounia, then taste local olive oil and eat together.

“What a fantastic day of cooking and learning about the Cretan culture and food. Marianne and Mama Stela were so warm and welcoming. Great memories from our holiday, thank you!!”

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Extra Virgin Cooking Classes / Countryside Mill location

3.Extra Virgin Cooking Classes / Countryside Mill location

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 154 reviews · 5 hours (approx.) · from $199

Join Chef Giuseppe for a five-hour Tuscan cooking class near Montecatini Terme. Shop at the weekly market, taste local cheese and olive oil, then cook a four-course meal at his family’s former olive mill beside a stone bridge. The class is in English and suits cooks of all levels.

“This experience was the best of the best! A fun and social time while learning how to cook with an amazing chef.”

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Moires: Cooking Class and Olive Oil Tasting at a Family Farm

4.Cooking Class and Olive Oil Tasting at a Family Farm

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 93 reviews · 4 hours · from $100Best value

At Cretan Vibes near Moires, Marianna and her mother, Mama Stella, lead a four-hour, hands-on cooking class for up to 10 people. You will pick farm ingredients, prepare a three-course meal, taste olive oil, watch a harvest video, and eat with local wine beneath an open-air wooden roof.

“Absolutely amazing! The sweetest mother daughter duo taught us all about Crete culture and we made the best meals. And they were able to accommodate food allergies and allow all guests to still have amazing meals!!!”

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Organic cooking class with a sommelier in an Olive and wine farm

5.Organic cooking class with a sommelier in an Olive and wine farm

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 69 reviews · 3 hours (approx.) · from $143

Meet Alina at Fontanaro Organic Farm near Paciano for coffee, olive oil and wine tasting, then make fresh pasta, sauces, and tiramisu by hand. The three-hour class includes lunch, wine, and a relaxed farm setting. Gluten-free and children’s options are available by request.

“How delicious every dish was. We made 5 different pastas and the flavors of each was unique and so flavorful. The tour of the olive press was quite informative. What it takes to get such high quality EVOO is amazing. So much so that we bought a dozen bottles. And don’t forget Alina’s 6 year old niece. She was so serous in her pasta making, we know who will carry on the business in the next generation. BTW, come veeery hungry.”

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Cooking Classes and olive oil tasting.The real taste of Greece!

6.Cooking Classes and olive oil tasting.The real taste of Greece!

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 56 reviews · 6 hours (approx.) · from $120

Meet George in Corfu Town for a short history walk and market visit, then follow your ingredients to his family villa about 20 km away. Prepare Corfiot dishes, taste oil from a 200-year-old olive press, and share a long lunch cooked the old-fashioned way.

“Our host was very friendly and knowledgable of the area and its history. His tour through the market was very enlightening helping to share with us how the locals prefer to shop for their food, helping us with translations for Market owners that did not speak English. My mother and I were able to sample some local fruit at the fresh market and we were able to sample some Soft and Creamy Feta cheese at Paramythia Traditional Cheeses. The feta was out of this world , I have been to a local butcher recommended to me by another local guide and to the supermarkets to try their soft (like butter)…”

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Chania Sourdough Bread Class – Olive Oil Tasting

7.Chania Sourdough Bread Class – Olive Oil Tasting

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 31 reviews · 4 hours (approx.) · from $108

Near Chania, Nikos, Alex, Veerna, and Kostas guide you through sourdough baking, olive oil tasting, garden harvesting, and a Cretan meal. You shape an individual loaf with olives or seeds, visit the olive grove, roast potatoes in ash, and eat with local wine.

“This was a great experience. The bread making lesson and lunch was phenomenal. The interaction and hospitality of the hosts was so amazing.”

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Cretan Delights – Wine, Olive Oil & Cooking Workshop from Chania

8.Cretan Delights – Wine, Olive Oil & Cooking Workshop from Chania

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 25 reviews · from $474

From Chania, your English-speaking guide takes you through Apokoronas for wine tasting at Dourakis Winery, olive oil at Tsivaras, and a hands-on cooking class in Melidoni. Expect local foods, a family-house museum, lunch, and a small-group or private setup depending on departure.

