Chef Tours operates since 2014 a daily market tour in the Carmel market and Levinski market in Tel Aviv the tours are only for minimum of 6 people or for group bookings.
Some of the tours are also a cooking workshop so we buy produce and go to cook and have a lunch or dinner together in this tours the guide will explain of the origin of the traditional dishes, about local products, about the market place and the history of it about the spices herbs we are using in some of the dishes we are sampling produce and having tasting from authentic street food vendors that sell traditional dishes that the locals love to eat.
The normal tasting tours in Israel costs 250 shekel and take 2.5 hours. 6 tastings are included.
The Carmel market is the biggest fresh produce market in Israel, is located between Jaffa and Tel Aviv and has a historic meaning, Carmel market and the square that leads to it is the busiest one in Israel. People from all around the region are coming to buy fresh produce in the market, in last few years trendy street food stalls are taking places of vendors in the market.
Levinski is a market originates from Balkan and Persia immigrants to Israel, in the 1920s and then the 1950s this is the spices market and delicatessen market – with best spices nuts olives cheeses meat and sweets you can find in Israel. in last few years Levinski took a hipster turn and local hipster cafes and bars opened and turned Levinski to a hipster mecca of Tel Aviv
this market was renovated 20 years ago , is very wide and comfortable, it serves the southern eastern neighborhoods of Tel Aviv and has traditional Yemenite street food , and many grill houses that operates day and night. the fresh produce in this market is sometime superior to the Carmel market since it in many cases coming directly from farmers and has a earthly quality to it (Baladi)
Ramle market is as old as the city of Ramle – a historic town in the midway from Jerusalem to Jaffa, this town was for a short time the capital of the arab world around 700 a.d when the muslim empire (Chalifate) was at its full power and from Ramle the khalif ruled territories as far as Portugal, Spain and Sicily- the evidence for it is the white tower and a treasure of golden coins half in the city museum. Golden coins of 1300 years old with writing from all over the provinces of the Mediterranean
in the modern time Ramle is a immigration city – jews and arabs leave together in this city a total of 56 nationalities found a home in tamale since the 1950s, that is Ramle market is for us chef tours the most interesting in Israel.
Street food that is unique for Ramle can be found here, Iraqi pickles and chutney factory, Indian food, Arabic humus and sweets, Tunisian sandwich, Ethiopian grocery shops, Turkish burke, Turkish lemonade, Iraqi grill and Kobe restaurants the fresh produce in this market is like no other in Israel and a whole section of real farmer produce(baladi- earth) grown under the sun can be found.
This tour takes place only on Saturday – in this market we will be introduced to the amazing earthy produce of Cyprus and buy fruits vegetables and cheese and sausages made and sold by farmers- we will find place to cook a field breakfast and have a very beautiful meal to start the day.