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London Food Tours : London Eating & Walking Tours

Posted on by Nitin
12 Jul

There’s no better approach to get to London Food Tours than investigating London by walking. A couple of years back, there weren’t numerous London strolling visits to look over beside the exemplary ones like the Jack The Ripper Tour or the London Ghost Tour.

Today you can discover numerous more alternatives for London strolling visits that help guests truly discover what London brings to the table. Contingent upon what your interests are, there are a great deal of alternatives to look over.

Numerous Londoners are likewise beginning to continue strolling visits since they know about how little they know of this incredible city, and are quick to find more!

One particularly interesting way to get to know London, is through Food Tours. London food tours are a new concept that has been breaking out in cities all over the world. They combine culture, history, tastings, and exploring new territory on foot, with a local expert. Unlike other London walking tours, where you simply walk from place to place, Food Tours allow you to go into shops, get to know new places and experience tastes that you may have never tried before.

Best London Food Tours and Walking Tours

  • SOHO INTERNATIONAL FOOD TOUR

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    There’s no better way to spend Sunday than eating your way around Soho on a cultural walking tour. With all of the incredible places Soho has to offer, this tour is an excellent exploration of the amazing array of delicious flavours in and around Soho.

    This exploration begins with a fabulous breakfast at a sustainable British restaurant in the semi-hidden Kingly Court – just off of the famous Carnaby Street. After a delicious start to the day, more tastings are to follow, as you enjoy a colourful walk through some of Soho’s oldest and most charming streets, eating your way from one interesting international destination to another.

    In addition to the variety of incredible flavours you will taste in Soho, this tour also brings you out of Soho, as you continue eating your way towards Covent Garden. On the way, you will discover a colourful hidden courtyard where you will have a fabulous tasting of international pizza. 

    After your pizza-tasting, we’ve saved the best for last – a gourmet taste of Puglia, Italy. You will savour the most incredible homemade Italian dessert, complimented with delicious Pugliese dessert wine. No better way to end a day!!

    DISCOVER SOHO

Soho, London’s premier neighbourhood for entertainment, is filled with pubs, bakeries, bars, restaurants & coffee shops. This small borough bordering with some of London’s most famous shopping streets like Oxford and Regent Street is always at the forefront in trends, and one thing never lacking, is food.

From the traditional to some of the newest fusions in the city, Soho is the place to learn about London’s incredible International Food scene. Our London food tour of Soho’s International cuisine is an exploration of this neighbourhood’s diverse and historical richness.

Our 3.5-Hour food and cultural walking tour will take you through Soho’s charming historical streets, as you discover a wide variety of International Foods from some of our favourite places.

Checkout: London Food Lovers Soho International Food Tour

  • MODERN TASTE OF BRITAIN FOOD TOUR

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    Inspired by the world of flavours found in Britain, many local Brits are creating their own spectacular eateries, where they can show off their local ingredients, local dishes, and British culinary skills. The movement to keep ingredients sustainable and local is taking over Britain and this tour aims to explore the “Modern Tastes of Britain” from the farmers in the market to the shops to the actual locales that are coming up with these fabulous new gastronomic concepts.

    BRITISH FOOD – TAKING FLAVOURS TO THE NEXT LEVEL

Britain hasn’t always had the best reputation for gourmet cooking. Aside from Tea, Beer and Fish & Chips, many visitors to London don’t even know what to consider “British Food”! For many years, Brits themselves haven’t really fussed too much about taking a strong interest in “Traditional” or “Local” food trends like other countries around the world. As a result, no other country welcomes international food with the enthusiasm of Great Britain. Everywhere you look, you can see rich varieties of world flavours – Britain truly has it all. However, FOOD has become one of the biggest trends in the UK – changing the entire culinary scene.

As much as Brits enjoy eating the flavours of the world, a new wave of fabulous restaurants are opening with incredible concepts – and they are 100% BRITISH! The international influence in food has led to an incredible new-found British interest in creating their own culinary fusions, causing many foodies to take traditional international recipes to the next level with local flare.  On this tour, you will discover this local flare on a number of levels – starting in the markets and finishing in one of London’s most incredible British chocolate shops.

Checkout: London Food Lovers Modern Taste of Britain Food Tour

  • JACK THE RIPPER HAPPY HOUR TASTING TOUR

Jack The Ripper is one of the most famous and iconic serial killers of all time. People come from all around to walk through Whitechapel and learn what they can about Jack The Ripper. This tour is designed to take you back into the past, to a time when gin was safer to drink than water…when Whitechapel was one of London’s darkest slums. 

TASTE YOUR WAY AROUND WHITECHAPEL

This tour is the only tour in London that has been designed to tell the story of Jack The Ripper as you sample a variety of tastings – some fitting with the Jack The Ripper Story and some that are local favourites in the East End.

