Meet Chef Julie who is passionate about teaching cooking to serious foodies.
Classically trained by some of the world’s most accomplished French master chefs, she has worked at the White House, collaborated with world-renowned chefs, opened her own restaurant and operated her own catering business. Julie has been teaching cooking for more then 25 years and is a Certified Culinary Professional (CCP ) by the International Association of Culinary Professionals.
Guests on the ‘Napa Harvest 2016: Gourmet Food & Wine Adventure’ will spend a morning with Chef Julie at the Napa Farmer’s Market and Oxbow Market. Napa Valley cuisine reflects a deep appreciation for nature and its seasons. Julie will guide us through the markets introducing local produce, meats, cheeses, spices and artisan foods. As she does this, she will purchase ingredients for our hands-on cooking class showcasing the abundant produce and legendary Napa Valley artisan products.
Back in the kitchen, we’ll learn culinary techniques and prepare a specially selected menu at Julie’s direction – with a glass of wine in hand, of course!
We will then join Chef Julie and savor a fresh taste of the Napa Valley in our own wine country feast!
Click on the video below to learn about Julie’s cooking classes.
Napa Valley has become one of the HOTTEST foodie destinations in the country. It is famous for its incredible cuisine starting with Oxbow Public Market in downtown Napa to the plethora of dining establishments throughout the valley. There are classic French, Italian, Latin and Asian restaurants as well as those focused on the lighter “Califonia Cuisine” borne from the bounty of local, fresh seasonal ingredients often found at the farmers’ market. Oxbow Public Market in Napa is the local gathering place for great food, wine and culinary items in a stationary market place. It’s 40,000 square feet is filled with local food vendor,artisan cafes and organic produce from local farms. These artisans and food purveyors passionately support the concept of local sustainable agriculture – thereby promoting a healthy environment as well as social and economic equity within the community.
ce, locally grown meats, sustainable seafood, artisan cheeses, baked goods and spices from around the world.
Napa Valley was, at one time, covered by a vast inland sea spanning over much of the area. The salt water from that sea nourished its soil over the millennia. The local Mayacamas Mountains came out of the earth’s continental plates fighting for space, colliding together to form a furnace of magma and spewing forth volcanos and mountain spines. Some of those mountainous spines are now what divides the two valleys: Napa and Sonoma.