Taste Every Bite
of North Carolina
Welcome to Taste Carolina Gourmet Food Tours! Located in 8 North Carolina cities.
Booking CalendarPress mentions
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Dinner, with a side of strangers
A Charlotte Ledger writer joins a Taste Carolina walking tour of uptown Charlotte and finds great food, local history, and good company.
Famed chef Andrew Zimmern praises food scene in Raleigh and Durham: ‘Ridiculously underrated’
Celebrity chef Andrew Zimmern calls Raleigh-Durham ‘ridiculously underrated,’ and Taste Carolina weighs in on the Triangle’s rising food scene.
Charlotte on a Plate
Charlotte doesn’t shout—so much as it seduces. One plate at a time, the Queen City reveals a culinary identity that’s equal parts Southern soul and modern swagger. What was once a landscape of predictable steakhouses has given way to something far more compelling: a city where chefs push boundaries, cocktails mirror the seasons, and every neighborhood tells its own story through food. Come hungry—Charlotte is ready to show you exactly who it’s become.
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.
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.
Feast on Farm-To-Table.
Meet Award-Winning Chefs & Mixologists.
Explore Your Favorite NC City on a Guided Walking Tour.
Join a Scheduled Tour
Explore hidden gems!
- 8 cities! 18 food tours! Discover hidden gems as a VIP.
- Tours run weekly all year ’round. Sign up securely online.
- Chefs and restaurateurs share their stories. Learn about the city from your guide.
- Tasting tours and dinner and drinks tours available. Delicious local food and drink included.
Weekend and weekday walking tours available
$91 – $121
Per person
Corporate/ Private Tours
For groups of 10-200+
- Custom tours available in 8 cities with flexible scheduling.
- Feel like a VIP diner and a city insider. Delicious food and drink included.
- Tour types include afternoon tasting tours and evening dinner and drinks tours.
- Thoughtfully designed for each group.
Team-building and custom tours for groups of any size
$95 – $165+
Per person
Gift Certificates
Truly a memorable gift!
- The perfect experience gift for birthdays, holidays, special occasions, and thank yous.
- Flexible scheduling, never expires. Gift certificates can be redeemed for any scheduled tour in any city.
- Purchase securely online. Sent electronically and can be forwarded or printed.
Weekend and weekday walking tours available in 8 cities
$91 – $121
Per person
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FROM LESLEY
Cheers!
What better way to get to know a city than through its food? We built Taste Carolina around that exact idea. In 2008, I started planning appetizer and wine crawls, barbecue tours, and farm visits for family and friends. In 2009, Taste Carolina was born. Our food tours across eight North Carolina cities are as much a joy to plan now as they were then. Thank you for joining us!
“Every guest from every week from every year is important to me and to our tour guides.”
Lesley
Founder at Taste Carolina
THE PERFECT GIFT
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Taste Carolina tours will make you a gift hero! Gift certificates are sure to surprise and delight your favorite foodie.
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