For Tour Operators and Travel Professionals
Let's Work Together
PugliaKitchen partners with selected tour operators, DMCs, travel agencies, and villa companies to offer culinary experiences as part of curated Puglia itineraries. We make it easy to include food at the heart of your programme.
Our Approach
Food as the Centrepiece of Your Puglia Programme
For many visitors, the food of Puglia is the main reason they come. The orecchiette, the burrata, the olive oil, the slow-roasted lamb. PugliaKitchen has been building these experiences for over a decade. We know how to make them memorable, repeatable, and easy to integrate into a group itinerary.
We work directly with tour operators, DMCs, and travel professionals to design experiences that fit your programme, your budget, and your guests. From a single cooking class to a full week of culinary events, we handle everything from our end.
Services
What We Offer to Partners
Cooking Classes
From intimate villa sessions to larger group formats. We teach the classics: orecchiette from scratch, focaccia barese, fresh burrata, seasonal vegetable preparations. All adapted to your group's size, pace, and dietary needs.
Private Chef Dinners
Chef Domenico and his team cook an authentic multi-course Apulian dinner at your guests' villa or masseria. Full service, front to back. A sit-down experience that routinely becomes the highlight of any trip.
Special Events
Weddings, corporate dinners, milestone celebrations. We work with your group's venue and brief. From 10 to 100 guests. All food sourced locally, all service managed by our team. You focus on your clients.
Nourish Retreats
A multi-day culinary and wellness retreat experience. Ideal for specialist travel operators building high-end Puglia programmes. Up to 10 guests. Includes cooking, foraging, farm visits, and curated menus.
Market and Foraging Tours
Guided visits to local markets and producers combined with a hands-on cooking session. A half-day format that works well as a programme anchor. Available from spring to autumn across the region.
Custom Programmes
For operators building multi-day itineraries around food, we can design a bespoke sequence of experiences: from arrival welcome dinner to farewell class. Everything coordinated from our side with a single point of contact.
Process
How We Work Together
Tell Us About Your Programme
Send us your dates, group size, location, and a brief description of the experience you have in mind. No need for full details at this stage. We will come back to you within 48 hours.
We Propose a Tailored Format
Based on your brief, we will suggest a format, a menu, a duration, and a price. Everything can be adjusted. We are used to working within itinerary constraints and are happy to be flexible on timing and structure.
We Handle Everything on the Ground
Once confirmed, we manage all logistics: ingredients, equipment, transport, service. Your guests arrive to a table already set. You stay focused on your programme. We keep your team updated throughout with a dedicated contact at our end.
Invoicing on Your Terms
We invoice directly to your company with agreed net rates and standard payment terms. No middlemen, no commissions paid to unknown parties. A clean arrangement that makes repeat booking straightforward.
Why Us
What Partners Tell Us They Value Most
Reliability
We show up on time, prepared, and professional. Every time. Over 840 experiences delivered across Puglia, including many with tight itinerary windows. Our partners know they can build a programme around us.
Flexibility
We adapt to any kitchen, any dietary requirement, any group dynamic. We have cooked in trulli with no oven, at outdoor tables in high wind, and for groups ranging from age 4 to 84. We do not panic.
Communication
Our team is responsive, precise, and genuinely easy to work with. We understand that tour operators need certainty. We will always confirm details in writing and flag any changes immediately.
Guest Experience
Rated 5.0 on Google across 840+ experiences. Guests write reviews unprompted, often saying the PugliaKitchen evening was the best part of their trip. That reflects well on your programme.
Local Knowledge
Chef Domenico is from Puglia. Not "based in Puglia." From here. Born here. The producers we work with are his neighbours, his family's suppliers, his community. Your guests taste the difference and they know it.
Transparency
We work on net rates. No unclear commission structures, no "platform fees." You receive a clear proposal and a clean invoice. We want a long-term relationship, and that starts with straightforward terms.
Where We Operate
Where We Operate
We are based in the Valle d'Itria and regularly serve the surrounding area: the Murge plateau, the Adriatic coast, and the wider central Puglia region. For sustainability reasons, both in terms of ingredient freshness and logistics, we define our operating range on a case-by-case basis rather than promising blanket coverage of the entire region.
Travel costs may apply for locations beyond our usual radius. We are transparent about this from the first proposal. For areas we cannot serve directly, we can recommend trusted professionals who share our standards.
Capacity
Group Sizes We Handle
Intimate cooking class or private chef dinner. Standard format. Best for couples, families, small groups.
Extended team format. Works for group tours, corporate groups, family reunions.
Full event format. Requires a suitable venue. We manage all logistics and front-of-house. Ideal for special events and wedding welcome dinners.
Large events. Subject to availability and venue. Please discuss requirements with our team in advance.
Our Partners
The Kind of Companies We Work With
We have ongoing relationships with tour operators, destination management companies, luxury villa agencies, travel agents, and retreat organisers across Italy and internationally. Our partners range from boutique luxury operators to large group travel companies. What they share is a commitment to quality and a respect for the places they bring their clients to.
Get in Touch
Send a Trade Enquiry
Tell us about your programme and your guests. No obligation and no pitch. We respond within 48 hours with a preliminary format and indicative pricing.
“The best itineraries are the ones where guests cannot stop talking about the food. We have made that easy to promise.”
Chef Domenico Bianco
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