A journey through Portugal’s taste, craft, and rural soul — designed for teams seeking a reset through slow, grounded, and meaningful experiences.

Description

Designed for:

  • Small teams (6–15 participants)
  • Cross-functional groups, project leaders, management cells
  • Teams in transition, post-project decompression, or creative reset mode

What is it?

Gastro Hunt is a curated 2–3 day corporate experience focused on culinary immersion, hands-on regional traditions, and authentic encounters. Tailored for small corporate teams – from executives to cross-functional creative groups – this program removes participants from their everyday roles and drops them into the world of shepherds, foragers, winemakers, and fire-side chefs.

By doing what they’ve never done – milking goats, tasting raw olive oil, baking ancient bread, or cooking under stars – participants expand perspective, build connection, and slow down enough to see each other (and themselves) differently.

Why it works

Recent studies in experiential learning and embodied cognition show that physical, manual, and sensory experiences rewire perception and unlock creative pathways. Learning non-professional skills in new contexts boosts empathy, curiosity, and stress release. Culinary processes, in particular, engage both memory and collaboration centers in the brain – deepening team dynamics.

Services provied
Into the Mountains
  • Arrival in a rural eco-villa
  • Guided herb foraging walk + plant identification challenge
  • Cooking session: wild mushroom açorda & trout over fire
  • Evening by the fireplace: wine tasting and storytelling game
  • Focus: grounding, opening up, connecting with nature
Taste and Craft in Coimbra Region
  • Morning transfer to a goat cheese farm near Coimbra
  • Activities: Milk a goat (yes, really)
  • Learn the art of raw cheese production
  • Lunch: prepare and taste chanfana (goat stew in red wine) together with local cook
  • Optional: cider tasting or small hike to Roman ruins nearby
  • Focus: breaking routines, learning with the body, humor + humility
The Castle and the Sky
  • Drive through Alentejo landscapes to reach a vineyard or olive farm
  • Olive oil ritual: tasting, pressing, and blending exercise as a team
  • Optional split:
  • Group 1: help build a small clay oven
  • Group 2: harvest and roast chestnuts, bake bread
  • Closing ceremony at sunset by Marvão castle ruins, with local wine and acoustic music
  • Focus: integration, reward, reflection
Included in the program:
  • 2–3 nights accommodation in eco-villas or rural hotels
  • All meals (including those cooked by participants)
  • All workshops, materials, and facilitation
  • Wine/olive/cheese tastings
  • Transportation and guide
  • Optional: team coaching/reflection module
Program Lead
Person Portrait
Hosted by
Team of local private chefs
in Portuguese & English
since 2025
Each of our chefs is a story to tell. All of them are a great spirit to offer great tastes, new knowledge and experience to remember.
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