It was an amazing day! The location is gorgeous. The foraging was informative and wonderful. The food we cooked was delicious! Would highly recommend this! One of the highlights of our trip!

Highly recommend this tour with Giacomo. He is an expert and full of useful info about the area and food in general. If you love cooking and the planet, book this now!

Our forage cooking class was just the best! We foraged through the coast picking and learning about edible plants while we heard about sustainable farming and the history of farming in Italy and that area. Then we went back to an outdoor kitchen up the mountainside overlooking the Mediterranean Sea and prepared a fresh and delicious meal that we enjoyed together. This was my favorite activity while I was traveling through Italy for 2 weeks.

My husband and I spent a wonderful day trekking with a great group of 8 strangers who were great buddies by the end of the day! We went foraging for wild plants and herbs! We were under the watchful eye of one of the crew from gastronomic trekking! It was appox one hour of walking collecting edible flowers which we then brought back to the rooftop of a hotel in Praiano. There we met Giacomo, the main man who was very interesting and such a wonderful font of knowledge of everything wonderful about food! We spent several hours preparing and cooking a three course meal using the ingredients we had gathered and then sat together and enjoyed the results of our work with a couple of glasses of wine and great chat! A wonderful experience and one I can highly recommend.

From a fascinating educational experience (about foraging, slow food, and Amalfi Coast culture), to a hands-on cooking & dining experience, this gastronomic trek was a highlight of our visit to southern Italy. Throw in genuine hospitality plus a fun group to share the experience with, and you have a not-to-be-missed adventure in Praiano. One note: come prepared to climb steps...lots of steps - a bit of a challenge yet well worth the payoff!

Spent 1 week on the Amalfi coast with my wife and 4 adult children. This event was the highlight of our trip and the meal we made using the collected ingredients was the best meal we had the whole week. Dont think twice about doing this. Just do it.

I challenged my love to find something "different" for us to do on our first ever trip to Europe. Our entire trip was amazing, and Giacomo changed our perspectives about LIVING. It was a hot afternoon, and by the end of an amazing journey we were best friends with nature, and 8 other nice people from around the world (ok, four of us were from Long Island, heh). Do this, you will not be disappointed!

What an absolutely fantastic experience. Giacomo was knowledgeable, engaging, friendly, AMAZING!!! His explanation of the various plants, herbs, flowers as well as the local history was so interesting. After foraging through the fields and woods for an hour or so, we put together a variety of dishes.....salad, bruschetta, frittata, cavatelli, fried zucchini flowers, dessert......YUM!!!! Not to mention a variety of local wines that complemented each course perfectly. We would definitely do this again.

Giacomo led a brilliant day full of food adventures. This leisurely food foraging introduced us to tons of new edible foods (like wild zucchini flowers, and “pig weed”) and brought us a taste of Italy’s approach to slow food. Giacomo then welcomed us onto his family’s farmhouse situated on terraces overlooking the sparkling Mediterranean and spectacular town and Mountain View’s. Together we made an incredible meal featuring all that we had foraged (and then some). With his two chef assistants, he gave each of us close training on how to make the food, including fresh pasta. They then served everything to us in a lovely family-style sit down with delicious wine. Though this activity is a bit off the beaten path (we had to take a long, windy bus ride up there) it is TOTALLY WORTH IT!

The afternoon and evening with Giacomo, Antonio and the rest of the group was fantastic. It was a highlight of our trip to Italy. It was the cooking course we had wanted to include in our holiday but also an amazing chance to see and learn more about the Amalfi region, it’s people and history. Not to mention the beautiful produce and wine. Arranging to do the experience with Giacomo was easy and very professional. We couldn’t rate it more highly. Thank you!

One of our best days in Positano was the magical day we spent with Giacomo and his team. Giacomo’s love and enthusiasm for what he does is contagious. We loved ambling along through the beautiful hills collecting ‘weeds’ for the cooking class and lunch. Not being a cook I was concerned about the cooking class component of the day. I needn’t have worried. It was fun with simple and clear instructions. The food was delicious and accompanied with wonderful local wines. I could have stayed for hours. Highly recommended.

If you have a passion for quality food and spending your time meeting quality PEOPLE then do yourself a favor book this adventure! Grazie, Giacomo it was a pleasure spending time with you and your staff!

This was a perfect outing for our family group of 7 adults. We learned so much while picking plants and then when using them in various recipes. The food was fabulous and plentiful and the setting boasts a spectacular view. Even those who were initially a bit skeptical said this was one of the coolest things they have done. Highly recommend this experience! Thank you Giacomo.

Giacomo is truly passionate about what he will teach you in this wonderful adventure. Actually experiencing first hand the art of foraging, and seeing the love imparted to the fruits and produce by the local farmers is completely eye opening.The bounty of the land and the love and passion of the producers of the gathered and prepared foods create unparalled tastes and flavors that will truly be an enlightening experience. Coming from the United States, where everything is planted by machine, harvested by machine, packaged by machine and transported by machine, the freshness of the harvested food on this adventure is unlike anything we can get stateside. Even “farmers markets” in the US does not have the freshness and flavors of what we experienced on this adventure. As Giacomo said, everyone, everywhere is stressing “locally sourced”. but how local is local? There is nothing more locally sourced than picking your own zucchini flowers (male flowers only, please), “sticky leaves”, wild arugula (rockets), sage, zucchini, and countless other flowers, herbs and leaves. My hat’s off to Giacomo and his Team (this is you Antonio). Tara, it was great to meet you, and you are so lucky to be able to learn from Giacomo. Lisa and Ben, our fellow Trekkers, Awesome meeting you, and yes, we did take the 1,700 stairs down to Positano. John and Cathy, fellow trekkers and stair partners, WOO HOOOOO!!!! If you made it this far into our review, congratulations, and just sign up for this adventure already!!!!! Giacomo..... GRATZIE CHEF!!!!!!

I did not want to leave Italy without attending a cooking class of some sort. This was not only a cooking class but an adventure. The first half was the “trek”. A very easy terrain with fantastic views. Lots of education about the history of the town and the plants we past along the way. We all had our hand in picking the edible greens and flowers along the way. The second half was the fun part where we all had our hands in making so many different dishes. We made apps, then sat down at the table with our beautiful and delicious second courses, and then dessert all accompanied with Prosecco, wines, and aperitifs. I learned so much and can’t wait to use the recipes for an upcoming Italian feast I am hosting for friends.