Baking & dessert workshops

About the workshops

Unveil the Galilee’s sweet soul with a unique dessert experience.

Combine wholehearted home hospitality and a freshly cooked authentic meal with a specialty workshop, where you will prepare Knafeh; the Galilee’s most famous, and delicious dessert. Learn how to prepare this mouthwatering sweet step by step, from the kata’if “straw” dough to the traditional syrup topping.

Or, if you prefer, learn to make date filled marmoul cookies.

In winter, Galileat’s hosts happily show you how to make fatayer, savory pastries filled with fresh za’atar (hyssop) leaves or wild spinach.

The sweets and pastry workshops can be enjoyed as stand alone experiences or combined with home hospitality meals.

About the experience

Length
1 Hour
2.5 Hours with Meal

Location
Galilee region

Cuisines
Druze, Christian, Muslim, Bedouin

Kosher
Available upon request

Menu
Meat, Vegetarian, Vegan

Size
Up to 15 people

Languages
Hebrew, English, Arabic

Feast your eyes

We have the Galilee covered

Our hosts are located across the Galilee – from scenic Daliyat al-Karmel in the Haifa district, as far as Majdal Shams at the foot of Mount Hermon in the northern Golan Heights.

The range of our host families allows you to easily incorporate a visit according to your itinerary, and make your trip an unforgettable one.

Personalized experiences

As the experts in all things culinary, let us know the desired type of cuisine, location, and date, and we will craft a unique hospitality experience for you.

This was a definitely a trip highlight, It was an amazing experience to spend the afternoon in a Druze family's home and hear firsthand about the culture, religion and have insight into what their life is like. We worked side by side with our hostess and learned to make a number of wonderful dishes, hands-on! We even rolled grape leaves that were picked that morning. She taught us her techniques. After we cooked everything we all ate together in her dining room an and everything was delicious!! In fact, we plan to recreate this meal together as an homage to this wonderful day. I highly recommend!!

What an experience to be invited into a Druze family's home and hear firsthand (Paul translated) about the religion. We were offered a cup of local coffee (a shot) and some local cookies, then went into the open kitchen area and learned to make six separate but equally dishes, hands-on! We actually rolled grape leaves that were picked that morning by hour hostess. We learned the techniques first-hand and everyting was delicious, Hubby said it was like watching a cooking show but getting to taste the results. Highly recommend!

This hands on cooking experience that four couples did together was outstanding. We learned, ate what we cooked and now have in our repertoire new and interesting recipes that are delicious. The couple whose home we were at were warm, welcoming and full of information. The wife was the chef and cooking teacher. The husband educated us for an hour on the Druze society and religion. An amazingly worthwhile day!!.