Fetaverse: A Culinary Tale of Greece’s Most Beloved Cheese

We are a creative collective of culinary minds, storytellers, and cultural curators with a shared passion for gastronomy, wine, and tradition. Each event is thoughtfully designed to celebrate heritage while sparking curiosity, joy, and human connection.

Guided by Kleri Bakoura — a cultural researcher and PhD candidate exploring the rich interplay between food and theatre — our experiences are rooted in deep cultural insight and brought to life with care, imagination, and soul.

Fetaverse is more than a cooking class — it’s a flavourful journey through history, culture, and the soul of Greek cuisine in Athens, Attica. Curated by food heritage researchers, this immersive experience blends hands-on cooking with storytelling, sensory discovery, and shared joy around the table.

Fetaverse: Immersive Feta Cooking Experience

• Feta Cooking Experience: Learn to cook authentic Greek recipes that celebrate feta cheese as the cultural and culinary cornerstone it truly is — guided by expert culinary storytellers in Athens
• Feta Cultural Story: Discover the extraordinary story of Greek feta — its 2,000-year history, its Protected Designation of Origin status, its central role in Greek cultural identity
• Fetaverse Tasting: Taste a curated selection of artisan Greek feta varieties alongside the dishes you’ve prepared — experiencing the remarkable diversity within the world’s most famous Greek cheese

We begin with a playful blind tasting (can you tell feta from lookalikes?) and unravel the epic story of this iconic cheese — from its mythic origins with Cyclops Polyphemus in Homer’s Odyssey to its modern status as a Protected Designation of Origin (PDO) treasure.

As we prepare traditional dishes like tyrokafteri, spanakopita, and Greek salad, we delve into the cultural and environmental roots of feta through short films, music, and oral histories from Greek farmers and cheesemakers. Explore more Attica experiences.