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Foodie Holidays

 

Roll up your sleeves and prepare your tastebuds to dive into our eclectic mix of foodie holidays that are as diverse as the people who go on them. You’ll meet people of all ages and nationalities, travelling solo, as part of a couple or with friends. All that’s required is a passion for food & local delicacies, a love of learning and a refusal to be boxed in. Come and join them.

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  • Cooking and Wine-Tasting in Tuscany

    8 days Italy

    Promising to be not only a cooking experience but also a cultural one, this family-run 7 night Italian cooking and wine ..

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    £1480 pp
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  • Photography & Cookery Holiday Essaouira

    8 Days Morocco

    Enjoy the outstanding photo opportunities in the coastal village of Essaouira, whilst exploring the delicious cuisine of..

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    £1175 pp
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  • French Cookery Break

    4 Days France

    Whip up delicious French classics on this unique 3 night cooking break set in a charming farmhouse in the heart of Norma..

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    £695 pp
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  • Private: Pyrenees Cooking and Culture Holiday

    8 Days Spain

    Combine hands-on cooking lessons with guided visits on this 7 night cooking and culture holiday to discover the culture,..

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    £1385 pp
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  • Intensive Cooking and Culture in Tuscany

    4 Nights / 5 Days Italy

    This fantastic 4 night Tuscan cookery and culture holiday near Arezzo is all about delicious locally produced food, grea..

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    £1019 pp
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  • Italian Cooking in Lake Garda

    4 days Italy

    Stay in a beautiful house overlooking Lake Garda near the town of Torri del Benaco for 3 nights and learn to cook delici..

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    £412 pp
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    Food Adventures

    One of the most enjoyable ways to experience a new destination is through its cuisine. From tasting tours to foraging, you’ll learn more about the local fare and how gastronomy plays an important of local culture.

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    Cooking Holidays

    Whether you're a passionate foodie or new to cooking, everyone is welcome in the kitchens of our cookery holiday hosts. Find your ideal cooking break in France, Spain, Greece, Italy & more.

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    Wine Holidays

    Our wine holidays provide local wine tasting experiences with expert wine producers and sommeliers. All carefully selected to suit any holiday itinerary or budget. Now that's something we can raise a glass to.

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    Top Foodie Holidays destinations

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    FOODIE STORIES FROM THE BLOG

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    16/08/2017 Features

    Cooking classes – the best way to experience a new culture

    Food is amazing for so many reasons. A perfect combination of flavours can be so deeply satisfying, while spending an evening sharing a meal with friends and family is a sure-fire route to contentment (even if that only comes from the peace and quiet after everyone’s left and you’ve finished... Read More »
    18/07/2018

    French Cooking | Pumpkin velouté recipe

    This classic French recipe comes from the kitchen of one of our French cooking and wine holiday hosts and makes a perfect starter or light lunch option. There is no messing around with complex ingredients – this dish is simple, allowing the full flavour of the pumpkin to show off. Serves 4... Read More »
    15/07/2017

    Asian Flavours | Crab, prawn and ginger spring rolls

    This Asian recipe comes from the professional kitchen of our hosts Freya and Chef Maynard at their gourmet cookery school in the heart of the Loire Valley. While the school is in France, Chef Maynard’s skills range way beyond French cuisine, as you’ll see once you try this fantastic recipe. Serves 4 people. Ingredients... Read More »
    19/04/2018 Recipes

    Italian Cooking | Tagliatelle al Ragu Recipe

    Before we start, let’s get one thing clear – spaghetti Bolognese does NOT exist. If you try to order this dish in Italy, especially in the region of Emilia Romagna, locals will scoff at the idea and tell you as much. Instead, locals from Bologna, ‘i Bolognesi’, feast on fresh... Read More »
    17/03/2021 Local Insights

    10 Iconic Italian Cooking Methods

    Italian cooking’s real secret is that it’s actually extremely simple. However, that doesn’t mean that mastering Italian cuisine is by any means easy. Italian cooking methods are the result of high quality ingredients, age-old traditions, and a genuine passion and love for good food that goes pretty much unmatched anywhere... Read More »
    05/02/2021 Local Insights

    4 Italian Dishes you’ve Never Tried (But You Should)

    We all know that amazing food is the result of huge amounts of passion being poured into cooking, and what nation gets more passionate about great food than the Italians? Italian cuisine is everything you dream about in cooking. Incredible fresh ingredients like creamy mozzarella, fragrant basil, rich olive oil... Read More »
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    Dishing up local flavours & hands-on experiences

    Find your perfect culinary adventure

    These hands-on foodie experiences and cooking holidays drop you right in the action with fun things to learn and do on your holiday.  Professional chefs teach you to prepare 5-course meals.  Fourth generation cooks share their secret family recipes and traditional local dishes and local guides take you to the best markets to find the very best local ingredients and visit bars that only a local would know.

    Learn to knead pizza and pasta dough in Italy, explore the gin distilleries of London in a mini Cooper.  Sip regional wine ina French vineyard or incorporate more exotic flavour combinations in far flung places such as Thailand or Argentina.

    Sharpen your knife skills, refine your patisserie baking or take part in the olive harvest.  Learn the art of cheese making in Puglia and wine ageing in Bordeaux or simply simply add to your repetoire of recipes, be they vegetarian, gluten-free, shell-fish or meat-loving.

    Whether you are looking to cook or taste, you don’t fit into a mould and your holiday shouldn’t either.  Never settle for ordinary.

    Who are our Foodie holiday guests?

    Self proclaimed foodies, beginners who struggle to boil and egg, budding sommeliers – everyone is welcome on one of our foodie experiences.

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