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Al Fresco Italian

with Valentina Harris

£160
Wednesday 19th
June 2024
11:00 - 14:30
(3.5hrs)
Divertimenti
Knightsbridge

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Savour the summer sun with brilliant Italian dishes perfect for al fresco dining. Known for her expertise and passion for Italian food, award-winning author Valentina Harris will teach you a range of delicious regional Italian dishes to enjoy and share.

Italian food is perfect for dining in the sunshine with a glass of lemonade or a refreshing spritz– in this class you will create exciting and delicious dishes with Valentina including:

Caponata Siciliana (Fried Aubergine with Tomato Sauce, Olives and Capers)

Peperoni in Teglia alla Napoletana (Yellow Roasted Peppers with Garlic, Capers and Pecorino)

Insalata Tiepida di Calamari Alla Rucola (Warm Cuttlefish Salad with Rocket)

Panzanella (Tuscan Tomato Salad)

Pizzelle di Cozze e Basilico al Pomodoro (Pizelle of mussels with basil and tomato)

What’s included:

  • Refreshments on arrival and available throughout the class
  • Apron and all of the equipment required
  • A recipe pack for you to take home after your class
  • All ingredients provided and weighed out in advance for you
  • Lunch of your own making to enjoy together as a class accompanied by a glass of wine or soft refreshments
  • 10% discount on purchases made in store on the day of your class, including cookery classes. Excludes books, food, electrical items, gift vouchers and sale items
  • We do all the washing up!

About Valentina:

Valentina Harris is a passionate Italian cook and award-winning author with more than 50 books to her name, including The Italian Regional Cookbook; Risotto! Risotto!; Classic Recipes of Tuscany; 500 Italian Recipes, and Valentina Harris’s Complete Italian Cookery Course. Valentina is the youngest member of a large Anglo-Italian family of gourmets. Educated in Italy, Valentina brought her qualifications for teaching and cooking from Rome to London in 1976. She is an experienced teacher and food writer passionate about sharing her food philosophy, techniques, stories, and experiences both with food and its intricate history, plus solid and unique kitchen techniques. As a regular face at food festivals in the UK, Valentina stills finds time to share her expertise and love of Italian food by hosting cookery courses, and can be found regularly contributing to radio, TV, newspapers, and magazines.

You will be learning in a beautifully designed kitchen which provides a warm welcoming environment that can accommodate everything from group cookery classes to intimate chef’s tables, with the versatility to suit everyone.

Our partners have been chosen with great care, as all our equipment must stand up to the day-to-day rigours of our cookery school – much like a professional kitchen, that you can enjoy using whilst creating your own amazing dishes in class to give you the best possible experience when cooking with us.

Our classes and outstanding range of teachers will help you hone your gastronomic skills, even if you are a complete novice or a dab hand in the kitchen. We love highlighting new upcoming food trends and championing the rising stars within the culinary world.

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Divertimenti does everything it can to reduce the risk of any students consuming an allergen that could cause and allergic reaction.

Please call the school to discuss any severe food allergies prior to booking a class online, we must speak to you before you visit the school if you have a severe allergy or severe dietary intolerance.

We will become as flexible as possible, where we can to remove a specific ingredient from a student’s recipe we will but we are unable to remove that ingredient for every student attending.

We handle all types of ingredients in the kitchen at Divertimenti and we are not able to completely allergen free environment, our kitchen is multi-purpose therefore this makes our kitchen unsuitable for those with life- threatening allergies, in such cases as these we would suggest getting in touch with the team to arrange a private lesson in your own home with one of our chefs. Please contact us for more information

In the unlikely event you are unable to the class you have booked for and need to cancel your booking, for a full refund we will require your cancellation via email no less than 7 days.

Once we have received your cancellation, we will arrange a booking onto an alternative class date or a full refund, sadly we are unable to make changes to bookings or offer a refund with less than 7 days of the date of your class but we are happy to switch the names on the booking so a family member or friend can take the place.

Divertimenti reserves the right to cancel any demonstration or class or substitute another presenter at any time, in the unfortunate event that a ‘Personality’ present or chef cannot attend a session you will be offered the choice of an appropriate alternative or a full refund.

Attendees must be aged over 18 to attend an adult class - we have a list of suitable young adult and teenage classes suitable for under 18’s – they must be accompanied by an adult.



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