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Alberta Food Tours’ 2024 Holiday Gift Guide to the Best Food Experiences in Alberta

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Here’s the Alberta Food Tours’ 2024 Holiday Gift Guide to the Best Food Experiences in Alberta. At Alberta Food Tours, we believe joy and memories come from unique experiences. These are the moments in life that create a lasting impact, something that stays with us in a deeper way.

Use this gift guide to transform your holiday shopping from putting more stuff under a tree to putting more living into the lives of those you love. Because, at Alberta Food Tours, our goal is and always has been, to help you Eat and Live Life to the Fullest.

  1. Alberta has a number of cooking schools and classes around the province. Calgary Cookbook Co Cooks and Edmonton’s Awn Kitchen offer courses featuring different culture’s cuisines throughout the year. From Spain to Vietnam, from France to Alberta’s very own table, you can take your palate on a trip without leaving the province.
  2. For classes focused on all things sweet, check out Calgary’s Ollia Macarons and Tea for macaron classes and Master Chocolate for chocolate-making classes or Edmonton’s Duchess Atelier for baking classes. 
  3. Knifewear in Calgary and Edmonton offers several classes, including “Cuts Like a Chef.” It’s perfect for home cooks who want to “sharpen” their knife skills.
  4. Calgary’s Phil & Sebastian Coffee Roasters has Latte Art and Steaming classes for aspiring baristas.
  5. In Edmonton, our partner, Delavoye Chocolate Maker, offers a variety of chocolate-tasting classes. We love the chocolate and coffee pairing night.
  6. Calgary’s Peasant Cheese offers cheese club subscriptions for 3, 6, or 12 months. Every month, recipients will savour three new cheeses with accompaniments and crackers.  
  7. The Carter Ryan Gallery and Live Art Venue in Canmore is hosting 3 different holiday productions this year.  A gallery by day, and a live theatre stage at night, you cold combine tickets with a fun dinner at a pub or favourite fine dining option to make great holiday memories together. 
  8. Another idea for coffee lovers is Edmonton’s Coffee Pass.  For just $42.75, you can visit over 30 cafes and shops and enjoy a drip coffee on the house. What a great way to #ExploreEdmonton.
  9. If you want to support (and visit) Jasper in the new year, please consider a food tour with our friends at Jasper Food Tours. After losing their summer season due to the fire that burned a third of the town owner Estelle Blanchette rallied and is back with a fabulous new downtown tour.  
  10. Taking the Banff Gondola to Sky Bistro is not just for tourists! It is a world class dining experience in our own backyard. Go for the chef’s tasting and the panoramic views of the Bow Valley and Banff far below. 
  11. Our partner, the Fairmont Banff Springs Hotel, offers cocktail-making classes in its beautiful Rundle Bar. There’s also an experience for tea lovers. You can book their spectacular afternoon High Tea and enjoy their single estate teas with heavenly sandwiches and sweets. 

BONUS Experiences:

At Alberta Food Tours we practice what we preach.  We have food experiences in Calgary, Edmonton and Banff with our scheduled food tours.  Some of the tours start earlier than you might think. The Eat the Castle tour at the Banff Springs starts up January 10 this year. Calgary’s Iconic Eats starts in February. You can also take our self-guided food tour in Canmore and Calgary at a time that suits you and yours. And, Gift Certificates for all these experiences are once click away through our website. 

 

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