Cook, taste, share
Not a cooking class: Tuscia, at the table and beyond
You knead in a family kitchen and, minutes away, visit UNESCO-listed frescoed Etruscan tombs, Palazzo Farnese in Caprarola, the gardens of Villa Lante and the Park of the Monsters at Bomarzo.
See prices and availabilityDuration
1.5 – 3 hours
Group
Small groups, max 12
Languages
Italian · English
Cancellation
Free up to 48h before
Choose yours
Our food and wine experiences
€75 · per personFresh Pasta and Ravioli Class
Learn to roll the dough by hand and make ravioli and tagliatelle the way it was done in family kitchens, guided step by step.
€70 · per personPizza and Focaccia Class
Slow-risen dough, stretched by hand, then the oven: round pizza, focaccia with olive oil and white pizza to fill. Everyone stretches their own and eats it straight out of the oven.
€85 · per personPastry Class: Croissants, Doughnuts and Bombe
Laminated dough and sweet leavened baking: croissants made from scratch, ring doughnuts and fried bombe, filled with custard, chocolate or jam. You leave with a full tray.
€420 · per groupPrivate Cooking Class at the Casale
A lesson made to measure, alone or as a group, in the Casale Fedele kitchen: you choose the menu, we take care of the rest.
€45 · per personWine Tasting and Pairing
A guided journey through regional wines and local dishes, learning to recognise aromas and pairings with the help of a sommelier.
€15 · per personFarm Visit with the Animals
Ten minutes from the Casale: alpacas to hand-feed, ponies, goats, horses grazing in the field and a big wooden playground. Children go into the pens, feed the animals and run around outside.
All inclusive
What the experience includes
- A hands-on lesson led by the people who cook at the Casale every day
- All fresh ingredients, many picked in our own vegetable garden
- An I Love Italy apron to wear during the lesson
- Lunch or dinner with the dishes you prepared
- Water, local wine and coffee included
- The class recipes sent by email, to make them again at home
- A tailor-made itinerary for the area: Etruscan sites, villas, villages and hot springs
The sweet side
Croissant dough cannot be rushed
You mix it, fold it around the butter and let it rest in the cold, several times over: it is the part almost nobody attempts at home, and it is exactly what you learn here, by hand, on the marble.
Then come the ring doughnuts and the bombe, fried and filled on the spot — custard, chocolate or jam. You leave with a full tray.
See the pastry class →
Not only a class
For celebrations too
The same long table and the same hall lend themselves beautifully to a party. We host birthdays, birthday dinners and company events, with the cooking class as the centrepiece or simply as an excuse to gather everyone around one table.
Menu, timing and number of guests are worked out with Fabiana, depending on what you're celebrating.
Ask about your event →Why it's different
Why it isn't the usual cooking class
You really cook, with your hands
No demonstrations to watch: everyone has their own board, flour and egg. You knead, roll the dough, get it wrong and try again.
In a home, not a classroom
Casale Fedele is a family home. We cook in the house kitchen or under the pergola in the garden, depending on the season.
It ends at the table, together
The lesson doesn't stop at the stove: we lay the table, pour the wine and eat what you made, slowly, all together.
Family recipes, not textbook ones
Acqua cotta, tozzetti from Viterbo, pasta alla chitarra: dishes of this countryside handed down by word of mouth, with the real quantities of the people who have always made them.
An open-air museum, right outside
Two UNESCO-listed Etruscan necropolises, Palazzo Farnese in Caprarola, the gardens of Villa Lante and the Park of the Monsters at Bomarzo: art you'd queue for elsewhere, fifteen minutes away here.
We help you plan the trip
The class takes half a day. For the other half we give you a tailor-made itinerary: what's truly worth seeing, how long it takes, when to go to find it empty.
Straight from the Casale
A moment from our lessons
Families, friends and the curious: everyone arrives at the Casale with clean hands and leaves with floury ones.
Not only in summer
When it's cold, we move inside
The pergola is the loveliest place to eat together, but the Casale lives all year round: in autumn and winter the table moves into the indoor hall, with its beamed ceiling and big windows onto the garden. Same long table, same conviviality, with candles lit and the warmth of indoors.
