Kookles in kleine groep op het Romeinse platteland

Dit was mijn tweede bezoek aan Rome, ik had alle normale locaties bezocht, dus ik wilde de stad uit en iets nieuws en leuks ervaren. Dit was een fantastische ervaring. Laat ik beginnen met te zeggen: ik ben geen grote liefhebber van Italiaans eten, maar dat is niet waarom ik de cursus volgde, ik wilde de ervaring opdoen van het maken van leuke gerechten en het ontmoeten van nieuwe mensen. Onze chef-kok, Eugene, was geweldig en erg geduldig met ons, niet-koks, bedankt dat je de klas tot een genot hebt gemaakt. De stad waar we naartoe gingen voor de les, Mazzano Romano, was precies wat ik wilde in een klein Italiaans dorp, ik genoot van elk moment van onze tijd daar. Als je op zoek bent naar een leuke, relaxte, nieuwe ervaring in Rome, kies dan voor dit avontuur, je zult niet teleurgesteld worden.

The tour started with pickup in the center of Rome driving north and around 40 minute trip to a small town called Mazzano Romano. Eugene and Tamara were the chefs, patient and friendly, and took us to small food market including a butcher to gather ingredients to make gnocchi, ravioli and cavatappi pasta. The five hour cooking class including making fresh pasta including ravioli with ricotta and artichokes, cacio pepe gnocchi and cavatappi with red pepper and pomodori sausage sauce, baked potato and thin slices of veal and prosciutto. Dessert was homemade tiramisu. The tour also include bottle of white wine. In my opinion, the tour was not worth $456 USD. You can find a cheaper cooking class in the center of Rome for half the price. The cost of ingredients may have cost around 60 Euros. Perhaps the price was high due to cost of gas making the trip to and from Mazzano Romano.

Went on this excursion in December with a friend. It was by far the most fun we had. There is a maximum of 8 people, but it ended up being just my friend and I. We were driven to a small town outside of Rome where Roy took us shopping at a few local shops to pickup ingredients for what we were going to make. Then we went to an apartment in a castle to start preparing our meal. We made several dishes some of which were ravioli and tiramisu. I can’t speak more highly of Roy and Tamara. They were both patient and just wonderful instructors. I would suggest this to anyone who wishes to do something unique.