WINE AND FOOD MATCHING LUNCHES AND/OR DINNERS, IN CONJUNCTION WITH Auswineonline - SOMETHING VERY DIFFERENT (BUT IT REALLY WORKS!) ITALIAN FOOD MATCHED WITH AWARD WINNING AUSTRALIAN WINE
Valentina's Masterclass http://www.valentinasmasterclass.co.uk/ provides a different culinary experience in your own home. You invite up to 8 friends, and I provides the expertise and skills to teach you all how to make and enjoy the wonderful experience of home made pasta, risotto and original genuine Italian fish and meat dishes from scratch.
What is different about our masterclasses is that as well as the culinary experience we combine Italian food with a selection of fine Australian boutique wines-a completely new angle on the delights of food and wine matching.
You chose the menu with our guidance, matched with our stunning award winning Australian wines.
We can supply gift vouchers as gifts for your friends and family.
For larger groups of up to 25, we can provide a Central London venue.
Our unique food & wine pairing events have proved to be a great activity for team building and corporate entertainment.
Who are we?
Auswineonline is a specialist online retailer selling boutique quality wines from small producers in Western Australian, and is run by Brian Oakwell, who met the acclaimed writer and teacher Valentina Harris in Piedmont on a food and wine course 15 years ago. They have brought their common interests and passion for all things culinary and vinous together to create these very different Masterclasses having discovered, quite by coincidence that Brian's wines match Valentina's food superbly over dinner one night at a friend's kitchen table!
CORNWALL
TREDETHY HOUSE ORGANIC CULINARY ADVENTURE WEEKEND
please ask about dates for 2012 - we need a minimum number of 8 people to book together in order to run this programme
Sample programme:
Day 1 - Arrival for dinner
Dinner cooked for you by Valentina – all her favourite signature dishes and some of her favourite wines!
Day 2 – Full Cornish Breakfast
Fresh Pasta Class – making fresh pasta, sauces and fillings
Lunch – a tutored cheese and charcuterie tasting
PM Camel Wines visit and wine tasting
Dinner: The Pasta Feast!
Day 3 - Full Cornish Breakfast
Market/Shopping locally and ending in Padstow
Lunch out – Rick Stein’s Fish n’ chips
Afternoon at leisure in Padstow
Dinner: Risotto Demo + cooking up market produce/shopping
Day 4 - Full Cornish Breakfast
A Baking Morning – make cakes, biscotti and focaccia to take home with you!
Lunch: A Traditional Italian Sunday Lunch:
Antipasto – Wild Mushroom Salad
Lasagna of spinach and ricotta
Italian Style Roast Chicken with seasonal local vegetables
Panna Cotta or Tiramisu
After lunch at 4 p.m. Tears and Farewells
Price per person: £780 to include:
Accommodation at Tredethy House in a single or double room with own bathroom
3 full Breakfasts
3 dinners
3 lunches
Wine with meals
3 cooking classes
1 shopping trip
Rick Stein’s famous fish and chips
1 wine tasting
Stuff to take home
Lots of fun!
In the best tradition of Italian food, the principle here is simple: the best seasonal, organic and local ingredients, and some gourmet Italian staples, like the creamy and freshest buffalo mozzarella, the best single estates extra virgin olive oils and Taggiasche olives from Liguria to name a few. Handmade pasta, plus the award winning produce Cornwall has to offer.
OTHER CULINARY ADVENTURES AT HOME IN THE UK:
Cucina Valentina can organize fun and enjoyable events for your corporate or family/friends groups almost anywhere! Hands-on cookery can facilitate excellent team building either competitively or as entertainment, resulting in eating what you have cooked with matched wines. We can also hold culinary quizzes or tasting sessions, to add even more fun to your event. Please call us for a chat to explore your requirements.
Within the UK, Cucina Valentina can organise any of the following for individuals, small groups of friends, work colleagues or family parties:
- One to one cookery tuition.
- Small private groups – ½ day or full day hands-on cookery classes for keen foodies with Valentina – minimum 6 people.
- Tutored Market tours – Tours of some of London’s best food markets with Valentina, followed by return to the kitchen to cook up our purchases
- Valentina live in your kitchen – Valentina can come to your home and teach you to cook a meal for your friends and family – hands-on or demonstration available.
- London locations We have access to several different London locations for your event.
- Essex locations We can also head for the countryside and use locations in Ramsden Heath or Danbury – minimum group size 8.
- Inter-active dinner parties in your own home – a dinner party idea with a difference
Wine and food matching lunches or dinners in your own home or at one of our London locations.
See also valentinasmasterclass.co.uk for details of our classes matching delicious Italian food and superb Australian wines.
Prices from £75 per person for groups of 8 or more with Valentina
One to one cookery classes, prices on application
CLASSES WITH VALENTINA AT OTHER LOCATIONS:
Please book these classes direct with the cookery schools, for details, please refer to websites below:
divertimenti.co.uk
caldesi.com
thesmartschoolofcookery.com
taste-italia.com
thebertinetkitchen.com
bordeaux-quay.co.uk
http://apimlicotable.co.uk
These are some of the classes I will be teaching over the coming months, or that you can request for your bespoke event:
THE BASICS:
From £75
Knife Skills
Pasta and Sauces – 1
Pasta and Sauces – 2
Secrets of the Perfect Risotto
Antipasti –
Italian Seafood Course
Italian Vegetarian Course
Italian Meat Course
Dolci and Biscotti
SEASONAL:
From £75
Autumn in Italy
Italian Christmas -
Early Spring Flavours
Sicilian Delights
“Short and Sweet” Italian
ALSO PRESENTING:
From £75 - £120
Mums and Daughters in the Kitchen (and variations on this theme)
Teens (12 to 18) or children ( 6 to 11) in the Kitchen – ideal for school holidays and half term breaks
Trattoria Food for Family and Friends
Wine and Food Matching
Just the men in the Kitchen
Ladies Night (perfect Hen party idea!)
30 Somethings ( or 40 or 50) in the Kitchen
We are pleased to host celebratory parties, including parties for Christmas, and we can present unique and very special demonstrations and tastings upon request. Minimum number of participants 10.
Drop us an email or ring us now on +44 (0)7769575138 to book any of the following classes, or to discuss your requirements with Valentina. We have provided several different options for you to consider.