Taste Carolina listed in USA Today’s ’10 must-try food tours in North America’
USA TODAY named Taste Carolina Gourmet Food Tours one of the “10 must-try food tours in North America,” spotlighting the Raleigh Downtown Dinner & Drinks tour for its full dinner format and well-curated, gastronomy-focused stops.
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Savoring the State
From Asheville to Charlotte to Wilmington, a North Carolina food tour company headed by a woman passionate about fine dining offers tasty nuggets of local history and cuisines.
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Taste Carolina Gourmet Food Tours
PBS’s NC Weekend joins Taste Carolina on a walking food tour, showcasing tastings, chef stories, and local history along the way.
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Taste Carolina with these traveling culinary tours
A Daily Tar Heel Q&A with Taste Carolina’s owner previews the Culinary Carrboro Tasting and Market Tour and explains how the company’s guided walking food tours connect guests with chefs, local history, and new restaurants.
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Eight Awesome things about Taste Carolina Gourmet Food Tours
A Travel Through Life review of Taste Carolina’s Greensboro food tour, sharing eight standout reasons—from tastings at multiple spots to local history, chef interactions, and private tour options.
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WRDC CW22 Interview: Community Matters
WRDC CW22 interviews Taste Carolina’s owner about how the tours started, what happens on a typical walking food tour, and options for kids, private tours, and corporate groups.
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Delicious Bites: Food Tour in Wilmington with Taste Carolina
A first-hand Wander The Map recap of Taste Carolina’s Wilmington food tour, covering the guided route, rotating restaurant lineup, chef interaction, and the six featured stops—plus tour length and walking distance.
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Downtown Asheville Food Tour
A Romantic Asheville guide to Taste Carolina’s downtown Asheville food tours, highlighting two tour options with five to six stops, a 2–3 mile walk, and plenty of tastings that make a full meal.
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Try these activity-based tours to get to know Charlotte better — even if you’re a native
A CharlotteFive feature highlights Taste Carolina’s Uptown Charlotte walking food tours, with five to six stops that blend tastings and local history, plus two tour options focused on locally sourced dishes or food paired with cocktails, beer, or wine.
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Local business uses food to connect people
A News & Observer video profile of Taste Carolina shares the company’s 2009 origins and growth to 6,000–8,000 guests per year, highlighting its mission to connect people and restaurants through guided walking tours and chef interaction.
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5 unique date ideas in the Piedmont Triad
WXII 12 recommends Taste Carolina Gourmet Food Tours as a unique date idea, featuring behind-the-scenes chef and artisan interactions and tastings at local restaurants, with tours offered in multiple North Carolina cities including Greensboro and Winston-Salem.
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10 Things We Love in Raleigh, NC
AAA Northeast spotlights Taste Carolina as a top Raleigh experience, combining chef interactions, locally sourced tastings, and a guided walk that weaves in the city’s history and architecture.
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I started planning food tours in 2008 for family and friends – appetizer tours, barbecue tours, and farm tours. They were as much to plan as they were to do, and I started thinking there might be a market for food tours in North Carolina.
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