Top Korcula Island Cooking Classes

We Learned how to make Croatian hummus, Croatian style of pasta with a meat sauce and Croatian special cookies from the area. We were meet at the bus station and driven to the owners home. Gabrielle and Amelie were our instructors and were fun and informative. If you have special diet requirements they will work with you. They sell the olive oil made by the family. Additional tips for meeting location: Drive past the school and athlete field on your right and the bus station will be a block ahead on your left. If you park on the street or in the parking lot you need to pay for parking, put the paid slip on the car dash. I would recommend this cooking class as it is a good value and a fun experience

Our family of four enjoyed our time with Sanja. It was my son's 11th birthday, and he loves to cook, so this was his activity of choice to celebrate. Sanja included both kids every step of the way and we prepared a delicious meal together. The kids enjoyed homemade juices and candied lemon and orange peels while cooking. We loved learning how to make the pasta and will be trying to recreate at home! Sanja also got a birthday cake from a local baker for my son, which really made his day extra special. Thank you, Sanja!

Highly recommend. Very knowledgeable and in-depth explanation of wine making process and tasting indigenous wines.

Great, friendly, knowledgeable guide. Felt like we were catching up with an old friend, while tasting some of the tastiest wines.

Great host, pasta making & meal ending in an enjoyable balcony chat and unique walk down the hill to the bus. A memorable day.

Sanya and her daughters were absolutely delightful and we really felt like we were with family. Sanya is a fantastic cook and teacher. Not only does she cook but shares the history and culture about the food and ingredients. A must do in Korcula

A lovely few hours in Korcula old town - we tasted 5 wines, learned about the history of winemaking on Korcula and this was accompanied by generous tapas of prosciutto and cheese, also lardo on delicious bread. All of the at restaurant Filippi, overlooking the beautiful Adriatic Sea! The wine expert is knowledgeable and charming, and even suggested a choice for our 5th wine to take into account our preferences. A great experience that we would both recommend without hesitation, you won’t be disappointed!

Great, personalized wine tasting with expert, Kruno. Met at Filippi Restaurant to learn that my husband and i were the only Ones on the tour. Started with a sparkling rose, then a standard posip, then one aged in oak, then a zin and lastly orange wine. Kruno grew up on the island and really inows the wines and their history and context. The setting was sitting by the seawall with incredible Adriatic views on a sunny, clear day. Highly recommend.

Fabulous experience. We would highly recommend this cooking school. Very professional. It felt like you were cooking with family.

"In Croatia, there are no measuring cups; we cook by feel."And with those words from our chefs, Sanja and Anastasia, our cooking class commenced. Located 50 minutes by bus from Korcula in the village of Blato, Sanja's half day cooking class was well worth the journey from Korcula and skipping a day at beach.Sanja kindly met us at the bus station in Blato and after a brief 5 minute drive, we found ourselves standing in her modern, commercial grade kitchen in the basement of her home in the hills, overlooking Blato. After a short introduction, some homemade juices and snacks, we donned our aprons and got to work.Over the next 2+ hours, we prepared bruschetta (made with hummus and unbelievably delicious), handmade pasta with tomato sauce and the traditional Lumblija cake, a recipe which dates back to Napoleon's occupation of Korcula. Most of the ingredients were plucked from her garden (fresh tomatoes, lemon, basil, etc.) out front and Sanja and Anastasia demonstrated immense patience as they worked with us.It's hard to describe but if you have ever longed for the experience of cooking with a distant Aunt in the "old country," this is it. Even though we were strangers, we shared countless laugh as Sanja and Anastasia guided us through the traditional method of rolling Korcula macaroni. Our teens LOVED the experience and didn't look at a smartphone once while in the kitchen.The best part, of course, was actually enjoying the meal. The local wine was free flowing and because we enjoyed our meal so much, Sanja even whipped up some more pasta for our hungry teenagers (one ate 4 bowls of it).Unbeknownst to us prior to the class, Sanja's actually a culinary powerhouse. Not only is she one of the few chefs in Croatia permitted to sell the Lumlija cakes (the government buys them as gifts for diplomatic events), her homemade pasta's used by a lot of the hotels in Dubrovnik and Split. Sanja shared that her kitchen had already produced 600 kg of homemade pasta that year for use in hotels. After making just a small batch, I can't even imagine how much pasta that is.As the cooking class ended around 3, we had almost two hours to wander Blato afterwords. Highly recommend visiting the Blato 1902 d.d. tasting room for some wine tasting and checking out some of the shops in town.