Ozlem has Cretan, Turkish and Venetian roots, which has greatly influenced her cooking style. Her passion for food started when she was young, she was always curious and would follow her grandmother around the kitchen with a basket gathering wild greens and herbs. Her grandmother taught her to cook using all her senses – smell, sight, taste, feel. She works as a personal chef, participates in festivals, organizes workshops, is a speaker on panels and seminars, and also writes for newspapers and magazines. Apart from cooking, Ozlem also works as a translator and an interpreter, she has translated 19 books so far!
- Cretan cooking class in Chania with a local expert
- Learn to cook traditional Greek food using family recipes
- Enjoy a traditional Cretan meal inspired by memories of family gatherings
- Get insight into Greek history and culture through the food
- If you select the market option, you will visit the Koum Kapi farmers' market on Saturday morning
Posted By : L2591VIandreaw
Ozlem provides an amazing Traveling Spoon experience. With her background in both Greek and Turkish cooking, she suggested a sample of six possibilities and we conferred on three. Her cultural and ethnic additions to the conversations during the cooking, deepened my understanding of the Greek countryside, life in Crete and her additional experiences cooking in Turkey. The dishes we worked on were - Boreki (summer Turkish pie without the filo wrapping), avgolemeno- lamb with artichokes, onions, carrots, green almonds and calamari stuffed with prawns.
She was also careful with my request for No Chocolate (I’m allergic) and no dessert. Throughout our working together with the preparation, Ozlem took the time to provide other tips that were wonderful recipe additions: how to prepare and stuff the calamari; fillings for stuffed zucchini flowers; preferred spices and how to correctly use a mezzaluna. It felt like I was cooking with an old friend…
Rating :
Posted On : 2024-06-03 03:51:21 
Posted By : zeynepsJ5466YQ
I have visited Özlem's house and tested her very interesting plates, mezedes and main dishes, sweets, all was amazing.
She is from Smirnis and lives in Chania for many years and has a taste of both culinary cultures.
Uses many different ingredients, vegetables and meat (and also seafood).
I am very glad that I had such an experience in Chania.
Thanks a lot Özlem.
Rating :
Posted On : 2024-05-27 06:25:16
