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Carolina Cuisine
Come and Enjoy a festive evening of food, paired wines and cooking demonstrations. Learn new cooking techniques from our professional chefs while enjoying a five to eight course meal. Each of our menu's reflects the classical cuisines of the theme's chosen.
All dinners begin at 6:30 pm. |
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A Holiday Feast - Friday, December 5
Join us at the Chef’s table!
This is an experience like no other. For the first time ever, we are inviting you in to our kitchen.
You’ll feel the heat from the stove as you watch each course being prepared in our kitchen. From the appetizer to dessert, you’ll experience an up close and personal look at how our chef’s prepare and serve this meal. Enjoy wine and conversation in an intimate setting as the chef’s entertain you with cooking techniques and tricks of the trade. This is as close to the pot, without actually cooking, as you can get!
$60.00 per person
Course Full
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| January |
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A Night in Italy - Friday, January 23
Discover the rich flavor and diversity of Italian cuisine with us. Dive into Italy’s rich history of wine from the bold to the delicate. This Carolina Cuisine will take your palate on a journey from the north to the south of Italy and everywhere in between.
$60.00 per person
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| February |
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Valentine's Day --“That’s Amore!” - Friday, February 13
Love is in the air and we are celebrating the most romantic night twice. The menu will feature dishes from France, Italy, Spain and even the Americas. Join our chef and staff as we travel the romantic world and dine on food from the richest cuisines. Each course will be paired with a wine from that particular region. From soup to dessert you will be immersed in romance.
$75.00 per person
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Valentine's Day --“That’s Amore!” - Saturday, February 14
Love is in the air and we are celebrating the most romantic night twice. The menu will feature dishes from France, Italy, Spain and even the Americas. Join our chef and staff as we travel the romantic world and dine on food from the richest cuisines. Each course will be paired with a wine from that particular region. From soup to dessert you will be immersed in romance.
$75.00 per person
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Bonefish Grille - Friday, February 27
Enjoy the artistic new dishes that the Bonefish Grille chefs will create right before your eyes. Be the very first to experience the Bonefish Grille’s new ideas and dishes. Your reactions and comments will assist them in deciding their next menu items. You will also experience some of the current dishes, complete with recipes, as well as the Bonefish Grille’s most outstanding wines with each course. Someone will win a very special door prize, compliments of Bonefish Grille.
$60.00 per person
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| March |
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Honored Chef Series - Gina Stipo from Ecco La Cuci - Friday, March 6
Discover the rich flavor and diversity of Tuscan cuisine with us. Dive into Italy’s rich history of wine from the bold to the delicate. This Carolina Cuisine will take your palate on a journey through the Tuscan region of Italy with our first Honored Chef Gina Stipo.
$75.00 per person
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The French Table - Friday, March 20
Spend an evening with us and dive into the rich French cuisine. We will spend an evening traveling across France and sampling its many varied dishes and wines. Each course will feature dishes and wines from the main regions of France from Burgundy to Provence.
$60.00 per person
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| April |
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Shelton Wine Dinner - Friday, April 10
This Carolina Cuisine is a new way to look at American cuisine. This dinner will spark the culinarian in every one. Let us show how to make the simplest dish become an “over the top” dish. As an extra bonus, the entire dinner will be paired with wines from Shelton Vineyards - the largest family-owned estate winery in North Carolina located in the Yadkin Valley.
$60.00 per person
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Chef d'Jour Classes
Enjoy a morning of culinary instruction at the Chef d'Jour classes!
All Chef d'Jour classes are Saturdays from 9:00-1:00pm |
| November |
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Holiday Baking - Saturday, November 22nd
It’s time to send goodies to friends and family, but what should you send to all of them? Let us show you how to prepare the goodies that are sure to be a surprise and delight for anyone.
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$50.00 per person
Course Full
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Gingerbread House - Saturday, December 6th
Who doesn’t like the fresh smell of a gingerbread house? These delectable cookie houses covered in your favorite candy are fun to put together, fun to eat, but messy. Join us for hot cocoa, gingerbread, candy, and fun. We will help you put the house together and give you tips on decorating.
$35.00 per person
Course Full
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Gingerbread House - Sunday, December 7th
Who doesn’t like the fresh smell of a gingerbread house? These delectable cookie houses covered in your favorite candy are fun to put together, fun to eat, but messy. Join us for hot cocoa, gingerbread, candy, and fun. We will help you put the house together, give you tips on decorating, and no mess for you. You will receive a house, candy and royal icing to put it all together.
