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Taste Buds Kitchen specializes in fresh and unique cooking events. Our mission is to delight our guests through delicious culinary entertainment experiences! What began as a few holiday baking classes and cupcake-making birthday parties under the name Cupcake Kids! has grown into a nationally recognized brand. Today, Taste Buds Kitchen offers a diverse array of hands-on cooking adventures, including classes, birthday parties, camps, and special events. With a well-balanced mix of savory and sweet recipes, we create fun and memorable experiences for all ages, from 2 to 99. Taste Buds Kitchen has expanded from its flagship location in New York City to multiple franchise locations across the United States—and we’re rapidly growing! Our franchisees bring the joy of culinary entertainment to communities nationwide, fostering connections, learning, and creativity in the kitchen. Recognized as the “Best Kids Cooking Class” by New York Magazine and featured in The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, NBC, CBS, Fox News, and more, Taste Buds Kitchen is proud to be a leader in the culinary entertainment industry. Looking for a business opportunity with a proven model and national acclaim? Taste Buds Kitchen offers franchise opportunities for passionate entrepreneurs ready to bring our engaging cooking experiences to their communities. Join us in spreading the joy of cooking and create your own success story with Taste Buds Kitchen.

The Caterer is the leading media brand for the vibrant UK hospitality sector. We cover all areas of the industry from hotels, to restaurants, to pubs and bars and foodservice. For more than 140 years, The Caterer has been a trusted source for industry news, analysis and jobs. Written by industry experts, it delivers to readers all the practical advice, insight and inspiration they need to help them run a better hospitality business. Our unique blend of brands and products expands across print, digital media and prestigious events. Our website www.thecaterer.com delivers all the breaking news stories as and when they occur. The magazine also organises the renowned Catey awards, previous winners of which have included Gordon Ramsay, Marco Pierre White and Michel Roux. The Caterer is owned by Jacobs Media, Europe’s largest travel and hospitality B2B media company. Jacobs Media runs over 120 events globally, attracting more than 9,000 delegates and guests. The group publishes 150 print products per year and serves content, jobs and insight to up to 400,000 unique users per month.

From our beginnings, our founder, Teri Valentine, has been building a business based off the philosophy that food should be handmade from scratch with the best quality ingredients available. We have been growing for over 14 years, serving specialty grocery stores and high-end catalogs the best food for their customers to easily entertain with. With 13 amazing versatile gourmet appetizers in our brand line, we are proud to share our gourmet apps in our online store. We currently produce over 200 SKU's for our private label customers. Having developed the best selling products in major grocery chains across America, we are a proven industry leader in recipe development and manufacturing. When it comes to innovative, memorable products, we're your secret weapon to creating the perfect bite for your customers.