“This was probably one of the best tours I have been on so far. It was a great day from start until end with stops in different local shops such as a bakery, where we welcomed with freshly baked Cretan delicacies followed by tasting a locRead more”

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Olive Oil Tasting & Fun Baking Class in the heart of Naxos Town

9.Olive Oil Tasting & Fun Baking Class in the heart of Naxos Town

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 25 reviews · 2 hours (approx.) · from $102

Join Katerina for a two-hour olive oil tasting and hands-on bread class in Naxos. You’ll learn how to judge extra virgin oil, make traditional olive bread from her family recipe, and enjoy pie, salad, spreads, and other local treats in a small group of up to eight.

“Caterina was wonderful she was very informative and polite request her for this she was funny and understood English”

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Brindisi: Cooking Class and Tasting in the Olive Grove

10.Cooking Class and Tasting in the Olive Grove

★★★★★★★★★★4.9 · 18 reviews · from $104

Join Antonella for a 2.5-hour outdoor cooking class at a rural house near Brindisi. Learn to shape orecchiette and strascinati by hand, then eat your pasta with local wine, water, and an olive-oil tasting in a centuries-old olive grove.

“Antonella is a super sweet person, who is also really passionate about her Job! She told us many interessting things while teaching us how to make perfect Orichette and many other noodle types :) Would 10/10 do it again!!”

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Soap Workshop, Olive Oil, Lyrarakis Winery and Lunch at Peza

11.Soap Workshop, Olive Oil, Lyrarakis Winery and Lunch at Peza

★★★★★★★★★★4.1 · 7 reviews · 7 hours · from $212

Travel privately from your hotel to rural Crete for a hands-on olive-oil soap workshop, an olive mill tasting, and five wines at Lyrarakis Winery. Manos handles the driving, while Sofia leads the vineyard tour. Finish with a full Cretan lunch in Peza.

“The wine tasting was fantastic. The winery is in a beautiful setting with gorgeous Mountain Views and the weather was glorious so we were able to sit outside to taste the wines. Sofia then took us on a very funny and informative tour of the vineyard - she was fabulous!! Shuttle service run by Manos was lovely and smooth, on time and picked us up right in front of our hotel. Highly recommend this!”

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The 11 Workshops & Classes That Earn Their Price

Corfu: Greek Cooking Class & Olive Oil Tasting

1.Greek Cooking Class & Olive Oil Tasting

Cretan Cooking Class and Olive Oil Tasting

2.Cretan Cooking Class and Olive Oil Tasting

Extra Virgin Cooking Classes / Countryside Mill location

3.Extra Virgin Cooking Classes / Countryside Mill location

Moires: Cooking Class and Olive Oil Tasting at a Family Farm

4.Cooking Class and Olive Oil Tasting at a Family Farm

Organic cooking class with a sommelier in an Olive and wine farm

5.Organic cooking class with a sommelier in an Olive and wine farm

Cooking Classes and olive oil tasting.The real taste of Greece!

6.Cooking Classes and olive oil tasting.The real taste of Greece!

Chania Sourdough Bread Class – Olive Oil Tasting

7.Chania Sourdough Bread Class – Olive Oil Tasting

Cretan Delights – Wine, Olive Oil & Cooking Workshop from Chania

8.Cretan Delights – Wine, Olive Oil & Cooking Workshop from Chania

Olive Oil Tasting & Fun Baking Class in the heart of Naxos Town

9.Olive Oil Tasting & Fun Baking Class in the heart of Naxos Town

Brindisi: Cooking Class and Tasting in the Olive Grove

10.Cooking Class and Tasting in the Olive Grove

Soap Workshop, Olive Oil, Lyrarakis Winery and Lunch at Peza

11.Soap Workshop, Olive Oil, Lyrarakis Winery and Lunch at Peza

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