The Accento Italian Cooking Master Classes Media Launch

"Deep fried mozzarella balls" "cheese" "canapes" "starters" "finger food" "Perth Restaurant Reviews" "food photos" "Perth food blog" "food blog" "Chompchomp" "Gluten free" "Fructose malabsorption" "cooking classes" "accento" "Accento Italian Cooking Master Classes" "Galileo Buona Cucina, Shenton Park" "Galileo Buona Cucina" "Perugino Restaurant, West Perth" "Perugino Restaurant" "Maurizio’s Restaurant, Perth" "Maurizio’s Restaurant" "Italians, Dianella" "Italians" "Italian" "Maretti Caffe’ Cucina, Mosman Park" "Maretti Caffe’ Cucina" "Event Style" "Italian cooking classes" "Ospitalita’ Italianana" "Italian Chamber of Commerce & Industry" "Italian restaurant" "italian Perth"

I originally starting blogging as a natural progression from my love of food photography and eating out. Finding a restaurant that caters for peeps like me with food intolerances without compromising the wow factor rocks my world. Naturally over time my blog has morphed to begin to include the occasional recipe. Whilst I have never claimed to have talent in the kitchen I do enjoy cooking things from scratch and my need to alter and change recipes due to my intolerances has developed into a passionate love of cooking. When I received an invite to the launch of the Accento Italian Cooking Master Classes I was intrigued and excited to see what these classes were all about.

"Perth Restaurant Reviews" "food photos" "Perth food blog" "food blog" "Chompchomp" "Gluten free" "Fructose malabsorption" "cooking classes" "accento" "Accento Italian Cooking Master Classes" "Galileo Buona Cucina, Shenton Park" "Galileo Buona Cucina" "Perugino Restaurant, West Perth" "Perugino Restaurant" "Maurizio’s Restaurant, Perth" "Maurizio’s Restaurant" "Italians, Dianella" "Italians" "Italian" "Maretti Caffe’ Cucina, Mosman Park" "Maretti Caffe’ Cucina" "Event Style" "Italian cooking classes" "Ospitalita’ Italianana" "Italian Chamber of Commerce & Industry" "Italian restaurant" "italian Perth"
Accento showroom & kitchen
"canapes" "starters" "finger food" "Scallop carpaccio" "mango" "Perth Restaurant Reviews" "food photos" "Perth food blog" "food blog" "Chompchomp" "Gluten free" "Fructose malabsorption" "cooking classes" "accento" "Accento Italian Cooking Master Classes" "Galileo Buona Cucina, Shenton Park" "Galileo Buona Cucina" "Perugino Restaurant, West Perth" "Perugino Restaurant" "Maurizio’s Restaurant, Perth" "Maurizio’s Restaurant" "Italians, Dianella" "Italians" "Italian" "Maretti Caffe’ Cucina, Mosman Park" "Maretti Caffe’ Cucina" "Event Style" "Italian cooking classes" "Ospitalita’ Italianana" "Italian Chamber of Commerce & Industry" "Italian restaurant" "italian Perth"
Scallop carpaccio with mango
"canapes" "starters" "finger food" "Antipasto" "Perth Restaurant Reviews" "food photos" "Perth food blog" "food blog" "Chompchomp" "Gluten free" "Fructose malabsorption" "cooking classes" "accento" "Accento Italian Cooking Master Classes" "Galileo Buona Cucina, Shenton Park" "Galileo Buona Cucina" "Perugino Restaurant, West Perth" "Perugino Restaurant" "Maurizio’s Restaurant, Perth" "Maurizio’s Restaurant" "Italians, Dianella" "Italians" "Italian" "Maretti Caffe’ Cucina, Mosman Park" "Maretti Caffe’ Cucina" "Event Style" "Italian cooking classes" "Ospitalita’ Italianana" "Italian Chamber of Commerce & Industry" "Italian restaurant" "italian Perth"
Preparing the antipasto
"canapes" "starters" "finger food" "Pumpkin and smoked cheese dumpling " "dumpling" "vegetarian" "Perth Restaurant Reviews" "food photos" "Perth food blog" "food blog" "Chompchomp" "Gluten free" "Fructose malabsorption" "cooking classes" "accento" "Accento Italian Cooking Master Classes" "Galileo Buona Cucina, Shenton Park" "Galileo Buona Cucina" "Perugino Restaurant, West Perth" "Perugino Restaurant" "Maurizio’s Restaurant, Perth" "Maurizio’s Restaurant" "Italians, Dianella" "Italians" "Italian" "Maretti Caffe’ Cucina, Mosman Park" "Maretti Caffe’ Cucina" "Event Style" "Italian cooking classes" "Ospitalita’ Italianana" "Italian Chamber of Commerce & Industry" "Italian restaurant" "italian Perth"
Pumpkin and smoked cheese dumpling

Cooking classes are a fabulous way to improve your skills and what better way to learn than from the masters themselves. The Accento Italian Cooking Master Classes are an initiative organised by the Italian Chamber of Commerce & Industry.

