Uncover the Secrets to Cooking Authentic Italian Cuisine from Fabio Bongianni

Imagine discovering the secrets to creating authentic Italian cuisine from a legendary cooking mentor who expands beyond traditional cooking techniques and takes you inside Roman lifestyle and culture.

Fabio Bongianni provides food lovers with a completely unique experience that goes above and beyond other traditional cooking classes found throughout Italy. Specifically, Fabio’s classes are highly personalized, bringing clients into his home and learning about their specific interests and preferences in order to create a class that is customized to their needs.

With Fabio’s private cooking classes you’ll travel inside his home to discover the traditional Roman lifestyle, authentic Italian cooking techniques, cultural heritage, and remarkable culinary delights—all while sipping on wine from Italy’s most prestigious wine regions.

I recently had the honor of interviewing Fabio on his personalized cooking classes, Fabiolous Cooking Day, and I am pleased to share his answers with you.

See the interview, below:

Your cooking classes are highly personal, taking place in your homes in Rome and Mazzano Romano. Why did you decide to host your classes at your homes and how do you think this setting affects the experiences participants have?

I want to give an experience other than a typical cooking lesson. To share my house, my kitchen, my culinary experiences on a friend level. Clients have often been pleasantly surprised by the personal factor. 

What do you think differentiates your cooking classes from others found throughout Italy and Europe?

My personalized attention and bringing the clients into my life. Not just a cooking lesson but an experience to draw upon. 

What does a typical culinary class with you consist of?

3 kind of dough—water and flour; egg and flour; potato and flour

Sauce techniques

1 meat dish

Regional recipes

Cooking techniques: I do this in order for my clients to expand upon the lesson for a lifetime.

What cuisine do you primarily focus on? Do the various seasons have any influence on the dishes you prepare with participants?

Pasta—again the 3 different types of dough. 

Yes, the season has an influence. But I never prepare a lesson beforehand. I discuss the client’s likes / dislikes and then we choose ingredients based upon what is in season.

Is there anything else you’d like to add?

Owning restaurant is a job, and the cooking lessons are my passion.  Every day is a new experience.

For an even deeper look into a Fabiolous Cooking Day, watch the video below: 

About Fabio:

Fabio Bongianni, born and raised in Rome, attended law school before realizing his true passion was cooking. At this realization he began working in the “dolce vita” Sans Souci restaurant before taking his dream a step further in Paris at the Ritz Escoffier cooking school. After one year of culinary study, Fabio traveled back to Rome and started his own, highly successful restaurant, the T-Bone Station. He then opened That’s Amore restaurant before discovering that he really wanted to teach cooking classes.

Today, Fabio opens his home in the countryside of Mazzano Romano to travelers seeking a personalized, authentic cooking experience.