It was wonderful ! Great... - It was wonderful ! Great company and great food. We walked around East Berlin and Chef Karl gave us history. What made it extra great was the personal history he has of the city.

Unique, delicious, unforgettable - Chef Karl, also detective novelist Karl, actor Karl and probably many more Karls) is one of a kind. A master storyteller with a sonorous voice, he regaled us with history and personal stories — including smuggling food and supplies into East Berlin as a four-year-old! When we’d had enough history, he and Coco served us a beautifully prepared dinner of homemade charcuterie - the goose liver pate was a standout—, blini, a salad composed of vegetables he’d grown himself (Farmer Karl?) and not-German-but-delicious Southern Fried Chicken, served with some of the best potatoes I’ve ever tasted. Karl is witty and charming, Milu is perfectly behaved, so dog-haters need not fear. All-in-all Chef Karl’s tour is a forgettable Berlin experience.

A unique tour in Berlin - Imagine you run into an old college friend, now a gourmet chef, as you are visiting Berlin and he invites you to dinner at his apartment. But first he (and his dog Milo) want to show you parts of East Berlin that are off the "typical" tour, after which he prepares a five-coursse dinner for you. THAT is the experience you will enjoy on this tour.

Excellent food and conversation - Karl and his sidekick Milou were a good way to spend an evening in Berlin. He look after us his guests well and the food was amazing.

The Best Chicken Soup: Do not miss this tour! - A member of our party was having stomach issues and asked for a menu change, resulting in some of the best chicken soup I had ever tasted. Imagine a meal at Grandma's house cooked with love, and that is what you get when you book Chef Karl's Berlin Culinary Adventure. The 90-minute tour delves deeply into his personal family history in East Berlin. Few tourists visit the East, and that is a mistake. The area is fascinating and so unlike the western part of the city. With Milou, the company mascot, you explore the streets, and they come alive with history. Then the meal, in addition to the aforementioned chicken soup, we had a spicy shrimp dish, delicious jalapeno cheddar cornbread, an incredible Bulgarian salad and gumbo z’herbes with rice. Everything was wonderful. I cannot recommend this tour more highly.

Not to be missed experience! - Our evening with Chef Karl and his sidekick Milou was the most memorable experience we had during our visit to Berlin. He took us to parts of East Berlin that we would never have visited on our own. His firsthand knowledge of the transformation of this area from Soviet occupation to the lively youth culture it has now was illuminating. To top it off he served us a delicious 4-course meal made entirely from scratch. For me the charcuterie, with meats he smoked himself, was the highlight of the meal but every course was delicious. We thoroughly enjoyed our evening. The conversation we shared with him during and after the meal was very special to us. He’s led a very interesting life!

Do NOT miss this experience - I live in Strasbourg and have taken Chef PJ's amazing tour in Paris. I was equally thrilled by Chef Karl. He and Milou are a team, so dog haters stay away. The menu changes daily, and it is exciting to see. I noticed in other reviews that Southern Food was mentioned, but we were French and Italian on the night of my tour. Trofe with Pesto sauce, handmade trofe with basil from his terrace. To make pasta for 6 must have taken him hours, but we ate it in minutes. A 5-star Italian Grandmother. We learned that he had a 3-year internship in Italy. We had a leg of lamb stuffed with Rosemary and garlic, and my friends don't like lamb, but devoured this presentation. I suppose with dessert, we did go Southern, it was a black bottom banana cream pie. And the wine was incredible. A natural storyteller, the tour before the dinner was also wonderful. Our next stop with be Istanbul and I promise to report on Chef Basak. The Chef Tours is clearly the food tour company to keep an eye on.

