NEW SERVICES
CHEF DESIGNED KITCHEN
A well-designed commercial kitchen creates efficiency, improves staff morale, and saves money on labor by taking into account time and motion. Besides being pretty, it’s practical.
Typically home kitchen designers are up on the latest kitchen design trends and are looking to sell high-end finishes and appliances without a real working knowledge of how to create a high-functioning space. Mara has designed and built over a dozen kitchens with both large and tight budgets, from commercial kitchens for hotels, and cafes, teaching kitchens, several home kitchens, and even outdoor kitchens. From project management to a simple kitchen refresh. Email for a free consultation!
PERSONAL CHEF SERVICES
Are you too busy to cook and shop for the week? Do you have an aging parent that needs help with meals and perhaps a little company? I am now offering personal chef services in the Victoria area. Services range from dinner parties, catering, and private cooking classes to weekly meal service and/or delivery.
Italy Culinary tour: Now Booking for fall 2023!
Mara has been leading annual culinary tours to Italy since 2004. With a Master of Italian cooking certificate, a command of the Italian language, and many years of developing Slow Food contacts across Italy, Mara provides rare, off-the-beaten-path experiences that focus on iconic Italian ingredients, wine, culture, and personal contacts with food producers.
Sicily, A Culinary & Cultural Tour
Oct 15 - Oct. 24rd / 10 days
4,900 Euros + GST
With a focus on the volcanic Sicilian terroir and the biodiversity of this warm Mediterranean island, Mara hosts 10-day tours accommodating her guests in luxury villas in 2 regions of Sicily, including time spent in the area of Mount Etna. We will travel with a private driver where we will embark on easy day trips to discover artisanal producers, breathtaking scenery, ancient Greek ruins, and historic towns with lunches in both some of Sicily’s best restaurants and rustic tables. Evenings are spent relaxing back at the villa where Mara will cook creative, light, healthy evening meals. Private, custom tours or hosted villa rentals and private chef services in any region of Italy are also available.
NEW THIS YEAR: Puglia, A Culinary & Cultural Tour
Oct 26 to Nov 2nd / 8 days
3,900 Euros + GST
From the Daunia mountains to the Ionian sea discover the special Southern Italian specialties of Puglia, the food basket of Italy. We will spend time with Chef Peppe Zullo, in the hilltop town of Orsara di Puglia. Peppe is a National hero, a chef with a large farm growing everything from his own wine and olive oil to tomatoes, pork, and acres of field crops where he brings valor to the local peasant dishes and invents many of his own using ingredients like borage and wild greens. This tour includes cooking classes and producer visits.