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Bonjour! I’ve just returned from 19 glorious sun-soaked days hosting Le Chat Gourmet’s Provence Vacation. Where does one even begin, first – to my guests, thank you for joining me on this culinary caper! Oh, how we did laugh, learned some new skill sets from playing pétanque to drinking pastis and the best…newfound friendships forged […]

2024 marked Le Chat Gourmet’s 16th year hosting our culinary vacation in Tuscany!! “Time spent in Tuscany nourishes the body and soul, steeped in tradition, history, art, cuisine, wine, artisan craftsman, the Italian’s just do it better! We explored Cortona and were transported back in time to the Etruscans, 2,000 B.C., via art at my […]

Welcome to the south of France with Le Chat Gourmet! With her azure blue skies, billowy clouds, sunny 75-85 degree days – June in Provence is magical. The market stalls spill over with just harvested French grown produce, jewel tone heirloom tomatoes, deep red cherries, peaches, apricots, the infamous Carpentras strawberries and Cavaillon melons – […]

2023 marked Le Chat Gourmet’s 15th year in Tuscany, with the pleasure of hosting three wonderful weeks of guests. The azure blue skies of September were filled with days exploring the hilltop towns of Cortona, Pienza and Montepulciano. Market day in Castiglione del Lago, the castle on the lake. And of course, partaking of traditional […]

Welcome to Le Chat Gourmet’s 2023 Vacation in Provence! Oh to be in the south of France in June, that’s exactly what three week’s of guests enjoyed as they joined Le Chat Gourmet in Provence this summer. Join us on our adventures via the photo diary below…enjoy! Our home away from home, 1812 stone mill […]

This year marked Le Chat Gourmet’s 14th Anniversary hosting guests in Tuscany! It still amazes me that in 2009 when I launched our very first trip my hope was there’d be enough interest to offer it once every three years. Oh how wrong I was and delighted to be so! Le Chat had the pleasure […]

Welcome to Le Chat Gourmet’s 2022 Vacation in Provence! Right on cue, the cicadas began singing as the guests arrived, announcing the official start to summer in Provence! Our sunshine, blue sky filled days were filled with visits to quaint nearby French villages…Châteauneuf-du-Pape for private wine tastings, Roussillon an artist’s delight, St. Remy where we […]

Celebrate is the word for Le Chat’s 2021 Tuscany Vacation! We celebrated gorgeous sunny days filled with billowy blue skies, the joy to travel again, new found friendships, reunited friends, dining family style al fresco, the exploration of hilltop towns and embracing the beauty of Italy. Tuscany truly is a magical place, that when you […]

Welcome to Le Chat Gourmet’s new website! We have kept the straight forward easy to navigate features you love and added some new bells and whistles too – like this awesome blog! BLOG An outlet for Chef Vincent to keep you personally updated with our latest news, from our cook’s gardens, post behind the scenes […]