Join Executive Chef Eugenio Rossi in Rome for an exclusive hands-on cooking class in his authentic Roman-style kitchen making pizza. He will teach you the history, technique, and skills to making pizza. Learn the tastes and traditions of authentic pizza with Italy’s most colorful and acclaimed chef in the heart of Rome.
Chef Rossi, a talented and highly celebrated chef, knows his food and cooking, and shares his secrets with you. He leads his classes with passion and love. He takes you up close to the classical cuisine of the Eternal City, while transforming dough into a delicate golden crust topped with Italy’s finest tomatoes, Mozzarella and more. You too can become a Pizzaioli, pizza maker, for a day.
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Pizza School
Chef Rossi’s pizza class shows you how to mix, knead, and roll dough into an award tasting creation. Pizza, also Italy’s most celebrated food, is served with tomatoes, fish, vegetables, and even an egg in the middle.
The morning class starts at 9:30 am with a welcome and introduction. There is a brief historical and cultural introduction on the traditions of the Italian Mediterranean kitchen and the history of pizza. Chef Rossi hails Italy as the “the great kitchen”, as he ensues historical and social evolutions of food, followed by instructions and the preparation of authentic Italian pizza. Join Chef Rossi for this intense pizza cooking class as he takes you through the technical steps to making perfect Italian pizza. Everyone eats the recipes prepared in class together and toasts with a good glass of regional wine.
The History of Pizza Margherita
The story of how pizza became more than a peasant’s is quite a story. In 1889 Queen Margherita accompanied her husband, Umberto I of Savoia, on an inspection of his Italian Kingdom. During her trips around the kingdom she saw many peasants and poor people eating a flat bread which they called “pizza”. While in Naples, the curious queen summoned her guards and asked them to bring her a piece of this flat bread. The queen liked what she ate and would eat this flat bread every time she went out of her palace.
The queen was extremely popular with the masses and had developed a great liking for their pizza. This taste was considered somewhat undesirable in court circles.
One day in June, on the Queen’s insistence, Raffaele Esposito was summoned from his pizzeria to the palace to bake a selection of Pizzas for the Queen. Raffaele, in order to honor the Queen’s desire for his pizzas, created a special pizza with tomato, mozzarella, and basil (the colors of the Italian flag – red/white/green). The pizza was a great hit with the Queen, and Esposito was summoned to create this specialty pizza regularly. When the news got out that the Queen’s favorite was tomato, mozzarella & basil, she not only became an even greater hit with the public, but also started a trend for the “Pizza Margherita”. To date, the Pizza Margherita is Italy’s most popular.
Program Prices
$245.00 per person, based on double occupancy. Includes entire cooking class, supplies and eating the fruits of your labor after class.
$80 Single Supplement.
* Please note: prices do not include transportation, accommodations or any other excursions.
2012 Dates: This program is available throughout the year. You can reserve your cooking program for any day of the week. Rates are subject to change based on currency exchange. Call for updated rates. Airfare not included.
