Oh! My Cod

Ethnographic Food Tours Across Lisbon and the Azores

Oh! My Cod runs its own food tours and culinary trips throughout Lisbon and across the Azores islands, with experiences grounded in ethnographic and cultural immersion. The company was founded in 2016 and operates walking tours, wine tastings, cooking experiences, and multi-day retreats. The site says the company has received over 5,000 5-star reviews on several platforms, and in 2024 Oh! My Cod was awarded Best Gastronomic project by Turismo de Portugal as part of the sixth edition of the National Tourism Award.

The company emphasizes Slow Food Travel principles and food as a gateway to understanding local history, culture, and social change. The founder writes in the site's manifesto of merging an academic background in "Transcultural Psychology and Cultural Anthropology" with a love for Portugal and food. Tours are small-group by design, and the company emphasizes supporting local communities, working with farmers, winegrowers, and cheesemakers, and creating exchanges between travelers and local people.

Lisbon Walking Food Tours

The Original Lisbon Food & Wine Tour is listed from €105, runs 4 hours, and welcomes all ages. It includes food and drinks. The group runs from a minimum of 4 to a maximum of 10 people. The site calls it "The original food tour of Lisbon since 2016" and "one of Top Gastronomic Experiences in the World," citing more than 5000 five-star reviews. Visitors walk through history and contemporary life, experiencing Portuguese cuisine and its influences across 4 food stops in 3 districts with 17 tastings.

The Umami and Garum Seafood Lisbon Food Tour costs from €125, runs 3 hours, includes food and drinks, and accommodates 4 to 10 people. The site describes this as the only food tour in Portugal exploring the taste of umami and the Roman techniques of fish conservation perfected by a Portuguese chef. The page promises artisan products and "balanced, local, and gourmet fish recipes."

The Full-Day Food Tour from Lisbon to Setúbal is listed "From" €160, shown next to €250, runs 7 hours, and takes 4 to 8 people. The site describes it as a journey exploring food, culture, and the sea, visiting the lively market, fish port, and meeting local producers. The experience includes tasting regional products and ends with a chef-led meal inspired by umami and garum techniques, paired with wines.

Private dinners in the company's 19th-century apartment in Alfama/Baixa are available with Chef Natacha Dias, who specializes in Portuguese cuisine, and the listing gives the languages as "Portuguese, English and French." The site describes her as reinterpreting tradition with a global perspective, offering dishes that tell stories of flavor and creativity, rooted in mainland Portugal and Azores flavors.

Azores Island Culinary Experiences

The Azorean Pico Wine Tasting and Cultural Tour is listed with prices of €160 and €150, runs 5 hours, and takes 4 to 8 people. Visitors discover the history and taste of Pico wine, described as unique in the world for its volcanic, mineral, and salty character, while immersing themselves in local culture, people, and nature.

The Luxury Wine Tasting at the Czar Pico Winery costs from €150, runs 4 hours, and accommodates 4 to 8 people. The site says visitors meet the producer, explore UNESCO vineyards, and unwind by a natural pool while experiencing wines born from ancient volcanic soils.

The menu also lists a Pico Wine Harvest Experience, subtitled "From Vine to Table with Locals." The site also offers a Beekeeper for a Day honey tour on Pico Island (listed at €160 and €150, 5 hours, 4 to 8 people). The site says this is an opportunity to step into Azorean beekeeping guided by a food expert and hosted by a Pico-born beekeeper who learned the craft from her ancestors.

Traditional Festivities and Food on Pico Island runs 6 hours for 2 to 8 people (from €150) and offers an experience of the island's culture through traditional food and celebrations. Natacha Dias also offers a Private Chef experience on Pico Island, for a cooking class or a private dinner, again in Portuguese, English and French.

Multi-Day Culinary Trips

The 2-Day Foodie Adventure on São Jorge Island is listed from €530, with a "Family & group discount!" tag, accommodates 3 to 8 people, and includes food and drinks plus accommodation and activities. The site describes it as a cultural immersion exploring unique "fajãs", tasting renowned local cheese, enjoying farm-to-table meals, diving into natural pools, and savoring the authenticity of island life.

The Gourmet Escape to Pico is a 4-day Culinary Journey with Independent Portuguese Wines, priced from €3,080, accommodating up to 8 people, and including food and drinks plus accommodation and activities. The site describes it as a wine and culinary retreat designed for discerning enthusiasts with selected wine tastings, delicious local meals, and comfortable accommodation. Traveling during low season, the site says, translates into a more personal connection with the island and its people.

The site also sells an Oh! My Cod gift card, "Valid for all our offerings" and usable on any of its cultural tours across Portugal.

How It Works and Dietary Accommodations

The company emphasizes small, immersive groups rather than large tours. Public tours in Lisbon range from 4 to 10 people per group. The Azores day tours run for 4 to 8 people, and the Traditional Festivities tour from 2.

Dietary accommodations are available across the experience range. The site lists options suitable for vegetarians, gluten-free foodies, pescatarians, lactose intolerant travelers, and those following a keto diet. The site describes these as experiences grounded in notions of transcultural cuisine and glocal (global plus local) approaches. The homepage also links to dedicated vegetarian-friendly and celiac-traveler experiences, and says all its food, walking and sightseeing tours hold the Clean & Safe certification from Turismo de Portugal.

Corporate and Large Group Experiences

Large group experiences are available through the site's "Big Groups" section. The Big Groups menu lists a Food Wine Fado experience, a sunset boat tour and the Umami Garum Seafood tour, and the homepage features a Portuguese dinner and sunset cruise in Lisbon marked "Big groups only!", and says its partners include cooks, wine experts, a boat service and professional fado singers. The site emphasizes careful planning, quality service, and attention to detail so every person in the group feels hosted and included.

Awards and Recognition

In 2024, the company won the Best Gastronomic project award from Turismo de Portugal, part of a national tourism awards program that distinguished projects for authentic, gastronomic, inclusive, innovative, and sustainable tourism. The site describes this as recognition of a type of gastronomic and cultural tourism that is co-constructed with travelers and created with local communities with a sense of context and critical thinking. It also says the company was distinguished in the 2023 edition of the Ibérico Heritage Awards as the best Cultural and Landscape Touring project. The Anthropological Food Lab, which Oh! My Cod founded, is described as "part kitchen, part archive, part storytelling studio."

What the Site Does Not Publish

The tour cards do not give start times or meeting points for the Lisbon walks, and they do not state a cancellation or refund policy. Languages are listed for the private dinner and private chef (Portuguese, English and French) but not on the walking tour cards, and where two prices appear side by side the cards do not say which is the regular fare. The multi-day Azores trips are described in a paragraph each, without a day-by-day itinerary or a named list of producers.

The company's model prioritizes cultural immersion, local connection, and small-group authenticity over high-volume tourism or standardized itineraries. It suits travelers who want wine and food grounded in local history, cultural context and conversations with producers, whether on a 4-hour walk in Lisbon or a few days on Pico and São Jorge. Travelers who need a firm cancellation rule before booking should ask first.