The Flavours Team in Puglia

At our Italian Cookery School in Puglia we have two wonderful cooks in charge of the kitchen.

Your Host in Puglia

Angela

Your host in Puglia is Angela Venturi, a qualified sommelier and chief executive of the Slow Food movement in the region. Angela is also helping to develop more Flavours Cookery Schools elsewhere in Italy – particularly in Tuscany. ‘I’m not altogether abandoning the South, though,’ she says ‘the wines here, at Castel di Salve, are fabulous, especially the primativo and the salice salentino. It’s a pleasure to take Flavours guests to taste them. And the light here is amazing – Lecce just glows. People can’t believe it when we visit. This place is steeped in history.’

Sandro

Also in Puglia watch out for Sandro, a local gardener who provides wonderful, organic fruit and vegetables for classes at the cookery school. He takes special care of all the guests and no cookery holiday could have fresher Italian ingredients than the fantastic selection that Sandro provides freshly picked every day.

Your Chefs in Puglia

With wonderful pecorino cheese, dried quince, wonderful olive oil and limoncello liqueur the cooks at this venue have an easy job preparing mouth-watering menus to make your time in Puglia an Italian cookery holiday to remember. Our two wonderful chefs in charge of the kitchen in Puglia are:

Antonio

Antonio runs his own restaurant in Santa Maria di Leuca, the town at the very end of the Salentine Peninsula, where he uses the best local ingredients, including locally caughter fantastic seafood. He is absolutely passionate about Italian food and delights in sharing his best recipes with guests at the cookery school. Every dish leaves his kitchen ‘con amore’’ which is why he has been described as ‘Salento’s very own Nigel Slater.’

Ida

Ida is Casino Pisanelli’s housekeeper and prepares the evening meal for guests. She is an expert master at the traditional Puglia pasta, orecchiette (little ears) and passes on the secret of her skill during classes. She wants you to enjoy your cookery holiday as much as she enjoys having you in her kitchen.

Alice

Alice is the proprietor of the beautiful Puglia venue which was described as one of the most beautiful houses by the sea by Elle Décor, 2005.

For more information on our Cooking School in Puglia please explore the following links:

• Dates and Prices of Flavours Cookery Courses in Puglia
• Sample Itineraries in Puglia
• Local Dishes at the Puglia Cookery School
• Further Information on our Puglia Venue