About us
Who are we
We are two passionate gastro-enthusiasts, Julia and Olga. Leaving jobs in sales and marketing, we created Foodmate together out of love to do what fascinates us: introducing guests to our culture through gastronomic traditions.
Our mission
To open new tastes to guests from other countries and cultures, to surprise and impress. Our goal is to promote local producers and masters of cuisine, as well as Ukrainian traditions and culinary culture.
Tours
Start with a breakfast in a place which is famous for its bread, pastries and sweets. Our aim is to explore local specialties. This breakfast is granola and avocado free! We try only traditional dishes and discover new tastes.
After breakfast we head over to the market. Bustling market atmosphere and mouthwatering displays work together as the best aperitif. We continue to follow our main principle: try local, what you won’t find anywhere else. Meat and fish cold cuts, pickles, rye bread, seasonal vegetables – there is a long list.
It’s time to move to the restaurant for a culinary master class. Guests put on aprons, take a glass of local wine and enjoy. We end the master class with degustation of the group’s joint efforts.
locations
formats
bonuses
Meeting Point:
Velyka Vasylkivska str.
Finishing Point:
Mechnykova str.
Timetable:
Duration:
hours
per person
Cancellation policy:
Included:
Excluded:
Start with a breakfast in a place which is famous for its bread, pastries and sweets. Our aim is to explore local specialties. This breakfast is granola and avocado free! We try only traditional dishes and discover new tastes.
After breakfast we head over to the market. Bustling market atmosphere and mouthwatering displays work together as the best aperitif. We continue to follow our main principle: try local, what you won’t find anywhere else. Meat and fish cold cuts, pickles, rye bread, seasonal vegetables – there is a long list.
It’s time to move to the restaurant for a culinary master class. Guests put on aprons, take a glass of local wine and enjoy. We end the master class with degustation of the group’s joint efforts.
locations
formats
bonuses
Meeting Point:
Velyka Vasylkivska str.
Finishing Point:
Mechnykova str.
Timetable:
Duration:
hours
per person
Cancellation policy:
Included:
Excluded:
It takes 2 hours to get to the farm. Upon arrival we meet the farmers and go for a walk, will see goats, hold kids and take pictures with them, learn about the production first-hand.
After the walk, we settle down comfortably in a gazebo with the view and enjoy the lunch. With a glass of local sider we taste a selection of hard cheeses perfectly complemented by greens, vegetables, jam, honey, bread and butter. There is also a secret pasta dish cooked with the most matured goat cheese. You can buy farm products before going back to the city.
Meeting Point:
Pecherska Tube Station
Finishing Point:
Pecherska Tube Station
In the case of the order of private tour, the meeting place is agreed with the customer.
Timetable:
Duration:
hours
per person
50% discount for children up to 12 years old
individual tour up to 8 persons
Booking conditions:
Cancellation policy:
Included:
Excluded:
It takes 2 hours to get to the farm. Upon arrival we meet the farmers and go for a walk, will see goats, hold kids and take pictures with them, learn about the production first-hand.
After the walk, we settle down comfortably in a gazebo with the view and enjoy the lunch. With a glass of local sider we taste a selection of hard cheeses perfectly complemented by greens, vegetables, jam, honey, bread and butter. There is also a secret pasta dish cooked with the most matured goat cheese. You can buy farm products before going back to the city.
Meeting Point:
Pecherska Tube Station
Finishing Point:
Pecherska Tube Station
In the case of the order of private tour, the meeting place is agreed with the customer.
Timetable:
Duration:
hours
per person
50% discount for children up to 12 years old
individual tour up to 8 persons
Booking conditions:
Cancellation policy:
Included:
Excluded:
During our visit to the farm we will watch buffaloes, learn about their housing, nature, characteristics and biological features. We will walk in the open air. With respect for the needs of animals, we follow the rules of polite behaviour: we do not make sudden movements and do not raise voice.
Having seen the production, we move to a cozy bistro from the founders of the farm - a secret place of buffalo cheese lovers. It’s not possible to evaluate a product in words, we start tasting cheeses combined with seasonal products and a glass of sparkling wine. The degustation menu was specially developed by your trusted foodmates in collaboration with the chef so that you could get the most complete palette of flavours.
