Culinary Retreats
Back to Nature Culinary Zen Retreat
5.-7. December 2025, Sintra
with Chef Yuki in Japanese-Mediterranean Crossover.
A Culinary hands-on week-end with Chef Yuki to “Nourish Body, Mind & Soul” in one of Portugal’s most enchanting landscapes.
A weekend to slow down, cook with joy, and reconnect with nature in a cozy & intimate group.
Reserve your spot now! There are only few spots available – spaces are limited to keep each experience personal and meaningful.
Special formula for Portuguese locals. Scroll down!
What is it about?
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 this time 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 forest.
Find your inner spirit animal and 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 be part of the creative process and learn how to transform nature’s seasonal gifts into wholesome,
immune-boosting meals that delight body, soul and mind.
Enjoy hands-on cooking sessions, where Japanese – Mediterranean crossover dishes
with influences of Macrobiotic and South-East Asian Cuisines are crafted with creativity, 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 the day’s end, we’ll come together for sharing, allowing the gentle waves of a sound healing to carry us into serenity and rest.
🌿 What You’ll Take Home
- Practical knowledge healthy, creative, mindful and delicious cooking with a focus on seasonal ingredients.
- Improved digestion and vitality through nourishing plant-based meals and nature walks.
- Released stress and restored calm and joyfulness through reconnection with others and the nature world.
- Inspiration and tools for your everyday life to live and eat more sustainably.
- New friendships and deep connection to a like-minded bigger community.
Leave inspired, grounded, and empowered to bring more mindfulness, creativity, and vitality into your everyday meals & life.
📍 Location & Dates
Just 45 min. away from Lisbon, surrounded by serene forests and fertile land of Sintra,
these retreats run 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.
Programm in detail
🍂 Immersive Winter Week-End Retreat
5.–7. December 2025 | Sintra, Portugal (30 km west of Lisbon).
A mindful, plant-based escape guided by Chef & Nutritionist Yuki C. Jung –
blending hands-on wholesome cooking, nature immersion, and mindful living.
A weekend to slow down, cook with joy, and reconnect with nature in a cozy & intimate group.
Leave nourished, inspired, and grounded – carrying home new recipes, mindful rituals, and a calmer way of being.
✨Friday 5th December: Arrival & Grounding
🌿16h00 – 17h00: Arrival tea & snacks at our cozy Sintra retreat house.
Settle in, unplug, and breathe.
🌿 Evening Flow:
- 17h30 Hands-on dinner preparation with Chef Yuki – cook a delicious, grounding Ramen.
- 21h30 Relaxed books & talks: share stories and inspiration.
- 22h30 Digital sunset: Rest deeply, no devices.
✨Saturday 6th December: Awareness, Nourishment & Healing
🌿 Morning Flow:
- 7h30 Wake up gently with a warm yogi infusion and a light breakfast.
- 8h00 Meditation & Awareness Nature Walk – tune into stillness and breath and discover the sound of the forest.
- 10h00 Golden milk & healthy treats among the trees.
- 11h00 Hands-on lunch preparation – cook a creative macrobiotic-inspired meal for balance and energy.
🌿 Afternoon Flow:
- 15h00 Nutrition & Gut Health Talk – how mindful eating and your food choices support immunity and vitality.
- 16h00 Kombucha time & sharing scobies.
- 17h00 Hands-on dinner preparation cook a Japanese – inspired festive menu.
- 21h30 Evening Sound Journey – bathe in soothing forest vibrations and release the week.
- 22h30 Rest and dream, without digital distractions.
✨Sunday 30 November: Connection with Nature.
🌿 Morning Flow:
- 7h30 Begin your day with body awareness meditation, followed by a nourishing yogi breakfast.
- 9h00 Prepare a 5 component buddha bowl pique nique lunch with intention & love.
- 11h30 Check out
- 12h00 Forest foraging – explore the plant & animal world.
- 13h30 Champetre pique nique beneath the trees.
🌿 Afternoon Flow:
- “Find Your Spirit Animal”.
- Create a Nature Mandala – a moment of creative mindfulness.
- 17h00 Chai Closing Circle – gratitude, warmth, and gentle goodbyes.
Investment in detail
Formula 1) Local Portuguese discount includes workshops only*:
- Workshops + Meals Early Bird Price: until 13. November €240 / person*
- Workshops + Meals Full price: from 14. November €280 / person*
- Included for all 3 days: all meals, snacks, beverages, cooking sessions, nutrition class, nature walks, workshops, soundjourney.Not included: accommodation, travel.
*Offer without accommodation valid for portuguese locals only.
Formula 2) Workshops and Accommodation:
Double Room
- Workshops + Meals + 2 nights Double Room Accommodation Early Bird Price:
until 13. November €360 / person in a shared double rooom - Workshops + Meals + 2 nights Double Room Accommodation Full price:
from 14. November €400 / person in a shared double room
- Workshops + Meals + 2 nights Single Room Accommodation Early Bird Price: €450 / person in a single room
- Workshops + Meals + 2 nights Single Room Accommodation Full Price: €490 / person in a single room
- Included for all 3 days: accommodation, all meals, snacks, beverages, cooking sessions, nutrition class, nature walks, workshops, sound journey. Not included: travel.
👩🌾 Important notes:
>The retreat takes place in a cozy casual, private Sintra location; final address confirmed latest on November 28th.
>Food Sources: Rizoma Coop and other local organic providers.
>The retreat starts Friday 5. December at 16h00
>The minimum stay is 2 nights, except for those who have received the discount for Portuguese locals. The reason for granting the discount to locals is the increased cost of living, especially due to real estate speculation. To foreigners and foreign residents, we appreciate your compassion and understanding.
>Segure your spot soon. There are only few spots available and the promotional price for early registration (early bird) ends on November 14th.
>Registration for the retreat closes on November 28th.
>The workshop will be if requested bilingue: Portuguese – English, German or French.
>This is an inclusive LGBTQ+ event.
>Please fill out the form to reserve your spot. The inscription is only valid after filling out the form and payment of the total.
>For any other further request please send an email to: allyouneedisveg@gmail.com
About Chef Yuki
Guiding the retreats 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.
Her origins are from Bavaria and as a kid from the „Alpes“ – her connection to nature and the animal world has always been profound and a source of life energy. Already as a kid she loved going to the forest and forage mushrooms with her father.
After graduating from high school, she studied fashion design & art and worked for more than 10 years as a set & event designer for cultural events & tourism in France. In parallel, her passion was to fly through the skies above french nature and castles in a hot air balloon. He not only managed high-end flights in the Loire Valley, but also travelled with different teams to international championships around the globe. This experience gave her a deep understanding of the adventure travel and experience market.
Living now since 10 years in Portugal, 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 Magazin 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.
