Our retreats
Come cook with us
On our Mediterranean cooking retreats, you'll learn to cook dishes from right across the Mediterranean, visit the local producers behind them, and stay somewhere beautiful. Most of our retreats are at Torre Ronsat, a Catalan farmhouse estate on the Costa Brava, Spain, and we also run a few in other corners of the Mediterranean. Days are spent wandering the coastline, swimming in the sea, and eating outside at one long table, over many courses, a few too many bottles of wine, and more stories about food than anything else. It's less a cooking school, more a few days spent living the Mediterranean way, properly.
Our retreats are currently conducted in English.
2027 Retreats
May 10–15, 2027
Taste the Mediterranean: Spring Edition
Torre Ronsat Estate, Costa Brava
Our flagship retreat, come spring. Mornings start slow, with coffee on the terrace and whatever the market's given us that day. We'll cook with our hands, forage wild greens along the Camí de Ronda, and lose an afternoon to a local flower farm, lunch laid out amidst the blooms, wine poured a little too generously. Come hungry, leave unhurried.
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June 22–27, 2027
Taste the Mediterranean: Summer Edition
Torre Ronsat Estate, Costa Brava
Five nights of long, golden days at Torre Ronsat, cooking with Steve and the team. Mornings are for the stove, before the heat sets in, with mise en place at the heart of everything you learn. We'll lunch among the olive trees at Fontclara, roll out fresh pasta by hand, cook Middle Eastern feasts, then take a boat to hidden beaches for a sunset picnic. There's a morning at the La Bisbal market with a pincho competition, and an afternoon among the vines at Clos d'Agon in the hills above Calonge. Afternoons belong to the pool. Rooms are now open to book, with the full itinerary waiting for you.
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May 17–22, 2027
MFJ x Ben Lippett
Torre Ronsat Estate, Costa Brava
6 days at a beautiful Catalan farmhouse estate in a stunning corner of Spain cooking alongside Ben Lippett. You'll travel through the cooking of the Mediterranean: coastal, generous and ingredient-led, while building a genuine toolkit of essential skills: knife work, emulsification, hand-rolled pasta, fish butchery, charring and caramelisation, and the Maillard reaction that underpins so much of what makes food taste good. Cooking sits alongside foraging walks, market mornings, boat trips, and a visit to a local olive farm and the villages of the Baix Empordà, each one feeding into what you'll cook that evening. Expect a relaxed, hands-on week with Ben at the stove beside you, skills you'll actually take home, not just memories of a good meal.
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2027 dates to be announced
MFJ x Whatwillycook, Vol. 3
Location TBC
Vol. 2 was so much fun that we're doing the whole shebang again next year, only bigger, better and a little bolder. Same long table, same Willy, with even more to cook, eat and laugh about. Dates are still to be confirmed, so join the waitlist to be the first to hear and the first to book.
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2026 Retreats
May 18–22, 2026
Taste The Mediterranean
Torre Ronsat Estate, Costa Brava
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June 29–July 3, 2026
Taste The Mediterranean
Torre Ronsat Estate, Costa Brava
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Past Retreats
A look back
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