Meeting Point:
European Square, Hotel Dnipro parking
Finishing Point:
Olimpiiska m. station
In the case of the order of individual tour, the meeting place is agreed with the customer.
Timetable:
Duration:
hours
per person
50% discount for children up to 12 years old
individual tour up to 8 persons
Booking conditions:
Cancellation policy:
Included:
Excluded:
During our visit to the farm we will watch buffaloes, learn about their housing, nature, characteristics and biological features. We will walk in the open air. With respect for the needs of animals, we follow the rules of polite behaviour: we do not make sudden movements and do not raise voice.
Having seen the production, we move to a cozy bistro from the founders of the farm - a secret place of buffalo cheese lovers. It’s not possible to evaluate a product in words, we start tasting cheeses combined with seasonal products and a glass of sparkling wine. The degustation menu was specially developed by your trusted foodmates in collaboration with the chef so that you could get the most complete palette of flavours.
Meeting Point:
European Square, Hotel Dnipro parking
Finishing Point:
Olimpiiska m. station
In the case of the order of individual tour, the meeting place is agreed with the customer.
Timetable:
Duration:
hours
per person
50% discount for children up to 12 years old
individual tour up to 8 persons
Booking conditions:
Cancellation policy:
Included:
Excluded:
We start with a farm tour guided by a professional fish breeder.
During our tour we will learn about the sturgeon species, their
features and breeding technology. After the theoretical part, you
will never doubt the fairness of the high price for caviar, you
will understand why one is more expensive than the other, and you
will know the characteristics of a quality product.
By doing away with the theory, we will exchange our impressions
at the table over the Dnepr River, strengthening them with the
work of taste buds. What will we have on the table? Sterlet and
sturgeon caviar, steaks and fish soup from the fire, fresh bread
and butter. We will offer you a frozen glass of vodka or
sparkling wine - your choice, what you want to have with your
caviar.
Before leaving the farm, we insist that you bring home some more
samples to taste.
Meeting Point:
Pecherska Tube Station
Finishing Point:
Pecherska Tube Station
In the case of the order of individual tour, the meeting place is agreed with the customer.
Timetable:
Duration:
hours
per person
50% discount for children up to 12 years old
individual tour up to 8 persons
Booking conditions:
Cancellation policy:
Included:
Excluded:
We start with a farm tour guided by a professional fish breeder.
During our tour we will learn about the sturgeon species, their
features and breeding technology. After the theoretical part, you
will never doubt the fairness of the high price for caviar, you
will understand why one is more expensive than the other, and you
will know the characteristics of a quality product.
By doing away with the theory, we will exchange our impressions
at the table over the Dnepr River, strengthening them with the
work of taste buds. What will we have on the table? Sterlet and
sturgeon caviar, steaks and fish soup from the fire, fresh bread
and butter. We will offer you a frozen glass of vodka or
sparkling wine - your choice, what you want to have with your
caviar.
Before leaving the farm, we insist that you bring home some more
samples to taste.
Meeting Point:
Pecherska Tube Station
Finishing Point:
Pecherska Tube Station
In the case of the order of individual tour, the meeting place is agreed with the customer.
Timetable:
Duration:
hours
per person
50% discount for children up to 12 years old
individual tour up to 8 persons
Booking conditions:
Cancellation policy:
Included:
Excluded:
The visit to the brewery is an original, fun and tasty
gastronomic adventure. There is no need to leave Kyiv, as the
location is not far from the Lisova metro station.
An exciting experience at 2085 Brewery begins the same moment as
you enter the facility and get malty aperitif right on the
doorstep. A glass of beer with a board of smoked meat and fish by
Dymni Tradicii make a good start together.
After the welcome drink, a tour of the brewery awaits us. The
co-owner and the chief brewmaster will show the facilities, tell
the secrets of brewing and, of course, will offer us fresh beer.
The tour is followed by tasting in the format of food pairing.
Yes, we love beer so much that have no doubts beer has the
potential to accompany gastronomic dinner, not only traditional
nuts or crackers. Especially for this tour, Chef Andriy
Severinchuk has developed a three-course menu that perfectly
complements three types of beer.
Meeting Point:
2085 Brewery, st. Magnitogorska, 1 (art-zavod «Platforma»)
Finishing Point:
2085 Brewery, st. Magnitogorska, 1 (art-zavod «Platforma»)
In the case of the order of individual tour, the meeting place is agreed with the customer.
