Culinary Retreats
Back to Nature Culinary Retreat!
with Chef Yuki in Japanese-Mediterranean Crossover.
A Culinary Hands-On Week-end with Chef Yuki **to Nourish Body, Mind & Soul** with Retreat Chef Yuki in one of Portugal’s most enchanting landscapes.
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Step away from the rush of daily life and rediscover your roots through food, nature, and mindful living.
This retreat is a celebration of life’s simple abundance, of cooking with love, and of reconnecting with the natural world.
Join Chef Yuki for a soul-nourishing week-end near Lisbon where the earth’s abundance meets the art of cooking.
🌿 A Retreat for the Senses
Awaken your mornings early with peaceful guided walks & walking meditation through beautiful landscapes. Listen to the songs of birds, breathe in the forest air, discover plants and animals of the serra to reconnect with the rhythms of the wild.
Each moment invites you to slow down and rediscover the simple pleasure of being close to nature.
🌿 Cook, Learn, and Nourish
Guided by Chef Yuki, a professional Chef and Nutritionist with over a decade of experience in sustainable food, you’ll learn how to transform nature’s gifts into wholesome, immune-boosting meals that delight body, soul and mind. Enjoy creative hands-on cooking sessions, where Japanese- Mediterranean dishes are crafted with love and intention.
🌿 Experience the Power of Connection
Share meals and inspiration with like-minded & kindred souls who value sustainability, wellness, and mindful living. Together, you’ll explore how food connects us — to the earth, to the animals, to each other, and to ourselves.
At day’s end, we’ll come together by the fireplace, allowing the gentle waves of a sound healing to carry us into serenity and rest.
🌿 What You’ll Take Home
- Practical knowledge of healthy, creative, mindful and delicious cooking.
- Improved digestion and vitality with nourishing plant-based meals and nature walks.
- Released stress and restored calm and joyfulness.
- Inspiration and tools to live and eat more sustainably.
- New friendships and deep connection to a bigger community.
Leave inspired, grounded, and empowered to bring more mindfulness, creativity, and vitality into your everyday meals & life.
📍 Location & Dates
Just 1 h away from Lisbon, surrounded by serene forests and fertile land, these retreats run throughout 2025–2026 in limited small groups for an intimate, immersive experience.
🌿 Join Us
Step into a week-end of reconnection, creativity, and nourishment.
Let nature be your teacher — vibrant & healthy food, your fuel.
👉 Subscribe to waiting list to get soon more details and program for the autumn/ winter retreats.
Reserve your spot early — spaces are limited to keep each experience personal and meaningful.
🌿 About Chef Yuki
Guiding this retreat is Yuki C. Jung, a German-certified plant-based chef, nutritionist, and consultant, and the creative force behind allyouneedisveg.de. Trained at the Plant-Based Institute for Culinary Arts in Berlin and with nearly a decade of experience in the world of plant-based restaurants, yoga, meditation and wellness-sector across Europe, Yuki brings both expertise and heartfelt passion to every dish she creates.
She reimagines beloved food classics into vibrant, plant-based, wholesome and high energetic versions. Her menus are colorful, balanced, and deeply nourishing — designed to enhance well-being, focus and joy during moments of mindful practice or creativity.
Yuki’s culinary journey has been featured in **The Guardian, Welt Vegan Magazine, and Vegan Life Magazine**, and she has appeared as a speaker and live cooking guest at leading industry events, including the Ethical Assembly Eco Summit and at Veggie World Portugal.
At the heart of her philosophy lies her vision:✨ “Peace starts on our plates.”
She believes that food is directly connected to both our inner harmony and outer environment. When prepared with creativity, love, and respect for nature, plant-based food becomes more than nourishment — it becomes a practice of mindfulness, compassion, and joy.