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  • Tour of Italy Cooking Class
  • with Chef Dawn McLoughlin
  • & Owner, Bobbi Parlett
Summer tour of italy 2

Love Italian Food and Wine? Learn how to prepare and be served 3 courses with 3 of our wonderful Italian Wines from three different regions of Italy. 2 Sessions offered on Saturday, Aug 2: A NOON class from 12 to 1:30 PM and an AFTERNOON class from 2:00 to 3:30 PM. Join us for a fun, educational and delicious experience. Each class is limited to 14 people. 

We have planned a class with a few of our favorite courses popular with our customers who have attended past classes. If you have been to our cooking events, you know the food is always fabulous and pairs well with the wines for a fun and educational experience. You will receive the recipes for each course served and can purchase the food ingredients and the wine served in the shop to recreate this great meal at a special discount in the shop. 

As Chef Dawn shows you how to prepare the 3 courses, Bobbi will introduce the paired wines.

Here is the menu for our 3 course plates:

Course One

Cannellini Bean Bruschetta with Olive Tapenade, paired with: Audarya Vermentino (Sardinia Region)

Course Two

Arugula Salad with Bresaola, Shaved Cheese Blend with Lemon EVOO from Abruzzo, paired with: La Novella Bianco Alpi Retiche Nera (Lombardy Region)

Course Three

Shrimp with Chef Dawn’s Pesto over Fusilli Lunghi, paired with: Salvalai Pinot Noir Trevenezie (Veneto Region)

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Please note:  your registration fee is all-inclusive of cooking demo, food, wine, recipes & tax per person plus a nominal Chesapeake Forum overhead contribution.  **Seats for this program are giftable but not refundable unless there is someone on the waitlist to take the seat.**

Limited Seats available – reserve today!

All Wines and foods are available for sale with a special discount after the event. 

Cin Cin!

Thank you for joining us and for your support of our love of “All Things Italian”

Choice of two sessions:

Saturday | Aug 2 | noon – 1:30 | OR | 2 – 3:30pm | IN PERSON at Simpatico (104 Railroad Ave, St Michaels, MD) | $75

Chef Dawn McLoughlin

Chef Dawn McLoughlin is originally from Connecticut and has been creating amazing foods for over 30 years. A CIA graduate, her work in Connecticut with America's Test Kitchen and Hay Day connected her to work with many famous chefs such as Marcella Hazan and her son Giuliano, Martha Stewart, Julia Child and more. An avid sailor, she relocated to the Eastern Shore several years ago and joined Simpatico as Chef after the original Simpatico building was restored and Bobbi added a small "Barbie" kitchen, as Dawn refers to it, in the back of the building. From this Barbie kitchen Dawn creates amazing foods for the refrigerated and frozen cases for meals to go in the shop, for the Cooking Classes, special dinners and lunches for private events and Pop Up lunches in the Simpatico Trattoria.

Email: Chef Dawn McLoughlin

Owner, Bobbi Parlett

Bobbi Parlett’s passion for “All Things Italian” is fueled by her great-great- grandfather who emigrated to the U.S. from Barga, Tuscany, as well as over 30 trips to Italy since 1992. Simpatico was born almost 20 years ago out of Bobbi’s passion to help the Italian artisans by importing Italian products to the US that were not readily available here. Originally mostly a ceramics and home furnishings shop, Simpatico has expanded beyond these roots and has grown over the years to what some have called the best Italian wine selection in the area, with over 300 different wines from all 20 regions, a foodie haven with a broad and deep array of foods from Italy, as well as ceramics and gifts. Bobbi and her staff love to share the happiness that Italy brings to people through the offerings at Simpatico. Bobbi partners with a number of wine and food importers and distributors, and will be joined by one of the importers for the course.

Email: Owner, Bobbi Parlett
Noon session 12-1:30pm
Afternoon session | 2-3:30pm
  • Date(s): Sat, Aug 2
  • Time: 12-1:30pm or 2-3:30pm
  • Cost: $75
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