The Awaiting Table - Italian cooking school
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Owner-Director: Silvestro Silvestori

With multiple degrees in humanities-related disciplines from both Italian and US universities, Silvestro Silvestori has worked as a baker, a butcher, a wine merchant, a wedding cake decorator and as a waiter in over thirty different restaurants.

Silvestro Silvestori - Owner, Director

Feeling a continual pull toward the pragmatic understanding of the foods and beverages we eat and drink, he continues to work brief stints in the various aspects of small-scale agricultural and food-production. To date he has participated in the wine-making process of four different nations.

He's taught photography (most of the photographs on this site are his) and both Italian and English grammar. The Awaiting Table allows him to return to his first love: teaching the authentic, regional Italian home cookery of Puglia, the birthplace of his great grand-parents.

"Specialising in small, intimate hands-on classes based on personalised instruction and individual attention."

'The Awaiting Table Italian Cooking School offers cookery courses in Lecce, Italy.
Learn about our Italian cooking holidays which include market, winery and cultural visits as well as small group cooking classes in Italy'.

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The Awaiting Table Italian Cooking School offers cookery courses in Lecce, Italy. In our Italian cooking classes, learn regional pasta, wine, and savory and succulent dishes. Come be a local: holidays include visits to vineyards and wineries, markets and olive groves in season. The perfect vacation for people who want to be immersed in Italian culture and food.
Learn about our cooking school programs, our founder, the locals you’ll meet and our accommodations.

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