Cooking Classes with Olive Oil Around the World: 8 to Book

1.Greek Cooking Class & Olive Oil Tasting

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

Review of Corfu’s Greek cooking class, market tour, olive grove, family olive press, oil tasting, and five-course lunch for $117.

“I would highly recommend this activity. Shopping in Corfu old town with George was fun as he took us to local shops and gave us some local history. We were then welcomed into his beautiful family home and had a wonderful time preparing and eating. We learnt lots about choosing good Greek ingredients, preparing delicious dishes and his family’s olive oil business. This is a great way to experience the beauty and hospitality of Corfu.”

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2.Cretan Cooking Class and Olive Oil Tasting

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

Cook five Cretan dishes with Marianna and Mama Stella, taste estate olive oil, and share a farm meal in Crete for $114.93.

“Great experience!! The hosts, a mother and daughter team, made us feel like family from the time we arrived. The recipes were simple enough, but fresh, delicious, and full of flavor, with multiple ingredients fresh picked from their garden! If we come back to Crete, we would definitely do another class. I highly recommend!!”

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

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

Cook a Cretan meal, taste estate olive oil, and share wine with a mother-daughter team at a family farm near Moires.

“Wow! What an amazing and wholesome experience that Marianna and her mum Stella hosted for us. Their knowledge, hospitality and hosting skills were amazing. I would highly recommend a visit to their farm. All four courses were delicious and the wine and refreshments were a nice added additional touch. If you are coming to Crete I would make it a priority to visit their cooking school for an authentic Cretan experience. 5⭐️”

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

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

Make fresh pasta, taste organic olive oil and wine, and enjoy a family-friendly lunch at a working farm near Paciano, Italy.

“Beautiful setting under the Tuscan sun. Great food and drink. Try to choose small classes. It would be helpful if everyone got the recipes ahead of time. The hotel was clean and picturesque.”

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

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

Cook Corfiot dishes in a family home, shop the local market, taste olive oil, and share lunch in the hills above Corfu.

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

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

Explore Apokoronas from Chania with wine, olive oil, village culture, and a hands-on Cretan cooking class with lunch.

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

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

Taste Naxian olive oils, bake family-recipe bread, and enjoy a generous local lunch in a small, friendly class near Naxos Town.

“This was a one of a kind activity. After a brief time in the museum, the majority of them was spent outside making olive oil bread from scratch, tasting olives, tasting olive oil, and ending with a delicious lunch! To top it all off we were treated to some of the most delicious ice cream (olive oil) I have ever tasted. And Katerina, the guide, was incredibly friendly, kind and knowledgeable.”

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8.Cooking Class and Tasting in the Olive Grove

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

Make orecchiette and strascinati in a Puglian olive grove, then enjoy your pasta with local wine and an oil tasting.

“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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