Timetable:
Duration:
hours
per person
50% discount for children up to 12 years old
individual tour up to 14 persons
Booking conditions:
Cancellation policy:
Included:
The visit to the brewery is an original, fun and tasty
gastronomic adventure. There is no need to leave Kyiv, as the
location is not far from the Lisova metro station.
An exciting experience at 2085 Brewery begins the same moment as
you enter the facility and get malty aperitif right on the
doorstep. A glass of beer with a board of smoked meat and fish by
Dymni Tradicii make a good start together.
After the welcome drink, a tour of the brewery awaits us. The
co-owner and the chief brewmaster will show the facilities, tell
the secrets of brewing and, of course, will offer us fresh beer.
The tour is followed by tasting in the format of food pairing.
Yes, we love beer so much that have no doubts beer has the
potential to accompany gastronomic dinner, not only traditional
nuts or crackers. Especially for this tour, Chef Andriy
Severinchuk has developed a three-course menu that perfectly
complements three types of beer.
Meeting Point:
2085 Brewery, st. Magnitogorska, 1 (art-zavod «Platforma»)
Finishing Point:
2085 Brewery, st. Magnitogorska, 1 (art-zavod «Platforma»)
In the case of the order of individual tour, the meeting place is agreed with the customer.
Timetable:
Duration:
hours
per person
50% discount for children up to 12 years old
individual tour up to 14 persons
Booking conditions:
Cancellation policy:
Included:
Welcome to the special gastronomic journey to Vinoman winery! We arrive at the chateau, meet for an aperitif and go on a tour with the owner of the winery Boris who hospitably shows vineyards, fruit garden and cellars with barrels. Like a movie! But our tour of the winery is real.
Boris continues his story at a long table in the gazebo near the vineyards. There he uncorks bottle after bottle, while we taste 6 wines one by one. Every wine has its own history and character, which we find out from the winemaker.
Having heard a great deal of fascinating information, we go on a tour of the roastery. This is where the magic of color and fragrance is born! After all, various roasting techniques allow coffee beans to acquire dark color and release fragrant notes.
Fine wines are accompanied by exquisite dishes. Talented chef Andriy cooks gastronomic lunch from local farm products right in front of you a few steps away from the vineyards. The lunch menu is just amazing, as the chef presents his creative vision of combining seasonal vegetables with buffalo milk and meat products from TASBIO farm. The symbiosis is terrific!
Meeting Point:
Pecherska Tube Station
Finishing Point:
-
In the case of the order of individual tour, the meeting place is agreed with the customer.
Timetable:
Duration:
hours
per person
50% discount for children up to 12 years old
individual tour up to 10 persons
Booking conditions:
Cancellation policy:
Included:
• Group transfer Kyiv-winery-Kyiv
• Tasting 6 wines, including aged ones
• Tasting 2 types of caviar: black and red
• Winery tour
• Chef’s gastronomic lunch
• A gift from the roastery - set of coffee for home tastings
Excluded:
• Extra drinks and food
Welcome to the special gastronomic journey to Vinoman winery! We arrive at the chateau, meet for an aperitif and go on a tour with the owner of the winery Boris who hospitably shows vineyards, fruit garden and cellars with barrels. Like a movie! But our tour of the winery is real.
Boris continues his story at a long table in the gazebo near the vineyards. There he uncorks bottle after bottle, while we taste 6 wines one by one. Every wine has its own history and character, which we find out from the winemaker.
Having heard a great deal of fascinating information, we go on a tour of the roastery. This is where the magic of color and fragrance is born! After all, various roasting techniques allow coffee beans to acquire dark color and release fragrant notes.
Fine wines are accompanied by exquisite dishes. Talented chef Andriy cooks gastronomic lunch from local farm products right in front of you a few steps away from the vineyards. The lunch menu is just amazing, as the chef presents his creative vision of combining seasonal vegetables with buffalo milk and meat products from TASBIO farm. The symbiosis is terrific!
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Meeting Point:
Pecherska Tube Station
Finishing Point:
-
In the case of the order of individual tour, the meeting place is agreed with the customer.