The class stays the same: you knead, you cook, and at the end everyone sits down together. Only the view from the window changes.
What people say
Guests who've already cooked with us
“Fabiana welcomed us as if we were family. We learned to make ravioli from scratch and then ate everything together in the garden: one of the loveliest days of our trip through Tuscia.”
“None of us had ever rolled pasta by hand. Giancarlo guided us patiently step by step, explaining every trick. We've already made tagliatelle at home twice.”
“We brought the children, worried they'd get bored, and instead they were the most enthusiastic of all. A genuine, unhurried afternoon with produce from the Casale's garden.”
Beyond the kitchen
Special events at the Casale
Kneading together does what no meeting room can: it puts everyone on the same level, hands dirty, no hierarchy. The Casale is yours for a whole day, from the cooking class into the evening.
Corporate team building
Kneading together does in three hours what a classroom course misses in two days: it puts everyone on the same level. The director and the person who joined last month have the same floury hands, the same dough that will not come together, the same dish to carry to the table at two o'clock.
We build the day with you: mixed teams drawn at random, a precise brief and a clock, and half an hour at the end sitting down to look at how you worked — the part that turns a lunch into training.
- From 8 to 20 people, the Casale exclusively yours
- Half a day, a full day, or two days with an overnight stay
- Mixed teams, a timed brief and a closing debrief
- Written quote, invoice and a printed programme for HR
Hen and stag parties
The Casale becomes yours for the weekend: arrive with your bags, put on an apron straight away for the fresh pasta class, then relax in the garden, dine all together and enjoy an evening you'll remember for a long time. We organise the programme; you just have fun.
Open-air cinema
In the garden we keep a screen and projector ready for a film night under the stars, after dinner. The same space works just as well for a film club with discussion, or for a more structured working afternoon: corporate team building and training courses with screenings, far from the usual meeting room.
- The Casale exclusively for your group
- A dedicated chef throughout
- Menu agreed to suit the group
- Screen and projector for evenings and events
- Lunch or dinner with local wines
- From 6 to 20 guests
Frequently asked questions
Before you book
Do I need to know how to cook?
Not at all. Most of our guests have never made pasta in their lives. We guide you step by step and adapt the pace to the group.
Is the experience suitable for children?
Yes, and it's one of the things we enjoy most. Kneading is fun at any age: we set up lower stations and give the little ones tasks they can manage safely.
Do you cater for intolerances or special diets?
Yes. We handle gluten-free, vegetarian and vegan, and most intolerances. Tell us when you book so we can arrange separate ingredients and stations.
What if it rains?
Nothing serious: we cook in the Casale's indoor kitchen instead of under the pergola. The experience goes ahead in any weather.
How many people are in a class?
We keep groups small on purpose: a maximum of 8 for pasta classes, 12 for tastings. For larger groups we arrange dedicated dates.
How do I book?
Write to us or call Fabiana on +39 344 6129325 (also on WhatsApp): we agree the date, time and menu together. Cancellation is free up to 48 hours before.
Can I combine the class with a visit nearby?
That's exactly how we suggest doing it, and the reason many people choose us. The class takes half a day: in the other half you can reach the Roman amphitheatre of Sutri or Palazzo Farnese in Caprarola in fifteen minutes, Viterbo and its hot springs in twenty-five, the Park of the Monsters at Bomarzo or the gardens of Villa Lante in twenty-five. Tell us how many days you have and we'll prepare the itinerary.
What is really worth seeing around here?
More than you'd expect. Tarquinia and Cerveteri are UNESCO World Heritage: two Etruscan necropolises, one with hundreds of frescoed tombs. Caprarola has Palazzo Farnese with its spiral royal staircase, Bagnaia the gardens of Villa Lante, Bomarzo the Sacred Wood with its stone giants. Then medieval Viterbo, the Romanesque basilicas of Tuscania and Civita di Bagnoregio on its crag. Almost all within an hour.
Can we visit the local farms?
Yes, and we recommend it to anyone curious: seeing the vegetable garden and the farms nearby explains the ingredients better than any lesson. We arrange the visit according to the season and who's available to welcome you, so ask when you book.