Have a food obsession so strong you’d travel the seven seas for a street taco? I get it. It’s so exciting to taste the world and connect with local culture through traditional cuisine. So, grab your stretchiest pants and prep your palette because we’re diving into the most tantalizing bucket list of amazing culinary experiences for foodie travelers.
Taste Tradition with Airbnb Cooking Experiences
Location: Worldwide
Dates: Explore Availability by Region Here
Airbnb recently launched a new emphasis on their cooking experiences that encourages travelers to “unlock the hidden culinary traditions of families all around the world.” As guests, we now have a fresh opportunity to book fun food experiences and taste the countries we explore. Airbnb isn’t just promoting average cooking classes, instead they encourage you to embrace human connection by sharing a meal with local families, farmers, chefs and more. This year, let’s cook Indian with a former pro chef in Singapore or roll pasta with a grandma in Rome.
Indulge in the World’s Largest Chocolate Festival
Location: Paris, France
Dates: October 21-25, 2020
Whisk yourself away to the city of romance with your first true love, chocolate. Introducing the world’s largest event dedicated to cocoa, the Salon du Chocolat Festival, also known as heaven. This festival is the creme de la creme in the chocolate world with over 500 attendees representing 60 countries. The exclusive list of activities include prestigious competitions with top chefs, live performances by cocoa-producing countries, chocolate sculptures and exhibitions, pastry workshops, tastings, and even a chocolate fashion show!
Sail on a Culinary Cruise
Location: Varies
Dates: 2020 Dates Coming Soon
Celebrity Cruises is heading into its fourth partnership year with Fine Cooking magazine and the Emmy® Award nominated show, ‘Moveable Feast.’ The PBS series hosted by celebrity chef, Pete Evans, welcomes next-level artisans and local chefs to prepare the finest dishes in the country. Now, once you book Moveable Feast with Celebrity Cruises®, you become the star and dine with some of the world’s top chefs. The specialty cruise hosts cooking classes, interactive cooking demos, and an exciting excursion called Chef’s Market Discoveries, in which a chef takes you shopping for authentic local ingredients and prepares a private dinner for you!
Stay in a Luxury Culinary Resort
Location: Essex, Vermont
Dates: Check Availability Here
The Essex Resort & Spa is wonderful destination to renew, relax and feed your soul. Each culinary-themed guest suite features decor inspired by the textures and colors of food. The famed culinary experience at Essex is its Cook Academy. You can join personalized cooking classes to sharpen your skills, learn industry insights and take new recipes home with you. Plus, thankfully for our post holiday wallets, this luxury culinary resort starts at affordable price of $87 per night.
Attend the Biggest Pizza Celebration on the Planet
Location: Napoli, Italy
Dates: May 29 – June 7, 2020
Pizza and travel. There is a God. Napoli, Italy, the birthplace of the perfect pie, welcomes 30,000 foodies for one of Italy’s biggest events, the Napoli Pizza Fest. Cheese lovers unite in awe as local and global pizzerias compete for the title of ‘World’s Best Pizza.’ I’ll be the first to say sign me up for any and every trip that involves drool-worthy specialties and learning authentic recipes. Did I mention it’s in ITALY?! I believe we have a winner in top culinary experiences for foodie travelers.
Which is your favorite culinary experience? Let me know in the comments below!
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Definitely want to check out the pizza and chocolate ones!!! Drooling 🤤🤤🤤
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Yessss those were my top two too!