Timetable:
Duration:
hours
per person
50% discount for children up to 12 years old
individual tour up to 10 persons
Booking conditions:
Cancellation policy:
Included:
• Group transfer Kyiv-winery-Kyiv
• Tasting 6 wines, including aged ones
• Tasting 2 types of caviar: black and red
• Winery tour
• Chef’s gastronomic lunch
• A gift from the roastery - set of coffee for home tastings
Excluded:
• Extra drinks and food
Tea party on the veranda of Bulgakov's house museum is a delicious and interesting journey through time and space in a place that existed both in reality and on the pages of a famous novel. Bulgakov Museum is located at №13 Andriyivsky Uzviz, in the house which was both a home for the writer and the heroes of his novel The White Guard.
We meet in the museum courtyard for a glass of cool sparkling wine. After a short introduction we go on a fascinating guided tour of the museum. We will see everything and learn about all the secret passages of the house, we will literally go through the closets and walls to learn as much as possible about the figure of Bulgakov and his Kyiv years.
After the tour we invite you for a cozy conversation on the veranda with tea, savoury and sweet pies, fruits, sparkling wine and the legendary Kyiv Candied Fruits. Over a cup of tea we will step back in the history of this Kyiv's sweet delicacy and find out how the legend was revived from the brand’s founders the Sement’s family.
Meeting Point:
Museum of Mikhail Bulgakov, Andriyivsky Uzviz, 13
Finishing Point:
-
In the case of the order of individual tour, the meeting place is agreed with the customer.
Timetable:
Duration:
hours
per person
50% discount for children up to 12 years old
individual tour up to 13 persons
Booking conditions:
Cancellation policy:
Included:
• Welcome aperitif
• Guided tour of the museum
• Tea Party with pies, sweets, Kyiv Candied Fruits and sparkling wine
• A gift from Kyiv Candied Fruits
Excluded:
• Extra drinks and food
Tea party on the veranda of Bulgakov's house museum is a delicious and interesting journey through time and space in a place that existed both in reality and on the pages of a famous novel. Bulgakov Museum is located at №13 Andriyivsky Uzviz, in the house which was both a home for the writer and the heroes of his novel The White Guard.
We meet in the museum courtyard for a glass of cool sparkling wine. After a short introduction we go on a fascinating guided tour of the museum. We will see everything and learn about all the secret passages of the house, we will literally go through the closets and walls to learn as much as possible about the figure of Bulgakov and his Kyiv years.
After the tour we invite you for a cozy conversation on the veranda with tea, savoury and sweet pies, fruits, sparkling wine and the legendary Kyiv Candied Fruits. Over a cup of tea we will step back in the history of this Kyiv's sweet delicacy and find out how the legend was revived from the brand’s founders the Sement’s family.
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Meeting Point:
Museum of Mikhail Bulgakov, Andriyivsky Uzviz, 13
Finishing Point:
-
In the case of the order of individual tour, the meeting place is agreed with the customer.
Timetable:
Duration:
hours
per person
50% discount for children up to 12 years old
individual tour up to 13 persons
Booking conditions:
Cancellation policy:
Included:
• Welcome aperitif
• Guided tour of the museum
• Tea Party with pies, sweets, Kyiv Candied Fruits and sparkling wine
• A gift from Kyiv Candied Fruits
Excluded:
• Extra drinks and food
Coffee roastery tour with tasting - a festive event for every coffee lover!
We start with a morning welcome drink - fragrant coffee for vigor and a crispy croissant for energy, a special gastronomic adventure is waiting ahead. We plunge into a fascinating world of coffee, learn its history and milestones during an interesting lecture from a coffee expert.
Having heard a great deal of fascinating information, we go on a tour of the roastery. This is where the magic of color and fragrance is born! After all, various roasting techniques allow coffee beans to acquire dark color and release fragrant notes.
As always we translate theory into practice. Next stage is cupping - tasting different coffee types under the guidance of a coffee expert. And finally, with the chef of Nicha bistro we move on to coffee foodpairing: each type of coffee is served with a certain delicious appetiser. Three types of coffee and three dishes in total.
Meeting Point:
Frech Black Roastery, Kyiv, st. Magnitogorska, 1 (art-zavod «Platforma»)
Finishing Point:
-
In the case of the order of individual tour, the meeting place is agreed with the customer.
