Pelagos On Tour
Summer 2024
From Sifnos to Santorini and Naxos: Chef Luca Piscazzi’s Pelagos on Tour summer 2024 menus tell the story of a gastronomic journey through the sun-kissed Cyclades islands. Join us to discover the ingredients that inspired the dishes.
Let the Journey Begin
"My biggest lesson from Pelagos on Tour? Cherish life’s simple pleasures – genuine hospitality, the ease of slow living and nature’s gifts in their purest form.”
- Chef Luca Piscazzi
SIFNOS
Natural abundance
According to myth, Sifnos was blessed by Apollo, the god of light and healing, who enriched the island with its natural abundance.
CHICKPEAS
Renowned for their exceptional nutty, buttery flavour, slow-cooked Sifnos chickpeas are a delicacy on the island. They are baked all night in a wood-fired oven inside a clay tzouka – a technique that draws out their creamy richness.
CAPERS
In Sifnos, capers are considered the treasure of health. Naturally salty from the ocean wind, they thrive in the dry Cycladic climate
SAGE
Emanating one of the enduring scents of Sifnos, sage grows in aromatic abundance on the island’s rugged hillsides. Sifnos sage is particularly celebrated for its tender winter shoots, violet late-spring flowers, and traditional use in medicinal and healing practices.
AN INSIGHT INTO THE CULTURE: SIFNOS STONEWARE
Since the Bronze Age, the rich clay-based Sifnos earth has shaped many stories of ceramic creativity, including that of second-generation potter Konstantinos Kalogirou. Many years later, eldest son Antonis brought his father’s knowledge back home as Sifnos Stoneware, continuing the legacy of the Sifnos ceramics.
SANTORINI
Agricultural Integrity
Santorini’s cuisine thrives on the island’s volcanic soil, Aegean Sea breezes and abundant sunlight. Here, producers and farmers work tirelessly to preserve the integrity of the island’s produce, despite mass tourism.
Tomatoes
Santorini’s sweet but zingy cherry tomatoes brim with nutrients from the volcanic soil. Once a thriving farming crop on the island, these bitesized beauties are now a rarer luxury and have been protected with an official designation of origin since 2013.
White Aubergines
Unique to Santorini, white aubergines are deliciously sweet products of the island’s fertile soil and warm year-round climate.
PISTACHIOS
Pistachio harvesting is a special time for Santorini. Favouring dry land, pistachio trees thrive here, producing small and flavourful red nuts that are dried gently in the Santorini sun.
A TOAST TO THE PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE
Known as the wine island, Santorini has vineyards that are among the oldest in the world. The volcanic terrain nurtures exclusive grape varieties that are further tended by age-old traditions.
NAXOS
Culinary Fruitfulness
Naxos is one of the greenest islands in the Cyclades and the mythical home of Dionysus (or Bacchus) – the Greek god of wine, fruitfulness and revelry – for good reason. With lush landscapes and verdant mountains, it’s a fertile haven that sustains a culinary paradise.