COOKING COURSES

Our cooking courses are designed both for professionals and for those who are simply passionate about good food and eating well. Courses for professionals are held by a professional chef from a well-known restaurant, while other courses are conducted by carefully selected regional chefs from the local agriturismi or surrounding districts.

Courses may be held in Italian or English (sometimes with a language teacher present or, in other languages on request). They are based on the preparation of typical Umbrian menus with particular regard to the cuisines of the Orvietan and Tuderte regions [Tuderte is the region right at the center of Umbria, between Terni and Perugia, and includes Todi], and may also include making fresh pasta. The menus are constituted from the different courses and are always accompanied exclusively by local or regional wines. Each class finishes with a meal which includes dishes prepared during the lesson. Courses may be arranged for individuals, for two people or a small group and may be requested at any time.

As part of the enogastronomic programme we can also arrange visits, accompanied by an English-speaking interpreter (or other languages on request) to the markets and the shops where you may purchase typical local, Umbrian specialties.

A Week at Antonio and Lucia's

Cooking programme, food, wine and a warm hospitality

Six  nights/days that will stay in your heart forever!
Finally after 2 years of pilot tests and requests from our customers Discovering Umbria has the pleasure to present the programme :

“A Week at Antonio and Lucia's”

A Week at Antonio and Lucia’s  comes from the passion and the love for our land and from the wish to share all this with our guests.

We are sure that you will not find  anywhere else another programme that gives you the direct experience of the Umbrian cuisine, the tasting of excellent products, sight-seeing tours of amazing medieval art cities, all combined with the warm hospitality, the professionalism and friendliness of our team.

The ingredients of our recipe:

The chef:

Lucia Tomassi comes from a family of chefs that have filled her with the passion and the love for the typical dishes of her region ever since her childhood. Lucia has worked for various years on yachts cruising the Mediterranean  and also as personal chef for private Italian and foreign families both in Umbria and abroad. She is young, dynamic and extremely lovely just as her fantastic desserts. She speaks very good English.

The farm-house:

“Il Casale della Vorga”.  It is a beautiful agriturismo (farm-house) only 10 km from Todi, it has belonged to the Maggiaprile family for four generations and it is located near the heart of the farm.
Antonio Maggiaprile Senior bought it at the beginning of the 1900s from a small landowner of the area.The structure is square shaped and it is a typical and traditional country master house.
Later it was transformed into a colonial house and for decade farmers working for the Maggiaprile family lived in it.

Due to the mechanization of agriculture and to the I World War, the house was abandoned.
It was only in 2005 that Antonio Maggiaprile Junior decided to transform into an agriturismo. The structure has hosted its first guests during the touristic season 2007/2008.
The name “Casale della Vorga” comes from the nearby stream Vorga, where, in the past, the women of the area used to do their washing.

The agriturismo is formed by:

A two-room apartment sleeping two : one bedroom (double bed), a kitchen/dining room. Bathroom with a multi-purpose shower box.
Two three-room apartments each sleeping four:  2 bedrooms in each flat (the first flat has two bedrooms each with a double bed, the second flat has a room with a double bed and a room with a single bed), a kitchen/dining room with fireplace, bathroom, bathroom for disabled.
A three-room flat for lessons and workshops, also the residence of the DU assistant.
An external shared area at the disposal of the guests of the programme.A swimming pool and an equipped garden for the private use of the guests.

The owner :

Antonio Maggiaprile, born in 1979, represents the fourth generation of the  Maggiaprile family, an important family that by the end of the XIX century possessed many lands located around the area of Todi. The farm, handed down from father to son, is today an important presence in the area, mainly for the cultivation of crops, vineyards and olives.

The DU team:

it is formed by professional guides and interpreters, they will always be by your side in every moment of the day.

The places:

The ancient Via Flaminia and Carsulae – The pompei of Umbria, the lands of Bevagna and Montefalco, Orvieto and its Cathedral, the countryside around Todi and the breathtaking sunsets…

The food, the wine:

the extra virgin olive oil, the Grechetto from Todi, The Orvieto Classico, the Sagrantino from Montefalco, the Umbrian wines all with IGT and DOC status, pulses, game, home-made pasta and more still...

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