Join Monticello for an event series featuring celebrity chefs, culinary experts, and historians who will delve into how food has been—and continues to be—a bridge for better cultural understanding and communication.
In partnership with The Culinary Diplomacy Project, our new program series explores the intersection of history, food, and diplomacy. Meet renowned chefs as they reinterpret Jefferson-era recipes and share their global culinary experiences. Engage with some of today’s brightest culinary minds and learn how food can spark civic conversations, helping us strive toward the ideals of "life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
Culinary Diplomacy at Monticello kicks off this June with visiting chef Marc Murphy
FRIDAYS & SATURDAYS, JUNE - OCTOBER: Take our new Founding Friends, Founding Foes Tour of the house that explores the tumultuous politics surrounding the founding of the United States, then round out the evening with a Feast of Reason.
This June and July, join Monticello for a packed schedule of events, programs, and celebrations for all ages.
"He ate heartily, and much vegetable food, preferring French cookery, because it made the meats more tender."
-Thomas Jefferson Randolph
Monticello’s enslaved cooks and their families prepared, cooked, served, and cleaned for the meals enjoyed by Jefferson, his family, and his guests. Learn more about the lives of these enslaved workers.
