← All class listings

Lunch Like an Italian - Summer chef's table lunch event

with Valentina Harris

£65
Thursday 3rd
July 2025
11:30-13:45
(2.15hrs)
Divertimenti
Knightsbridge

IMPORTANT
If you are ordering for more than 1 person or purchasing as a gift, please leave their name and email address in the order notes section of the checkout.

Learn how to make delicious Italian dishes from award-winning cookbook author Valentina Harris. Master the art of lunching like a true Italian and savour the recipes from the best regions of Italy.

Valentina will demonstrate a wide range of recipes from incredible Italian cuisines for you to enjoy and discover. The dishes prepared in this demonstration would be perfect for a leisurely lunch in the summer sun, served up for the whole family or savoured solo.

Featuring classic, seasonal Italian ingredients, dishes like Pizzaiola,  Asparagus Frittata with ParmesanA Classic Zucchini Tart, Cold Spaghetti Salad with Mint and Olives, and Slow Roasted Tomatoes with Oregano and Garlic are ideal for lunch plans of all sorts. Come Lunch and Learn with Valentina Harris at Divertimenti!

What’s included:

  • Refreshments on arrival and available throughout the class
  • Apron and all of the equipment required
  • A digital recipe pack sent to you after the session
  • A taster light lunch accompanied with a chilled glass of Italian white wine 
  • 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
  • You get to ask Valentina all the questions you'd like on how to create the best Italian style lunch 

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.

To learn more about the Harvey Jones Linear Range please visit here

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.



The Cookery Edit

Magimix: Tofu gyozas

Magimix: Tofu gyozas

Ingredients: SERVES 3-4 4 cloves garlic  40g fresh ginger  40ml soy sauce   30ml sesame seed oil  1/2 napa cabbage/ Chinese leaf  3 spring onions  ...

Read more
Magimix: Raspberry Sorbet

Magimix: Raspberry Sorbet

Ingredients: Makes 1ltr of Sorbet 450g raspberries 150g water 125g caster sugar 25g Glucose powder (or 25g caster sugar) 1 tbsp lemon juice   Metho...

Read more

Class Calendar

Class Calendar

Have a browse through our class schedule.

View calendar
View All Classes

View All Classes

Browse through our exclusive range of classes.

View classes
Buy Gift Voucher

Gift Vouchers

Gift a cookery experience.

Buy gift voucher

Divertimenti Cookery School

JOIN OUR COOKERY SCHOOL NEWSLETTER

Get updated on featured events and exclusive offers