Welcome
Hi, we are glad to have you here.
We are Claire and Rosemary, founders and culinary explorers of Authentic Food Quest. We are passionate about helping you connect to the local culture through food.
If you love learning about cultures and new foods, welcome home!
At Authentic Food Quest, our mission is transform your travels through immersive culinary experiences that celebrate local cultures.
How the Authentic Food Quest
Culinary Journey Began
2015 was a pivotal year
Partners in life and business, we took a leap of faith and created Authentic Food Quest in mid-2015. At the time, we were working tirelessly in our corporate careers and had reached a point where we were dissatisfied and feeling like “just another cog in the system.”
We knew life could be better. So, together with our love for food and travel, and our entrepreneurial spirit, we began our very own authentic food quest.
What started out as a personal quest to discover and showcase authentic foods from around the world has grown into much more. This journey has evolved into offering immersive cooking vacations that provide deeper connections with local cultures, cuisines and traditions.
As an award-winning food and travel website, we’re dedicated to helping you forge meaningful connections to the flavors and traditions that bring a destination to life.
Join us on an immersive cooking vacation and experience the heart of a place through its food.
Our Philosophy is Simple
We believe the best way to travel is through local food experiences.
Since 2015, as digital nomads, we’ve been traveling across the globe, immersing ourselves in the local culture. The more we venture off the beaten path, the deeper our human connections grow make, and the greater our appreciation for local foods and traditions becomes.
Together we’ve visited 45 countries and 290+ cities using food as our lens for traveling.
Our journey takes us beyond the surface and right into the heart of the communities we visit. Through immersive food experiences, we explore the rich traditions passed down from generation to generation.
These moments often happen around the table. Locals who were once strangers become friends. We share stories alongside tasty local dishes. In these moments heartfelt connections are made. These experiences have profoundly impacted us. Creating connections deeper than we ever thought possible.
We hope to share this impact with you on our immersive cooking vacations, or through stories and recipes on the website.
Helping food lovers connect through immersive cooking vacations
It’s been more than 9 years since we started this culinary adventure and we still love every delicious bite of it.
The more we discover local specialties, flavorful traditional recipes and meet the people behind the food, the more we are inspired to share these experiences with you.
Our philosophy now comes to life in an exciting new way with Immersive Cooking Vacations. These experiences invite to join us in discovering the heart and soul of a destination through its culinary traditions.
With Our Immersive Cooking Vacations
You’ll enjoy hands-on cooking classes with local chefs who share their recipes, techniques, and culinary stories.
You’ll get immersed in the local culture through excursions and culinary visits to vibrant markets and artisanal producers learning how food shapes the community’s identity.
You’ll forge meaningful connections with locals and with fellow food travelers.
Food has the power to bring people together and create memories that last a lifetime. Our immersive cooking vacations are designed to share this transformative experience with you.
Get To Know Claire
Being from France, Claire brings a unique appreciation for simple and exquisite cuisine. An ex-engineer and now digital nomad and content creator, Claire’s love for food and adventure started at a young age hiking with her parents throughout France.
She’s on a mission to help you enjoy the best local specialties on your travels or through recipes in your home kitchen. Favorite country for food: Vietnam. Favorite local dish: Hainanese Chicken Rice. Favorite way to keep fit: Cycling.
Claire is responsible for SEO and keeping the website running as well as the fun food & travel videos on YouTube.
Get To Know Rosemary
Rosemary, ex-marketing and advertising strategist, now digital nomad and co-founder of Authentic Food Quest is an adventurer at heart. She left her native country, Kenya, to move to the US to pursue her education and establish her life. Rosemary’s insatiable curiosity fuels her love for exploring new places and flavors. A marathon runner, Rosemary is inspired by the phrase “I eat therefore I run”. Favorite country for food: Greece. Favorite local dish: Bacalhau à Brás. Favorite way to keep fit: Running.
Rosemary is the editor-in-chief and strategist at Authentic Food Quest.
