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Taste Tripping: Tours, Travel, Tastings and Cooking Classes

Valerie Lugonja is providing Culinary Tours, Travel, Tastings, and Cooking Classes in the Edmonton Area!

Valerie has taught public school in Edmonton for thirty years and is the consummate educator.

Recently retired, she launched the Cooking Classes segment of her business in January of 2011. She plans to launch the Culinary Tours and Travel segments in the Spring of 2013. Sign up in the comments section for news on Day Trips and Itineraries for Culinary Tours.

She has three specific academic specializations (an early childhood education diploma and a double major in Fine arts and English language and literature) and has acquired many others through her extensive teaching career. Her last few years with Edmonton Public Schools she worked in the area of Foods Education and developed the Nutritious Lunch Project and  Catering Club at Kate Chegwin School. She has also personally planned and toured her students all over the world during Spring break, and at other times of the year for over twenty of those years. She has also traveled extensively with her husband over the past several years throughout Canada, the United States, Western and Eastern Europe. Thus, she brings with her the very practical experience of the travel and tour industry as well as her expertise in foods education and cooking classes.

Her travel and tour mandate is to offer local, national and international travel and tours that highlight history, art and culture with a particular focus on regional cuisine in each area explored to include hands on experience as well as intimate interaction with artisanal food producers and suppliers.

Cooking classes introduce local and regional “experts” sharing culinary expertise with class participants. This has not been done in Edmonton before. The opportunity to learn from “the grandma” who really knows, or “the neighbour” who can really cook has arrived. We will offer classes from professionally trained chefs and people in the food industry, as well, but our specific focus is offering classes to you from someone in your own neighbourhood or community who is sharing with you what they are “famous” for making: exceptional homemade heritage dishes.

If you want to be informed when new classes and schedules are created, please include your name in the comment section below.

If you want to book an entire class and plan what you learn, contact me and we will do it for you! (Great for birthday parties, bridal showers, etc.)

If you have culinary expertise you would like to share with others, please  contact me with the details!

Culinary Tours and Travel:

There are currently no tours available for sale, but sign up to be notified below for Travel and Tours in the Spring of 2013!

Cooking Classes:

Click here to for the 2012 class  information.

Click here to view past classes.

Click here for Registration and Payment information

Testimonials:

Read Testimonials from Cooking Classes

and from Tour and Travel Participants

Read LeQuan’s Post about her class with us here!

Peak into some of our past Cooking Classes!

We encourage you to please leave your comments about your experience on the appropriate page!

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  1. supersu says

    December 1, 2010 at 6:34 am

    just saw this mentioned on sharons site! CANNOT WAIT!!

    i will look forward to some interesting cooking classes.

    i was lucky enough to participate in the dairy/cheese tour earlier this fall and can only say if your excursions are in any way similar to that one you will have a hit on your hands!

    have a good holiday season
    see you in the new year for a cooking class

    cheers
    su 🙂

    Reply
    • Valerie says

      December 1, 2010 at 7:44 am

      Thank you so much Su!
      I will add your address to the list of people to send out new information to. I appreciate your support! We have many classes in the works, but are just getting “off the ground” and thought this was a good way to get the word out.
      🙂
      Valerie

      Reply
  2. katie says

    December 1, 2010 at 12:15 pm

    Please keep me informed of new classes.

    Reply
    • Valerie says

      December 1, 2010 at 1:20 pm

      Will do, Katie! You are on “the list”!
      🙂
      Thank you so much for your interest!
      Valerie

      Reply
  3. Brian says

    December 1, 2010 at 12:24 pm

    Great sight !

    Reply
    • Valerie says

      December 1, 2010 at 1:11 pm

      Thank you, Brian!
      🙂
      Valerie

      Reply
  4. Cheryl Arkison says

    December 1, 2010 at 12:51 pm

    Congratulations. What an exciting adventure.

    Reply
    • Valerie says

      December 1, 2010 at 1:09 pm

      Thank you, Cheryl! We are truly pumped! Would you consider sharing some of your culinary prowess with us at one of our classes?
      🙂
      Valerie

      Reply
  5. donna says

    December 1, 2010 at 6:58 pm

    Looking forward to hearing about new tours!

    Reply
    • Valerie says

      December 1, 2010 at 7:15 pm

      Thank you, Donna!
      You are on “the list”!
      Valerie

      Reply
  6. Katharine says

    December 7, 2010 at 8:09 pm

    Yeah, Valerie. I, too, just read about your “dream come true” on Sharon’s site. Can’t wait to partake! Congrats! and please add me to the list, especially for the travels. I’m off to Europe mid Feb for a spell. Yummy.