"canapes" "starters" "finger food" "Prawn and pesto sauce " "raw prawn" "Perth Restaurant Reviews" "food photos" "Perth food blog" "food blog" "Chompchomp" "Gluten free" "Fructose malabsorption" "cooking classes" "accento" "Accento Italian Cooking Master Classes" "Galileo Buona Cucina, Shenton Park" "Galileo Buona Cucina" "Perugino Restaurant, West Perth" "Perugino Restaurant" "Maurizio’s Restaurant, Perth" "Maurizio’s Restaurant" "Italians, Dianella" "Italians" "Italian" "Maretti Caffe’ Cucina, Mosman Park" "Maretti Caffe’ Cucina" "Event Style" "Italian cooking classes" "Ospitalita’ Italianana" "Italian Chamber of Commerce & Industry" "Italian restaurant" "italian Perth"
Prawn and pesto sauce
"Perth Restaurant Reviews" "food photos" "Perth food blog" "food blog" "Chompchomp" "Gluten free" "Fructose malabsorption" "cooking classes" "accento" "Accento Italian Cooking Master Classes" "Galileo Buona Cucina, Shenton Park" "Galileo Buona Cucina" "Perugino Restaurant, West Perth" "Perugino Restaurant" "Maurizio’s Restaurant, Perth" "Maurizio’s Restaurant" "Italians, Dianella" "Italians" "Italian" "Maretti Caffe’ Cucina, Mosman Park" "Maretti Caffe’ Cucina" "Event Style" "Italian cooking classes" "Ospitalita’ Italianana" "Italian Chamber of Commerce & Industry" "Italian restaurant" "italian Perth"
Welcome speeches from Marco Maro from the ICCI

The Chamber has recently just finalised their list of certified Italian restaurants in Perth that have qualified for the internationally recognised Ospitalita’ Italianana quality assurance seal.  This is a certification recognised by the Italian Government to protect the traditions of Italian agricultural and food products and value Italian gastronomic culture. The guidelines to achieve accreditation are very strict and amongst more than 1000 certified restaurants around the world, 11 of those are here in lil’  Western Australia!

The certified restaurants in WA are:

In true Italian style, there was far too much food for the evening launch and we were thoroughly stuffed with all the finger food before it even got to the main dishes. Not that it stopped any of us of course. Although a lot of the food was not gluten free, the smooth talking waiters made sure the suitable options kept heading my way. I feel rude turning food down and when it all tastes this good, well what can you do?

"Bacala fritter" "cod fritter" "potato fritters" "canapes" "starters" "finger food" "Perth Restaurant Reviews" "food photos" "Perth food blog" "food blog" "Chompchomp" "Gluten free" "Fructose malabsorption" "cooking classes" "accento" "Accento Italian Cooking Master Classes" "Galileo Buona Cucina, Shenton Park" "Galileo Buona Cucina" "Perugino Restaurant, West Perth" "Perugino Restaurant" "Maurizio’s Restaurant, Perth" "Maurizio’s Restaurant" "Italians, Dianella" "Italians" "Italian" "Maretti Caffe’ Cucina, Mosman Park" "Maretti Caffe’ Cucina" "Event Style" "Italian cooking classes" "Ospitalita’ Italianana" "Italian Chamber of Commerce & Industry" "Italian restaurant" "italian Perth"
Bacala (cod) and potato fritters
"Deep fried mozzarella balls" "canapes" "starters" "finger food" "Perth Restaurant Reviews" "food photos" "Perth food blog" "food blog" "Chompchomp" "Gluten free" "Fructose malabsorption" "cooking classes" "accento" "Accento Italian Cooking Master Classes" "Galileo Buona Cucina, Shenton Park" "Galileo Buona Cucina" "Perugino Restaurant, West Perth" "Perugino Restaurant" "Maurizio’s Restaurant, Perth" "Maurizio’s Restaurant" "Italians, Dianella" "Italians" "Italian" "Maretti Caffe’ Cucina, Mosman Park" "Maretti Caffe’ Cucina" "Event Style" "Italian cooking classes" "Ospitalita’ Italianana" "Italian Chamber of Commerce & Industry" "Italian restaurant" "italian Perth"
Mozzarella balls ready to go
"Deep fried mozzarella balls" "cheese" "canapes" "starters" "finger food" "Perth Restaurant Reviews" "food photos" "Perth food blog" "food blog" "Chompchomp" "Gluten free" "Fructose malabsorption" "cooking classes" "accento" "Accento Italian Cooking Master Classes" "Galileo Buona Cucina, Shenton Park" "Galileo Buona Cucina" "Perugino Restaurant, West Perth" "Perugino Restaurant" "Maurizio’s Restaurant, Perth" "Maurizio’s Restaurant" "Italians, Dianella" "Italians" "Italian" "Maretti Caffe’ Cucina, Mosman Park" "Maretti Caffe’ Cucina" "Event Style" "Italian cooking classes" "Ospitalita’ Italianana" "Italian Chamber of Commerce & Industry" "Italian restaurant" "italian Perth"
Deep fried mozzarella balls
"Prawn and pancetta with balsamic" "prawn" "pancetta" "canapes" "starters" "finger food" "Perth Restaurant Reviews" "food photos" "Perth food blog" "food blog" "Chompchomp" "Gluten free" "Fructose malabsorption" "cooking classes" "accento" "Accento Italian Cooking Master Classes" "Galileo Buona Cucina, Shenton Park" "Galileo Buona Cucina" "Perugino Restaurant, West Perth" "Perugino Restaurant" "Maurizio’s Restaurant, Perth" "Maurizio’s Restaurant" "Italians, Dianella" "Italians" "Italian" "Maretti Caffe’ Cucina, Mosman Park" "Maretti Caffe’ Cucina" "Event Style" "Italian cooking classes" "Ospitalita’ Italianana" "Italian Chamber of Commerce & Industry" "Italian restaurant" "italian Perth"
Prawn and pancetta with balsamic

