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Vendage & Co. Private chef available for cooking classes, parties, events, hands on cooking classes Catering & Special Events.

Coaxed by the remarkable opportunity to return to her roots in the Sierra Nevada Foothill Wine Country, Chef Carolyn Kumpe has returned to the kitchen with a new venture, Vendage & Co. With more than 20 years in highly acclaimed Northern California restaurant and winery kitchens, Carolyn has had the pleasure of cooking with revolutionary Bay Area chefs like Kelsie Kerr, Loretta Keller, Rick O’Con

nell, Patrick Martin, Thom Fox, Marsha McBride, Gayle Pirie & John Clark, before taking her root stock to the Sierra Nevada Foothills Wine Country in 2001. Her craft was honed through culinary positions in various kitchens throughout San Francisco, Woodside and Healdsburg, California specifically as, Bizou, Liberty Café, Woodward’s Garden, Rosmarino, Woodside Village Pub, and Bistro Ralph. Yet, it was under the guidance of Chef Judy Rogers at Zuni Café & Grill, where she learned to appreciate the beauty and simplicity of food. Respectively, she was the opening chef of San Francisco’s trend setting Slow Club and the chef-owner of Tisane, a “Salon du Thé”, voted in the top 4 places for afternoon tea by the San Francisco Chronicle. Inspired by the bounties of perfectly fresh and sustainable produce in El Dorado County, Carolyn opened Charlotte's Bake Shoppe of El Dorado in 2001 with much acclaim. The residents of El Dorado County voted "Charlottes' Best Desserts" in 2005. Then in December 2005, Charlotte's Bake Shoppe was rated by Al Pierleoni of the Sacramento Bee as one of the Top Ten Places to eat lunch in the Sacramento area. As a culinary instructor for East Bay Restaurant Supply, Whole Foods, Macy’s, Draeger's Cooking School in Menlo Park and Tony Mathews "Fine Goods for Fine Living" in Placerville, she has shared her enthusiasm for cooking. Recipes from Carolyn have appeared in the San Francisco Chronicle and the Sacramento Bee, as well as magazines such as Southern Living, Country Home, Sunset, Reader’s Digest, Taste of Home, Cooking Light, Rachel Ray, Sacramento Magazine. She is a long term member of the Slow Food Society and the International Association of Women Chefs. For Carolyn, sustainability has always been a way of life. A native of Upstate New York, she began her culinary adventures in the wilderness, foraging wild blueberries, crab apples, fraises du bois, chokecherries, fiddlehead ferns, raspberries and huckleberries with her naturalist, Volkswalking mother. Summertime also meant canoeing and fishing for rainbow trout with her sisters under the tutelage of expert fly fisher and Sierra Club Member father. She labors to source the highest quality, freshest local ingredients for you, yielding superiority of taste and wholesomeness evident in each dish.

Special luncheon meeting and cooking party planning in Logtown with Les Dames d'Escoffier Sacramento. We are honored to...
01/02/2020

Special luncheon meeting and cooking party planning in Logtown with Les Dames d'Escoffier Sacramento. We are honored to serve. 🙏🍷😋

When your buddy the winemaker, Greg asks you to pair with his wines. 🍷😋❤️ Lamb-ish meatballs with fennel pollen, mint ta...
01/02/2020

When your buddy the winemaker, Greg asks you to pair with his wines. 🍷😋❤️ Lamb-ish meatballs with fennel pollen, mint tapenada w/ Syrah blend and Hachis Parmentier GSM

Guest cheffing it! Wood fired 3 Cheese Mac 🍷😋 & Tomato Bisque Merlot Pairing.
01/02/2020

Guest cheffing it! Wood fired 3 Cheese Mac 🍷😋 & Tomato Bisque Merlot Pairing.

May all your Christmas parties be Merry + Bright! We ❤️ helping families celebrate the holidays🎄
26/12/2019

May all your Christmas parties be Merry + Bright!
We ❤️ helping families celebrate the holidays🎄

Best Shrimp Boil Ever! Crispy Fried Jambalaya Balls with Tomatillo Remoulade, Cornbread with Lavender Honey Butter, Shri...
24/11/2019

Best Shrimp Boil Ever!
Crispy Fried Jambalaya Balls with Tomatillo Remoulade, Cornbread with Lavender Honey Butter, Shrimp Boil with Sweet Corn, Andouille, Potatoes, Lemons & Hot Sauce and Oh, Beignets HOT from the fryer with Brown Sugar Peach Conserve! Boo yeah!

When they ask you to return to Sonoma, you do with Mumm & Oysters!
24/11/2019

When they ask you to return to Sonoma, you do with Mumm & Oysters!

The best BOHO weddings have party animals!Who sees the free range chicken? Bedrock Acres Farm has a few goats to rent.
24/11/2019

The best BOHO weddings have party animals!
Who sees the free range chicken?
Bedrock Acres Farm has a few goats to rent.

Ready for some holiday cheer? Currently, booking parties. Happy Holidays!
24/11/2019

Ready for some holiday cheer? Currently, booking parties. Happy Holidays!

❤️ is in the air
22/11/2019

❤️ is in the air

Talk about an epic BOHO Wedding! Congratulations Janet & Collin! Happy 1 month Anniversary. ❤️
21/11/2019

Talk about an epic BOHO Wedding! Congratulations Janet & Collin! Happy 1 month Anniversary. ❤️

Fall is our favorite food season!
21/11/2019

Fall is our favorite food season!

When you are blessed with the most talented friends who can photograph your cooking and make it look as good as it taste...
21/11/2019

When you are blessed with the most talented friends who can photograph your cooking and make it look as good as it tastes. Thank you Nancy Wong!

Satay-ing it! Just sayin' 😋
23/09/2019

Satay-ing it! Just sayin' 😋

Shaking it up at the Love Shack, baby!
16/09/2019

Shaking it up at the Love Shack, baby!

From fancy and refined to rustic and down to earth...we feed you with love.
25/08/2019

From fancy and refined to rustic and down to earth...we feed you with love.

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Our brunchy wedding with a DIY omelette bar to celebrate Laura & Rodney's union at The Davies Family Inn at ShadowRidge Ranch with A Daydream Wedding as the super talented and detail oriented wedding planner. What a dreamy day! Thank you all. Special thanks to Kate for our photos.

Cup of soup paired with Yorba Wines. Delish!

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