Culinary Sojourn in the Heartland...Cooking Vacations...Culinary Getaways...Cooking Classes!

PER PERSON $479

PRICE PER PERSON - $459

Designed as the perfect culinary weekend getaway in the heartland, this three-day, two-night foodie adventure will create memories that will last a lifetime.  Enjoy luxury accommodations, gourmet breakfast each day, three-hour cooking class, multi-course gourmet dinner with wine tasting.

You will stay in a Queen Anne Victorian-style Inn built especially as a luxury bed and breakfast that can accommodate culinary instruction.  The main floor includes a charming parlor offering comfortable seating and a place to relax and socialize with other guests if you wish, as well as the formal dining room, where breakfast is served each morning.  Guests are invited to settle into one of the comfy chairs with a good book in the Library Corner on the guest room landing, or enjoy the outdoor seating areas on the large wraparound porch.  Also offered is complimentary wireless internet access, on-site parking and complimentary bike storage.

ACCOMMODATIONS
This luxury Bed and Breakfast is located in the historic village of Rocheport, Missouri, only two blocks from the Katy Trail. The Inn combines Victorian elegance with fine furnishings, antiques, light-filled rooms and modern amenities. Rocheport is conveniently located 2 hours from both St. Louis and Kansas City, and is less than 15 minutes from Columbia.

HANDS-ON COOKING CLASSES
Professional chef/cooking instructor Mary Schlueter relocated to mid-Missouri from her home in Scottsdale, Arizona. Mary owned her own boutique catering company in Scottsdale for six years with an upscale clientele that included catering parties for 3 Phoenix mayors, 2 Arizona governors and Senator John McCain. She also worked as an executive chef for an exclusive, desert retreat in Carefree, Arizona that hosted many well-known entertainers and celebrities, and in the spa kitchen of the world-renowned Boulder's Resort.

Mary is an experienced cooking teacher and as a cooking school director at a recreational school in Scottsdale and later at her licensed, in-home school in Jefferson City, has presented literally hundreds of cooking classes. She is a member of the prestigious International Association of Culinary Professionals, wrote a regular food column for the Jefferson City News Tribune for 2 years, and reviewed new cookbooks for a national publication. Her cookbook reviews also appear on the Barnes & Noble Bookstore on-line site among others.

Her philosophy for her classes is that they be fun but also an educational experience with emphasis on culinary history, mastering techniques and chef's tips for producing professional results.