Pasta Making Course and Market Visit

Highlights

  • Take advantage of local knowledge to discover the very best local food shops
  • Visit the bustling Campo De'Fiori and carefully select your fresh ingredients
  • Learn to make fresh pasta from scratch, the true Italian way
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What you'll do

Join Fabio, a Rome local, for an exploration of Italian cuisine by exploring the very best food shops and markets, before embarking on a pasta-making class where you'll learn to make this dish the Italian way.

You’ll meet at the a prearranged spot in central Rome for 9.30am, before starting your walking tour of the local food and wine shops and the Campo de’ Fiori market before heading to Fabio’s apartment for your pasta making cooking class.

Set just two blocks from the Spanish Steps right in the heart of Rome is Fabio’s private apartment where you’ll learn Italian cooking techniques and the skills required to cook delicious Italian dishes, with a specific focus on making fresh pasta dishes.

Under the guidance of your fun and friendly Italian host Fabio, who is absolutely passionate about Italian cooking, you will immerse yourself in Italian life to discover the gastronomic delights of Rome.

The aim of the course is to give you the techniques required to cook different pasta dishes as well as one meat dish (vegetarians can be catered for) that will give you the skills to make and cook delicious fresh pasta to impress your friends back home.

You’ll also be taking advantage of spending time with a local Roman, so before the pasta making class Fabio will take you on a walking tour of Rome’s food shops, ending at the famous outdoor food market in Campo de’ Fiori.

Under the guidance of our chefs, you will have the opportunity to create three different types of traditional Italian pasta: cavatelli, fettuccine, and ravioli.

At the end of the course in line with all our cooking holidays in Italy, you will be able to enjoy the dishes you have created.

What's included

Included

  • A walking tour of the local food shops and Campo De' Fiori market in Rome starting at 9.30am and running for around 1 hour
  • 1 hands-on cooking lesson after the walking tour
  • 5-course meal with appetizer, 3 pastas, main course, side dish, dessert,
  • Water & wine or soft drink.
  • Please note that if Fabio is unavailable, your class will be taken by another of the school's equally amazing and knowledgeable chefs
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Chef Fabio & his team

Fabio and his team will take you on a true culinary journey through the real Rome and to the heart of authentic Italian cuisine. His team of English-speaking chefs and tour leaders are authentic, professional, and engaging. Arrive as strangers and leave as friends.

Chef Fabio and his team love who they are, what they do and where they do it. That passion is carried through in their cookery courses and why Chef Fabio Bongianni created memorable hands-on culinary experiences to ensure you get an authentic taste of Italy while on holiday.

Experience Italian cuisine like a Roman: shop for ingredients in the colorful markets, taste typical street food, and make fresh pasta or pizza during hands-on lessons using traditional recip... Read All

Fabio and his team will take you on a true culinary journey through the real Rome and to the heart of authentic Italian cuisine. His team of English-speaking chefs and tour leaders are authentic, professional, and engaging. Arrive as strangers and leave as friends.

Chef Fabio and his team love who they are, what they do and where they do it. That passion is carried through in their cookery courses and why Chef Fabio Bongianni created memorable hands-on culinary experiences to ensure you get an authentic taste of Italy while on holiday.

Experience Italian cuisine like a Roman: shop for ingredients in the colorful markets, taste typical street food, and make fresh pasta or pizza during hands-on lessons using traditional recipes.

Location

You’ll learn to cook in the private kitchen of professional chef and avid food lover, Fabio, after meeting at L.go di Torre Argentina 1 (outside Rosso Pomodoro restaurant) for a trip to the market.

In a fun and informal setting, you will learn to cook delicious recipes that will take you on not only a culinary journey, but also a cultural one throughout Italy.

FAQs

Who is it suitable for?

- Suitable for all levels from complete beginners to experienced foodies
- Minimum age: 10 (children under 18 must be accompanied by an adult) with no upper age limit

What time does this start?

This runs Monday - Saturday throughout the year (aside from feast days) and begins at 9:30am.

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