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Experience the essence of Greek food by joining:

Isabella’s secret cooking class or one of her food storytelling dinners!

Cellar Secrets

Isabella Zampetaki, food&travel writer and author, hosts this one-of-a-kind cooking class in The Artist Hotel’s Cellar in downtown Athens. 

Surrounded by the cellar’s mystique, you will discover big and small secrets about real Greek food. 

Isabella is a great cultural storyteller and an avid cook and will guide you into preparing five dishes typical of what us Greeks share around our Sunday table.

This authentic homestyle dinner will then be served on the Artist’s rooftop restaurant, with a stunning view of the Acropolis.

What’s on the menu

  • Iced tisane made with Cretan mountain tea
  • Handmade fresh herb bread rolls
  • Fava, the quintessential Greek meze
  • Dakos salad with a twist
  • Veal with orzo giouvetsi
  • Greek gold & chocolate mousse

Apart from learning cooking secrets applicable to any recipe you prepare at home, you will immerse yourself in a fun, storytelling experience about the essence of Greek food. And you will take away with you the recipes of all dishes prepared, along with Isabella’s tips about amazing secret food spots in Athens.

Isabella’s secret cooking class takes place every Wednesday at 4pm in The Artist Hotel’s Cellar, 7 Kalamida str, Monastiraki metro.

It lasts three hours, followed by dinner with a stunning view of the Acropolis and costs 140 euros per person.

To make a reservation request, contact [email protected] and please do mention who recommended this experience to you!

Dinner with an author

Isabella takes you on a storytelling journey through olive groves, mountain tops and shepherds’ huts and shares some of Greece’s most iconic local products.

Her food storytelling inspired awarded chef Gikas Xenakis to create a fine dining four-course menu based on Cretan traditions with wine pairing from indigenous grape varieties.

Join Isabella’s weekly table at Aleria fine dining restaurant, 64 M. Alexandrou str.!

Food storytelling starts at 6pm, followed by a four-course dinner with wine pairing and costs 220 euros per person.

To find out more about this week’s dinner, contact [email protected] and please do mention who recommended this experience to you!

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Handcrafted Athens walking tour

In this inspirational walk around Plaka and Koukaki, you will discover stunning pieces of handmade art dating from antiquity to the present day. Isabella will shed light -and stories- on details that often go unnoticed and take you inside selected ceramics, loom weaving, jewelry and arts workshops.

An elegant blend of classical beauty and contemporary aesthetics, this unusual walk will introduce you to some of Athens’ creative minds and will inspire you to express yourself in your artform of choice, over a glass of wine.

  • 3 hours
  • 150 euros per person, minimum 2

To make a reservation request, contact [email protected] and please do mention who recommended this experience to you!