Maria's Cookery Course

Veneto is known for its capital city, Venice, one of the most popular destinations in Italy. But just an hour or so to the west, at the foot of Euganean hills, lies the Venetian wine-growing area and your home for this unique countryside cooking vacation. The natural beauties of the land, its fertile fields and abundant harvests, and charming and unassuming people make your agrarian Veneto culinary holiday an exquisitely inviting and relaxing experience.

This is our best-selling class.  We peel, we bash, we chop, and we cook together. Ultimately, we sit down and enjoy the meal with a good bottle of wine. This program last six nights with 5-morning classes. Make sure to reserve this holiday weekly cooking class early. The classes are small enough to accommodate cooks of all levels and are ideal for small groups of family and friends. An excursion is set up with a visit to Chioggia's traditional and well-known fish market. On-demand, other optional tours are available in the afternoon every day.

The basic program includes the following:

6-night stay at the Villa, full board accommodation in double rooms with private bathroom.
Five hands-on cooking lessons with our chef Simone.
Visit Chioggia Fish Market to purchase some seafood to cook with Chef Simone.
Excursion to Euganean Hills to visit a winery and taste Prosecco with other red wines.

€ 1.400,00 per person. (in double room)

€ 1.500,00 per person. (in a single room)

This program is open to up to 12 attendees; ask the staff for larger groups.

5-Lessons / 6-Night Program

1ST DAY (SUNDAY):

Arrival at the Villa - the Transfer is not included

Time to mingle with the other guests and welcome dinner with a Prosecco wine glass or a typical Spritz.

2ND DAY (MONDAY):

1st Cooking Lesson with our chef Simone.

10.30 am: Hands-on Cooking Lesson

Get ready! Today we'll start using techniques and recipes handed down through generations of local women. Lunch at the villa, with wine.

In the afternoon you can relax at the villa, or visit the beauties of the nearer Sightseeing. We also offer you the possibility to participate in one of our Tours.

Dinner at the Villa.

3RD DAY (TUESDAY):

2nd Cooking Lesson and a Wine tasting experience in a local cellar.

10.30 am: Hands-on Cooking Lesson
Today you will learn how to make and cook another traditional Italian menu focused on Tortelli, Tagliatelle, and dessert. Lunch at the villa with wine.

Lunch at the villa with wine.

After lunch, we will visit the nearby wine region of Venitian hills named "Colli Euganei," a vulcanic wine-growing region that produces fabulous wines such as Prosecco, Cabernet, and Merlot. We will be back at 6.00 pm.

Dinner at the Villa.

4TH DAY (WEDNESDAY):

Third hands-on cooking lesson. Today you will be involved with risotto all'italiana. Our region is known for the rice cultivated in the Po Delta. As a dessert, you could try to make a delicious Tiramisù, another local recipe of our land. In the end, we sit down and enjoy the meal together.

Afternoon free time to relax after a long work in the kitchen.
You can ask our staff to plan an excursion to the beautiful natural park of Po Delta.

Dinner at the Villa.

5TH DAY (THURSDAY):

Fourth Cooking Lesson program

The program, this time, will change according to the season, and Simone, the chef, will pick up a seasonal menu for cooking together.

Afternoon free time to relax after a long work in the kitchen. You can ask our staff to plan an excursion to a local olive mill company for an extra virgin olive oil tasting.

Dinner at the Villa.

6TH DAY (FRIDAY):

Cooking seafood experience
Today you will be involved in a seafood Cooking demonstration. Soon after breakfast, we will leave for Chioggia to explore the colorful fish market. We will spend time buying seafood, then a short stop to enjoy a spritz sitting in a "bachero" by a typical canal. Then we will drive back to the Tenuta Castel Venezze. Simone the chef will show you how to prepare his delicious seafood, and the experience will end at the Locanda Venezze restaurant with an exceptional lunch.

7TH DAY (SATURDAY):
Breakfast and check-out - (Transfer is not included)

HOW TO GET HERE

On-Demand, our staff can arrange a driver for your pick-up at Venice train Station or Venice airport.

To get to Rovigo, the best transport is by train. It starts every hour from Venice and stops at Rovigo Railway Station; the ride is about 1 hr, and the cost for a round trip is approximately € 15 per person.

Please check the timetable:

Venice departure: 08:40

Rovigo arrival: 09:47

Ticket € 7,80

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