Cooked & Corked Catering LLC

02/11/2024

Charcuterie and cheese platter ready for kick-off delivery!

01/02/2024

A new year means exciting new adventures 🌟

Meet the Culinary Creatives Behind Cooked & Corked Catering LLC! 🍴🍷

Raquel Conte - Co-founder & Experienced Sommelier
👩‍🍳 A sommelier with a love for crafting personalized food & wine experiences. Raquel turns each event into a journey, ensuring your glass is as memorable as your plate.

Corey Penza - Co-founder & Culinary Expert
👨‍🍳 With 35 years of culinary expertise, Corey's creations combine creativity and tradition. From classic dishes to unique flavor profiles, Corey's culinary magic is bound to leave your taste buds delighted.

Join our team on our culinary adventures in 2024! We'd love to make your year better - Follow us to stay updated, and email us at [email protected] for more information on upcoming events and how to book an event with us! Happy New Year 🎆

09/24/2023

Great night pouring wine at Tampa Uncorked, even better with my husband joining in the fun.
This is oir payment for our hard work!

03/24/2023

Happy national puppy day!

01/13/2023

Trying something new. Not as pretty as I usually make the filling, I will pipe them next time. They are absolutely delicious!

01/05/2023

Bartended a very fun NYE wedding this past weekend. Everyone had a great time, I got to make some lovely craft cocktails. Need a bartender or sommelier for your next event, or maybe some help planning, don't hesitate to call or message me! I am also an officiant!

09/16/2022

Brandon needed a break from walking and we found this great little dive bar. Hear the tacos are amazing, we will have to revisit it!

08/14/2022

Bought this wine today at a vineyard in Brooksville. The label caught my eye and I had to have it. I have always enjoyed spätburgunders (pinot noir), but rarely see them in stores, or at least any decent ones. I will be enjoying this on Halloween, since I now know the story behind it, as any good witch would do!
I will let you know how it is!

07/30/2022

Doppleganger!

04/18/2022

I make beautiful wreaths out of used corks, I also make keychains. I am always looking for new ways to recycle corks. I am doing a total transformation of our front yard and made this planter for some passion flowers I want to grow, but I was concerned about drainage. Instead of buying some gravel I thought why not fill the bottom with corks. I used all the synthetic corks I would normally discard.

03/05/2022

March drink of the month...mint chocolate martini!! $8, only $5 during happy hour!

02/15/2022

My lovely Christmas gift opened tonight for Valentine's day. A huge shout out to my best friend, my husband, my knight in shining armour, the love of my life!!! He was not feeling great tonight, yet he managed to have a hot dinner waiting for me when I got off work tending bar on this night of love.
Opened the wine in hopes he would join me on the journey. He had the first sip after it was decanted; and was the first to notice how beautifully it had opened 15 minutes into dinner.
He knows my love of 2014 Napa Cabs, and he is eager to share in the joy I feel when I finally open one.
This is not the typical big Napa Cabernet Sauvignon. It started out a bit tight, but with plenty of dark fruit presence. After 15 minutes or so it began to show it's personality. Bursting with dark cherry and chocolate, yet soft on the finish.
30 minutes later, those flavors of bursting fruit became almost caramelized, toffee like. The soft finish gave way to a subtle leather finish that lingered with sundried cherry and plum peels, and the deep feel of pure chocolate melting on your tongue.
This is by far the most delicate, graceful, and sexy 2014 Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon I have ever had.
If this is the last 2014 Napa Cab my lips will ever touch, I will be satisfied.
Thank you again, my forever Valentine, for always searching high and low for my favorite 2014 varietal from Napa.
❤

02/08/2022

Tasted some great wines for our Michael David wine dinner in April. I don't know about you, with the exception of the Inkblot line, I fell out of love with Michael David sometime around 2017 when it seemed all their wines being released were big, giant fruit bombs.
Well, their latest releases changed my mind. From their Freakshow Cabernet Sauvignon that surprised me with it's long, leathery finish, to the Michael David Sauvignon Blanc with it's beautiful bouquet of guava, grapefruit, and apple blossoms yet surprising old world simplicity on the pallet.
Loving the new label and complexity of Sixth Sense Syrah.
Some of these may be appearing on our new wine list in the future!

01/04/2022

12/31/2021

Crema de Vie in the making! 🇨🇺

12/25/2021

Best gifts ever!!

12/12/2021

Tea sandwich platter for a birthday brunch.

12/06/2021

Brings back memories!

08/21/2021

Croquetas de pollo (chicken croquettes) made lovingly for the fam.

08/20/2021

Update: Chicken croquettes for the win!

Feeling inspired, what will it become?

06/25/2021

I have had a merlot and a cabernet sauvignon vine for over a decade. It has always given me grapes that never ripen. Figured Central Florida was just too hot, but it appears our longer than usual coldish season did them good! They are tiny and full of seeds, but very tastey.

06/24/2021

Peanut Butter Cup Manhattan.
Bourbon, peanut butter whiskey, port, Mexican chocolate bitters
Yum!!

05/29/2021