    Reply
    • Valerie says

      December 7, 2010 at 8:35 pm

      Great, Katharine!
      Youa re definitely on the list. Have a wonderful time in Europe and come back with LOTS of stories to tell!
      🙂
      Valerie

      Reply
  7. Eva says

    December 7, 2010 at 10:28 pm

    This sounds fantastic! Keep me in the loop! Would love to see some chocolate, baking and bread classes!

    Reply
    • Valerie says

      December 7, 2010 at 10:41 pm

      Will do, Eva! Thank you! And, good to know!
      Valerie

      Reply
  8. Dajana says

    December 7, 2010 at 11:28 pm

    Congratulations ljepotica! Please keep me informed of new classes too!

    Hvala vam puno! 🙂

    Reply
  9. Judy says

    December 9, 2010 at 4:02 pm

    I was just looking for your blog at work (break time :)) and the article in the paper popped up. Congratulations. If I had any energy I’d love to learn how to cook! I’ll just reap the rewards from my loving sisters hard labour for now!! I’ll be your “taster” hehe

    oxox

    Reply
    • Valerie says

      December 9, 2010 at 4:18 pm

      Judy: Wasn’t that a nice link from the Journal a couple of days ago? Right in the paper. Liane has also talked us up on her own blog at the journal too… lucky me!
      🙂
      Valerie

      Reply
  10. Barbra says

    January 13, 2011 at 5:38 pm

    Hello Valerie

    Could you please clarify for me, is this Thermomix cooking class?

    thank you
    Barbra

    Reply
  11. Sharon eyben says

    March 14, 2011 at 7:24 pm

    Hi Valerie:
    I just stumbled upon your website and would love to receive notices of upcoming classes and culinary tours please. You can send them to my e:mail above if you like?
    Many thanks!
    Sharon

    Reply
    • Valerie says

      March 14, 2011 at 8:48 pm

      You are now on “the list” Sharon. Do you live in Edmonton? Did you see what our June tour it?
      Thank you for your interest!
      Cheers,
      Valerie

      Reply
  12. Tanis Palmer says

    March 23, 2011 at 3:20 pm

    Hi Valerie! I’d love to be added to the list, as well.
    Thanks.
    Tanis

    Reply
    • Valerie says

      March 23, 2011 at 3:44 pm

      OK, Tanis! Great!
      You have been added to the list!
      🙂
      valerie

      Reply
  13. Barbara says

    March 28, 2011 at 8:48 pm

    Hi Valerie,
    I’m interested in enrolling in your classes please let me know if there is any coming up, thanks.
    Barbara

    Reply
    • Valerie says

      March 28, 2011 at 9:08 pm

      Thank you, Barbara!
      You are definitely on the list!
      🙂
      valerie

      Reply
  14. Cindy says

    May 24, 2011 at 12:00 pm

    could I please be on the list for up coming classes
    thanks so much!
    cindy

    Reply
  15. Lynne Anderson says

    June 4, 2011 at 11:11 pm

    Would love to be on your list for future classes. Many Thanks

    Reply
    • Valerie says

      June 5, 2011 at 6:16 am

      Hi, Lynn!
      Great!
      I have added your name and e-mail address to “the” list, and you will definitely be notified when I put up another season of classes.
      🙂
      Valerie

      Reply
  16. Susan Horsman says

    June 20, 2011 at 3:18 pm

    Please add me to your list. Am available at short notice to improve my cooking/baking skills!

    Reply
    • Valerie says

      June 21, 2011 at 12:11 am

      Susan!
      You are added to ‘the” list! Thank you for your interest!
      🙂
      Valerie

      Reply
  17. Val says

    December 5, 2012 at 7:39 am

    please add me to your list for classes and more importantly your culinary tour

    Reply
    • Valerie Lugonja says

      December 5, 2012 at 9:56 am

      HI, Val!
      You are definitely on “the list”. Are you from Edmonton, or where are you from?
      🙂
      Valerie

      Reply
  18. Betsy says

    April 23, 2018 at 9:58 am

    This content is somewhat dated, do you still offer classes?

    Reply
    • Valerie Lugonja says

      April 23, 2018 at 12:55 pm

      No, you are right, Betsy
      Outdated as I no longer – at least not longer, currently, offer classes. My Thermomix business has taken up that time.
      Sincerely,
      Valerie

      Reply

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