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Michele Goldenberg
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Location:
Toronto, Canada
Michele is a passionate world traveller and home-cook. She's travelled over 50 countries and during her travels and always seeks out rich experiences off the beaten path to learn the local food.
After spending decades running her own international business, Michele joined The Chef & The Dish to help bring amazing experiences into homes of people around the world. She leads the team in ensuring our clients and partners receive white glove service and an experience they'll never forget. She's also semi-famous for her potato latkes.

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Princess Kate Learned to Make Ravioli in Italy. Here’s Why Handmade Pasta Is More Than Just Dinner
When the Princess of Wales recently stepped into an Italian kitchen to learn the art of handmade stuffed pasta, the moment was charmingly relatable. The pasta maker’s handle reportedly fell off mid-demonstration. Even royalty, it turns out, knows that learning to make fresh pasta is delightfully imperfect. But beyond the headlines and the humor, there was something deeper in that moment—something anyone who has ever rolled dough by hand or folded fresh ravioli understands immediately. Making...
Start a Local Cooking Club in Your Community (Without Leaving Your Kitchen)
It usually starts the same way. A conversation with a friend about trying new recipes. A half-serious idea about starting a book club. A group chat that slowly goes quiet because life gets busy. The intention to connect is there, but the structure isn’t. Now imagine this instead: a small group of people in your community logging in on a weeknight, ingredients and kitchens ready. A chef from across the world appears on screen. Laughter starts, learning begins, a meal is being mastered. And by...
Ancient Turkish Citrus Jam: A Bitter Orange & Grapefruit Tradition from Bodrum
🎥 Watch the full video below and experience one of Turkey’s most treasured culinary traditions. In Turkey, jam is more than a sweet preserve, it’s a ritual, a memory and a cornerstone of the Turkish breakfast table. From sunlit village kitchens to long family tables, traditional Turkish jam making carries centuries of knowledge passed lovingly from one generation to the next. In this masterclass video filmed with the highly acclaimed Chef Asli in Bodrum, Turkey, she invites us into one of...




