Apple Strudel Class in Salzburg: Is the €60 Cooking Class Worth It?
Updated October 22, 2026 · 4 min read
Yes, if you want a hands-on lunch and a recipe to take home; no, if you want a restaurant meal. The Apple Strudel and Salzburger Nockerl class lasts 1.5 hours, costs €60 per person and is rated 4.9 from 571 reviews, level with the other strudel classes below.
What happens in the 90 minutes
The class is run by the Edelweiss Cooking School and meets at Ursulinenplatz 9. According to the booking page, up to 15 people attend, split into tables of two to four, and an experienced chef guides you. The instructor speaks English.
You take part in every stage of the strudel: marinating the apples and stretching out the pastry, which the page itself calls the fun part. While the strudel bakes, each person makes their own Salzburger Nockerl. Before you eat your creations, the class serves goulash soup. A reviewer calls the beef goulash tasty and says it made a complete meal, which fits the page’s pitch of a lunch option between a morning tour and an afternoon plan.
What Salzburger Nockerl are
The Nockerl are a fluffy, soufflé-like dessert, traditionally baked as three mounds dusted with sugar. The usual explanation is that the three mounds stand for the hills Mönchsberg, Kapuzinerberg and Gaisberg. The story that they were invented for Archbishop Wolf Dietrich’s partner Salome Alt is a legend; at least one historian doubts it, because the kitchens of that period had no oven suited to the dish.
Is the price fair?
€60 buys a hands-on lesson, goulash soup, and the strudel and the Nockerl you made. The page lists taxes and fees as included and also mentions drinks, so check what is poured before you plan on a glass of wine. You will not get a restaurant’s range of dishes for that money. Compared with a dessert in a Salzburg café, you pay for the doing.
Reviews keep returning to the instructors, who are helpful and guide you through the steps, and to the relaxed mood of the room. Travellers describe the experience as fun. The page marks the class as likely to sell out, so book ahead for weekends and rainy days.
Who it suits
- Anyone with a free late morning. Plan the class as lunch.
- Couples and small groups. Tables seat two to four.
- Wheelchair users. The page marks the class as wheelchair accessible. Confirm with the school beforehand, since a label is not a guarantee for your particular chair.
- Travellers who dislike group activities. You will cook with strangers at a shared table.
We found no minimum age on the page. If you plan to bring children, ask the school.
Two alternatives
| Class | Time | Price | Rating | What differs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cookies and Apple Strudel class with lunch | 1.5 hours | €65 | 4.9 from 157 reviews | Adds cookies; the description calls it excellent for families with kids |
| Apple Strudel and Pretzel class with lunch | 1.5 hours | €60 | 4.9 from 46 reviews | Pretzel instead of Nockerl; goulash soup for lunch, recipes to take home |
If you want the Salzburg dessert itself, the Nockerl class is the only one of the three that makes it. The other two have fewer reviews, so the evidence behind them is thinner.
Verdict
Book the Nockerl class for the dish you cannot easily find elsewhere in the same form, and treat it as a meal, not a snack. Skip it if you would rather eat out, if you are short of time, or if you do not want to stand and work for 90 minutes.
Check dates and prices for the Strudel and Nockerl class
More tastings and classes are under food and drink tours in Salzburg. For the evening, see Mozart concerts.