Timetable:
Duration:
hours
per person
50% discount for children up to 12 years old
individual tour up to 10 persons
Booking conditions:
Cancellation policy:
Included:
• Welcome coffee and croissant
• Captivating overview of coffee history
• Roastery tour
• Cupping - coffee tasting
• Coffee foodpairing - combination of coffee with 3 exquisite appetisers
• A gift from the roastery - set of coffee for home tastings
Excluded:
• Extra drinks and food
Coffee roastery tour with tasting - a festive event for every coffee lover!
We start with a morning welcome drink - fragrant coffee for vigor and a crispy croissant for energy, a special gastronomic adventure is waiting ahead. We plunge into a fascinating world of coffee, learn its history and milestones during an interesting lecture from a coffee expert.
Having heard a great deal of fascinating information, we go on a tour of the roastery. This is where the magic of color and fragrance is born! After all, various roasting techniques allow coffee beans to acquire dark color and release fragrant notes.
As always we translate theory into practice. Next stage is cupping - tasting different coffee types under the guidance of a coffee expert. And finally, with the chef of Nicha bistro we move on to coffee foodpairing: each type of coffee is served with a certain delicious appetiser. Three types of coffee and three dishes in total.
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Meeting Point:
Frech Black Roastery, Kyiv, st. Magnitogorska, 1 (art-zavod «Platforma»)
Finishing Point:
-
In the case of the order of individual tour, the meeting place is agreed with the customer.
Timetable:
Duration:
hours
per person
50% discount for children up to 12 years old
individual tour up to 10 persons
Booking conditions:
Cancellation policy:
Included:
• Welcome coffee and croissant
• Captivating overview of coffee history
• Roastery tour
• Cupping - coffee tasting
• Coffee foodpairing - combination of coffee with 3 exquisite appetisers
• A gift from the roastery - set of coffee for home tastings
Excluded:
• Extra drinks and food
A boat trip on the Dnipro river with wine tasting is an adventure that turns an everyday evening into a holiday.
We meet at the Riviera Yacht Club for a welcome aperitif, after which we go on a three-hour river cruise under sail. In three hours, a representative of a Ukrainian winery will hold an extended tasting of 5 wines for our small company. You will hear about Ukrainian winemaking, learn interesting facts about the present of craft wineries and understand why the wine in your glass has such taste and color.
After tasting 5 wines, we will choose the one we like the most, like wine 'encore'. With this wine in a glass we will watch another day coming to an end in Kyiv.
We chose the best Ukrainian craft producers to complement wine with cheese, meat, fish, sweets, crackers, fruits.
Meeting Point:
Yacht club 'Riviera', st. Dniprovska embankment, 10
Finishing Point:
-
In the case of the order of individual tour, the meeting place is agreed with the customer.
Timetable:
Duration:
hours
per person
50% discount for children up to 12 years old
individual tour up to 10 persons
Booking conditions:
Cancellation policy:
Included:
• Welcome aperitif
• Three-hour boat trip
• Tasting of 5 wines + wine encore
• Wine snacks, mineral water
Excluded:
• Extra drinks and food
A boat trip on the Dnipro river with wine tasting is an adventure that turns an everyday evening into a holiday.
We meet at the Riviera Yacht Club for a welcome aperitif, after which we go on a three-hour river cruise under sail. In three hours, a representative of a Ukrainian winery will hold an extended tasting of 5 wines for our small company. You will hear about Ukrainian winemaking, learn interesting facts about the present of craft wineries and understand why the wine in your glass has such taste and color.
After tasting 5 wines, we will choose the one we like the most, like wine 'encore'. With this wine in a glass we will watch another day coming to an end in Kyiv.
We chose the best Ukrainian craft producers to complement wine with cheese, meat, fish, sweets, crackers, fruits.
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Meeting Point:
Yacht club 'Riviera', st. Dniprovska embankment, 10
Finishing Point:
-
In the case of the order of individual tour, the meeting place is agreed with the customer.
Timetable:
Duration:
hours
per person
50% discount for children up to 12 years old
individual tour up to 10 persons
Booking conditions:
Cancellation policy:
Included:
• Welcome aperitif
• Three-hour boat trip
• Tasting of 5 wines + wine encore
• Wine snacks, mineral water
Excluded:
• Extra drinks and food
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