The activities of the Month in the Classroom Kitchen Mencey

The Iberostar Grand Hotel Mencey has been a historical reference for decades on the island of Tenerife, regarding the most exquisite and cutting edge cuisine. Leading this gastronomic experience is the executive chef Juan Carlos Clemente and the Mencey Cookery Classroom, a space designed to enjoy a culinary experience.

During the month of March, the Mencey Cookery classroom offers 2 special cooking courses in Tenerife for all food lovers.

Gastronomic hotel in Tenerife

The first, is a special course on the world of mushrooms and will be carried out by chef José Miguel Barrera with the invaluable help of the expert Carmen Delgado.

For the next course, dated on 26^th March 2014, the chef Javi Martin will present a special course on ceviche and carpaccio. Guided by the talented chef, you will enjoy and learn the best tricks on how to make ceviche and carpaccio, plus the most delicious dressings.

The course fee is 60€, and some of the recipes that the attendees will learn to prepare, include ceviche de pompano with avocado, beef carpaccio with balsamic dressing and vegetable carpaccio with a dressing of boletus and rosemary.

Cooking course in Tenerife

It is also possible to arrange private courses with the chef, with friends or colleagues. Enjoy a perfect evening learning how to cook traditional Canarian recipes or elaborate dishes while enjoying a beer, wine or a gin and tonic in the best company.

The Cookery Classroom is also available for events, gastronomic team-buildings, product presentations and other events. For more information, visit the official website of the Mencey Cookery Classroom.

            

Where to eat in Tenerife

The island of Santa Cruz de Tenerife offers endless dining options , both to enjoy authentic Canarian food as to be surprised with the cuisine of the most prominent chefs in the Canary Islands . Being a tourist destination also has a wide range of restaurants of all kinds and prices.

Definitely, one of the best restaurants in Tenerife is the restaurant of Los Menceyes. It is one of the 3 restaurants that are part of the hotel Iberostar Grand Mencey spectacular, the reference for gastronomic hotels on the islands.

Despite the rise of acceptance worldwide in Spanish cuisine, and the increasing prestige of Spanish chefs, the Canary Islands have not experienced this success. There are few fine dinning restaurants in Tenerife, although the important is that, specially in this case, it is quality before quantity.

Iberostar Hotels & Resorts’s commitment to offer the highest quality services also feeds a growing  demand for this type of cuisine, which many experts consider that it has been neglected and abused in favour of other sectors and industries.

The truth is that, both Tenerife and the other Canary Islands have a rich and varied cuisine influenced by Spanish, African, and Latin America, with excellent raw materials but a serious lack of recognition.

The chef Juan Carlos Clemente, born in the Canaries and passionate about Canarian food, is committed to local cuisine and, at the same time, reinterprets family and traditional recipes with which he grew up. As Executive Chef of the hotel, he is responsible for the 3 restaurants and 3 bars the hotel has, and at the same time leads Mencey’s Cookery Classroom, a unique space where there are cooking courses, gastronomic cycles and conferences, and all types of events and celebrations on the island.