Carluccio's Blog
Cook School 2012
Posted on July 24, 2012 at 11:32 am
It take 12 challenging but fantastic weeks for our cooks to progress and graduate through cook school.
Carluccio's Cycle Challenge
Posted on July 9, 2012 at 3:35 pm
This July, sees us cycle from Glasgow to London to raise money for Action Against Hunger, the charity that is trying to eradicate child malnutrition around the world. It’s 500 gruelling miles and a lot of very steep hills - a challenge to say the least!
Pick up a Picnic
Posted on May 29, 2012 at 4:18 pm
Can't get away this summer? Carluccio's brings the flavour of Italy to your very own patch of green. Pick up a delicious picnic hamper and celebrate the best of Italy in Britain.
Eating Italy with Two Greedy Italians
Posted on May 9, 2012 at 3:59 pm
The second series has returned and Thursday nights have become 'greedy nights'. It's an opportunity for us to escape the grey and wet (so much for the drought) and share in the joy that these two passionate Italian cooks bring to the table.
Buona Pasqua (Happy Easter)!
Posted on March 29, 2012 at 10:14 am
Whilst you won't find the Easter bunny in Italy, there are lots of interesting Italian rituals to discover. Since Easter is the end of Lent, food plays a big part.
Carluccio's Italian Kitchen
Posted on March 2, 2012 at 12:30 pm
We’ve kicked off the 2012 events calendar with a bang this year adding a number of new classes to our line up.
New Season Olive Oil - what it's all about!
Posted on January 26, 2012 at 2:30 pm
Olive oil in Italy is like bread and butter to the western world. An Italian family will get through litres of the stuff every month. No Italian table is complete without a bottle of olive oil taking centre stage.
Christmas Shopping Evenings
Posted on November 23, 2011 at 2:43 pm
Get in the Christmas spirit with Carluccio's festive shopping evenings. From 6pm on 1st and 8th December, we'll be celebrating the arrival of the festive count-down and offering seasonal revellers a 10% discount on all purchases made from Carluccio’s food shops.
Visiting our Italian Producers
Posted on October 25, 2011 at 5:28 pm
This October, we’ve been catching up with old friends. Every year we like to catch up with our producers, who over time have become very much part of the Carluccio’s family. First our Food Team headed off to Calabria to visit our almond cake and chocolate fig producers and then our Wine Expert took a team of managers, waiters and deli assistants to Sardinia.
Marvellous Mushrooms
Posted on September 9, 2011 at 1:00 pm
September is a good month for the most treasured of Italian occupations, which is so popular it’s almost a national sport; foraging for mushrooms. There is no activity, other than football, that brings the same glimmer of excitement to an Italian’s eye. Conversations concerning funghi provoke a stream of reminiscences of the best fungo, the best place to hunt for them (usually they’re very secretive about giving away information and will only tease you with tit bits) and of course the most delicious way to cook them.