The International Kitchen, founded in 1994, is the foremost culinary company offering over 90 hands-on cooking vacations in Europe. Weeklong all-inclusive programs include accommodations at small and charming historic hotels, inns, villas, or farms in beautiful and scenic locations, hands-on classes, all meals with local wine, market visits, wine, olive oil and cheese tasting, visits to historic sites and transportation throughout.

Classes are led by a variety of teachers, from Michelin chefs to local caterers, to a "nonna" or grandmother who loves to pass on her family recipes with a fierce passion for her heritage. Programs can be confirmed for as few as two people and are never larger than eight or twelve. Karen Herbst, founder and president, has established a policy that every program is personally visited and experienced so that they are certain they have created an outstanding program to provide you with an unforgettable and magical experience.