Custom Cooking Class

Alessandra arrives at your masseria, or your hotel, your temporary home in Salento, not with a predetermined menu, but with something far more valuable: genuine willingness to let your story shape the day. The experience begins with real conversation. She asks questions that matter: "Who are these people to each other? What flavors call to you? Are there dishes you've been chasing? What story do you want your meal to tell?"

From this conversation, a menu is born, one that has never existed before and will never exist again. Maybe you're recreating your grandmother's recipes through a Salento lens. Maybe you're bridging different cultures through Mediterranean cooking. Maybe you're celebrating an anniversary with wine pairings that mark your shared journey.

The menu bends to you, not the other way around.

An optional guided market visit (before the cooking) becomes a prologue to everything that follows. You select ingredients under Alessandra's guidance, learn about local products and traditional uses, understand that food carries within it the hands that grew it and the earth that nourished it. Then, in your own kitchen, at your own pace, with your own people, the magic unfolds. There's no performance here, just collaboration. Your hands do the work. Alessandra offers guidance and stories. Mistakes become laughter and connection. The privacy of your space means you cook freely, without the constraints of a classroom schedule.

When you sit down at your own table with your own people, sharing what you created together, something sacred happens. The light in your masseria or hotel room seems to glow differently. The food tastes like connection, like care, like presence. You take home recipes, yes, but more importantly: skills that will serve you forever, stories you'll tell for years, memories that will change how you cook and why.

You understand, finally, that a custom cooking class honors what makes you unique, what makes your gathering special. It transforms a meal into a memory, a class into an experience you'll carry forever.