La Tavola Marche: Cooking in Italy

Our cooking classes (featured in Budget Travel Magazine, Food & Wine and The Guardian) are hands-on & truly from the 'farm to the table' with the first stop down to the garden farm to collect fresh fruits & veggies! Everything we eat is local & seasonal! Chef Jason shares the secrets of cucina povera (peasant cooking) in full day & half day classes as well as custom packages.

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Thinking of taking a cooking class in Italy? How to decide which class to take - Amateur or expert, young & old - here's what to expect at La Tavola Marche Cooking School:

Meet in the kitchen of our 300 year-old stone farmhouse, tie on your handmade apron (our gift to you) and head into the garden to collect the ingredients for your cooking class with a stop at the chicken coop to pick up fresh eggs! These are hands-on, roll up your sleeves, dive-right on in classes. We cater to our guests at every cooking level from the novice to the professional.

Enjoy the afternoon with Chef Jason in the Italian countryside with a glass of wine in your hand, cooking at ease in our family kitchen and then devour the delicious foods you have just created! Does it get any better? Creating & sharing a meal with friends & family around the table with the freshest ingredients prepared simply!

Italian Cooking Class Packages:

SPECIAL PROGRAMS
Cooking with Spring’s Wild Edibles: 29 March - 2 April 2012 (4 Nights) from 490 Euro/person
Basics of the Italian Kitchen: Country, Sea & Garden Cooking: 12 - 17 June 2012 from 750 Euro/person
Forage, Slaughter & Butcher Your Meal: 25-30 October 2012 (5 Nights) 885 Euro per person

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ONGOING PACKAGES
Top 3 Cooking Classes ~ 125 Euro/PERSON
Farm to Fork - 310 Euro/ PERSON
Amore in Le Marche - 600 Euro/ COUPLE
Gourmet Holiday, Flavors of Fall - 360 Euro/ PERSON
Eat, Speak, Italy - 330 Euro/ PERSON

Some class ideas to whet your appetite:

The classic pasta by hand (tagliatelle, ravioli, cappelletti & lasagna)
Pizza from scratch using in the outdoor wood burning oven (always a hit!)
Bread making
Fresh Sausage from scratch
Antipasti & desserts
Classes on technique/fundamentals: soups, sauces (for example tomato, cream, oil & vegetable), fish & meat (fish for example 3-4 different techniques: fish in salt crust, baked sardines, fried sardines & sauteed mussels)
“Full Menu” in our full day class - learn 2 -3 antipasti, a primo, secondo & dolce! As we make each course we will dine on what you have just created!
Liquors (nocino, viscolino, lemoncino & more)
Meat curing & butchering

Mushroom & Truffle hunts with local experts, vineyard tours & walks for wild edibles!

Half Day Cooking Classes—normally starts mid-morning finishing with lunch, includes meal and house wine as well as an apron gift for € 125/person

Full Day Cooking Classes—starts mid-morning and continues all day normally ending around 6pm; includes meal, snacks and house wine as well as an apron and The Little Recipe Book from the Kitchen of La Tavola Marche as a gift for € 200/person

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