How exciting to have Gary Rhodes, as our guest at La Torretta for the filming of the new television series Rhodes across Italy, which will be broadcast on the Good Food Channel in January 2010. The series will portray Gary Rhodes the celebrity British chef, as he journeys through ten of the Italian Regions, with two young sous chefs, on a culinary adventure to discover the delicacies of each region.
Gary Rhodes tasting the local olive oil
Casperia was chosen as a second stop after Rome for the Lazio Region, and Gary loved the quality of the Sabina olive oil, and had great fun making the local pasta Stringozzi, here at La Torretta bed and breakfast.
Gary and Maureen with the local ladies
Wow! We are used to having beginners here, learning how to make pasta, on our weekend cooking breaks, not the famous Gary Rhodes. However the stringozzi is not easy, it is hand rolled, thrown up into the air, and has to remain in one piece. Watch it on TV.
Sringozzi, the local speciality
See Gary with Maureen and the local ladies in la Torretta kitchen before starting to roll out the stringozzi, then on the terrace with Johnny Madge tasting the Sabina olive oil, and having a feast in our beautiful Piazza in Casperia.
Feast in the piazza of Casperia