Olive Garden Gift Pack Review & Giveaway

Olive Garden is giving you the chance to not only win a great gift pack at Mommies With Cents, but also the incredible chance at winning a $25 gift certificate to Olive Garden or a trip to Italy!

The giveaway gift pack includes:

• Culinary Institute of Tuscany canvas tote
• Bamboo cutting board
• Colavita Extra Virgin Olive Oil sample
• McCormick Mediterranean Spiced Sea Salt sample
• Recipe card for Olive Garden’s Pollo Rocca.

Olive Garden sweepstakes:

Olive Garden offers guests once-in-a-lifetime expense-paid trip to Italy!  Eight days of discovering the secrets to Italian cuisine. Taking interactive classes at the Culinary Institute of Tuscany; what’s not to like, right?!

Highlights of the 8-day guided trip for two to Italy includes:

• Learning the essentials of authentic Italian cooking from master Italian Chefs Paolo Lafata and Romano Neri the Culinary Institute of Tuscany
• Experiencing the local culture and cuisines of Rom, Florence, San Gimignano and Riserva di Fizzano, near Castellina in Chianti
• Exploring the Rocca dell Macie Winery to learn about the process of Italian wine-making through a wine tasting and pairings class.

Now through May 9^th, 2010 (11:59 p.m. ET) Olive Garden is offering Italian food lovers a chance to win a culinary tour of Italy and an insider’s look at Olive Garden’s Culinary Institute of Tuscany.  The sweepstakes, co-sponsored by Olive Garden and Colavita Extra Virgin Olive Oil, will reward four grand-prize winners with an eight-day guided trip, for two, to explore and discover the sights, sounds and tastes of Italian culture.  Five hundred first prize winners will be awarded a $25 Olive Garden gift card.  You must be at least 21 to participate in this promotion.  The grand prize drawing will be held on or around May 17^th, 2010.  The winner(s) will be notified via the contact information provided upon registration.

For more than a decade, Olive Garden’s Culinary Institute of Tuscany has served as a training ground for Olive Garden’s chefs and restaurant managers. Located in a restored 11th-century village in the Chianti region, the Institute is where Olive Garden’s chefs learn the secrets of great Italian foods – like how to combine fresh ingredients to create authentic meals they can share and enjoy with family and friends.

You can earn a sweepstakes entry and/or first prize chance by registering once for the promotion and for each day you log in to the promotion. Plus, you can earn additional entries by interacting with their map of Italy!

I highly recommend going over to YouTube and subscribing to Olive Garden’s Channel!  They have Senior Executive Chef Paolo Lafata (whom you will meet if you win the trip to Italy!) demonstrate how to cook scrumptious mouth-watering Olive Garden dishes.  Simple straightforward directions are provided in making the extravagant meals.  Get an inside look at some of Olive Garden’s most popular dishes, inspired by recipes from the heart of Tuscany.  If these delicious recipes are ones you’d like to view and print the complete recipe for, visit Olive Garden’s Recipes and Demonstrations.

And while you are waiting to enter your next entry, sign-up for Olive Garden’s email newsletter or become a fan on Facebook.  You will be the first to hear about events, upcoming special dishes, limited-time offers, and more.

Want to win the Olive Garden Gift Pack?  Find out how and enter directly below.  Also, be sure to check out all of our other giveaways here.

A complimentary product/service was provided for this review however all opinions expressed are our own. We were not compensated in any other way for this review. See Mommies with Cents disclosure policy for more details.