Other Services

For Tour Operators

Taste Hungary is happy to work with tour operators to create special wine and food experiences for your clients in Budapest and Hungary. We can tailor any of the wine classes, trips, or other experiences listed on this site for groups of any size. Tastings and events for larger groups can be held at one of our partner restaurants or hotels. If you require something that is not listed here, we would be happy to discuss your needs and custom-design a trip or tasting for your group. To get started, contact us to discuss itinerary possibilities and for a budget proposal.

Corporate and Team-Building Events

Taste Hungary can organize an entertaining and educational program for your corporate incentive event. From an interactive wine tasting class or a wine pairing dinner to a visit to a winery followed by a meal, we can work with you to arrange a program that will work for your group. We can hold the fun and informal events at a restaurant or hotel, or we can bring them to your own location. Entertain visiting clients or colleagues with a private wine tasting class to introduce them to the wonders of Hungarian wine, or reward your star employees with a group wine tasting class to further their knowledge. Contact us for more information and to discuss a personalized event.

Culinary Translation and Editing

Don’t let your get lost in translation. Clear and accurate communications in the culinary industry are important. We can put our experience in professional translation, writing, and editing (native English and Hungarian) and our quest for accuracy to work for food and drink firms based in Hungary. We can assist with:

• Menus: development, writing, and editing. Menu translation is a difficult area. Food vocabulary is rich, precise, and heavily culture-dependent. Culinary and language expertise are necessary to avoid unappetizing and inaccurate translations.
• Business Materials: conceptualizing, writing, editing, and consulting. We can help you create and polish your promotional materials and web site so they portray your company correctly to potential foreign customers.
• Recipes and Cookbooks: Translation and adaptations (to either American or European formats).

Special Events

Taste Hungary can assist in all aspects of event planning, from conceptualizing food/drink-focused events to carrying out the details. Contact us so we can begin brainstorming to help you create a memorable and successful event in Budapest. Possibilities include custom-planned private wine tasting dinners, company wine tastings, group wine appreciation classes, cooking demonstrations, cocktail parties, etc.

Business Consulting

Does your business require knowledge of Hungarian cuisine, wine, or restaurants? Are you filming in Budapest and need to find food-related locations? Do you need assistance in writing, research, or tour planning that involves Hungary’s food and drink? Are you visiting Hungary on business and need an interpreter/fixer to guide you through the eating and drinking scene in Budapest? Taste Hungary can help! Our skills include extensive experience in translating, interpreting, writing, guiding, and editing. Let us help you navigate your way in Hungary.

Cooking Classes

So you are staying in an apartment rental in Budapest with a full kitchen. You have been to the Hungarian markets and you’d like to know just what it is that Hungarians do with all of that bounty in the kitchen. Following a market tour (or in lieu of a market tour) Carolyn Bánfalvi can come to your kitchen (and bring whatever cooking supplies are missing) to create a Hungarian meal with you. The menu will include several seasonal recipes (which you we will confirm in advance), and she’ll leave you with copies of them so you can recreate your Hungarian adventure back at home.

Itinerary Planning

Tap into our local knowledge and rolodex without embarking on one of our tours. Taste Hungary can prepare a custom itinerary based on your interests, budget, group size, and season. With our insider’s perspective you’ll experience the best that Hungary has to offer with our handpicked recommendations for restaurants, wineries, hikes, hotels, shops, and culture. Although our favorite things to do always involve food and wine, we are happy to create non-food-focused itineraries.

After discussing your specific interests and requirements, we will tailor-plan the itinerary to perfectly suit you. We will send you an agenda with maps, names, addresses, web sites, and opening hours for our suggested venues. Before we make any reservations, you will have a chance to review the itinerary and we can make any adjustments required. We will suggest special dishes to order at restaurants, wines worth sampling, products to shop for, and even buildings to stop and admire along the way. We can make whatever reservations you will need, and we will let you know if there are any holidays or festivals coinciding with your trip. We can provide public transportation instructions, recommend car rental companies, and suggest hotels based on your travel style and budget.

Why risk the chance of eating at mediocre restaurants? And why waste your time getting lost? Let us design you a custom planned trip so you can use your time wisely and have an unforgettable stay in Hungary. We want you to love Budapest and Hungary as much as we do, and we’ll make sure that you’ll already be planning your next trip back as soon as you leave.