Truffles & Trifles

What Truffles & Trifles does

Truffles & Trifles is a privately held, founder-operated cooking school founded in 1988 by Marci Arthur and headquartered at 711 West Smith Street in Orlando, Florida. The company delivers hands-on, in-person culinary instruction from three dedicated teaching kitchens equipped with Sub Zero and Wolf appliances, and it sells an online recipe archive and gift card storefront as ancillary digital products.

The core product portfolio spans public themed cooking classes ($85-$120 per person), corporate team building and spouse programs ($115 per person, minimum 16 attendees), children's birthday parties ($65-$75 per child, minimum 16), and week-long Kids and Teen Summer Cooking Camps ($575-$595 per week). Group events are sold directly by the founder with custom menus, contracts, and deposits. Public classes and gift cards are sold self-serve through the company website.

The business runs entirely from a single Orlando facility with no third-party distribution, no disclosed external funding, and a reported employee count of 11-50. Revenue is generated one-time per attendee or event, with no subscription or recurring contract layer. Enterprise clients span Fortune 500 names across healthcare, financial services, hospitality, entertainment, and consumer goods, but engagement is event-based rather than contractual.

Name

Truffles & Trifles

Legal name

Truffles & Trifles

Website

https://trufflesandtrifles.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1988

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Truffles & Trifles is a privately held Orlando cooking school founded in 1988 by Marci Arthur. It delivers hands-on culinary classes, summer camps, children's parties, corporate team building, and spouse programs from a single three-kitchen facility.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Cooking School / Culinary Education

NAICS

Fitness and Recreational Sports Centers (713940)

SIC

Services-Amusement & Recreation Services (7900)

akta.pro primary industry

Cooking Classes & Chef-Led Workshops (THAJAGAI)

Keywords

• Cooking school services
• Culinary education classes
• Corporate team building events
• Children's cooking parties
• Summer cooking camps

Headquarters

HQ city

Orlando

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Public Cooking Classes: Scheduled evening and weekend cooking classes open to the general public. Individual attendees sign up for classes at published price points ranging from $85 to $120 per person. Classes cover diverse cuisines and themes (Vegetarian, Tacos and Tequila, Date Night, Fall Brunch, etc.).
2. Corporate Team Building & Group Events: Private group events for businesses and organizations. Priced at $115 per person plus tax (minimum 16 attendees, $1,380 minimum for smaller daytime groups of 12). Includes gratuity fee of $300 one-time. Custom menus and wine pairing available.
3. Children's Birthday Parties: Private children's cooking parties with custom menus including homemade birthday cake and ice cream. Priced at $65 + tax per child (ages 7-12) and $75 + tax per teen (ages 13-17). Minimum 16 children required.
4. Kids Summer Cooking Camp: Week-long summer cooking camps for children (ages 7-13) and teens (ages 14-18). Kids camp costs $575 per week; teen camp costs $595 per week. Classes run 4 hours daily for five consecutive days.
5. Gift Cards: Gift certificates sold in denominations for single attendee ($110), single with wine ($138), couple ($210), date night with wine ($250), and couple with wine ($250).

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Truffles & Trifles is a hands-on culinary education company that teaches cooking classes at its Orlando facility. It offers public recreational cooking classes, week-long summer cooking camps for children and teens, children's birthday parties, corporate team building events, spouse programs, and private group events. The school operates three dedicated teaching kitchens equipped with Sub Zero and Wolf appliances and is led by classically trained chefs.

Product overview

Truffles & Trifles is a fine gourmet cooking school based in Orlando, Florida, operating since approximately 1988. The company offers a unified cooking education platform centered on hands-on culinary classes taught by classically trained chefs. The core product portfolio consists of regularly scheduled cooking classes (covering themes like date nights, vegetarian, international cuisines), kids and teen summer cooking camps, children's birthday parties, corporate team building events, spouse programs for business groups, and private group events. The company also sells gift cards through an integrated shop and provides free recipe content online. The business operates state-of-the-art teaching kitchens equipped with Sub Zero and Wolf appliances, and serves as a tourist destination in Central Florida, having been recognized as one of the top five cooking schools in the country by the Food Network.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Public Cooking Classes
• Kids Summer Cooking Camp
• Teen Summer Cooking Camp
• Children's Birthday Parties
• Corporate Team Building Events
• Spouse Programs
• Private Group Events
• Gift Cards

Quantifiable outcome

• 40 years of corporate team building experience with global corporations
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers35 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Sub Zero and WolfcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSub Zero and Wolf have supplied Truffles & Trifles with top-of-the-line kitchen equipment for their state-of-the-art teaching kitchen. This equipment makes the cooking experience even more special for students and enhances the quality of instruction.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Williams Sonoma: Operates in-store cooking classes and technique-focused events at its retail locations, combining a premium cookware brand with culinary education experiences — same dual model of classes plus product/gift card sales.
• Sur La Table: National cooking school and culinary retailer offering hands-on cooking classes across multiple U.S. locations, plus retail and online cooking content. Most direct comparable in the cooking-school-as-business model.
• The Kitchen Table Cooking School: Independent cooking school offering recreational hands-on classes, date nights, private parties, and team-building events — directly comparable independent culinary school operator targeting the same customer segments.
• The Gourmandise School: Independently owned recreational cooking school offering hands-on public classes, private events, kids' classes, and team-building — directly comparable in scale, programming, and target customer mix to Truffles & Trifles.

Broad incumbents

• Milk Street Cooking School: Christopher Kimball's cooking school and media brand offering in-person and online classes, with a strong recipe and broadcast content library — directly mirrors Truffles & Trifles' combination of classes plus recipe/TV content assets.
• Eataly: Italian marketplace and restaurant concept operating in-store cooking classes, tastings, and private events across multiple U.S. cities — comparable premium experiential culinary education attached to a destination retail/dining venue.
• Institute of Culinary Education: Major U.S. culinary school primarily focused on professional career training, but also offers recreational and corporate-team-building classes. Comparable in facility quality and curriculum breadth, though oriented toward career outcomes.

Emerging players

• Chef's Table at The Tasting Kitchen: Premium small-group chef-led culinary experiences in Orlando and other markets, competing for the same tourist and local experiential cooking demand as Truffles & Trifles in the Orlando destination market.
• Cozymeals: Online and in-home cooking class platform offering live virtual and private in-person experiences, including team-building packages for corporate clients — competing for the same corporate event and group experience demand.

Regional players

• Walt Disney World Resort Culinary Programs: Disney-operated culinary and dining experiences (e.g., cake decorating, themed dining events) within the Orlando resort — competes for the same tourist and corporate spouse program demand in the same geographic market.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/TrufflesTrifles
• Facebookfacebook.com/profile.php
• Instagraminstagram.com/trufflesandtrifles

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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