Reviews

  This was our first cooking class and we didn’t know what to expect being a family of five from the USA. We have two boys ages 11 and... read more 8 and a five year old daughter. So we were a little nervous. Would the kids get bored? Would our current cooking skills be enough to follow along? Would the chef’s English be good enough to understand?

Chef Marco did a great job putting us at ease and explaining the process In a way that was not intimidating. Two days before he contacted us to make a menu that suited us. We chose three items from 10-12 that he was suggesting so it felt tailored to us. We chose ravioli with spinach ricotta, swordfish, and a chocolate spoon dessert. When we arrived at his house in the forest he gave us a quick tour and we had a coffee to get to know each other. Next he brought out five aprons and we started making the dough. At this point we were completely relaxed and having a great time kneading dough.

The whole experience lasted around five hours which at first I thought would be too long for the children but it went fast and they were never bored.

We highly recommend and would consider doing this in a larger family group with grandparents as well. Thanks for a great time Ch

  Being somewhat disorganized my wife and I only booked a cooking class with Marco 36 hours in advance but even then he e-mailed us to ask what we would like... read more to cook (Pasta or risotto, meat or fish, cake or spoon desert) and he had everything ready.
It was poring with rain that day and we had some difficulty finding the house but after one phone call to him and his neighbor pointing us in the right direction we made it to his delightful art-filled house in the woods.

It turned out that we were the only ones there that day which allowed us lots of time to chat. He explains everything and sends the recipes by e-mail making it very easy to replicate what he demonstrates.

We had a delightful three course lunch of the food we had cooked and all this at a cost only slightly above what we would have paid for a similar meal in a restaurant.

Highly recommended.

  We had a wonderful afternoon together with Marco, cooking 3 very nice dishes (risotto with sausage & mushrooms as first course, Ossobuco as second course & Cannoli as dessert). As... read more we were the only couple that day, we were able to select the dishes that we wanted. In case more couples, Marco will try to find perfect balance for all.

Marco was very friendly and explained all steps very clearly (just to mention, his knowledge of English is very decent!). We prepared above dishes but also received tips and tricks to make other dishes (the perfect Italian Carbonara for example).

Marco has his own forest in his backyard where we could eat all prepared dishes in all comfort.

To Marco, many thanks for the lovely day. We will try to make the dishes as nice as yesterday, when cooking for friends/family.