Albanian Cooking Class: Taste Tirana's Flavors

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Join our Albanian cooking class in Tirana. Discover traditional recipes, enjoy music and dance, and create lasting memories. Book now for a unique culinary adventure.

Duration: 4 hours

Cancellation: 24 hours

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Highlights

Rruga Bardhok Biba 14 - All dietary needs are catered for: vegetarian, vegan, pescatarian, halal, lactose intolerance, etc. Please mention your requirements when booking.
Upon arrival, guests will be welcomed with genuine Albanian hospitality, featuring meze and rakia. The chef will guide you through the culinary experience, sharing insights into…

What's Included

Lunch
Dinner
Alcoholic beverages
All Fees and Taxes

Meal Options

Albanian Mezze - - Variety of pickles
Fresh tomatoes
Pispili with leeks
White cheese with different jams
Cottage cheese with cornbread
Olives
& more
Burek with Cottage Cheese
Village chicken with “pershesh”
Sheqerpare

Additional Information

Explore the tastes of Albania at our engaging cooking class in Tirana. A welcoming local chef will assist you throughout the experience. Enjoy a delightful rakia tasting and savor unlimited homemade wine. Learn genuine cooking methods using fresh, local produce. Taste a variety of appetizers, all crafted by our enthusiastic chef. Relish a satisfying,…

Location

Cooking Class Tirana

Rruga Bardhok Biba

This is a shop located in the main street, very close to the main Skanderbeg Square, right behind the Tirana International Hotel with a clear bright orange sign with our logo

Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings

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Marius

Sep 18, 2025

Don't miss this - We do one of these on every trip, and this one rates among the best. The hosts are excellent and the food fantastic. A very enjoyable experience.

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Jad

Sep 15, 2025

Cooking and drinking. Perfect combo - Had such an amazing time at this cooking class! The whole vibe was super relaxed, with plenty of raki and wine flowing, but at the same time I actually learned a lot. The hosts were fantastic — really easy going, fun, and explained everything in a way that made it simple to follow. The atmosphere was great, felt more like cooking with friends than a class. Perfect whether you’re on your own, with a partner, or in a group. Honestly can’t recommend it enough — such a fun and memorable experience!

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Explorer521370

Sep 12, 2025

Wonderful afternoon! - What a great way to spend the afternoon. Dervis was wonderful.. Gave great instructions on making the burek and dhalle as well as interesting information on Albania. The class was very relaxed. I enjoyed the raki tasting and conversation. The burek turned out great and was so delicious. Can't wait to try and make this in my own kitchen.

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491francyak

Sep 6, 2025

Nice way to spend the afternoon - Very cute room, nice setting and very friendly staff. They speak fluent English and even Italian. Abundant food, precise explanation, generous drinks. It was a very nice afternoon

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Andromakam

Sep 4, 2025

The best baking and the using of chicken chips in the cinnamon rolls - I loved it so much great people and great baking and cooking I loved it so much and I would come again ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

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Mikayil

Aug 27, 2025

Must do in Tirana!! - We did one of the most awesome experiences yet, an Albanian cooking class in the heart of Tirana. We met Dervis, the owner of @cookingclasstirana who was a gracious yet down to earth host. A shot of rakia and some wine and the fun begins, before the cooking even began!! We met with the other guests, a couple of other Aussies two and couple of Kiwis even, and soon we all got into it, from learning to beat eggs and sugar, correctly, to do ally, getting to stretch dough to make byrek... and potentially, the skill for baklava 😜😜 We made dessert first, as this needed to take time to bake and soak that awesome sugar syrup... We made sheqer pare, a syrup soaked, cookie-like cake. Then for our "entree" we made tomato and onion byrek (we added olives to ours lol) and I gotta say, now that I've had tomatoes in Albania, I'm not gonna wanna eat tomatoes when we get back to AU 😭😭😭 nothing comes close to how tasty the tomatoes are here!! For our main, we made pule me pershesh, village style chicken with a shredded bread stew, kind of turns out like a souffle almost. Dinner was a typical Albanian affair, of course we ate what we made but Dervis dished us up some olive bread, fresh tomatoes and cucumbers, pispili ,"corn bread" with leek and white cheese, gjiza (ricotta/cottage cheese) served with herbed croutons. Everything was perfect and everything was so tasty and fresh, how it should be. I would not only recommend, but I would say this is a must-do when you're in Tirana, it's worth the experience and the good food, as well as the fun and bonding you will have, but the recipes and small skills you learn, you can put to use in your kitchen ❤️❤️❤️🇦🇱🇦🇱🇦🇱

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Deanna_m

Aug 25, 2025

Highlight of our Albania Trip! - This cooking class was a highlight of my group’s trip to Albania. Dervis, our chef, was friendly, knowledgeable, interactive, accommodating, and truly made us feel welcomed. The cooking class was filled with great conversation with Dervis and all class participants, the recipes resulted in delicious traditional Albanian food, and the memories will last us a lifetime! We did the cooking class on our first night in Tirana and we learned so much about Albanian food and the beautiful culture that set us up for the rest of our trip. We want to thank Dervis again so much for hosting such a beautiful night! Highly recommend this cooking class!!

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Lenag605

Aug 22, 2025

Awesome host but the food could be more diverse. - Me and a friend had a really nice evening with many learnings about albanian food and its history. Really recommending the albanian cooking class as it made our holiday a bit brighter. The host entertained us well and it was an overall nice experience. We met some lovely ppl and had a blast while chatting with all of them. Focusing on the menu we give the whole experience not a full score because the it wasn't quite our taste as it was almost solely consisting of dough and gluten with a whole lot of sugar syrup. The tomato salad tho was amazing 👏

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Road27868901688

Aug 16, 2025

Best highlight from trip to Tirana - Cannot reccomend this cooking class enough! The host was fantastic, he was entusiastic and really loved what he do. We learned so much about albanian culture, food and cooking. Such a great experience! A must do it you are in Tirana

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Lexi_t

Aug 3, 2025

I booked this experience... - I booked this experience with my partner and friend as we are traveling in Albania for a wedding and I am so, so happy I found it. Not only did we learn how to make delicious food (the best börek I’ve ever had!!), we were taught the technique and science behind it all. The course was interactive and encouraged conversation between parties, giving us the opportunity to chat with people across the world we never would’ve met otherwise. We also learned a ton about Albanian culture and history during our time at the cooking class, which would’ve made the experience worth it without all the delicious food. I would highly recommend this experience to anyone traveling in Albania as I know the memories made during this class will last a lifetime.

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From $52

up to 12 guests

1 - Adult