Learn the art of Hungarian cuisine by making regional meals and tasty desserts during these fun and easy hands-on cooking lessons for foreigners in Budapest. Whether you long to learn the secrets of the perfect Hungarian goulash soup or want to cook up a three-course feast of Eastern European Jewish gastronomy, these informal workshops provide participants with step-by-step instructions to become a star behind the stove, and those who attend not only walk home with a full stomach but a memorable experience that will impress family and friends far into the future.

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Corso Restaurant

1052 Budapest, Apáczai Csere János utca 12-14.

Those who wish to master the culinary arts can indulge in seasonal cooking classes organized by Corso Restaurant at Intercontinental Budapest. With the theme changing every month, the menu is set up around seasonal ingredients available locally, like strawberries in May or tomato-based and barbecue meals during the summer months. Depending on the number of participants the classes are held inside the hotel’s banqueting kitchen or in the restaurant’s “live cooking” corner, while each session is headed by Corso’s executive chef and sous chef. After all of the meals are ready, participants can consume the fine delicacies – and in nice weather, the meals are served on the panoramic Corso Terrace on the Danube Promenade, where guests admire spectacular vistas over the Buda Castle. As a nice conclusion of the day, each participant receives a recipe book and a chef’s hat.

Prices: 14,990-19,990 forints per person
Minimum number of participants: 10
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Easy Cooking Budapest

Whether you are a beginner or a pro in the kitchen, this boutique cookery school caters for anyone who wants to learn how to prepare fine Magyar meals by using ordinary ingredients that are available nearly everywhere around the world. Here, you can learn how to cook a traditional four-course Hungarian meal of seasonal raw materials, free-range eggs, and local meat varieties, while by request the school is ready to customize the menu for those with a vegetarian diet or for anyone with food intolerance. The menu at Easy Cooking Budapest includes a tasty appetizer, a piquant soup, a hearty main course, and a scrumptious dessert, all prepared on the school’s premises in Budapest’s District II, following an informative tour with possibilities for tastings at the Great Market Hall (or at the Szimpla Farmer’s Market on Sundays). Courses are available to book every day, and they generally run between 1pm and 5:30pm, but it’s also possible to request morning sessions. During the gastronomic gathering, attendees are served tasty Hungarian bites that they can chase down with local wines and pálinka shots.

Price: 89 euros/person (all courses are available in the German language as well)
Minimum number of participants: 2
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