Macallan Tasting Experience, Blue Sky Resort’s Speyside Yurt
Through March 31
Enjoy a new adventure at The Lodge at Blue Sky’s Speyside Yurt where you’ll find an exclusive The Macallan tasting experience at the luxury nature-immersed resort through March 31, 2025.
The Speyside Yurt offers guests a refined way to reconnect and indulge in light bites and elevated desserts, alongside The Macallan single malt whisky flights and cocktails using ingredients straight from the resort’s on-property sustainable farm, Gracie’s Farm. Cocktails include the Blue Sky Hot Toddy, featuring The Macallan Sherry Oak 12 Years Old and Gracie’s Farm lavender and honey. Featuring hi-fi audio listening experiences, guests can pick albums to play in full during their visit or ask the bartender for recommendations to match your mood or drink. Paired dishes include local Utah bison with chokecherry jus.
The Macallan is renowned worldwide for its extraordinary single-malt whiskies. The outstanding quality and distinctive character of each whisky is influenced by exceptional oak casks seasoned with sherry wine.
The fire-warmed yurt holds up to sixteen people on Friday and Saturday nights from 6-11 p.m. Walk-ins are welcome for The Lodge at Blue Sky and Wildkitchen guests, while reservations for locals and outside guests can be booked online.
For more information, please visit aubergeresorts.com/bluesky.
Gingerbread House Decorating, Pendry Park City
December 21 & 27
Gather friends, family, or your favorite holiday merry-makers for a cozy afternoon (beginning at 2 pm) of gingerbread house-making and decorating with all the sweet seasonal details you know and love. Open to new and experienced bakers, the cost is $45 per gingerbread house.
Make a reservation at www.pendry.com/park-city/experiences/seasonal-happenings/.
New Year’s Eve at Aprés Pendry
December 31
Ring in the new year at Après Pendry, the hotel’s slope-side oasis from 4 pm to 12:30 am on New Year’s Eve. The celebration will feature an evening of DJ sets, a live music lineup, special bites, and a countdown celebration complete with a champagne toast and balloon drop. No reservations are required.
Pendry Park City guests attending the celebration can bring their kids to New Year’s Eve Kids Night Out beginning at 6 pm. Children can enjoy two hours of laser tag, a dance party, crafts, kid’s karaoke, group games, painting, a kid’s buffet and much more. This is a drop-off event for children ages 5-12 years; parents are welcome to pick up children at their convenience, although pricing is set for the entire evening at $325/child.
Visit www.pendry.com/park-city/experiences/seasonal-happenings/ for additional details.
Deer Valley Creative Academy Classes
Deer Valley Creative Academy cooking classes feature Deer Valley’s culinary experts lead by aspiring and seasoned chefs and bakers through a variety of hands-on food and beverage classes on weekends throughout the ski season.
“Our Creative Academy classes are the perfect complement to Deer Valley’s on-mountain experience, teaching new skills and techniques on how to prepare savory soups, hearty stews, fresh loaves of bread, indulgent South American desserts, and more,” says Deer Valley Resort VP of Food & Beverage Jacob Musyt.
Reservations for Creative Academy classes, held at the Deer Valley Plaza Building, are available at deervalley.com.
Deer Valley Cafe
1375 Deer Valley Drive South
Park City, UT 84060
www.deervalley.com
South American Sweet Treats
January 4
This fun, hands-on class will teach you to make two irresistible South American desserts. From the melt-in-your-mouth Alfajores filled with rich dulce de leche, to the sweet crunch of coconut praline, guests will leave with treats that are sure to impress. This class is offered from 3:30-5 p.m. for $85.
Deer Valley Creative Academy Anything Can Be Soup
January 5
This class is all about fun and tasty results as you discover that truly, anything can be a soup. In this playful and creative class, participants learn how to transform familiar dishes into flavorful soups. To prove the theory, guests will get to try a premade soup that’s anything but ordinary. The class is $85 and runs from 3:30 – 5 p.m.
Deer Valley Creative Academy Carrot Cake Class
January 11 and 12
Join this carrot cake baking class and learn the basics of scratch baking and reveal the secrets behind Deer Valley’s famed carrot cake. Get your hands doughy and create a masterpiece that’s as delicious as it is impressive. Class runs from 3:30 – 5 p.m. with a cost of $80.
Deer Valley Creative Academy Bread Lovers Dream
January 25
Learn the techniques to create perfectly crusty, golden bread with soft, airy centers from scratch from 3:30-5 pm. Guided by Deer Valley’s skilled bakers, guests gain hands-on experience kneading, shaping, and baking their way to bread bliss. Class cost is $75.
Deer Valley Creative Academy Winter Stews
February 1
Learn the art of blending rich flavors into comforting bowls of goodness from 3:30-5 pm. Deer Valley’s expert chef will guide participants through the process of selecting the perfect ingredients and mastering techniques to create hearty, satisfying stews. Cost is $80.
Deer Valley Creative Academy Cake Decorating
February 16
This hands-on cake decorating class teaches techniques to turn any cake into a showstopper. From smooth frosting to intricate designs and colorful decorations, guests leave with the skills and confidence to impress at any celebration. The fun-filled class runs from 3:30-5 pm. Cost is $85.
Deer Valley Taste of Luxury Series
January 10-12
2025’s first course of the Taste of Luxury Series features three exclusive evenings with Michelin Star Chef Paco Morales.
Priced between $275-$325 per guest, events are set in the elegant Fireside Dining Room at Empire Lodge. Known for his innovative approach to Andalusian cuisine, Chef Morales, a celebrated Spanish chef with three Michelin stars to his name, will collaborate with Deer Valley’s culinary team to create a multi-sensory dining experience.
The 6-course dinner begins with a VIP reception where guests will enjoy passed appetizers, a welcome glass of prosecco, and live jazz music, followed by an intimate meet and greet with Chef Morales.
Utilizing the finest local ingredients from Utah and special ingredients brought from Spain, each dish will be expertly paired with a selection of Spanish wines.
Reservations for January 2025’s Taste of Luxury Series events featuring Chef Paco Morales, are available at deervalley.com.
