Cooking Courses

Selene Experience

Selene's aim, since 1986, has been the promotion of local products, Santorini and Cycladic cuisine. We have been trying to transmit this 'experience' to our guests through cooking classes, wine and food tastings and menu degustation. Selene has moved since last year to Pyrgos village and it now spreads in two venues, both located in the same complex as 'Drosos-Chrysos' folklore museum: a permanent exhibition where the visitors can become familiar with the traditional ways of the agricultural production in Santorini and the traditional way of living. So, we can now offer you a unique and complete gastronomic experience with the following options:

T1. Welcome, museum & fine dining

Every Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday you are welcomed at Selene downstairs with a glass of wine, following a visit to the folklore museum of Drosos-Chrysos, while a presentation of the agricultural products of the island completes your knowledge of the farming life of Santorini. A gourmet dinner follows at Selene upstairs (fine dining) with amuse bouche, 4 course menu, miniardise

Sample menu*:

•  Trilogy:

Fish roe with herring eggs and beetroot puree/Santorini zucchini with botarga jelly/Clam and sea urchin with lime foam

•  Squids with smoked fava and cuttlefish's ink flakes
•  Sea bass and zucchini with garlic with stuffed zucchini flowers
•  Baklavas with Santorini pistachios and baklavas ice cream

 *There might be some changes in the menu according to the chef's choice.

 Price: 65 Euros per person excluding drinks and wine.

T2. Welcome, museum, short cooking lesson & dinner

Every Monday, Wednesday, Friday at 6:30pm at Selene downstairs you are welcomed with a glass of wine, following a visit to the folklore museum of Drosos-Chrysos, while a presentation of the agricultural products of the island completes your knowledge of the farming life of Santorini. You will enjoy a cooking demonstration of one dish of the proposed 3 course menu that you will of course afterwards, taste. Below follows an indicating menu that can change through the season:

• Tomato fritters in pita bread and salad
• Pork grilled with cream of fava
• Melitini with strawberries

Price: 45 euros per person excluding drinks and wine.

T3.Welcome, museum, wines & Cycladic cheese tasting

Every Wednesday at 5pm a wine tasting of 10 different local wineries of Santorini is offered at Selene downstairs with the most representative wines from the Santorini vineyard. Georgia Tsara fulfils your knowledge about Santorini's vinification and the local wine production.

For groups over than 6 participants other days are available under request.

Price: 40 euros per person

Duration: 4 - 4.30 hours, starting at 10.30 am
Minimum no. of persons: 6, maximum no. of persons: 14
Price: 140€ per person, without lunch: 85€ 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 165 euros per person.

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 350 Euro per person.
This excludes the cost for hotels, transportation and visit to the wineries.