Italian Cooking holidays and cooking classes
Our cooking breaks are relaxed, fun, and hands on, and are a perfect way of enjoying a stay in the countryside near Rome preparing simple and genuine dishes that look and taste good.
Various options are available:
Cooking break customized for a 2 /3 or 4 day stay, including one or more hands on cooking lessons, an olive oil tasting, a vist to a local winery, and to a local cheese producer. Full details and options sent on request.
Single Lesson
One hands on cooking lesson, preparing a delicious four course Italian meal, including making pasta from scratch, the way mamma used to do and other specialties using local seasonal products. Lessons last about 3 hours followed by dinner served with a selection of good wines. The Sabina olive oil, which has won awards, is always introduced during the lessons which are held at La Torretta or at Gusto al Borgo a cooking venue in Casperia.
Costs depend on what is included. Reservations are necessary and minimum number required
Star chef Gary Rhodes visited la Torretta and featured pasta making on his TV series Rhodes across Italy , see video.
Watch local lady Irma making stringozzi in this video made by Pasta Grannies