Regional Summer Italian Cooking Masterclass

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Regional Summer Italian Cooking Masterclass

Name: Regional Summer Italian Cooking Masterclass
Brand: Valentina Harris
Price: 160.00 GBP
Availability: InStock

with Valentina Harris

£160

Thursday 18th
June 2026

18:00-21:30
(3.5hrs)

Divertimenti
Knightsbridge

Step into the heart of Italy with an immersive masterclass led by award-winning cook and author Valentina Harris. With decades of experience, more than 50 cookbooks to her name, and a lifetime steeped in regional Italian food culture, Valentina brings warmth, authority and a wealth of storytelling to this hands-on class — sharing not only techniques, but the history and philosophy behind truly great Italian cooking.

Expect generous hospitality, expert guidance, and the confidence to recreate elegant, authentic dishes at home — before sitting down together to enjoy the fruits of your labour with a well-earned glass of wine.

Menu:

ANTIPASTO:

Peperoni in teglia alla napoletana / Yellow peppers with capers

PRIMO:

Spaghetti vongole / Pasta with clams

SECONDO:

Vitello tonnato / Poached veal in a tuna mayonnaise sauce

DOLCE:

Pesche al forno al vinsanto con gelato al mascarpone / Tuscan baked peaches with vinsanto with mascarpone ice cream

Dietary Requirements?

We are happy to offer adaptions for vegetarians and other dietary requirements within reason and with due notice. Before booking on to the class however, please get in touch with us first, either by phone (020 7581 8065) or email (brompton@divertimenti.co.uk) to let us know about your requirements so we can ensure this is the right class for you.

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!

Valentina Harris

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; 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 still 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.

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.