Our food technology school trips are educational, practical and fun and will inspire your students, to fulfil their potential.
France
A French Market*
The Opal Coast
The close proximity of the Opal Coast makes it a perfect destination for a school food technology trip to France.
Food technology visits:
- Traditional boulangerie with tasting
- Chocolate factory with tasting
- Sweet factory
- Local market
Bordeaux
Found in the south west of France, Bordeaux is famous for its wine production and is one of the most lovely and historical cities in all of France.
Food technology visits:
- Truffle Ecomuseum, Sorges
- Cooking lesson: how to cook truffles
- Gastronomic meal at a local Auberge
- Maison du Vin de Saint Emilian
- Château Villemaurine and its underground tunnels & wine tasting
- Château Boutinet – walk the vines, wine & tapas tasting
- Foie gras farm – guided tour & tastings of foie gras and Monbazillac
- Marché des Capucins (food market)
- Wine tasting cruise
Lyon
Famous for its outstanding cuisine and history of silk making, we think Lyon makes a great destination for a food technology trip to France. Lyon is easily accessible by Eurostar and with flights.
Suggested Lyon visits:
- Chocolate factory demonstration with tasting
- Cookery workshops
- Paul Bocuse covered market
- St Antoine and the Quai Celestin market
More information on our school trips to France.
Spain
La Boqueria, Barcelona*
Barcelona and the Costa Brava
Catalonia offers a wide range of gastronomic visits for students. Students can sample some of the typical Mediterranean cuisine of this region, from tapas to paella.
Suggested visits for your food technology trip to Barcelona:
- La Boqueria food market
- Cooking demonstration of typical specialities
- Tapas tasting walk
- Freixeinet Winery guided tour
- Oenogastronomic – paired food and wine experience
- Visit the fishing port of Palamos – tasting of prawns, seafood workshops, cooking demonstrations
- Torres Chocolate factory
- Torres Winery – guided tours and cheese & wine tastings
- Mercabarna wholesale market
- Oil and wine tour
- Alicia Foundation – research centre for technical innovation in cooking and healthy eating
- Paella or Tapas dinner with Flamenco Show
- Chocolate Museum
More information on our school trips to Spain.
Italy
A Sorrento market, Italy*
Sorrento and the Amalfi Coast
Simple and tasty dishes created with basic ingredients, generally locally produced characterise the typical cuisine of the Sorrento Peninsula.
Here are some ideas for your trip to Sorrento:
- Gnocchi making class – includes gnocchi making, with meal and tastings
- Pizza making class – includes meal, with tastings of local dishes, cheese and meats
- Pasta making class – ravioli, lasagne or cannelloni with tastings and meal
- Struffoli demonstration with tasting
- Ice cream making class – demonstration and tasting
- Olive oil farm
- Local farms – visit the local farms and lemon groves, see how mozzarella is made, taste the local cheese, hams, salamis and marmalades
- Limoncello Factory
More information on our school trips to Sorrento and Italy.
We can arrange a complete package for your trip including the itinerary, accommodation, transport, tours and visits. Please get in touch with us today.
