we’ll teach you how to cook six of our favorite Turkish recipes from all over Turkey – dishes like Circassian chicken, stuffed eggplant from southeastern Turkey, Aegean-style mincemeat pastries and more. Once lunch is ready to celebrate the food that we’ve prepared. For a sweet finale, we’ll enjoy a pumpkin dessert laced with tahini and walnuts and Turkish coffee.
Cookistan Istanbul Cooking Classes show you that nothing is easier than preparing a range of mouthwatering Turkish treats.
The experience includes a walk around one of Istanbul's most historic neighborhoods, where you'll discover many authentic shops and farmers markets, ideal places for picking up fresh ingredients for your class. Our cooking class is in Kurtuluş, where has the most unique neighborhood community – a baker, a third-generation milkman, a greengrocer with fresh seasonal produce, a butcher who’s owned the same shop for decades. Nowhere in Istanbul is this local culture more alive than in Kurtuluş, where our cooking experience takes place.
This neighborhood, once home to religious minority groups during the Ottoman Empire, has maintained its unique, community-oriented soul even as fast food chains and megamalls have started to dominate areas nearby.
Visiting the simit stand where the neighborhood lines up for a morning snack, the liver butcher favoured by chefs all over the city, a cheese shop, greengrocer, a traditional bakery and a cured meat and maze shop that this neighbourhood is known for, slowly, a vision emerges of a community life that revolves around food.
Back at the kitchen, we’ll teach you how to cook six of our favorite Turkish
recipes from all over Turkey – dishes like Circassian chicken, stuffed eggplant from southeastern Turkey, Aegean-style mincemeat pastries and more. Once lunch is ready to celebrate the food that we’ve prepared. For a sweet finale, we’ll enjoy a pumpkin dessert laced with tahini and walnuts and Turkish coffee.
We are happy to share our knowledge accumulated in 30 years of tourist guiding and 10 years of professional cooking experiences with you.
ayşın
Hello, I am Ayşın Ekinci;
I studied at the German High School and Business Administration and
Management Faculty at Istanbul University.
I speak German and English.
I have provided Professional Tourist Guidance for 30 years and worked
as a Chef at my own restaurant for 7 years.
I trained chefs and aprentices who are currently working in the most
distinguished restaurants of Istanbul.
In 2013 I and my sister established Cookistan Turkish Cooking Classes
and decided to share the experiences in both fields.
I’m very happy to share my knowledge accumulated in 30 years of
tourist guiding and more than 10 years of professional cooking
experiences with our guests.
The closest station
Osmanbey Metro Station
How to get to the station?
From Taksim: 5mins
Free pick up service
This host can pick up you for free from the closest station!
Exact location provided after booking.
Yes, Cookistan Istanbul Cooking Classes show you that nothing is easier than preparing a range of mouthwatering Turkish treats. has a vegetarian option.
Duration of this cooking class is 5 hours.
Up to 9 people can join ayşın 's cooking class.
Please go to Osmanbey Metro Station which takes 5 mins from Taksim. Then ayşın (host) will pick you up there!
Yes, Cookistan Istanbul Cooking Classes show you that nothing is easier than preparing a range of mouthwatering Turkish treats. has a vegan option.
It costs 110 per person.
You will receive the confirmation within 24 hours.
We accepts these cards on airKitchen.
Cancellations up to 48 hours prior to the class begins will be fully refunded by the airKitchen cancellation policy.
