Ioanna sitting outdoors, smiling and talking

Around the table.

Creating communities around food and learning by doing.

PROJECT MANAGEMENT✱COMMUNITY BUILDING✱COORDINATION✱Erasmus+✱Fermentation✱COOK FOR GROUPS✱

What I do

Cooking for groups

Cooking for groups of 10-100 people, including retreats, gatherings, international projects and events. I've cooked for more than 50 multi-day projects.

FERMENTATION WORKSHOPS

Hands-on workshops around fermentation, food preservation, traditional knowledge and learning through cooking. Sourdough, kombucha and fermented foods.

PROJECT MANAGMENT

Designing and coordinating local and international learning experiences through Erasmus+ and non-formal education.

Activate Vraggiana · Spira, Greece
Cooking Spoons · Roes Cooperativa, Greece
Stages & Spices · FACK e.V., Germany
Living Cultures · 16Trees, Romania

COMMUNITY BUILDING

Creating communities around food! Creating and holding spaces where people can connect, share, play and learn by doing.

Olde Vechte Foundation · The Netherlands
IMPACT · The Netherlands
Femmess · Greece
Spira · Greece

Hands filling a glass jar with cucumbers and dill for pickling

A sourdough loaf, a basket of figs, fig leaves and two books on a tiled floor

Five people laughing and tasting from wooden spoons in a rustic kitchen

Looking down on people cooking together around a kitchen table

A group posing together in front of a stone house

Jars of pickled vegetables and ferments lined up in a wooden window frame

In between all of this, you'll probably find me feeding my sourdough starter, enjoying the sun, or thinking about the next project.

Two pairs of hands breaking bread together outdoors

My approach

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Community
Good things happen when people meet around the table.
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Sustainability
Nature, local producers, seasonal foods. Rooted in my studies and in living in eco-communities since 2017!
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Learning by doing
We learn best with our hands, together.
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Food & Body
Curious about what we eat, how we eat and who we eat with. Herbs, spices, nourishing meals, food as medicine.
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Gestalt Psychotherapy
My ongoing 4 year Gestalt Psychotherapy Training shapes how I work with people.

Ioanna sitting outdoors, smiling with greenery behind her

A little about me 🌱

I grew up in the small village Korisos, in Kastoria, Greece, surrounded by nature, farmers, animals, and lots of food!

Somehow, food has always been part of my life. I studied Food Science and Technology, became a cook, and discovered that the kitchen is one of my favourite places to bring people together. Travelling and living in eco-communities since 2017 has also shaped the way I see food & community. Around the table!

I love creating things! Projects, workshops, community gatherings, and spaces where people can meet, learn, play, and grow.

Over the years, I've worn many hats: Cook, Project Manager, Volunteer's Mentor and Coordinator. And because I'm endlessly curious about people and how we connect, I also started studying Gestalt Psychotherapy.

I care about Sustainability, Community, good food, and making things happen.