Tenerife: tourist and culinary destination

Tenerife (Canary Islands) has become a popular luxury tourism destination in Spain. Tenerife and its capital Santa Cruz differ from other Spanish city capitals (like Madrid or Barcelona). If you want to know more, read below…

Attracting demanding expert tourists

Recently, many people travel to Santa Cruz de Tenerife looking for something special like the popular gastronomic tourism in Spain, and find in Tenerife’s capital the best example of the Canary Islands gastronomy.  

Many people travel to taste the best food from the islands, and some professional ones come to make culinary courses certified by international chefs in order to improve their personal curriculums. If you want to start your chef career or you are planning to travel to Tenerife to enjoy a gourmet experience, write down the following tips:

Gourmet city hotel: Grand Hotel Mencey

Restaurant of IBEROSTAR Grand Hotel Mencey

Iberostar Grand Hotel Mencey is one of the most popular hotels in Tenerife. This hotel offered for more than 60 years the best services to the people in Tenerife and its visitors, so it has become a symbol for the city visited by many international celebrities.

It is now a fabulous gastronomic hotel in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, where some famous chefs and culinary reviewers meet.

It’s not just a 5-star hotel with exclusive rooms and suites in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, large gardens and a great wellness offer, but with one of the best renowned schools of Canarian and international cuisine,  Mencey’s cookery classroom.

Grand Hotel Mencey reflects perfectly the Canary Islands gastronomy, and apart from its restaurant Los Menceyes and its cookery classroom, it offers new culinary spaces to its facilities and gastronomic services.

La Papa Negra, its new restaurant of traditional Canarian cuisine, Iballa Cocktail Bar, with afterwork offers including live music, dj sessions, drinks and snacks; a beautiful terrace where to enjoy delicious breakfasts and its innovative Sprunch (spa + brunch) … All these attracts all those who travel to Santa Cruz de Tenerife.

Grand Hotel Mencey achieved its goal: becoming a reference point and a tourist attraction in Tenerife. Therefore, it’s not just a luxury hotel, but an interesting point in the destination.

Dishes you should taste:

–       You cannot miss Sushi Lounge Nights. Check the events list in the official website or subscribe to the newsletter at La Cocina del Mencey website. You will also receive information about cooking courses in Santa Cruz.

–       Daily dinner menu: dishes will surprise you for its originality and intensive flavours. It’s an excellent option if you stay at the hotel: you live a fabulous gastronomic experience every day.

–       False marinated tartar… A delight full of citric flavours. It’s perfect for the endless summer climate this island offers.

–       Confit cod. A culinary jewel over sweet potato and onion made with high quality products.

Tips to learn about Canarian gastronomy

Have you always wanted to learn how to cook as a Michelin star chef, but you didn’t have enough time and cooking courses take place at office hours and are really expensive?

You have no more excuses because The Mencey Cookery Classroom offers courses even on weekends, where you can learn how to cook the best Canarian gastronomy recipes and gourmet tapas and you will also have the opportunity of tasting wine, cheeses and typical dishes for free. You cannot miss this opportunity.

It’s located inside Grand Hotel Mencey in Santa Cruz de Tenerife. This cookery classroom is one of the most prestigious one of its kind. Professional chefs of Los Menceyes restaurant organize courses and trainings, but some Michelin Star chefs have also taught in this classroom how to cook with rice or Canarian cheeses, the best techniques how to prepare customized gins, smoothies courses, Halloween sweets for kids…

They also offer family or couples workshops which also include wine tastings and dinners at the hotel restaurant. You should choose the course you are more interested in and you will surely want to repeat again.

 

Cooking classes Santa Cruz de Tenerife

 

How to book a cookery course in Tenerife

You can book online but you should do it in advance as places are fast sold out. You usually don’t need to bring anything to workshops: everything is prepared for you in the classroom, so they are great as a different activity on your gastronomic getaway in Tenerife.
If you want to know when cookery courses take place, you just need to check the Cookery Classroom website or the official website of IBEROSTAR Grand Hotel Mencey where you can also find some news about the hotel facilities, terraces, chill out sessions, after work parties and special events.