• 1 Vendue Range - Charleston’s acclaimed Chef Forrest Parker guides you along an undiscovered path where food and history meet on in historic Charleston, distilling 400 years into a walking tour experience culminating with a cooking demonstration and three course tasting of the iconic flavors of the South Carolina Lowcountry. Chef Forrest leads you on a 90 minute walking tour unlike any other in the city, as the only certified chef tour guide, exploring the complicated history of the Holy City and the culinary influences that shaped Charleston into one of the world’s top food destinations. You’ll visit the not-to be missed sights, but also the lesser known and understood locations where, for example, an enslaved chef created a recipe that still helps define local menus. The tour concludes at a cozy bistro where you relax while Chef Forrest demonstrates how to prepare the recipes he wrote interpreting definitive Lowcountry classics, and prepared using techniques he mastered over two decades. You’ll enjoy a lunch with each of those courses carefully paired with wine, and then take his recipes home with you as our gift to you.

• 90-minute walking tour of Charleston’s historic district
• Cooking Demonstration by Chef Forrest Parker
• Each guest will leave with copies of Chef Forrest’s recipes
• Lunch
• Alcoholic beverages
• Tea and coffee

• Gratuities

• Lunch - Tours conclude at a cozy bistro where Chef Forrest demonstrates how to prepare Lowcountry classics. Enjoy a lunch carefully paired with wine.

Join Charleston’s exclusive chef-led historic walking tour, complete with a cooking demonstration and lunch! This unique experience starts with a 90-minute food history walking tour through the historic district, followed by a cooking demonstration, lunch, and a paired wine tasting at the beloved local venue, Bistro a Vin. The tour is led by Forrest Parker, Charleston’s sole South Carolina Chef Ambassador and Palmetto Guild Certified tour guide. Parker, who has led teams at some of Charleston’s most renowned restaurants, is celebrated as a “visionary who draws on the culture, history, and flavor traditions of South Carolina to craft heritage-infused experiences.” In 2016, Parker was honored by then-Governor Nikki Haley as a S.C. Chef Ambassador, marking a pinnacle in a culinary journey that began in 1995.

Chef Forrest invites participants to explore the road less traveled; to see, touch, sip, and savor the Undiscovered Charleston!

• Guests must be 21 or older, with the exception of older teenagers accompanying parents
• FOOD ALLERGIES! I regulary cook, handle, prepare and serve meats, shellfish, eggs, dairy, nuts and gluten. That said, if you require reasonable accommodation of any food allergies, aversions or special diets: most common special diets etc. can be accommodated, provided I’m aware in advance. Vegetarians, vegans, pescatarians, dairy allergies, nut allergies & celiacs are all welcome, provided I’m aware in advance. I’m not a restaurant and if I’m not aware in advance I will not be prepared. If you are requesting reasonable accommodation, I STRONGLY URGE YOU TO MESSAGE ME DIRECTLY.

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.