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RIVER HOUSE BED and BREAKFAST GETAWAY RETREAT located in ROCKFORD ILLINOIS--

Two waterfront B&B lodges offer northern Illinois travelers luxury Jacuzzi and fireplace suites for romantic getaways as well as child friendly vacation lodging, group retreat or family reunion accommodations, or short term weekly rental. Whether romantic weekend, business stay, or entire house rental, find bed and breakfast packages: Romantic Getaway, Murder Mystery, Scrapbooking Retreat, Cooking Getaway, Weddings, Group Rentals and Furnished Apartment for extended stay. New! Guest Reviews & Notes BLOG.

Friends & Food COOKS' WEEKEND ...a group cooking experience your taste-buds will remember! 2-night PACKAGE FRIDAY -SATURDAY- SUNDAY check in after 4pm - Noon check out per availability for GROUPS of 8 to 16 $160+tax/tip per person includes 2-nights lodging in River House TIMEAWAY LODGE 2 gourmet breakfasts, champagne & dessert reception, kitchen & food service facility, private use of entire lodge	Dining at the CHEF'S TABLE ...a culinary treat for foodies who want to watch the cooks create! 1-night PACKAGE SUNDAY through THURSDAY nights only check in after 4pm - Noon check out per availability minimum 2 persons 7-DAY ADVANCE NOTICE REQUIRED--RESERVATION FEE $10 requires 1-night in River House GETAWAY LODGE suite at usual rate and includes gourmet breakfast at B&B chef's table dining room plus guaranteed reservation at FRANCHESCO'S CHEF'S TABLE.
"The Timeaway Lodge kitchen is the place to be for taste-testing fun as the group prepares favorite recipes for each other and enjoy this unique best-of-recipes cooking getaway."	"The Getaway Lodge features chef's table dining for its gourmet breakfast named Best-in-the-Midwest. The innkeeper welcomes guests to come early, relax, watch, and visit as she prepares the meal."
WEEKEND SCHEDULE Friday evening--- After all have arrived, relax and start the weekend with a Champagne & Dessert reception provided by innkeeper as you all get ready for Saturday cooking feast. Saturday--- Start the day with gourmet breakfast served by innkeeper; 10am-5pm share cooking demos with one another along with some sample tasting in the spacious Timeaway Lodge kitchen; After 5pm the women get pretty and the men get handsome while the innkeepers put on the dining glitz and serve up your culinary achievements in a memorable candle lit dinner. Sunday morning--- Enjoy another gourmet breakfast as you vote for Saturday's best cooking demo & recipe; "Best-of-Weekend" certificate awards from innkeeper.	ABOUT CHEF'S TABLE DINING According to Wikipedia--- A chef's table is a table located in the kitchen of a restaurant, reserved for VIPs tasting menu and special guests. Patrons are served a prepared and served by the head chef. Restaurants usually require a minimum party (e.g., six guests) and charge a flat fee (e.g., $75 per plate). Chef's tables are provided only by top-rated restaurants, and are sometimes available only by specific invitation. Welcome to the new world of chef's tables located either in, or adjoining, the kitchen where diners may feel like they are part of the creative cooking action. The concept is as old as dining itself. Once-upon-a-time we all (unless we were the lords of the manor) sat in the kitchen to eat. That's before we grew up, or gentrified, and migrated to the dining room. Over time, restaurants followed suit moving us out and away from the commercial kitchen...And from the fun. Today the fun's back at FRANCHESCO'S RISTORANTE and at River House B&B Getaway Lodge.
"Everyone is the master of at least one really great recipe... A weekend cooking getaway is the opportunity to get together with friends for something everyone will enjoy... A really good-food-good-fun retreat!" PACKAGE POLICIES 1. Group leader collects recipes and determines demo menu. 2. Usual cookware-bakeware-dishes-utensils provided at B&B. 3. Recipe ingredients & specialty utensils or cookware responsibility of group. 4. Innkeeper will do any food shopping requested as long as grocery list provided minimum 48 hours in advance. It is assumed group will reimburse cost. 5. Certificate awarded for best demo & best recipe. 6. Certificates awarded by participant blind vote. 7. Participation assumes permission for future recipe publication with provider byline credit. 8. No refund within 30 days prior to arrival.	Franchesco's charges $100 per person + tax/tip for Chef's Table dining experience which must be paid at restaurant by guest. "It's every food lover's fantasy. You arrive at the well-known restaurant with your partner. The waiter comes to escort you to your table. You bypass all the other diners seated in cozy groups in the main room. You pass the bar, a private room or two, and find you've entered the holy of holies. The kitchen."
reservations 815-636-1884 email innkeeper River House Bed and Breakfast Getaway Retreat 11052 Ventura Blvd, Rockford~Machesney Park, IL