The first stop on the tour is to a Gin Bar that sells over 240 different types of gin. Your tour guide will walk you through the mystery that surrounds Jack The Ripper, including some of the most popular theories, where the name Jack The Ripper originates, and detailed info about his victims. To enrich your experience of learning about Jack the Ripper in Whitechapel. This tour includes visits to a variety of interesting Happy Hour locations – giving you a local taste of the East End. 

DISCOVER THE EAST END

The East End is one of London’s most fascinating areas. With a long history of overpopulation, immigrants and poverty.

The East End has been known since the 19th Century as one of Britain’s poorest areas. After World War II, much of the neighbourhood was bombed and many people were relocated. A consistent wave of re-building has powered the area for a few decades now. Despite new buildings and many large companies that are now located in the East End, there is still a very alternative subculture that thrives in this eclectic area, where street art is a way of life and hipsters roam the streets.

Despite the recent move towards a slight degree of gentrification, the East End is still full of old, run-down streets that capture an eerie reminiscence of days past. This tour was designed to show the different faces of the East End and give you a good idea of what has changed and has remained the same over time.

Checkout: London Food Lovers Jack The Ripper Tour

  • CORPORATE FOOD TOURS

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    Our Food Tours offer a unique discovery of London’s diverse Food Scene while exploring culturally and historically rich neighbourhoods. Whether you would like to do one of LONDON FOOD TOURS privately with your group or Customise your own tour – we are happy to help you create the best activity for your team.

    Food Tours are the perfect activity to enhance social, corporate or team building events, as participants are taken through interesting historic streets, while tasting a wide variety of foods from some of the most unique places in London.

    WHY CONSIDER CHOOSE CORPORATE FOOD TOURS?

    We work with local businesses and local foodies like us that are passionate about what they do. In addition to simply tasting foods, we try to connect the people behind the scenes with participants of the tour, so that our groups can fully understand the passion behind the delicacies.

    Your group will be provided with an expert Food Guide, who will lead you to some of Soho’s most famous institutions, while keeping your group entertained as well as informed about food, cultures, and interesting historical points. Your group will get a more unique and personalised understanding of Soho’s International food scene.This is the perfect option for corporate groups that are looking for a more exclusive and customised experience.

    Checkout: London Food Lovers Corporate Food Tours

  • PRIVATE FOOD TOURS

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    If you want an intimate experience with your own private tour guide, this is the tour for you. Having your own dedicated expert Food Guide means getting a more unique and personalised understanding of London’s diverse food scene.

    Your expert private Food Guide will bring you to a number of unique places, while keeping you entertained and informed about a number of interesting anecdotes including food trends, food history, cultures, and other historical references. This is the perfect option for individuals, families, or private groups that are looking for a more exclusive and customised experience.

    This is the perfect option for anyone that is looking for a more exclusive and customised experience.

    Checkout:  London Food Lovers Private Tours

Conclusion:

In spite of the fact that you can locate a wide assortment of sustenance visits in exemplary “foodie” urban communities like Rome, New York and Chicago, London is new to the idea of Food Tours. Numerous individuals still don’t recognize what a staggering culinary offering that London brings to the table! Strolling around and investigating new eateries and worldwide cooking styles may be one of the best new ideas that exist! London Food Lovers offers an extremely remarkable strolling visit called the Soho International Food Tour. It is a 4 hour investigation by walking, where individuals can attempt an assortment of universal cooking styles, while they find out about new places, the historical backdrop of how those sustenances touched base to London, and taste new flavors! Investigating London Food Tours by walking never tasted so great!

London Walking Tours

Posted on by London Food Lovers
17 Apr

There’s no better way to get to London than exploring London on foot. A few years ago, there weren’t many London walking tours to choose from aside from the classic ones like the Jack The Ripper Tour or the London Ghost Tour.

Today you can find many more options for London walking tours that help visitors really get a feel for what London has to offer. Depending on what your interests are, there are a lot of options to choose from.

Unlike the big bus tours where you only see the highlights from a distance, walking around with a guide, can often mean discovering hidden places that most people just pass by because they are too busy running from one end of the city to the other.

Many Londoners are also starting to go on walking tours because they are aware of how little they know of this great city, and are keen to discover more!

One particularly interesting way to get to know London, is through Food Tours. London food tours are a new concept that has been breaking out in cities all over the world. They combine culture, history, tastings, and exploring new territory on foot, with a local expert. Unlike other London walking tours, where you simply walk from place to place, Food Tours allow you to go into shops, get to know new places and experience tastes that you may have never tried before.

 

Although you can find a wide variety of food tours in classic “foodie” cities like Rome, New York and Chicago, London is very new to the concept of Food Tours. Many people still don’t know what an incredible culinary offering that London has to offer! Walking around and exploring new restaurants and international cuisines might be one of the best new concepts that exist! London Food Lovers offers a very unique walking tour called the Soho International Food Tour. It is a 4 hour exploration on foot, where people can try a variety of international cuisines, while they learn about new places, the history of how those foods arrived to London, and taste new flavours! Exploring London on foot never tasted so good!

