A week in Austria, with good food, beautiful surroundings and time to enjoy both. Join me. Avicam
July 26-August 2, 20278 days and 7 nightsDas Balance, Wörthersee, Austria
KCT Kosher Culinary Travel: KCT Editions and KCT Private Journeys
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Personally designed travel
KCT Private Journeys
Villas, celebrations and culinary experiences
Tell me who's coming, where you'd love to go and what makes a good holiday for you. We'll start there. Avicam
Planned with youHosted by Avicam GitlinSince 2010
Personally hosted by Avicam Gitlin Since 2010.
At the table
The table comes first.
Menus are planned around the place, the season and the people at the table. Avicam has been cooking for travelers since 2010.
Bread, baked for the table 
A plated course 
Fresh tagliatelle 
Fruit at breakfast
Photographs: KCT archive.
KCT Editions · Das Balance, Austria · July 26 to August 2, 2027
One Hosted Week. The Whole House.
A KCT Edition is a week Avicam designs and hosts himself, for families and couples who travel with us together. The first is planned at Das Balance on Lake Wörthersee: seven nights, the table, Shabbat and the spa, with the days your own.
01 The hotel and rooms
Choose Rooms That Fit Your Family.
Every room category, with photographs and the family arrangements planned for each.
Hotel and rooms
02 The week
The Table, Shabbat and the Lake.
Meals, hosted evenings and a proper Shabbat, with time for the pool, the garden and the region.
The Edition
03 Prices and planning
See Your Rooms and Price.
Tell us who is traveling and see three complete room arrangements, priced for the week.
Rooms and prices
Private villas & yachts · Holidays & milestones · Destination celebrations
KCT Private Journeys, Designed Around You
Kosher journeys for families and private groups, planned with you. KCT sources the property or yacht, builds the culinary team and the kitchen, designs the days and runs the journey on location.
01 Private villas & yachts
Wake Up Somewhere. Swim Before Anyone.
Private properties and yachts, a dedicated culinary and service team, kosher operations, and every logistical detail handled before you arrive.
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02 Holidays & milestone journeys
Build the Sukkah. Bring the Torah.
Sukkot, Shabbat journeys, Bar and Bat Mitzvah travel and family heritage - the setting, the kitchen and the religious logistics, produced privately.
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03 Destination events & celebrations
Ninety Guests. Four Days. One Table.
Celebrations produced as complete guest experiences - arrivals, accommodation, every meal, Shabbat and the evening itself.
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Why KCT
The Difference Is What You Never Have to Manage.
Most families who reach us have already tried to do part of this alone - chasing a kosher caterer abroad, hoping a villa’s kitchen can actually be kashered, coordinating staff across time zones from a hotel lobby. That is the work we take off your plate entirely, before you ever arrive.
See how an engagement works01
One team, start to finish
You call one person. We coordinate the property, the kitchen, the staff, and every day in between.
02
Kashrut that never interrupts the trip
Kitchens kashered, mashgichim briefed, provisioning planned before you land - not improvised once you’re there.
03
Built around your family
On a private journey, the pace, the food and the religious standard are decided with you first. At an Edition, the week is hosted and the time is yours.
04
Someone on location the entire time
A KCT producer runs the program on the ground, so problems get solved before you hear about them.
05
Properties most agencies can’t reach
Private villas, yachts and estates sourced directly, chosen for what a kosher operation actually needs.
06
Discreet, by default
Every inquiry, every itinerary, every guest list handled in confidence, as a matter of course.
In Their Words
From Our Guests.
Our Touro University delegation of professors and honored guests experienced a heritage journey that was both profoundly moving and flawlessly executed. From the cultural depth to the gourmet kosher dining, every aspect reflected precision, care, and respect for our shared history.
Rabbi Moshe Krupka, Touro University, Poland & Lithuania Heritage TourEach destination exceeded expectations. From a private villa in Tuscany to sunset dinners on the Greek coast, the KCT team made every meal feel like home - elegant, kosher, and effortless.
Mike Singer & Family, Miami, Tuscany, Greece, and more to comeOur Sukkot in Strasbourg was simply spectacular. Gourmet cuisine, exceptional staff, and a sukkah that felt like a dream - we can’t wait to celebrate again next year.
Maeira & Michel Werthenschlag, Strasbourg, Sukkot 2025A seamless blend of travel, culture, and fine kosher dining. The villa, the chef, and the attention to detail made our family trip absolutely perfect.
Abigail Yasgur, Private Family Tuscany Adventure
Questions
Frequently asked questions
What does Kosher Culinary Travel actually do?
We host KCT Editions, a week Avicam designs for guests who travel with us together, and we produce KCT Private Journeys, planned around one family or group. For a private journey that means sourcing the property or yacht, assembling the culinary team, preparing and kashering the kitchen, planning provisioning, arranging staff, transport, guides, Shabbat and Yom Tov, and managing the program on location. One team is accountable for all of it.
Where do you operate?
The Mediterranean above all - Italy, Greece, Croatia, the French and Spanish coasts. Also the Alps, Jewish Europe, Morocco, the Caribbean, and selected destinations across the United States. Where we do not have the properties, the suppliers or a genuine reason to be, we say so.
Is this a tour company, a caterer, or a chef agency?
None of them. A KCT Edition is a hosted week with the table at its heart. A KCT Private Journey is a complete private experience, with the culinary operation inside it. Either way, we are not catering an event or placing a chef for the week.
How should a family start a conversation?
For the July 2027 Edition, tell us who is traveling and see your rooms and prices. For a private journey, tell us the destination you have in mind, roughly when, who is traveling, how you keep things, and what you would like the days to feel like. We will discuss honestly whether we are the right team for it and how an engagement would be structured.
A Note from Avicam
Since 2010, I've been creating journeys where exceptional food, beautiful places and thoughtful hospitality come together. Every journey is personal to me, and the details matter.
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