Let’s start your
culinary adventure
Curated by Tiago Silveira Machado
– Chef & Travel Storyteller
Meet the Chef...
I’m Tiago Silveira Machado, a former travel reporter turned cook, and someone deeply passionate about food, people and places. After years telling stories across continents — and gathering flavours from dishes like spicy curries in Goa or Delhi, tagines and couscous in Marrakesh and Essaouira, ceviches in Lima, paellas in Valencia or a boeuf bourguignon in Bordeaux — I found in Portuguese cuisine a language of its own. One that speaks through aromas, textures and shared tables. My journey brings together storytelling and hospitality in immersive experiences that honour the simplicity and depth of local flavours.
From bustling markets to seaside kitchens, I design culinary moments that connect you to Portugal’s culture in ways that are authentic, personal and far from the usual clichés.
Welcome to the table and welcome to Portugal.
Local Experiences
Taste Portugal where it happens — in the streets, in the homes, at the table.
Each experience invites you to cook, share and connect with the country’s culinary soul.
Atlantic Cuisine Experience
A hands-on culinary journey inspired by Portugal’s Atlantic coast. Begin at a Cascais local market, learn how to choose the freshest fish and seasonal produce, then cook traditional dishes in a relaxed, intimate setting. This experience blends technique, storytelling and shared moments around the table. Rooted in place, flavour and human connection.
Location: Cascais – Lisbon
4 Hours
Lisbon Food
Tour
Discover Lisbon through its most authentic flavours. From traditional tasquinhas to small local producers, this walking tour reveals the city beyond the obvious. Taste classic dishes, learn the stories behind them and understand how food reflects Lisbon’s culture and rhythms. A relaxed and insightful way to read the city through its table.
Location: Cascais – Lisbon
4 Hours
Porto Food &
Wine Tour
Explore Porto’s culinary identity through food, wine and local traditions. This experience combines tastings of regional dishes with carefully selected wines, offering context, history and flavour in equal measure. From everyday food spots to iconic flavours, Porto reveals itself slowly and generously. A journey shaped by taste, conversation and place.
Location: Porto City Center
4 Hours
Portuguese Cheeses
& Wines
An introduction to Portugal through its cheeses and wines. Taste a curated selection of PDO cheeses paired with wines from different regions, guided by stories of origin, craft and tradition. Learn how geography, climate and time shape flavour. A sensory experience designed for curiosity, discovery and pleasure.
Location: Cascais – Lisbon
4 Hours
Private
Chef
A private culinary experience in your own space. I cook a seasonal Portuguese menu using local ingredients, sharing stories, techniques and the cultural context behind each dish. Designed for intimate gatherings, relaxed conversation and unhurried dining. A personal way to experience Portugal — comfortably, authentically and at your own table.
Location: Cascais – Lisbon
Gastronomic Journeys
From vineyard trails to local kitchens, each region has its own delicious story — now available as tailor-made gastronomic adventures, designed for 2 to 4 immersive days of flavour, culture and authenticity.
Porto Food & Wine Tasting
Discover Porto through its flavours, regional wines and everyday food rituals. From family-run restaurants to gourmet shops and vibrant local markets, this experience offers a relaxed yet curated introduction to the city’s culinary soul.
Explore traditional recipes prepared with local ingredients, learn the stories behind each dish, and taste how history, geography and culture shape what arrives at the table.
A thoughtful way to understand Porto — through flavour, people and place.
3-4 Days
Douro Food & Wine Tasting
A journey through northern Portugal shaped by wine, river landscapes and a cuisine that’s both generous and rooted in tradition. From the everyday flavours of Porto to the sunlit terraces of Douro Valley vineyards, each day unfolds through local tastings, family-run restaurants and meaningful encounters with those who keep culinary heritage alive.
Regional wines, seasonal ingredients and centuries-old recipes come together in immersive, unhurried moments — where food tells the story of a place, and the land is always present at the table.
A tailor-made culinary adventure through Portugal’s northern soul, set against the backdrop of UNESCO World Heritage sites.
3-4 Days
Alentejo Food & Wine Tasting
In the vast, golden landscapes of Alentejo, time slows down — and flavour deepens. This journey invites you to discover one of Portugal’s most soulful regions through its food, wine and quiet traditions. From ancient olive groves to family-run wineries, from hilltop villages to open-fire kitchens, each moment is rooted in authenticity.
You’ll meet local producers, taste wines aged in clay amphorae, and enjoy long, laid-back meals in countryside estates or beneath cork oak trees. Expect generous tables, warm hospitality and flavours shaped by centuries of rural wisdom.
A tailor-made culinary experience where simplicity, heritage and landscape come together in harmony.
3-4 Days
What Guests Are Saying
Honest words from those who’ve shared the table, walked the markets and cooked side by side.
These are the flavours and moments they took home with them.
Gallery
Moments from our journeys — choosing ingredients at local markets, connecting with people, and discovering Portugal through its flavours, places and traditions. Come be part of it.
Gastronomic Notes
A journal of edible journeys across Portugal.
Reflections, discoveries and the quiet beauty of cooking with meaning.
Cascais: A Morning at the Market
Mercado da Vila: the heartbeat of Cascais Arriving early, the market hums with purpose. Fishmongers display the day’s catch from the Atlantic — sea bass, sardines, bream — ice glistening under morning light. Fruit and vegetable stalls follow the rhythm of the seasons:...
Beyond Pastéis de Nata
Everyday food, real flavour Portuguese cuisine isn’t built on complexity. It’s built on rhythm, seasonality and repetition. The same dishes appear again and again, changing slightly from region to region, house to house. These are the meals that define daily life....
Travelling to Portugal? Start with these 6 Petiscos
Petiscos: how the Portuguese really eat. Petiscos are not about starters or rules. They’re about gathering around a table, ordering a few dishes, talking more than you eat, and letting time stretch. You’ll find them everywhere — from neighbourhood tascas to seaside...