Tenerife is the most well-known island in the Canary Islands and especially its gastronomy. 5 restaurants which were awarded Premio Michelin, one of the highest culinary distinction award, are located in Tenerife. There’s no place with such a high culinary distinction and prestige.

Tenerife has beautiful beaches, monumental mountains and running and hiking places, but it’s also one of the best gastronomic destinations, where it is possible to make a career in cooking and study culinary higher education.

An island with a delicious historical background

The best culinary secrets in Tenerife are found on their lands, which always have been really profitable for all the people from Tenerife. It’s a fertile ground where potatoes, bananas and lots of vegetables have been grown for more than 400 years.  Honey and cheese are also world-famous in Tenerife, and villagers worked hard to obtain the perfect flavours.

Gastronomic hotel Iberostar Grand Hotel Mencey

Santa Cruz, Tenerife, and the Canary Islands are well-recognized since the 50’s.  After decades of effort,  illustrious guests came and tasted its delicious food, now a gastronomic icon in the city.  In fact, it’s a gastronomic icon thanks to a culinary classroom which offers guests a tasting menu and cooking courses at themed kitchens.

Culinary school in Santa Cruz de Tenerife

La Cocina del Mencey is responsible for training the new generation of chefs in Tenerife. It also offers courses for visitors and people who want to start a career as a chef: European haute cuisine courses, intensive exotic, Indian or Japanese food courses and Spanish and local cuisine courses.  Whether you want to learn cooking to make a culinary career or to surprise someone, The Mencey Cookery Classroom is the perfect place for you. You will learn to prepare a wide range of difficult drinks and cocktails in a unique destination.