$35.00 per person
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Gingerbread House - Saturday, December 13th
Who doesn’t like the fresh smell of a gingerbread house? These delectable cookie houses covered in your favorite candy are fun to put together, fun to eat, but messy. Join us for hot cocoa, gingerbread, candy, and fun. We will help you put the house together and give you tips on decorating.
$35.00 per person
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| January |
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The Basics - Saturday, January 24
Develop your kitchen skills with our basics class! The Basics is designed to give the participants some basic knowledge on how to use, store and sharpen knives, the five basic sauces and how to break down a chicken. The class is designed for the novice in the kitchen or someone who wants to get a leg up and refine their skills.
$50.00 per person
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Italian Cuisine - Saturday, February 7
Discover the rich history of Tuscan cuisine. Come spend the day with famed Italian chef Gina Stipo of Ecco La Cucina. Participants will learn to prepare recipes from this distinct and rich region of Italy and work side by side with our first chef in the Honored Chef Series. All dishes will come directly from Chef Stipo’s cookbook and you get to take home an autographed copy. Buon Appetito!
$50.00 per person
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| March |
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Cake Decorating - Saturday, March 7
Let them eat cake is easier said than done if the cake doesn’t look its best. Our cake decorating class will give you the basic steps you need to make a cake look its best. Learn how to work with real butter cream, basic piping techniques, and even how to work with fondant.
$50.00 per person
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French Cuisine - Saturday, March 21
Viva la France! Let us demystify French cuisine for you. Following the teachings of Julia Child, this class will give you the leg up when it comes to French food and terminology. Our French class will teach you the secrets to rich flavors and soft texture of French foods. You will be taught to prepare Bouillabaisse, Saumon Aux Lentilles, Pommes Pailles (thin French fries), and Chocolate Mousse. If you like French food this class is for you.
$50.00 per person
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Picnic Basket - Saturday, April 11
Let us show you quick and easy ways to put together a gourmet picnic basket. We will show you how to make this event fun and nearly effortless. If it’s a romantic picnic for two under the warm spring sun or a twilight dinner under the stars and we can make it fun for the whole family as well.
$50.00 per person
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Grill It! - Saturday, June 6
It is the season to be grilling. Come and learn the basics of mastering the grill. We will arm you with the knowledge to become a grilling expert from marinades to rubs and fish to beef. This one day class will show you anything can be grilled. Our chef will walk you through the delicate steps to grilling fish and how to make a burger melt in your mouth.
$50.00 per person
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Wine Classes
Discover the wines and sample the proper foods from these regions. Enjoy a night of wine tasting and great food -- tapas style.
All Wine classes are 6:00-8:00pm except for the English Beers class which is 6:30-8:30pm. |
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Dessert Wines & Champagnes - Tuesday, December 2nd
Become the toast of the town with our class geared toward the fine world of champagne and dessert wines. This class is all about the bubble and nectar of the wine world.
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$50.00 per person
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Martini Tuesday - Tuesday, December 16th
“Martinis - shaken, not stirred”, but would you like it with an olive, onion, a twist, gin or vodka? There is so much to know about the Martini. Our Martini class will demystify the complexity of the Martini.
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$50.00 per person
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Cognac and Brandy - Wednesday, January 28
The evening will focus on the rich and flavorful world of Cognacs’ and Brandies. This class will teach you how to taste and serve these rich and warming delights. Discover what it means to taste and enjoy a good brandy or cognac, and how they are made and how to buy the right one for you.
$50.00 per person
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Wine 101 - Tuesdays, February 3, 10, 17, 24
So you want to learn more about wine? Our Wine 101 class will arm you with the knowledge you need to become wine savvy. Our class is an informal setting designed to promote a continual wine conversation. Let us teach you the big six wines, and what is meant by woody, oaky and leather. We will teach you how to select wine, the differences in wine types, how to store it and pair it with food.
$179.00 per person
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Bourdeaux Wines - Tuesday, March 17
Bordeaux wines aren’t for connoisseurs any more. Learn the richness and complexity of one of the most famous regions of France. Let yourself be inspired by exploring this region with us. Learn how grapes can transform and influence a country’s cuisine and culture.
$50.00 per person
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Italian Wines - Monday, March 30
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$50.00 per person
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Wines of Burgundy - Tuesday, April 28
From affordable to collectible, see how an ordinary cluster of grapes from this famous region evolves into a superbly-crafted masterpiece, capable of commanding stratospheric prices for a single bottle. Join us as we taste through some of the Burgundies villages and appellations that make this region so special.
$50.00 per person
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