This past week Aspira’s gastronomy students from both the Split and Zagreb faculties enjoyed an educational study trip in the region of Istria. Among the many Croatian students that got the opportunity to have this hands-on experience we could also find Laura Mishevska from Macedonia, Jacob Ratcliff from Germany, and Alexis Gentil from France, three of the international students currently enrolled in gastronomy study program in our campus in Split.
The students left early morning on Wednesday and headed to their first stop in Matulji where they enjoyed “the art of coffee making” at Hugh & Punch, for their second and third stops, the students got to visit Kabola Winery and Roxanich Winery where they got to do some wine tasting before heading to their hotel for the night. In the evening of their first day, they got to Hotel Amines where they enjoyed dinner and their stay in the hotel.
To start off their second and final day of the study trip, the students had breakfast in the hotel followed by an educational workshop of “Dishes from indigenous cattle, Istrian Boškarin”. Their first stop on the way back was a visit to their third winery, Matošević Winery in Sveti Lovreč, after that they got to visit Chiavalon oil mill where they had the opportunity to learn about all the different kinds of olive oil that are made. For their final stop the students got to visit Batelina restaurant with chef David Skoko where they had a late lunch before heading back to Split and Zagreb.
