CULINARY TRIP TO ITALY IN 2025
May 3-10,2025 in Cortona plus an additional 4 night optional trip to Florence
Do to popular demand, we are taking another culinary trip to Tuscany!! It will be 7 nights in Cortona and a side trip to Florence (optional). It is an absolutely fabulous trip with cooking classes, sightseeing, shopping, free time and of course eating and eating and eating!!! The estate in Cortona, Il Falconiere, looks like heaven on earth….A Michelin star restaurant where we will eat twice, a variety of spa services and a pool, plus fabulous 5*accommodations. Check out the complete itinerary on the RED link below. Select 7 nights to see everything in Cortona then select 11 nights to review the optional trip in Florence. Every question you might have is answered in the link below.
If you are interested please call 412-362-0679 to reserve your spot…deposits will not be due until September. ALL ROOMS/16 PEOPLE ARE RESERVED but we have a wait list…just in case, If interested in the trip please call to be put on the list.
Culinary Trip to Italy for 2025
Providing a sense of “Camaraderie through Cuisine”! (for Groups of 6-10 participants)
Join the list of over 120+ corporations who are using the ‘cooking experience’ for team building, fun and good food!
- 4-MOMS
- ABB ICM
- Abbvie Pharmaceuticals
- Accredo Health
- Advanced Industrial Minerals
- Allegheny Health Network (4)
- Alcoa (6)
- Allegheny County Medical Society
- Allen + Shariff
- Altria
- American Eagle (3)
- Ameriprise Financial
- Ansys Inc. (3)
- Aspen Dental
- AVet Animal Hospital
- Bain of Chicago
- Bank of America (5)
- Bayer Corporation (2)
- Blade Diagnostic (3)
- Blue Belt Technology (5)
- BNY Mellon (5)
- Bombardier Transportation
- Bunker & Ray
- Burns White Law Firm (4)
- Caesars Entertainment
- Carmeuse Americas
- Carnegie Mellon University (14)
- CDS Administrators (2)
- Central Data Services
- Chubb’s Insurance Co.
- Cisco
- Comcast
- Council of Three Rivers
- Covidien
- Crown Castle
- CVS Caremark
- Deloitte (4)
- Dick’s Sporting Goods (4)
- Direct Energy (2)
- Duolingo (2)
- Duquesne Light
- Eaton Corporation
- Echo Realty (2)
- Enterprise Mobility
- Evolve Environment: : Architecture
- Family Foundations (2)
- Federal Home Loan Bank
- FedEX
- First Commonwealth Bank
- Fresensius Medical Center
- Guardian Storage
- Genetech
- Gilead Science
- GNC
- Goodwill of SWPA
- GlaxoSmithKline (3)
- GNC
- Google (2)
- Grant Street Group
- Highmark (23)
- Hu-Friedy Group of ChicagoHumana
- Ingram Barge Company (3)
- Insight Global
- Jones Day Law Firm
- K & L Gates (3)
- Keybank
- Komatsu Mining Corp.
- Koppers
- LanXess (6)
- Leeds
- Liberty Mutual Insurance
- Liberty Travel
- Luis Vidal Architects of Spain
- Manor Care
- Matthews International
- McKesson of Canada (2)
- McKinsey
- Merchant & Kay Law Firm
- Michael Baker International
- Mine Safety Appliance
- MNI Targeted Media
- Mylan (2)
- Net Health Systems
- Nova Chemicals
- Novartis
- Omnyx, LLC
- Paycheck
- Philips Respironics (8)
- Pitt Pharmacy School (2)
- PNC (7)
- PPG (7)
- Premiere Wealth Partners
- Presbyterian Senior Care
- Pricewaterhouse Coopers
- Principal Financial Group
- PTC Alliance
- Quartet Health
- ReproTech LLC
- Repsol
- Robb Leonard Mulvihill Law Firm
- Schneider Downs & Co. Inc.
- Seubert Associates
- Sister’s Place
- Starkist (2)
- State Farm
- Strassburger, McKenna, Gutnick & Gefsky Law Firm
- Tab Pittsburgh/Westmoreland
- Talisman Energy USA (4)
- Talogy
- Target
- Trinity Consultants
- Tuscano Insurance
- United Bank of Virginia
- University of Pittsburgh (4)
- UPMC (11)
- Unum
- VA Credit Union
- Verizon
- Wells Fargo Bank
- Westinghouse (5)
- Winchester Thurston
- Wounded Warriors
- Zoll
Choose from one of the following cuisines: Asian (mixture of Thai, Korean, Chinese & Vietnamese), Italian, Argentinian, American-French, Moroccan and Greek. Select “menu options for private/corporate parties” and scroll through the numerous choices available.
Participating in our event provides the following:
- An atmosphere to energize and excite your team
- A healthy risk-taking environment
- Encourage networking, mingling and building rapport
- Incorporate problem-solving, speed and work ethics
- provide an atmosphere for communication, collaboration and leadership
- have fun and enjoy good food with your co-workers
Small Group (6-10 participants)Team Building (held at Chop, WOK & Talk! and taught by Dorothy/staff in the Friendship/Bloomfield area):
- 6-12 participants can have a three hour session (4-5 dishes) for $90-$100 per person depending on the cuisine chosen.
- Class is held at the Chop, WOK & Talk cooking school (5404 Penn Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15206).
- 20% Gratuity for my assistant, please.
- BYOB
- There is no sales tax as this is not considered a lunch/dinner but is classified as a class.
- Aprons, chef hats and side towels will be provided
- At Chop, WOK & Talk! we will work together as a group preparing the menu selections. Participants will help prepare ALL the menu selections.
- Sanitation practices, knife skills, kitchen tips & tricks as well as cooking techniques will be emphasized.