A day in the Life of a London Food Guide

Posted on by London Food Lovers
17 Apr

What does it mean to be a London Food Guide? It’s definitely not the most common term. The idea of “Food Tourism” is still relatively new in London, unlike traditionally famous “foodie” cities such as Rome, Paris or Barcelona. Despite its outdated reputation for boring food, London has gone above and beyond to become one of the world’s leaders in culinary innovation and limitless selections of unique cuisines. Even most of the locals have a hard time keeping up with all of the new restaurants, markets, pop-ups and food stands that are opening at an ever-increasing speed. Food seems to be one of London’s biggest past-times, and if you don’t have the time or energy to research what’s out there, having a Food Guide in London, might be one of the best choices you could make!

The “art” of knowing where to go and what to eat is not something that one can easily master. It takes a lot of active involvement and constant research (i.e. EATING) to find London’s best-kept secrets. As a London Food Guide, I can say with confidence that it isn’t just about knowing which places are the most popular or the most famous. Not to say that it isn’t helpful to check out Food Blogs and interesting articles put together by other foodies, but the best research I’ve done has been with my mouth.  Some of the best food I’ve eaten in London I found by exploring and trying it out.  Not everyone has the time or luxury to eat their way around London, so Food Guides can be a real asset for those wanting to know more about what London has to offer.

There aren’t as many certified “Food Guides” in London as you would find in Italy, France or Spain, however as London’s food popularity grows, so will the number of culinary experts. I moved here from Rome, where there is a highly saturated number of “Food Guides”. When I do London food tours with people, one of their number one questions they as me is WHY I moved from Rome to London to do Food Tours. My answer is easy – the food scene in London is about to hit its peak and it is still very un-discovered territory. For a Food Guide, it’s amazing to be one of the first people to design and create interesting tours that teach people more about the foods they are tasting, the cultures behind those foods, and how they’ve influenced what we currently define “British Food”.

One of the most amazing things I’ve found in London is the prime interest in cooking, foods, and an openness to trying unique tastes that you would have never imagined putting together. From Heston Blumenthal to Jaime Oliver to Gordan Ramsey, English chefs are taking the culinary world by storm – if that isn’t proof of where the UK’s food culture is headed, I don’t know what is!  As a London Food Guide, it’s exciting to see how this has reflected in a growing interest in London’s food scene and I’m excited to show what we have to offer. Get ready world, London is on its way to becoming one of the most famous foodie cities in the world!

 

The Revolution of FOOD TOURS

Posted on by London Food Lovers
17 Apr

Welcome to a new world of tourism… the Food Tour. Starting only less than a decade ago, Food Tours are taking the world by storm, popping up in cities all over the globe. Considering everything they offer, it’s not hard to understand why people are falling in love with culinary adventures!

Food tours combine the elements of a typical city tour, where visitors learn the history and local culture, and take it to the next level by adding the important role that food has played – both historically and with the current local culture.

Since the concept of Food Tours started over a decade ago, the amount of food tours around the world has grown at an incredible rate. That’s great news for people who are avid travellers and want to eat their way around the world… however the downside is that there are a lot of companies jumping on the Food Tour bandwagon – which  means that not all of the Food Tours out there are worth taking.

Of course, we are slightly impartial because we run authentic food tours, however our advice to people looking for Food Tours are the following:

 

  1. Make sure that the places you are going to on the food tour are not in the top 10 of TripAdvisor. I know it might seem strange, but remember that the majority of people writing reviews for TripAdvisor are VISITORS and not LOCALS…so if you want a truly LOCAL experience, don’t rely on TripAdvisor results
  2. Research the Food Tour Company. Make sure that they actually LIVE in the city where they operate the food tour. You’d be surprised how many companies just open tours in any city they want to – without having actually lived there. That might not seem very important, but trust me – you can only get a local experience from people that actually live in the city they do their food tour.
  3. Be careful not to overpay. Unfortunately, there are quite a few tour companies out there that actually charge you money for places where you could sample food for free. If you can, try to find out where you are going on the tour to make sure that you aren’t paying to visit places that you could visit by yourself – without the expensive add-on fees of a tour.

 

Despite running our own food tours which focus on local places, amazing foods and interesting stories, we know that there are a number of great companies that run their businesses with the authenticity that we do. They might not be on the first page of Google… but again, you have to ask yourself – how much money did that company spend to be on the first page of Google? For us, being a small business that is run with a heart, we fully support other small businesses like us – that didn’t earn a top rating in Google or TripAdvisor by paying people – we earned it by doing what we love… Food Tours.