As the Logar Valley turns golden with autumn, Hotel Plesnik invites you to discover a month dedicated to exceptional food, local stories and memorable culinary experiences.
This year’s Culinary October has an added reason to celebrate: the Plesnik family marks 600 years of living in and shaping life in the Logar Valley – six centuries of deep connection to this remarkable Alpine landscape.
Throughout October, the hotel will bring together acclaimed chefs, local producers, seasonal ingredients and traditions rooted in the Solčava region. From intimate dinners and culinary workshops to farm visits, herb walks and fine dining, each experience offers a different way to taste the valley.
Step Inside the Plesnik Kitchen
Discover what happens behind the scenes with a guided tour of the Hotel Plesnik kitchen. See where ideas become dishes, meet the people behind the plates and enjoy a small culinary welcome with a glass of sparkling wine.
It is also a chance to raise a toast to new stories in the space we proudly consider the heart of our hotel.
When: Thursdays and Fridays at 3 pm
Price: Free of charge
Bookings: info@plesnik.si
Meet the Makers: An Evening with Local Producers
For chefs Tom Čopar and Janez Bratovž, great cuisine begins with great ingredients – and with the people who grow, raise and create them. The first evening of Culinary October is therefore dedicated to the producers of the Solčava region, whose ingredients have become an essential part of the Plesnik kitchen.
Meet the producers, hear their stories, taste and purchase their products, then sit down to a special dinner created around the ingredients you have just discovered. The evening will continue with music and relaxed conversation.
When: Friday, 2 October, from 6 pm; dinner at 7 pm
Price: €65
Bookings: info@plesnik.si
A Morning at Matk Farm
High above the valley, life at Matk Farm still follows the rhythms of nature, animals and long-standing mountain traditions. Ever since chefs Tom Čopar and Janez Bratovž first visited the farm, its ingredients have played an important role in Plesnik’s cuisine. This October, Hotel Plesnik guests can experience the farm for themselves: watch the morning goat milking and enjoy a hearty mountain breakfast prepared with local produce.
When: 3 and 10 October at 7:15 am
Goat milking takes place only in suitable weather conditions.
Price: Free of charge
Bookings: info@plesnik.si
Autumn Restaurant Week
One of Slovenia’s most popular culinary events returns to Hotel Plesnik.
For Restaurant Week, chefs Tom Čopar and Janez Bratovž will create special multi-course tasting menus at an inviting price, while sommelier Simon Voler will complete the experience with carefully selected wines and signature drinks.
Our tip: Turn dinner into an autumn escape by adding an overnight stay with breakfast and wellness access, available at a special Restaurant Week rate.
When: 9–16 October
Price: €32
Reservations: VENUO
Foraging the Flavours of the Valley
The meadows of the Logar Valley are filled with herbs and plants that local people have used for generations – both in the kitchen and as part of their everyday wellbeing. Join herbalist Amanda Kladnik-Babave for a relaxed walk through the surrounding landscape and discover the plants, traditions and stories of the Solčava region. The herbs gathered along the way will then be combined with fresh cottage cheese from nearby farms to create a seasonal spread, served as part of a light autumn lunch.
When: 8 and 17 October at 11 am
Price: Free of charge
Bookings: info@plesnik.si
Guest Chef Dinner: Jakob Pintar x Plesnik
A special culinary collaboration comes to the Logar Valley as chefs Tom Čopar and Janez Bratovž welcome Jakob Pintar, chef of Ljubljana’s TaBar, one of Slovenia’s best-known restaurants of the new generation and recognised by the Michelin Guide.
Pintar’s cuisine is bold, playful and deeply seasonal, often drawing on wild herbs, fermentation, his own garden and the surrounding landscape.
In the green setting of the Logar Valley, his approach finds a natural counterpart in Plesnik’s own philosophy. Together, the chefs will create an evening in which two distinctive culinary perspectives meet on the plate.
An oenologist from Puklavec Family Wines will accompany the dinner with a carefully selected wine pairing, sharing the stories and character behind each wine.
When: 23 October
Price: €96
Bookings: info@plesnik.si
Walk with the Shepherds, Lunch at Plesnik
Step into the pastoral traditions of the Logar Valley on an experiential walk with local shepherds. Along the way, hear stories from the mountain pastures and taste local delicacies before returning to Hotel Plesnik for a four-course lunch inspired by the flavours of the mountains.
Nature, heritage and cuisine come together in one distinctly Solčava experience.
When: 24 October
Price: €49 per person (regular price €107)
Minimum two participants
Bookings: info@plesnik.si
Cook with Janez Bratovž
Spend the morning cooking alongside Janez Bratovž, one of the most influential names in Slovenian gastronomy.
This hands-on workshop is dedicated to traditional Upper Savinja Valley žlinkrofi. Learn how to prepare the dough and filling, shape your own žlinkrofi under the chef’s guidance and, naturally, taste the results.
Lunch is included, making the workshop as much about sharing a table and conversation as it is about learning a new culinary skill.
Guests who combine the workshop with an overnight stay receive a 30% discount on the workshop price.
When: 25 October at 11 am
Price: €120
Bookings: info@plesnik.si
Autumn Fine Dining
Autumn takes centre stage in chef Tom Čopar’s seasonal tasting menu.
Local ingredients, regional traditions and contemporary techniques come together in a series of dishes inspired by the Logar Valley, with each plate offering its own interpretation of the season.
A carefully selected wine pairing completes the experience.
When: 25 October
Price: €90 for the four-course menu / €120 for the seven-course menu
Bookings: info@plesnik.si
Dine, Stay, Return
Guests choosing the seven-course fine-dining menu are automatically entered into our quarterly draw for a special prize: an overnight stay with breakfast for two at Hotel Plesnik.
One dinner may just become your reason to return.
The Potato Dinner
A humble ingredient takes on a starring role. To mark the end of the autumn school holidays, Hotel Plesnik will dedicate an entire multi-course dinner to the potato – one of the region’s most familiar yet surprisingly versatile ingredients.
Expect a creative interpretation of tradition, local produce and the possibilities hidden inside this everyday staple.
When: 30 October
Price: €65
Wine pairing: €32
Bookings: info@plesnik.si
Plesnik Signature Drinks
Discover another side of Plesnik through our signature drinks. Following a guided gin tasting, sommelier Simon Voler will introduce the local ingredients, flavours and stories behind Plesnik’s house cocktails and reveal how they are transformed into distinctive signature serves.
When: 31 October
Price: €25
Bookings: info@plesnik.si
Stay a Little Longer: The October Culinary Escape
Some experiences deserve more than a single evening. Our special October packages combine the best of autumn at Hotel Plesnik: an excellent dinner, overnight accommodation with breakfast, a relaxing walk, a light lunch and time to unwind in one of Slovenia’s most beautiful wellness settings.
It is an invitation to slow down, taste more and experience the Logar Valley beyond the table.
Hotel Plesnik has received numerous accolades from respected international hotel and gastronomy guides
In 2026, the restaurant was once again included in the Michelin Selected selection. Gault&Millau awarded it three toques, while Falstaff recognised it with three forks, placing Plesnik among Slovenia’s leading fine-dining destinations. The hotel has also retained Michelin recognition for its commitment to sustainable gastronomy and continues to follow a philosophy in which outstanding cuisine, local ingredients and respect for the environment are inseparable. Today, Hotel Plesnik stands among the leading ambassadors of excellent, locally rooted and sustainable gastronomy in Slovenia.
