Private Mediterranean Fish Cooking Workshop with Irena
Overview
With Irena you will learn cooking and preparing techniques that can easily be repeated at home. This is an interactive demonstration: seafood from A to Z: preparing and filleting fish, a secret of fish soup, preparing mussels (in season only!), seafood pasta, raw fish dishes and Seabream by Irena Fonda recipe. You will learn, discover and taste an authentic Mediterranean cuisine.
What's Included
- Lunch Lunch/dinner, depends on when you start.
- Bottled water Chilled water with/without herbs by glass, unlimited. The water is not bottled, but fresh. We have excellent quality of tap water and do not use bottled water for sustainability reason..
- All ingredients, utensils and recipes.
- Snacks Mediterranian caviar - bottarga tasting available on request: 10 EUR per person.
- Alcoholic beverages Available to buy - white wine (high quality local producers).
Meeting Location
Seča 142
6320 Portorož, Slovenia
Detailed check-in instructions, including the exact address, are provided with your booking confirmation.
This activity ends back at the meeting point.
What To Expect
At Irena's cooking class that takes place at Fonda Fish Garden, we will teach you everything you need to know to become an expert at preparing fish and other seafood. Amongst many skills you will learn is the tricky art of how to tell if a fish is fresh, cleaning, filleting and preparing fish, preparing delicious mussels (in season), making incredible seafood pasta, and how to safely prepare raw fish dishes (the selection of dishes may change depending on availability seasonality and other factors).
The cooking class begins with a glass of local wine or chilled water with local herbs while you get initiated in the world of fish, including such essentials as how best to freeze and store your fish, and a whole host of others. At our workshop you will cook, learn, and have fun making friends in a small group - and as a perfect end to a perfect day, you will gather under pine trees to feast on a delicious gourmet seafood, followed by a sweet farewell in the form of a seasonal dessert.
The class will be run by Irena, a molecular biologist, a passionate cook and an advocate of the sustainable use of the fruits of the sea.
Additional Info
- Confirmation will be received within 48 hours of booking, subject to availability
- Service animals allowed
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- In case of bad weather the workshop could be cancelled.
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Activity code: C-169570P2
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Frequently Asked Questions (8)
The answers provided below were previously given in response to questions from City Balloon Tours customers.
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- This tour requires a minimum number of travelers. If it’s canceled because the minimum isn’t met, you’ll be offered a different date/experience or a full refund.
- Lunch. Lunch/dinner, depends on when you start.
- Bottled water. Chilled water with/without herbs by glass, unlimited. The water is not bottled, but fresh. We have excellent quality of tap water and do not use bottled water for sustainability reason.
- All ingredients, utensils and recipes.
- Snacks. Mediterranian caviar - bottarga tasting available on request: 10 EUR per person.
- Alcoholic beverages. Available to buy - white wine (high quality local producers).
This tour requires good weather. If it’s canceled due to poor weather, you’ll be offered a different date or a full refund.
Apr 2025The minimum age to participate is 10. This tour requires at least one adult to accompany children..
Apr 2025If a date or time is not listed on the calendar, it’s sold out or unavailable for another reason. Support cannot assist further if a date or time is not on the calendar.
If you find a date and time that works for you, book it NOW because things always sell out at this time of year.
Apr 2025Accessibility information for the Private Mediterranean Fish Cooking Workshop with Irena is as follows:
- Service animals allowed
Detailed check-in instructions – including meeting point address, Google map, and parking information – for Private Mediterranean Fish Cooking Workshop with Irena will be included in your confirmation email from City Balloon Tours. Please be sure to double and triple check your email address is correct at checkout so this important email makes its way to you!
Mar 2024Once your refund is processed, it usually shows on your card statement within 5–10 business days. The exact timing depends on your bank or card issuer.
Want it sooner? When you cancel, choose Receive a refund to my wallet instead. The credit is in your Wallet straight away and is applied automatically at checkout on your next booking when you’re signed in with the same email. You can see your balance any time in My Wallet.
If you paid part of your booking with Wallet credit, that part always goes back to your Wallet. Trip protection isn’t refundable.
Oct 2026What's Included
- LunchLunch/dinner, depends on when you start.
- Bottled waterChilled water with/without herbs by glass, unlimited. The water is not bottled, but fresh. We have excellent quality of tap water and do not use bottled water for sustainability reason..
- All ingredients, utensils and recipes.
- SnacksMediterranian caviar - bottarga tasting available on request: 10 EUR per person.
- Alcoholic beveragesAvailable to buy - white wine (high quality local producers).
Additional Info
- Confirmation will be received within 48 hours of booking, subject to availability
- Service animals allowed
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- In case of bad weather the workshop could be cancelled.
