Stretch Goals and Celebrating Big Wins! 🎉 🎉 + Update

Oct '25 (edited) • 💪 WINS

Hi everyone 👋

Sharing a quick update - Today, we officially launched our 2026 Authentic Food Quest cooking vacations!

Just two weeks ago, this felt like a stretch goal. I'm still knee-deep finalizing our November Puglia trip (it starts in 10 days) and juggling the launch.

We ran a 6-day pre-launch drip campaign that started October 23rd, and the response has blown me away:

✨ 3 confirmed bookings in less than 5 days

✨ Nearly 10 more ready to join in 2026

✨ And we’re officially doubling our experiences next year — from 4 to 8 cooking vacations

I’m honestly humbled and what surprises me most is the peace I feel in the midst of all the growth.

It’s proof that expansion doesn’t have to mean chaos — it can come with clarity and flow.

So grateful to this community for the accountability that makes the “impossible” feel possible!.

✌️UPDATE ✌️

Just wrapped up hosting the November Puglia cooking vacation (Nov 9 to 16) with a small, intimate group of four. It came together quickly, with details finalized right up to the start date, and it stretched me in all the best ways. Despite the things coming together at the last minute, the experience was a success.

✨ Guests described it as “more than cooking” — deeply local, raw, authentic, and transformative

✨ Our partners showed up with warmth and generosity

✨ and I left with more clarity about how these trips need to evolve to scale

I feel grateful, tired, proud, and ready for what’s next in 2026!

As I close out the first full year of running these cooking vacations, “I honor what I’ve created, I receive what I’ve learned, and I rise into what comes next.”

Thank you all for the push and the accountability. This community has shaped my growth, and your energy has been my fuel.

Onward to 2026!!!

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Stretch Goals and Celebrating Big Wins! 🎉 🎉 + Update