Amazing historical and culinary evening. - Where to start. I live in Berlin and learned things on the tour portion I never knew. Karl is a natural storyteller. I spent most of the tour going, "Really?? I never kneeeew!" Now the food. OMG!! I'm a Southern Boy and Chef Karl did his THING! While the menu changes daily, I had no idea the menu included traditional Southern delicacies with a European twist. From the charcuterie board that included smoked pork & duck, cured ham and candied bacon. Yes, candied bacon! Delicious. Next course was an fresh salad I would like to add more detail but I wolfed it down. I do remember the presentation. The "bowl" was lettuce and all of the vegetables were seasoned lightly enough crisp crunchiness to give you a mouthful of freshness. After the salad was a lovely cheese course. Bio cheese where Karl told us about the farmer who supplied the hard goat cheese. That and the Limburger cheese made a great contrast with each other. Shrimp gumbo came out next. I haven't had a proper gumbo in well.. Never in Europe. There was just enough heat in the spiciness to make it welcoming, but not overpowering for people who don't normally eat spicy food. I wanted a second round of the gumbo, but glad I didn't indulge because what came out for the next course. What came next was almost sinful. Smoked ribs and chicken. The meat just fell off the bone. The rib rub was so spot on you didn't need any sauce. The table lost all notion of manners and picked those ribs up to make sure we got every morsel of flesh off the bone. The sides mac & cheese made with a Bulgarian cheese if memory serves correct. It should become a law that Mac & cheese must be made with that cheese. Ridiculous. Throw in the black eye peas and fresh biscuits with soft French butter I was in Southern heaven. Now, for the dessert. I originally wasn't so excited when Chef Karl said Bread Pudding. My experience with Bread Pudding was consistently underwhelming. Well that all changed with Chef Karl. Sweet Baby Jesus. He used croissants instead of bread. Then added dark chocolate and a home made bourbon sauce. No words can describe the state of joy going on in my mouth. From start to finish, this meal is definitely in the top 5 of myculinary experiences. And I didn't even fo into the perfect wine pairing! This is a tour one could do over and over again.

An incredible Experience - I went as a fanboy. I love Karl Wilder's Detective Novels, and I wanted them signed. This was not like most food tours. We had an informative and enthusiastic tour of East Berlin with Karl and Milou, the most amazing dog. I can't say enough about the food. We were told to be an omnivore and had no idea what to expect, but he was clearly in a Southern mood because we had a New Orleans-style dinner, complete with the best gumbo I have ever tasted. If there is something you don't eat, worry not, there is so much to enjoy. We learned about food and wine and he shared some hysterical stories from his career. This tour is a must for Drew Brees fans. If you do only one experience in Berlin, this should be the one. This was the best tour and the best meal we had all combined into one night. We ended just before midnight, and yes, he signed my books!!!

An Outstanding Experience - I will start with the food, as that most impressed me. We were told that if we mention what we eat, to let others know that the menu changes daily. I cannot imagine how many hours went into the preparation. This was all lovingly handcrafted. We began with homemade charcuterie and some good German cheeses, along with a sour rye bread. I was most excited by the hot smoked salmon, but everything was delicious. Our second course was a salad plated like a flower, a beautiful presentation. We then had pasta, handmade ravioli stuffed with goat cheese and leek in a light tomato sauce with chorizo. (I included a photo, excuse the shadow) I would have taken more photos, but the temptation to dive in and eat was too great. Chef Karl told us that his style was Grandma and our main was served family style. Racks of lamb and pork ribs, spice rubbed, no sauce came out of the smoker and a vat of cheese and Macaroni along with some vegetables were set into the middle of the table. We went to town and 6 people managed most of what was a huge amount of food. The sweet was small but delicious, chocolate tart kind of thing. Copious amounts of wine were included, and a homemade liqueur finished the night. 5 of the best hours I have ever spent. I have taken a lot of food tours, and I am over groups of 12 to 20 traipsing around eating bites off of toothpicks. 6 guess makes this tour exclusive and intimate. The tour itself showed me a new part of Berlin and his family's history in Germany made it personal and moving. Book now or wait til 2026. It is sold out for the next several weeks.