experience our one-of-a-kind culinary events
Urban Kitchen Group’s restaurants host culinary events such as our renowned Beast Feast, wine lunches, pasta-making classes, holiday events, and so much more. We hope you’ll join us at one of our upcoming events.
Upcoming Events
Sunday, August 25, 2019
Drink Pink! | CUCINA enoteca Irvine
Rosé s'il vous plait! Summer is in full swing, sip the night away at CUCINA enoteca Irvine, Sunday, August 25th from 6 - 8 pm. Enjoy cleverly paired fare from Executive Chef Tim Kolanko + chat with our Wine Director, Augusto Ferrarese as he comes around with some stellar facts + shares insights with you. Don't forget to wear pink!
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This event will take place at the following restaurants:
CUCINA enoteca Irvine
Saturday, August 24, 2019
PASTA MAKING CLASS | august 2019 | CUCINA sorella
Learn how to laminate fresh herbs into beautifully hand stuffed pasta! Join Executive Chef Tim Kolanko August 24th for a hands-on class, including a glass of wine + lunch + your freshly created pastas to take home.
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This event will take place at the following restaurants:
cucina SORELLA
Saturday, September 21, 2019
PASTA MAKING CLASS | september 2019 | CUCINA sorella
Join Executive Chef Tim + learn how to make beautiful gnocchi + other dumplings. Our classes are hands-on, include a glass of wine + lunch + your freshly created pastas to take home.
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This event will take place at the following restaurants:
cucina SORELLA
Tuesday, October 15, 2019
Beast Feast Duck Duck Goose | CUCINA urbana
Join CUCINA urbana for our whole-animal series ‘Beast Feast.’ Beast Feast is CUCINA’s family style, themed menu series. A creative outlet for our chef teams, Beast Feast highlights techniques and sourcing based on sustainability and seasonal cooking.
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This event will take place at the following restaurants:
CUCINA urbana
Thursday, October 17, 2019
Beast Feast Duck Duck Goose | CUCINA enoteca
Join CUCINA enoteca for our whole-animal series ‘Beast Feast.’ Beast Feast is CUCINA’s family style, themed menu series. A creative outlet for our chef teams, Beast Feast highlights techniques and sourcing based on sustainability and seasonal cooking.
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This event will take place at the following restaurants:
CUCINA enoteca Newport Beach
Past Events
Saturday, July 27, 2019
PASTA MAKING CLASS | july 2019 | CUCINA sorella
Join Executive Chef Tim + learn how to make three hand shaped pastas. Our classes are hands-on, include a glass of wine + lunch + your freshly created pastas to take home.
This event took place at the following restaurants:
cucina SORELLA
Tuesday, July 16, 2019
Beast Feast Tuna | CUCINA urbana
Join CUCINA urbana for our whole-animal series ‘Beast Feast.’ Beast Feast is CUCINA’s family style, themed menu series. A creative outlet for our chef teams, Beast Feast highlights techniques and sourcing based on sustainability and seasonal cooking. Chef Tim Kolanko + one of San Diego's fish monger extraordinaires, Tommy Gomes from Catalina Offshore will delight you with their knowledge + dishes. You're sure to be hooked!
This event took place at the following restaurants:
CUCINA urbana
Thursday, July 18, 2019
Beast Feast Tuna | CUCINA enoteca
Join CUCINA enoteca for our whole-animal series ‘Beast Feast.’ Beast Feast is CUCINA’s family style, themed menu series. A creative outlet for our chef teams, Beast Feast highlights techniques and sourcing based on sustainability and seasonal cooking. Chef Tim Kolanko + one of Southern California's fish monger extraordinaires, Paddy Glennon from Superior Seafood will delight you with their knowledge + dishes. You're sure to be hooked!
