Cooking Courses

Duration: 4 - 4.30 hours, starting at 10.30 am
Minimum no. of persons: 6, maximum no. of persons: 14
Price: 130€ per person, without lunch: 75€ per person

Every Thursday at 10.30 a.m. we welcome you at Selene Restaurant with fresh juice, coffee and traditional Greek cookies.
Yiorgos Hatziyannakis and Georgia Tsara give an introductory lecture to the cuisine of the Cycladic Islands and particularly of Santorini, as well as, to the unique local products of our island. The volcanic eruption that took place in the island of Santorini almost 3500 years ago left the dramatic caldera that you see today. With more than 300 days of sunshine and its rich volcanic soil, the island yields a bounty of unusual indigenous herbs and vegetables. White eggplant, capers and caper leaves, fava (small yellow peas), exquisite baby tomatoes - all grown virtually without water.
We will also present you cheeses and sausages from several other Cycladic islands, including Naxos, Siros, Ios and Tinos, brought especially for this occasion. At about 12.00 the presentation and the demonstration of four different recipes will take place:  

- Fava with seafood and mastic sap
- Cold tomato soup with cheese ice cream
- Lamb with white eggplant
- 'Melitinia' (traditional cheese dessert) with tomato and caper spoon dessert 

After we have prepared the dishes, at about 2.00 p.m. you will be able to enjoy the fruits of your labours accompanied by bottle of delicious wines from Santorini which will be presented to you.
Please note that except Thursdays the course is available any other day of the week as a private function from 2 to 6 people for the price of 150 euros per person.

Duration: 3 hours approximately
Minimum no. of persons: 6, maximum no. of persons:14
Price: 90€ per person

Santorini is famous world wide as one of the most ancient vineyards. There are indigenous grape varieties that challenge our tasting pallet. If you are interested about wine, this wine tasting workshop will fulfil your thirst for knowledge. Every Tuesday Yiorgos Hatzigiannakis and Georgia Tsara offer you a 3 hour wine tasting workshop accompanied by 6 course menu.
The wines which are introduced to you are a good sample of the majority of Santorini wine producers. Except the description and tasting of 5 different wines, you will be able to get plenty of information about the history of Santorini wine and the methods and techniques of wine producers plus some details about the unique way of viticulture.

This course is only possible under special arrangement and it is for groups only. 

Day 1
Meeting in 'Selene' restaurant in the morning, welcome with Greek coffee, melitinia, juice etc. Information on the island's gastronomy and history. Presentation and tasting of local products. At noon we visit a taverna where we will be presenting local recipes and hand them out. This will be followed by lunch with the dishes we have prepared. In the afternoon we will visit Sigala's winery (in Oia) and then visit Oia village for the sunset etc. and dinner. 

Day 2
Excursion on a boat, picking up the nets, swimming. Preparation of fish recipes on the boat or in a taverna on the coast and lunch including the fish we have prepared. Afternoon, sunset in 'Selene' restaurant with a presentation and tasting of cheeses and meats from Cyclades.

Day 3
Visit to the Prehistoric Museum and after to local producers and wineries. In the afternoon demonstration of contemporary creative Santorini cuisine in 'Selene restaurant' followed by dinner (gala) with the dishes we have demonstrated.    

Please note that there is the possibility of adding an extra day or replace the 2nd day with an excursion in Ios island where we  can visit a local cheese dairy, the beekeepers and taste the honey, as well as, visit and taste the cheese in the new cooperative  cheese dairy (this is where the niotiko cheese is produced).
These can be followed by a meal in a taverna and return the same day.
An approximate cost of the presentation and meals (including wine) in Selene restaurant, in the taverna and in the boat would be 320 Euro per person.
This excludes the cost for hotels, transportation and visit to the wineries.