Join Sacramento Bee's Stuart Leavenworth – The Blogging Chef Apprentice. Cook Italian specialties created at Oliveto's, share Stuart's 'lessons learned' and enjoy a hand crafted three course Italian meal with paired regional wine.

• Piemontese tonnato with summer vegetables
• Beef ragu with handmade fettucine
• Peach tart with mascarpone

Fee: $75

Join Chef Fabrizio Cercatore of La Spezia Italy and the Executive Chef of Hot Italian in midtown Sacramento. Learn the secrets of authentic Italian pizza making, from dough making and handling to firing. Fabrizio will share with participants how and where to source high quality ingredients for traditional and modern toppings. Join Fabrizio for this interactive hands on lesson followed by lunch. Class includes a bench knife and pizza cutting wheel.

Fee: $55

Join Gianluca Varenni a native of Asti, Italy as he provides instruction in creating a typical Northern Italian antipasti and composing an appetizing arrangement of light summer fare, then enjoy your repast. Cost includes a serving platter for each participant. Gianluca's menu will feature Zucchini in carpione, Bagnet a Pezzi or 'diced dip', cipolle ripiene (onions stuffed with meat), crostini con gorgonzola e noci, and prosciutto e melone.

Fee: $55

East Bay's own resident chef Carolyn Kumpe hosts this lunch hour hands on gnocchi making class. Learn the technique for creating perfect gnocchi every time. Enjoy a lunch of gnocchi and garden fresh salad and bring home your own potato ricer.

Fee: $45

Participate in a hands on cooking lesson preparing a delicious four course Piemontese meal using traditional ingredients with a modern twist. Dine with renowned chef Denise Pardini who owns and operates La Vita Vera Cooking School in an ancient castle in Sinio, Italy.

• Foccacia with Oven Roasted Tomatoes & Red Onions
• Fire Roasted Sweet Pepper Rolls filled with Chilled Tuna & Caper Mousse, Aged Balsamico
• Egg Maltagliati with hand chopped Duck Breast, Marsala & Green Olive Ragu
• Fennel dusted Crispy Pork Tenderloin (or Sweet Breads) with Quince Vinaigrette
• Shaved Fennel, Apple & Red Onion Salad
• Peach Tart Tatin with Black Pepper Gelato & Basil Syrup

Fee: $95