Your Hosts
You can be sure of a warm and friendly welcome at Casa Marchi, and your hosts Roy and Shirley are also pleased to offer their professional services as trained chef and qualified beautician.
Roy is passionate about food and wine and simply loves chatting with guests about both.
Roy has been a chef for over 30 years and has worked in some prestigious hotels, such as The Mount Nelson, Cape Town and The Dorchester in London.
He is an advocate of the “Slow Food” tradition, and he sources local food and the best seasonal ingredients he can find.
Seasonality, texture, taste and presentation are the building blocks that Roy uses as a foundation for his cooking. The food at Casa Marchi is original, inventive and utterly delicious. Roy takes great delight in empty plates and satisfied guests, and it's not unusual for his guests to remark that his cooking is the best they have tasted in Italy! Why not treat yourself to one of Roy's 3-course gourmet feasts at just €32.50 per person.
Roy also offers cookery classes in Casa Marchi's fully-equipped professional kitchen. Under his expert guidance guests can create a wonderful meal to enjoy at the end of the half-day cooking session.
Roy's Cookery Classes
Roy is a member of the Slow Food Movement which originated in Italy, which has inspired his love of Italian food.
His aim is to pass on his passion and enjoyment for cooking. With Roy's expertise and enthusiasm you can reproduce these skills in your own home and increase your cooking repertoire. Cooking classes can be tailor-made for you or for small groups. They are hands on and great fun, guaranteed to take any fear out of cooking.
Morning session: €200 per person
Afternoon session:
€200 per person
Students will prepare and cook their own delicious 3-course lunch / dinner.
Shirley is a fully-qualified beauty therapist with over thirty years experience in beauty therapy, sports therapy and aromatherapy. She has run salons in London, Cape Town and in South Africa, and has worked with some of the top cosmetic houses.
The beauty salon at Casa Marchi is spacious and well-equipped, and Shirley offers a host of pampering treatments to compliment that feeling of well-being and relaxation that a stay in Casa Marchi induces.
Shirley's comprehensive treatments achieve maximum results. She uses top-quality aromatherapy products and both body and face treatments incorporate hot-stone therapy. She also offers full body massage.
Why not make your holiday even more memorable by treating yourself to an extra special day - what could be more enjoyable than a day's sight-seeing followed by a relaxing massage, topped off with one of Roy's superb 3-course feasts?!