This event took place at the following restaurants:
CUCINA enoteca Newport Beach
Monday, June 24, 2019
CUCINA 10 NOW + THEN
Celebrate CUCINA urbana’s 10th anniversary with a family style feast and optional wine pairings created by current Executive Chef Tim Kolanko + Beverage Director, Augusto Ferrarese, in collaboration with the opening team of Executive Chef Joe Magnanelli + General Manager Ben Kephart. Can’t make dinner? Swing by from 8:30 – 10 and enjoy a mini CUCINA menu to continue the party with us!
This event took place at the following restaurants:
CUCINA urbana
Sunday, June 23, 2019
Test Your Sense with Peter Neptune
1… 2…3… sip! Join CUCINA enoteca and enjoy an afternoon blind tasting 5 wines with a Master Sommelier. Test your senses in this highly interactive class which includes light fare. No peeking!
This event took place at the following restaurants:
CUCINA enoteca Irvine
Thursday, June 6, 2019
Baja Wine + Italian Street Food Bites with Master Sommelier Chris Miller
Vamonos! Join CUCINA enoteca Del Mar + Master Sommelier Chris Miller + Tresomm wines as we take a short trip + a sip through the exciting world of Baja wine with a CUCINA twist. Eat + sip at tasting stations of Tresomm wines cleverly paired with Italian style street food snacks.
This event took place at the following restaurants:
CUCINA enoteca Del Mar
Sunday, May 12, 2019
Mother’s Day at CUCINA
In celebration of mom's+ women we love so much, join CUCINA for a day of delicious bites, wine + cocktails! CUCINA enoteca Del Mar + Newport Beach - brunch buffet. CUCINA enoteca Irvine - regular brunch menu + chef's specials. CUCINA urbana + sorella - regular dinner menu + chef's specials.
This event took place at the following restaurants:
CUCINA urbana
cucina SORELLA
CUCINA enoteca Del Mar
CUCINA enoteca Irvine
CUCINA enoteca Newport Beach
Thursday, April 18, 2019
Beast Feast Buffalo | CUCINA enoteca
Join CUCINA enoteca for our whole-animal series ‘Beast Feast.’ Beast Feast is CUCINA’s family style, themed menu series. A creative outlet for our chef teams, Beast Feast highlights techniques and sourcing based on sustainability and seasonal cooking.
This event took place at the following restaurants:
CUCINA enoteca Newport Beach
Sunday, April 21, 2019
Easter Brunch at CUCINA
Greet Easter morning with CUCINA!
Join us for a buffet of goodies + a variety of breakfast cocktails at CUCINA enoteca Del Mar + Newport Beach and delicious specials at CUCINA enoteca Irvine
This event took place at the following restaurants:
CUCINA enoteca Del Mar
CUCINA enoteca Irvine
CUCINA enoteca Newport Beach
Tuesday, April 16, 2019
Beast Feast Buffalo | CUCINA urbana
Join CUCINA urbana for our whole-animal series ‘Beast Feast.’ Beast Feast is CUCINA’s family style, themed menu series. A creative outlet for our chef teams, Beast Feast highlights techniques and sourcing based on sustainability and seasonal cooking.
This event took place at the following restaurants:
CUCINA urbana
Saturday, March 23, 2019
the fundamentals of blind tasting | CUCINA urbana
Join CUCINA urbana + enjoy an afternoon spent blind tasting with Master of Wine, Lindsay Pomeroy. Lindsay Pomeroy has helped foster a community of knowledge thirsty wine drinkers in San Diego throughout her 12 year tenure as the Chief Wine Educator and founder of Wine Smarties, San Diego County’s first wine education company. Lindsay Pomeroy is also the exclusive instructor for the Wine & Spirits Education Trust and French Wine Scholar in San Diego and Temecula counties.
This event took place at the following restaurants:
CUCINA urbana
Sunday, March 3, 2019- Saturday, March 9, 2019
Orange County Restaurant Week
Never is that sense of community more magical than when we are sitting around a table!
Orange County Restaurant Week is a 7-day dining event that takes place March 3rd -9th, 2019. Join CUCINA enoteca Newport Beach + Irvine along with Orange County’s best restaurants for a delicious meal + warm memories. Choose from our prix fixe lunch + dinner menus. Cin, cin!
