Enrica Rocca opens her home to her clients that attend her classes and wine pairings in the beautiful ancient ‘City of Love’, Venice. The Venetian Contessa shares her talent for cooking effortless yet mouthwatering food, her knowledge of Venice, its produce, and her very own excellent Prosecco. She welcomes you in her charismatic and fashionable loft apartment, by a canal in the heart of the Dorsoduro district. A setting, perfect for a traditional Venetian culinary experience.
Learn to cook dishes that follow Italian and Venetian traditions with a touch of originality, by reintroducing the spices that Venice was so famous for during the times of the Republic. Classes are small and sociable, where clients are treated as individuals, an enjoyable experience with Enrica and new acquaintances while cooking and eating side by side.
A Wonderful Variety of Classes to Suit your Visit and Interests
1) Full Day Cooking Class with Rialto Market Tour
This class will let you indulge in and become an expert in Venetian Cuisine. Explore the Rialto market with Enrica who will show you how to identify the best and freshest ingredients, from which you will create exquisite dishes. Take your bags bursting with flavour back to Enrica’s beautiful family Palazzo and enjoy learning, whilst tasting, Venetian specialities that you will be able to effortlessly recreate when you return home.
Includes:
- The preparation of 5/6 dishes of antipasti, a pasta or risotto dish and lastly, a meat/fish main course.
- An amazing selection of wines to accompany the dishes.
- “Making cooking more fun!” A pdf file with many recipes, information on the best products, cooking techniques and suggestions for learning how to select the best ingredients.
2) Half Day Cooking Class
This is the perfect complement to a short stay in the beautiful city. This half-day class will give you an enthusing introduction to Italian cuisine with the use of carefully selected ingredients. It will provide you with the confidence to recreate some of Venice’s most treasured dishes when you return home.
Includes:
- The preparation of 5/6 dishes of antipasti, a pasta or risotto dish and lastly, a meat/fish main course.
- A beautiful selection of wines to accompany the dishes.
- “Making cooking more fun!” A pdf file with many recipes, information on the best products, cooking techniques and suggestions for learning how to select the best ingredients.
3) Wine Pairing Cooking Class
This evening Wine Pairing Course is a magnificent way to spend an evening uncovering some of the most well-known Venetian wines, paired beautifully with traditional Venetian recipes. While Enrica reveals the secrets of how to prepare the very best Italian recipes, a professional sommelier will introduce you to the art of wine pairing. The combination is ideal for wine and food lovers who want to understand the delicate balance between the two.
Includes:
- An introduction to Wine-matching by a professional sommelier.
- The preparation of 5/6 dishes of antipasti, a pasta or risotto dish and lastly, a meat/fish main course. All the ingredients for preparing it, and carefully selected wines to match.
- The ingredients for preparing the meal, and carefully selected wines to match.
- “Making cooking more fun!”. A pdf file with many recipes, information on the best products, cooking techniques and suggestions for selecting the best ingredients.
Corporate Cooking Class for Client Entertainment, Team Building or Staff Parties
Enrica’s kitchen is the perfect place to host corporate events in a friendly and warm environment. A unique way to build relationships with team members and clients where you are encouraged to get your hands dirty in an informal and relaxed setting.
1) Cooking Class with Rialto Market Tour
Great for corporate groups of up to 10 people. You will explore Rialto Market, one of the world’s most popular food markets, and spend a day surrounded by all things Venetian. At the market, you will learn how to select the best quality ingredients at the finest fishmongers, butchers & vegetable stalls Venice has to offer. Menus are not created beforehand, but instead you will create dishes together, taking inspiration from what is fresh and seasonal at the market that day.
Once settled in with a glass of Prosecco, learn to create a feast of Italian dishes that use a few well-chosen ingredients, cooked with simplicity and brought to the table with gusto, all whilst enjoying a flow of wine and chit-chat around the kitchen island.
2) Cicchetti Making Class
This cooking class is ideal for larger corporate groups where the aim is to create the same dynamic and outgoing atmosphere we love in traditional wine bars found in Venice. This class is formed around the concept of Cicchetti which are Venetian Tapas eaten whilst enjoying a glass of wine or a spritz in a Venetian wine bar.
Upon arrival clients will be introduced to Cicchetti, and after having had a first glass of Prosecco to get the creativity and taste buds going, guests will create their own Cicchetti using a huge variety of ingredients from fresh prawns to roasted vegetables, Venetian salamis, Meatballs and much more. Clients will then cook a seasonal pasta or risotto dish, followed by the finale of a Tiramisu for dessert. This is a great sociable class where guests have the freedom to wonder around and interact with each other in a warm and inviting environment.
Includes:
- A 5 or 6-hour cooking class around the kitchen island in Enrica’s Venetian home.
- The preparation of up to 7 antipasti dishes or Cicchetti, a pasta or risotto dish, and a Tiramisu for dessert.
- All ingredients and wines to compliment the dishes.
- A guide called “Making Cooking More Fun” containing our recipes, tips on how to buy the best quality products and more useful cooking techniques
Please contact us, should you wish to find out more about Enrica Rocca’s cooking school.
