For decades Flavor of Italy has been offering cooking classes in it’s Rome-based cooking school for individuals, groups, families, semi-professionals, businesses and students who would like to further their knowledge of Italian cooking, its techniques, recipes and culinary tradition. Now we also bring our culinary programs to you. If you’d like to host a class…
Italian Cooking Classes
Come cook with us, alone or in a group!
Our Italian cooking classes usually start with a market tour that lets you to get a feel for what is local and seasonal, and what kinds of ingredients Italians use in their cooking. At the market you’ll see fresh fruits and vegetables, seafood, meats, cheeses, pasta and breads. We’ll purchase the ingredients needed for the class and then head back to Flavor of Italy to cook.
We also offer cooking classes in your home, wherever it is that you live! Contact us for further details! flavorofitaly@gmail.com
NOTE: We are hosting classes in Santa Fe, New Mexico during the month of May and have availability during the weeks of May 13 and May 20.
All classes, whatever the format or theme you have chosen, are hands on. Some of our more successful classes are listed below. Classes are one day or longer. Contact us to custom design a cooking class of your own!
One Day Gourmet Cooking Class
A Food Aficionado’s Dream! Start your culinary experience off with a visit to one of Rome’s top markets in a charming neighborhood. No tourists here; just Romans out doing their daily market shopping. First we’ll stop by an amazing bakery: full of incredible pastries and sweets that are not only delicious but eye candy in…
Photography and Food
Get ready to experience Rome’s dolce vita with Flavor of Italy and renowned food photographer for a sensational weeklong culinary extravaganza: from cooking to culinary day trips, paired with food photography and food styling every step of the way. You will be staying in a fabulous location…a feast for the eyes and a photographer’s dream!…
Student Cooking Programs
Student Cooking Programs Flavor of Italy organizes custom designed culinary programs for students, and can combine culinary studies so that they relate to other educational disciplines including Italian language, art, history and fashion. Programs are available to fit in with summer programs and semester abroad programs. We also off summer programs and term break trips…
Pizza Making
The secret’s in the dough! Pizza is one of the most enjoyable dishes, prepared and eaten worldwide by both young and old. It’s a great party dish and fun to make with family and friends. So why not learn how to make it and take your Italian pizza making expertise back home to share? Flavor…
Culinary Team Building
Customize unique team-building events to suit your needs. They may vary in format, number of participants, length and design: focus is on building relationships, getting to know colleagues, or break the ice at the start of a conference, course, retreat or meeting. Nothing Builds a Team Like Cuisine Team-building events have a host of positive…
Culinary Sustainability
Culinary Sustainability Programs Culinary sustainability is an increasingly important part of our lives as the world we live in becomes more global, resources become more scarce, and we face important issues such as recycling of our ever-increasing waste and GMOs. At Flavor of Italy, culinary responsibility is vitally important and is reflected in every culinary…
Regional Cooking Classes
Regional Culinary Specialites Our regional cooking classes explore Italy’s various regional culinary traditions; your cooking class can be tailor-made to explore a region of your choice in depth. Choose Tuscany with its hearty ribollita, roast game, fabulous Chianti wines. Or perhaps Sicily with its Arab and Greek influenced cuisine: couscous, bottarga, sarde beccafico, tuna and…
Homemade pasta: easy and fun to make!
No dish is more quintessentially Italian than homemade pasta. It can be long, short, filled or cut small to use in soup. There are also pastas that use a variety of whole grain flours, water instead of eggs, or hot water and butter instead of eggs. Despite innumerable variations, this classic homemade pasta recipe is perfect as the…
Cooking Classes at Flavor of Italy
Take a look at what we do in our cooking classes: they’re fun, you learn a lot, enjoy great food & wine, and take home a host of new, simple to prepare, delectable recipes. Our cooking school is based in Rome, but we also offer cooking classes throughout the year in the United States and…
Delicious deep fried zucchini flowers
Students are lined up at work, recipes before them, making various dishes, including how to clean and stuff zucchini flowers…without tearing the flowers. Students are always fascinated to see the difference between the male and female flowers and to realize that the anchovies in the stuffing are actually a lot tastier than they expected! Our…