CUCINA enoteca | Newport Beach + Irvine
pre fixe lunch menu $25 + $30 | pre fixe dinner menu $35 + $40
This event took place at the following restaurants:
CUCINA enoteca Irvine
CUCINA enoteca Newport Beach
Friday, March 8, 2019
buehler vineyards wine dinner | CUCINA enoteca irvine
Join CUCINA enoteca Irvine and enjoy an evening hosted by Helen Buehler of Buehler Vineyards.
Dedicated to honesty, quality + family, the Buehler Vineyard has been farming Cabernet Sauvignon and Zinfandel for more than four decades. Their goal is to combine meticulous vineyard management and minimal winemaking techniques to create wines of uncommon complexity and depth at a fair + reasonable price.
This event took place at the following restaurants:
CUCINA enoteca Irvine
Thursday, February 14, 2019
Valentine’s Day | CUCINA urbana + sorella + enoteca
Follow your
to CUCINA!
Taste the love at CUCINA on February 14, 2019. Choose from our prix dinner menu at CUCINA urbana + chef’s specials at CUCINA enoteca. Cin, cin!
CUCINA urbana | prix fixe dinner menu $50.
cucina SORELLA | chef's specials + daily menu
CUCINA enoteca | Del Mar, Newport Beach + Irvine | daily menu + chef’s specials
This event took place at the following restaurants:
CUCINA enoteca Del Mar
Thursday, January 31, 2019
Beast Feast | mollusk | CUCINA enoteca Newport Beach
Join CUCINA enoteca Newport Beach for the first dinner in our whole-animal series ‘Beast Feast.’ Beast Feast is CUCINA’s family style, themed menu series. A creative outlet for our chef teams, Beast Feast highlights techniques and sourcing based on sustainability and seasonal cooking.
This event took place at the following restaurants:
CUCINA enoteca Newport Beach
Tuesday, January 29, 2019
Beast Feast | mollusk | CUCINA urbana
Join CUCINA urbana for the first dinner in our whole-animal series ‘Beast Feast.’ Beast Feast is CUCINA’s family style, themed menu series. A creative outlet for our chef teams, Beast Feast highlights techniques and sourcing based on sustainability and seasonal cooking.
This event took place at the following restaurants:
CUCINA urbana
Monday, January 20, 2019- Sunday, January 27, 2019
San Diego Restaurant Week
Nothing brings people together like good food! San Diego Restaurant Week is a 8-day dining event that takes place January 20 -27, 2019. Join CUCINA + San Diego's best restaurants for a delicious meal, warm memories + satisfying moments. Choose from our pre fixe lunch + dinner menus. Cin, cin!
This event took place at the following restaurants:
CUCINA urbana
cucina SORELLA
CUCINA enoteca Del Mar
Monday, January 14, 2019- Sunday, January 27, 2019
Newport Beach Restaurant Week
Nothing brings people together like good food! Newport Beach Restaurant Week is a 14-day dining event that takes place January 14 -27, 2019. The event showcases Newport Beach as Orange County’s premier dining destination offering diners a wide variety of culinary experiences. Choose from our pre fixe lunch + dinner menus. Cin, cin!
This event took place at the following restaurants:
CUCINA enoteca Newport Beach
Monday, December 31, 2018
New Years Eve
Ring in the New Year with CUCINA. Enjoy our regular menu + chef’s specials at CUCINA enoteca + CUCINA sorella.
This event took place at the following restaurants:
CUCINA urbana
cucina SORELLA
CUCINA enoteca Del Mar
CUCINA enoteca Irvine
CUCINA enoteca Newport Beach
Tuesday, December 18-Monday, December 24, 2018
Feast of the Seven Fishes
A CUCINA spin on Feast of the Seven Fishes. Over 7 days, enjoy 7 seafood specials made with love!
This event took place at the following restaurants:
CUCINA urbana
cucina SORELLA
CUCINA enoteca Del Mar
CUCINA enoteca Irvine
CUCINA enoteca Newport Beach
