One-Week Lesson

Six-Day Culinary Experience

This is our best selling class. We peel, we bash, we chop, and we cook together. At the end, we sit down and enjoy the meal with a good glass of wine.Class length is about three hours. We limit only 6-8 students per session. Make sure to reserve the class early. The classes are small enough to accommodate cooks of all levels and are ideal for small groups of family and friends.
A half-day excursion is set up with visit to the traditional and well-known fish market in Chioggia. It also includes wine tasting at a vineyard in a Villa of the 14th century near Padua, a guided tour to Valpolicella, with Amarone wine tasting, a Salami tour, but also time for shopping and sightseeing.
It is also possible to bring along a non-participating partner who can spend the day enjoying the surroundings, sightseeing or swimming in our biological swimmine pool (from May to September) and then join the group at dinnertime or also on the occasion of the excursions.

Program: 6 nights - Sunday to Saturday

Sunday: Arriving & Welcome Dinner
Arrival at the Villa. Time to mingle with the other guests and welcome dinner offered by the family. Introduction to the program.

Monday: Breakfast, 1st Cooking Class, lunch and wine & cheese tasting course.
Get ready! Today we're going to start using techniques and recipes handed down through generations of local women. Lunch at the villa, with d.o.c. wine. In the afternoon you will meet our Sommelier Mario Piccinin for a wine & cheese tasting course. There will be a focus on the nearby regions of the Euganean Hills (Colli Euganei), Valdobbiadene-Conegliano and the Valpolicella, to prepare you for your upcoming excursions. This wine & cheese tasting covers four wines, and four d.o.p. Italian Cheeses. You will study each wine in depth as you discuss the names, colours, aromas, tastes, food pairings, serving temperatures, best ages, alcohol levels and geographical areas. Dinner at the villa.

Tuesday: Breakfast, 2nd Cooking Class, lunch and Wine Tour to Historic winery near Padua
Hands-on cooking lesson during which you will learn how to make and cook another traditional Italian menu, from appetizers to dessert. Lunch at the villa. After lunch you' ll have a wine tasting at the historical winery Il Dominio di Bagnoli where you'll taste the famous Friularo (red dry wine) in the cellars of the 14th century. Will be back at 6.30 pm. Transfer included. Dinner at the villa.


Wednesday: Breakfast, 3rd Cooking Class, lunch and Salami tasting tour or Cellar on the hills
Third hands-on cooking lesson. At the end, we sit down and enjoy the meal together. In the afternoon you are going to visit a Salami production farm near Ferrara, where we will have a wine & salami tasting together with the farmers and your guide. If you prefer, you can choose a guided visit with wine tasting to a beautiful wine cellar on the Euganean Hills. Dinner at the villa.




Thursday: Breakfast, Fish Market Visit in Chioggia & Seafood Cooking Lesson
We go to Chioggia today. First, we will visit the Mercato Centrale, the famous fish market, and then take time also for sightseeing and shopping. Cooking lesson with focus on Seafood and lunch today will be at one of Chioggia's oldest and best trattorias. Return to Tenuta Castel Venezze after lunch, and free time. Dinner at the villa.



Friday: Breakfast, full-day Valpolicella wine tour
Departure from Tenuta Castel Venezze at 9.30 am with our Sommelier, for driving towards the Valpolicella wine zone famous all over the world for the Amarone red wine. Visit to the Novaia Vineyard in the morning, where you will visit the vineyards and the cellar, and have an unforgettable tasting. Lunch in a typical trattoria on the hills. In the afternoon, we will drive through the lovely Valpolicella countryside to arrive at the Cantina Mazzi, which has been run by the same family for over 100 years. Our visit will include cellar visit and wine tasting. Your personal guide for the day is our certified Sommelier. Return to Tenuta Castel Venezze in the late afternoon and dinner at the villa.

Saturday: Departure
Breakfast, transfer to airport or train station, departure.