Chefs' Weekends at SageCliffe:

Get into the kitchen and cook with Celebrity Chefs!

Tendrils Vineyard Restaurant's and Cave B Estate Winery Winemaker Freddy Arredondo team up to provide extraordinary hands-on food and wine education experiences with acclaimed guest chefs!

A portion of the proceeds from these 3-day weekend programs will benefit two Washington state hunger relief organizations, Food Lifeline and Second Harvest Inland Northwest.

Pricing

$750 per person* based on double occupancy ($1500 per couple)
$915 per person*, single occupancy

*Prices do not include tax

Includes

• 3 days, 2 nights' accommodations at Cave B Inn at SageCliffe
• Hands-on instruction with Tendrils chef, guest chef, and Winemaker Freddy Arredondo
• All meals, including welcome dinner with wine pairings
• Chef's apron embroidered with the Tendrils Vineyard Restaurant logo.

The Chef's Weekend:
Friday Evening
The weekend begins on Friday evening, with a special tasting menu prepared by Tendrils Restaurant Executive Chef and paired with Winemaker Freddy Arredondo's Cave B wines.

Saturday
On Saturday, the students get down to business, working side-by-side with the Chefs to sharpen their culinary skills in a morning & afternoon workshops.

Between culinary sessions, Winemaker Freddy Arredondo will lead students through a wine tasting and pairing training.

After an intensive day of food & wine training, students will sit down to dinner in Tendrils restaurant and enjoy the dishes they learned to prepare in class.

Sunday
To wrap up the weekend, students and chefs will sit down together for a family-style farewell brunch on Sunday morning.

Winemaker Alfredo "Freddy" Arredondo

Alfredo "Freddy" Arredondo is a graduate of the Walla Walla Community College Institute for Enology and Viticulture. Freddy's winemaking experience includes working as a cellar master at Cougar Crest Winery in Walla Walla. Prior to becoming a winemaker, Freddy was a professional chef. He started his culinary career at age 13, cooking in his family's restaurant. It was while working and attending culinary classes in Arizona that he was first introduced to wine. At that point in his life wine was a "mysterious, wonderful elixir" that he used to complement his dishes.

Once Freddy completed culinary school, he worked as a chef in restaurants in Las Vegas , Los Angeles, and on a cruise ship in Hawaii. However, he was drawn to Italy and moved there when he was awarded a highly-competitive scholarship to attend the Italian Culinary Institute for Foreigners. It was in Italy where two life-changing things occurred: he met his future wife, and he became completely passionate about wine.