In 2023, the global culinary tourism market was estimated
at $11.5 billion. By 2030, it¡¯s expected to be a $40 billion dollar
industry. So it comes as no surprise that one in five travelers angle their
entire trip around delectable cuisines, food tours, tasting experiences at
restaurants, and more. With all this in mind, we gathered some of the most
amazing 2025 culinary experiences around the world. Keep reading to see where
you might experience the taste of your life.?
Traditional Fijian Cooking on the Beach
Nanuku Resort
Fiji offers a plethora of unique culinary experiences in a beautiful
location on a Fijian beach. At least once per week, the entire resort can
witness the making of a Lovo dinner ¨C a dinner cooked in a traditional Fijian
earth oven. The food alone will convince you to engage in other culinary
experiences, like a hands-on experience on the beach where you¡¯ll be taught how
to cook prawns in bamboo on a bonfire. You can take it a step further and catch
your own food, too, as the resort takes guests on deep-sea fishing trips for
tuna, mahi mahi, or marlin, as well as mangrove crabbing. Nanuku chefs will
teach you how to make Lovo Crab. There are also opportunities to go on a
medicine walk for native herbs and spices, a trip to the local market to buy
fresh Fijian produce for a meal, and instructional experiences on how to husk
coconut and scrape the meat for a delicious treat. Foodies will leave Nanuku
with a full stomach and some ancestral Fijian knowledge of how the natural
environment can feed you well.
A 25-Course Tasting Menu in Fort Worth
If you¡¯ve never done
a multi-course tasting menu, you might as well go big ¨C in the way only Texas
can offer. From May 2-6, you can dine on a 25-course tasting dinner at Lonesome
Dove Bistro in Fort Worth, Texas. This limited-time tasting menu is in
celebration of the restaurant¡¯s 25th anniversary and will be hosted
and cooked by the owner, Chef Tim Love, who has appeared on TV shows like Food
Network's Tournament of Champions, Top Chef Masters, The Next Iron Chef,
and Iron Chef Eats. The meal, which will feature dishes from the
restaurant¡¯s 25 years, is priced at $250 per person with supplemental wine
pairings. Seats are limited, so trust us when we say you¡¯ll want to book your spot to try this delightful menu that will
feature exciting meats and bites like a rabbit and rattlesnake sausage dumpling
and kangaroo larb tacos.?
Sharing drinks and food in Morocco. (Photo Credit: Intrepid Travel)
Moroccan Real Food Adventure with
Intrepid Travel
Intrepid Travel offers some truly immersive culinary tours ¨C
like the Moroccan
Real Food Adventure in Morrocco. It¡¯s a 12-day tour through the region¡¯s Amazigh,
Arabic, and European culinary influences in destinations along a route from
Casablanca to Marrakech. In addition to a home-cooked meal in Chefchaouen and
at a desert camp, you¡¯ll take cooking classes where you¡¯ll learn how to make cous
cous, pastilla, stuffed medfouna, and local salads. Expect visits to Fes¡¯ and
Marrakech¡¯s medinas, a women¡¯s cooperative that produces Argan oil, and goat
cheese producers. This is the ultimate food-cation, one that you¡¯ll never
forget.
Picnic in The Flower Fields
Every year between early March and early May, 55 acres of
Giant Tecolote Ranunculus flowers bloom at The Flower Fields at Carlsbad Ranch
in Carlsbad, California. The blooms draw travelers from all over the world who
want to be surrounded by colorful flowers. Elevate your experience at The
Flower Fields with a luxury picnic lunch overlooking the flowers in the Upper
Terrace. These PICNICS +
FLOWERS pop-ups are held on Saturdays and Sundays from May 23 and feature
tea sandwiches, salads, mini charcuterie, and mini fruit pies.?
You Bring the Farm to Table in Mexico
Four
Seasons Resort Tamarindo is the perfect place for travelers who want to
learn to cook their meals with the ingredients they've harvested. The resort
tends to a 35-acre sustainable farm called Rancho Lola on a 3,000-acre
protected nature resort in Mexico. Beyond planting a tree on the farm and learning
about the honey bees on-site, you can tour the ranch, feed the farm animals,
and collect fresh eggs. Best yet, you¡¯ll utilize ingredients from the farm in a
culinary experience that will teach you to make a traditional Mexican stew called
Birria de Chivo Estilo Jalisco. To round out your culinary experience, join the
chef's table breakfast at Rancho Lola, full of fresh veggies, tortillas, and
traditional coffee, much of which is sourced on-site.?
Taste the Sea at Kodiak Crab Festival
This May 22-26, fly into Kodiak, Alaska, for the outstanding
Kodiak Crab Festival. Kodiak
has held this festival since 1958, so it¡¯s a big to-do full of fun activities
like a cold swim in the icy waters, a parade, live music, a fish toss, and all
the fresh crab you can fit in your stomach. To help travelers enjoy this
special crab festival, Alaska Airlines provides a discount of 10 percent to
anyone flying on Alaska Airlines/Horizon Air from their U.S. city to Kodiak.
Just use the code ECMO162.?
Gro Spiseri. (Photo Credit: Alex Temblador)
Dine with Strangers on a Rooftop in
Copenhagen
Gro Spiseri is an organic
restaurant located on a rooftop farm in Copenhagen, Denmark. There is one long
table in the Gro Spiseri greenhouse, which means that you'll be enjoying a
communal dining experience with total strangers during breakfast, lunch, or
dinner. Of course, you don't have to be a solo traveler to join, but the idea
is that 25 people gather together for a seasonal multi-course meal featuring
local produce sourced from Danish farmers and low-impact fishermen. It's a
magical experience that brings lovers of food and conversation together.?
Take an Illuminating Food Route at MIL
Centro
There are very few places like MIL Centro that exist in the world. For
one, it¡¯s located next to the archeological Inca site of Moray in the Peruvian
Highlands. MIL Centro works with the Mullak¡¯as Misminiay and the K¡¯acllaraccay
communities to learn their ancestral foodways ways and give visitors a chance
to learn about them. Those visiting MIL Centro can book three different experiences,
including visits to the archeological site and the farmlands and expert-guided
walks to learn about which plants are used for food and medicine. Each
experience culminates in a lovely tasting menu by the end of the day. You¡¯ll
leave MIL Centro feeling more fully grounded and knowledgeable about the
importance of ecosystems and Indigenous knowledge to sustainable food systems.?
Four Seasons Resort Tamarindo. (Photo Credit: Four Seasons Resort Media)
$6 Bowls of Ramen at the Tokyo Ramen
Festival
From late October to early November, ramen lovers can descend
on Komazawa Olympic Park in Tokyo, Japan, for the Tokyo Ramen
Festival. Spend the day roaming among stalls chowing down on shoyu,
tonkotsu, and shio bowls. The festival will host about 40 different vendors, each
showcasing Japan's regional differences in ramen. Pricing per bowl is
affordable, too, starting at about USD $5.87.?
Go
on a Food Trail Adventure
If you're a fan of road trips, then a food trail adventure
is for you. A number of states in the U.S. have food trails, some of which make
sense, such as the Mississippi Barbecue Trail and the New
Jersey Pizza Trail. Others are a little quirkier in nature, focusing on
favorite regional bites like the Pennsylvania Fermented Foods Trail, South
Carolina¡¯s Pimento
Cheese Trail, and the Arizona Sonoran Hot Dog Trail. Next time you¡¯re
traveling by car through a state, be sure to look up their food trailways so
you can try a lot of different regional bites at a bunch of other places.?
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