🍽️ Savor the Journey: Culinary Adventures by Departure Depot

Where Every Trip is a Feast for the Senses

Discover the rich flavors, local traditions, and vibrant cultures of the world’s most celebrated culinary destinations. At Departure Depot, our food and wine-focused tours are crafted for travelers who believe that every great trip starts at the table.

Since 2014, we’ve specialized in intimate culinary experiences — from private tastings to hands-on classes — giving you an authentic taste of each region’s story through its people, recipes, and ingredients.

🌍 What You’ll Experience

Whether you’re learning to roll pasta with an Italian nonna, sampling street food in a Vietnamese night market, sipping wine in the hills of Burgundy, or shopping side-by-side with chefs in the mercados of Mexico — you’ll do more than eat well. You’ll connect deeply with the place and its people.

Each tour features:

• 🍷 Visits with local vintners, cheesemakers, bakers, and farmers

• 🥖 Guided tastings and cooking classes in homes and heritage kitchens

• 🧑‍🍳 Encounters with chefs, artisans, and culinary storytellers

• 🍇 Free time to explore, discover, and dine at your own pace

• 👩‍💼 Fully hosted travel with curated experiences that go beyond the guidebook

Our culinary journeys are more than food tours — they are shared experiences that blend flavor, friendship, and discovery in destinations across the globe.