From Market to Plate: visit to Funchal market and culinary experience

The experience begins with a guided visit to the local market, where you’ll discover the origins, traditions, and history behind Madeira’s tropical fruits, exotic flowers, unique fish, and seasonal vegetables. As you wander through the colorful stalls, your guide will share fascinating insights into local food culture, followed by a chance to taste some of the freshest fruits available. Just a short five-minute walk from the market, you’ll arrive at our restaurant, where a young and enthusiastic team welcomes you for an entertaining culinary experience.

Rather than a hands-on class, this is a lively cooking show led by our talented chef, who will demonstrate how to prepare a variety of dishes such as local fish ceviche, the iconic espada fish with banana guacamole, and the traditional “espetada” (beef on a skewer). At the chef’s table, you’ll learn simple yet impressive techniques that you can recreate at home. The experience concludes with a delightful lunch featuring the dishes prepared during the show, paired with carefully selected Portuguese wines. It’s an engaging culinary journey filled with flavor, laughter, and shared stories — a perfect experience for food lovers, and vegetarians are warmly welcomed too.