Italian Team Cooking Class for 8 People (Auckland)

The experience will take the following format: Welcome coffee and biscotti: Begin with a coffee and home-baked biscotti while the tutor gives an introduction and orientation. Instructions in basic cooking techniques are given. The teams: The group is divided into smaller teams. Each team must decide a team name (Italian, of course), elect a team captain and … other challanges Cooking competition: A competition with point system is prepared to award:- Best team in food preparation. Best team in food presentation. Best team in food tasting. The best team overall will receive a certificate. Enjoy the food: Time to enjoy each the food prepared and the special dessert Raffaela has prepared for the occasion. Cooking themes (examples only): Making Pasta fresca Participants of each team prepare dough in pairs using different natural colours (pumpkin and saffron, tomato and paprika, beetroot and chilli, spinach and nutmeg) · Each team rolls out the dough to obtain rainbow tagliatelle. · Longest tagliatella competition · Blind tasting of tagliatelle with points given · Food presentation, · Nomination (prizegiving) to winning team. · Time to celebrate, relax and enjoy the dessert Raffaela has prepared. Other available cooking themes are: Frittata and Tiramisu’ dessert 101 pizzas Risotto and biscotti Pane e Panini….