Chef & Somm Workshops
You know what they say: give a person a cheese, they eat for a minute. Teach a person how to build a beautiful cheeseboard, they become an influencer.
Forget escape rooms and bowling. Our wine and food workshops are engaging, exciting, and interactive, the ultimate in deliciously fun edu-tainment.
All chef & somm classes are available exclusively at Vantage Venues, 150 King St W., downtown Toronto.
Each experience begins with a 20-minute sparkling wine reception, with a tempting bite, to allow everyone to arrive in ease and gather before the workshop begins.
Wine + Oyster Shucking
Guests try their hand shucking 5 oysters under the tutelage of a chef, and sampling 3 wines in a sommelier-led tasting. Oyster shuckers are theirs to take home. Band-Aids are free.
10-20ppl – $179
21-50ppl – $169
50ppl+ – $149
Wine + Cheese
Like a painting class, but tastier.
A chef leads guests through a workshop on building "Instagram worthy" cheeseboards. Guests can choose their own materials from cheese, charcuterie, and various accoutrements like olives, crackers, spreads etc. to build a board that best reflects their tastes. A sommelier leads the group through a tasting of three wines paired to the cheese.
10-20ppl – $205
21-50ppl – $195
50ppl+ – $175
Art of the Cocktail Party
Designed to give guests a handbook for hosting their own cocktail parties, from easy to manage, but incredibly impressive cocktails, crowd and food friendly wines, and make-ahead (chef designed!) party snacks anyone can whip up to serve a crowd.
The workshop starts with guests mixing, muddling, shaking, or stirring their own seasonal cocktail. While they sip on their freshly made drink, a chef demos a party-ready snack, easily made with ingredients found at any grocery store. We taste our first wine, and try it paired to the appetizer the chef has just demonstrated. We then try our next wine paired to another chef creation, and finally a third wine with the last canapé. Guests receive the recipes and wine list via email following the event.
10-20ppl – N/A
21-50ppl – $199
50ppl+ – $179
Gifting and Service Additions
- Event options include: post-tasting host bar, full service dinner, passed apps, food stations, A/V, and any other social or meeting essentials.
- Corporate gifting: branded cheese boards, wine openers, aprons etc. (minimum orders apply and a minimum four week rsvp for special orders).
- Food gifting: hot sauce, mignonette, cheese and charcuterie, "midnight snack boxes" etc. all custom created for gifting.