Greek Virtual Cooking Workshop

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Experience the flavors of Greece as you learn to make three family recipes in this virtual Greek cooking class!


Despina

Despina


 
The League of Kitchens

The League of Kitchens

2.5 hours

Class size 1 to 6 (public dates), 10 to 17
$60

Virtual team building activities
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Online Classes
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Food and Drink
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Cooking
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Kid Friendly
Transport your kitchen to Greece in this immersive online cooking class led by Despina, your personal guide to mastering authentic Greek flavors. She’ll share her treasured family recipes and cooking secrets, blending tradition with approachable techniques to make every dish a success.
In this 2.5 hour interactive online experience Despina will guide you through making three of her family recipes. During your class, you'll prepare Despina's fasolada (a hearty bean and vegetable soup), tiropita (feta and ricotta cheese baked between sheets of crispy phyllo dough), and yiaourti me karydia ke meli (rich and creamy Greek yogurt topped with walnuts, honey, and cinnamon).
Your class includes live cooking instruction, a virtual dinner party to savor your creations together, and a recipe packet. With one price per device, it’s the perfect opportunity to share the joy with loved ones while discovering the heart of Greek cuisine! Perfect for foodies, families, or a unique date night!
Knowledge required
Beginner-friendly!
 
What to bring
Shopping List for This Class
  • 1 pound dried Great Northern beans
  • 3 medium carrots (about 7 ounces)
  • 2 large ribs celery
  • 3 cloves garlic
  • 1 medium onion (about 7 ounces)
  • 1 1/2 cups fresh flat-leaf parsley
  • 3 large or 4 small ripe plum tomatoes
  • 1 ¼ cup Greek extra virgin olive oil
  • 5 extra-large eggs
  • 2 cups part skim ricotta
  • 10 ounces Greek feta
  • 4 1/2 cups 5% Greek yogurt (whole milk yogurt)
  • 3/4 cup chopped walnuts
  • 6 tablespoons honey
  • 1 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
  • 3/4 teaspoon Greek dried oregano
  • 1/8 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
  • Ground cinnamon, for sprinkling
  • salt
  • One 17-pound box extra thick phyllo dough (four 16- by 20-inch sheets), preferably Zagorisio brand
Suitable for

Suitable for adults, and kids (minimum 11 years old).

An adult must accompany any attending kids, and must pay for a separate ticket.

This experience would also be a fun gift for her, gift for mom or gift for couples.

More about this class

This class is new, and is covered by ClassBento's money-back guarantee.

Your teacher

Despina

Despina


It takes only a few minutes with Despina to understand her enthusiasm for the very freshest ingredients—her students quickly learn this most important facet of Greek cooking. Despina always finds the best: the creamiest feta, the purest extra-virgin olive oil, the most aromatic oregano. It’s no wonder, given the fig, pear, and pomegranate trees that grew in her childhood backyard and the fish in her coastal hometown of Chalkida on the island of Euboea in Greece. Growing up, fresh ingredients were at the heart of everything she ate.

Despina learned to cook as a child from her stepmother and her father, who also worked as a cook in a soup kitchen. She also loves to draw and to paint, and her eye for detail is crystal clear in the beautiful appearance of every dish she makes. Despina moved to the US in the 1970s and worked as a registered nurse for more than forty years.
Despina and her husband have two grown daughters and for many years her eldest, now a lawyer, ran a Greek food stand at one of Manhattan’s most famous markets—today they often work together for catering projects. Despina’s youngest daughter lives in Italy. Despina lives with her husband in Queens; they also have two grandchildren.
Despina’s delicious Greek cuisine has been featured by Spruce Eats, Food & Wine, The Village Voice, Travel + Leisure, Greek Travel Pages, The Times Ledger, and PRI’s The World.




Your host

The League of Kitchens
The League of Kitchens


The League of Kitchens is a culinary dream-team of women from around the world who will welcome you into their homes, teach you their family recipes, and inspire you with their personal stories.
Each experience offers opportunities for meaningful connection and social interaction, cultural engagement and exchange, culinary learning and discovery, and exceptional eating and drinking. Through this experience, the League of Kitchens seeks to build cross-cultural connection and understanding, to increase access to traditional cooking knowledge, and to provide meaningful, well-paid employment and training for immigrants.

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