Culinary art therapy in Sofia is an experience where cooking becomes a language of the soul and food becomes a symbol of your inner journey. The “Wise Beautiful Woman” series combines taste, shared experience, and personal transformation in a protected and inspiring setting.

During the session, you create beauty, flavour, and symbolism while touching layers of memories, lived experience, and archetypal themes. The format is both practical and experiential: you cook, talk, feel, and stay connected to both your body and inner world in a natural way.

What will you do? With chef Ivelina Ivanova, you work through techniques, ingredients, and plating approaches that turn food into culinary art. The highlight is creating your own signature cake with a refined look and rich symbolism:

• baked potato base with caramel muscovado sugar and pecans
• rich centre of honey tahini with mascarpone, strained yogurt, and miso paste
• raspberry or mango coulis topping with agar-agar
• natural decoration with nuts, fruit, flowers, French macarons, and chocolate

The psychological and symbolic layer is led by Verzhiniya Petkova, a psychologist and Jungian psychotherapist under supervision. Together, you explore themes that often sit beyond everyday life: female identity, intergenerational inheritances, the relationship with food as an expression of body and soul, cooking as ritual, and the symbols carried by dreams and flavours.

There is also room for meeting the inner masculine and looking at the archetypes present in the female psyche. Step by step, the experience seeks a balance between contemporary rhythm and the wisdom of tradition without losing your personal voice or sense of authenticity.

Between the ingredients, aromas, and symbols, something more than a delicious dish takes shape: awareness, strength, and inner harmony. If you want a different kind of gift or wish to choose a voucher for an inspiring culinary experience, this is an excellent choice.