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Mastering Eggplant

Live from: 

Turkey

Difficulty: 

Beginner to Advanced

Class Duration: 

2 to 2-1/2 hours

Language: 

Turkish, English

MASTERING EGGPLANT

Turkey

Beginner to Advanced

2 to 2-1/2 hours

Turkish

Turkey

Master cooking with eggplant in this vegetarian mezes cooking class, live with a chef from Turkey

If you were invited to a Turkish family home for dinner, it would almost be guaranteed eggplant would be on the menu. Eggplant plays a very important role in Turkish cuisine and the amount of eggplant dishes in Turkey is in the hundreds!  And with over 100 different dishes on record with eggplant, if you're looking for new ways to use this purple beauty, there's really no one better to learn from than a Turkish chef.  


Most commonly known as Aubergine around the globe, eggplant can feel like a bit of a mystery.  Let this class demystify it for you. In this private virtual cooking class, which happens to be vegetarian, you'll learn how to use eggplant in totally different ways by making three different mezes. Mezes, similar in concept to Tapas, are small dishes served as appetizers in countries that were formally part of the Ottoman Empire. In this class, your mezes will include a stuffed "Split Belly" Eggplant, roasted Eggplant Puree, and Fried Eggplant with traditional Turkish Tomato Sauce. Add some pita, and you'll have a Turkish eggplant feast.

20 minute Kitchen Prep Session with a Personal Kitchen Assistant who will get you ready! Includes teaching about ingredients and answering any questions you have as you get ready for your private cooking experience

2-1/2 hour Private Cooking Class via Skype with a highly accomplished global chef who lives where the recipe originated. Perfect for stay home date nights!

Personalized step-by-step coaching, tips, culinary tricks, sharing of stories, and more

A fantastic multi-course meal, 100% authentic and enjoyed as if you travelled to your chef's country!

Music Playlists featuring artists from the chef's country to get ready for your experience

Cocktail Recipes and Suggested Pairings

Recipe Booklet to recreate your dishes again and again!

The Chef & The Dish Certified Tested Class

What You Get

**Classes make a hearty meal for up to four people to enjoy.  If you have a larger group eating, please know, additional fees may apply.  Please message us in advance of booking to ensure you have an amazing experience.

Meet The Chef

Chef Asli

Chef Asli

Bodrum, Turkey

TV appearances across the world, including CNBC, Shane Delia's Spice Journey, and WDR Wundershön

Asli, founder of Bodrum Cooking Class, is a former travel executive. She comes from a family of tutors her great grandfather was a physics teacher and her grandfather was a Professor in Economics, her father still teaches at the naval accademy and she herself was a part time teacher at a University in Istanbul, she says “teaching is in my genes.” As a child, she spent time in U.S. and Belgium due to her father's job. After returning to Turkey and a long career in Istanbul running a travel company and a hotel she changed her life to become a chef in Bodrum. An avid recipe and story collector from all parts of Turkey and abroad she has made a life for her and her husband in the gorgeous countryside of Bodrum, Turkey sharing her love of  Turkish Cuisine to the world as much as she can. She is the co-founder of SlowFood Bodrum convivium and is trying to save ancient recipes in the area with her fellow members.

Asli also does a cookery and life style program on a local TV channel every week. Her program focuses on local recipes, fresh ingredients and is trying to support local farmers by creating awareness. She has been on many TV shows all over the world including Shane Delia's Spice Journey in Australia, "WDR Wunderschön" in Germany,  Luxury List for CNBC World all feauturing Turkish Cuisine.  Skype Chef Asli into your home, and learn a whole new world of Mediterranean cuisine.

Cooking Class Menu

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PRIVATE CLASS

*The base price of most classes is $369 which allows 2 participants in the same kitchen. Each additional person in your kitchen thereafter is an additional $50 USD. So, a class of 4 is actually only $117.25 USD per person! Please know, a $50 USD surcharge will apply if you’d like to add a second kitchen. Looking for group classes? Explore here.

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From $149/pp USD*

My Niece and I took Chef Asli's Turkish Kebabs class. Chef Asli was so knowledgeable and patient. I have actually made kefta kabob a lot at home, and have struggled to improve the texture of both ground lamb and ground beef. I've tried most things: adding baking sode, adding a panade, grating and onion and dehydrating it. When I mentioned this to Chef Asli, her advice was so simple to implement (and unexpected). The result was succulent, tender kebab with not hint of meatball…

Michael Snell

Michael got The Chef & The Dish for his Birthday. We had a lot of fun cooking with our Turkish chef Asli. We made lentil balls with tomato sauce, hummus, beetroot hummus and bulgur salad. It was an incredible meal and a lot of fun!!

Samantha Peterson

We had the pleasure of cooking with Chef Asli from Turkey yesterday. We made delicious Kebabs with a mixture of lamb and beef (and other ingredients), as well as a bulgur wheat salad, and a rice pilaf. We invited guests to share the meal with us, ad all of us really enjoyed it! Chef Asli is very personable, and extremely knowledgeable about her country and the regional foods.

Gayle Teget

We had a wonderful cooking class with Chef Asli Mutlu this weekend! Chef Asli is so knowledgeable and kind - we learned a ton, laughed a lot, and made a delicious meal! Our Kitchen Prep Assistant was also incredibly helpful, and made sure we had all of our ingredients and were ready for our class. The Chef & The Dish is a well-oiled machine - I highly recommend.

Sarah Black Perry

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We’ve had a lot of press coverage and we’re super happy to help people transport their kitchen for the day.

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