Italy Culinary Vacations proudly extends Chef Stefano’s expertise beyond private cooking classes and guided tours. Italy Culinary Vacations also offers consulting and training services for culinary professionals. With decades of experience, Chef Stefano helps restaurants and chefs improve menus, refine recipes, and strengthen kitchen skills — all rooted in authentic Italian technique.
Chef Stefano works directly with restaurants to develop or improve Italian menus. From classic regional dishes to modern applications, he helps you build balanced, flavorful menus that customers will love.
Training is hands-on, not classroom theory. Whether you want to improve pasta techniques, sauces, butchery, or ingredient selection, Stefano teaches the “why” behind the method so chefs can reproduce the results consistently.
Consulting and training can be done at your location, at Chef Stefano’s retreat in Italy, or remotely. Programs are customized to your needs, your kitchen, and your goals.
Contact Chef Stefano today to explore how his consultancy and training services can elevate your culinary endeavors and propel your establishment towards culinary excellence.
What a truly magical experience! We decided to open a new concept called Primo Italian Steakhouse in Middletown, O-H-I-O! We searched and found Chef Stefano.
I went there in January and spent 7 days with him at his house up in his little town. We developed a menu that is now my menu here at the restaurant. We wanted to go as authentic as possible and this was truly an eye opener.
From going to town on Monday to get the freshest cuts of pork from the butcher and his family, that were butchering 3 fresh pigs them at they had just got in. They let us observe and pick what we wanted. We also got a huge porterhouse and some really fresh bone marrow — which we used to come up with my osso bucco dish with saffron-bone marrow risotto.
Wednesday we went to the seafood market and picked up fresh Bronzino, mussels, clams, calamari, and the freshest artichokes I have ever seen. Then we came back and made meals in the kitchen and in the wood cooking hearth.
Just the drive from the town to the market was breathtaking.
Stefano was so hospitable and really made me feel comfortable in his house. As well in the community. We had an amazing time. Stefano is now a great friend and I hope to have him here sometime soon.
I will be going back for more menu development for sure in the future. You must make the bolognese sauce. I have made it before plenty of times like I knew how. But his was really really great! He showed me the proper portions of meat, proper techniques. It made it one of my absolute best sellers.
If you have a chance to do this adventure, do not hesitate!
Middletown, Ohio
Italy Culinary Vacations
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47028 Verghereto, FC Italy
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