The prawn and pancetta prawns were the absolute bomb. Sticky balsamic drizzled over crunchy prawns wrapped in crisp salty pancetta. I’m sure I downed at least half a dozen of these babies.

"Perth Restaurant Reviews" "food photos" "Perth food blog" "food blog" "Chompchomp" "Gluten free" "Fructose malabsorption" "cooking classes" "accento" "Accento Italian Cooking Master Classes" "Galileo Buona Cucina, Shenton Park" "Galileo Buona Cucina" "Perugino Restaurant, West Perth" "Perugino Restaurant" "Maurizio’s Restaurant, Perth" "Maurizio’s Restaurant" "Italians, Dianella" "Italians" "Italian" "Maretti Caffe’ Cucina, Mosman Park" "Maretti Caffe’ Cucina" "Event Style" "Italian cooking classes" "Ospitalita’ Italianana" "Italian Chamber of Commerce & Industry" "Italian restaurant" "italian Perth"
Egidio from Event Style Catering with Giuseppe Pagliaricci of Perugino Restaurant
"Gnocchi" "gorgonzola" "apple" "parmesan" "pine nuts" "Perth Restaurant Reviews" "food photos" "Perth food blog" "food blog" "Chompchomp" "Gluten free" "Fructose malabsorption" "cooking classes" "accento" "Accento Italian Cooking Master Classes" "Galileo Buona Cucina, Shenton Park" "Galileo Buona Cucina" "Perugino Restaurant, West Perth" "Perugino Restaurant" "Maurizio’s Restaurant, Perth" "Maurizio’s Restaurant" "Italians, Dianella" "Italians" "Italian" "Maretti Caffe’ Cucina, Mosman Park" "Maretti Caffe’ Cucina" "Event Style" "Italian cooking classes" "Ospitalita’ Italianana" "Italian Chamber of Commerce & Industry" "Italian restaurant" "italian Perth"
Gnocchi with gorgonzola, apple, parmesan and pine nuts
"Ravioli" "potato ravioli" "cheddar" "prosciutto de San Daniele" "pumpkin sauce" "béchamel" "Perth Restaurant Reviews" "food photos" "Perth food blog" "food blog" "Chompchomp" "Gluten free" "Fructose malabsorption" "cooking classes" "accento" "Accento Italian Cooking Master Classes" "Galileo Buona Cucina, Shenton Park" "Galileo Buona Cucina" "Perugino Restaurant, West Perth" "Perugino Restaurant" "Maurizio’s Restaurant, Perth" "Maurizio’s Restaurant" "Italians, Dianella" "Italians" "Italian" "Maretti Caffe’ Cucina, Mosman Park" "Maretti Caffe’ Cucina" "Event Style" "Italian cooking classes" "Ospitalita’ Italianana" "Italian Chamber of Commerce & Industry" "Italian restaurant" "italian Perth"
Ravioli filled with potato, cheddar and prosciutto de San Daniele with a pumpkin sauce and a dash of béchamel

The first two mains of ravioli and gnocchi were off the menu for me and I got a lot of sympathetic looks from the others as they slurped and scoffed down what I can only presume was really good!

"Chicken with olive oil" "mint" "garlic" "parsley" "salt & pepper" "Perth Restaurant Reviews" "food photos" "Perth food blog" "food blog" "Chompchomp" "Gluten free" "Fructose malabsorption" "cooking classes" "accento" "Accento Italian Cooking Master Classes" "Galileo Buona Cucina, Shenton Park" "Galileo Buona Cucina" "Perugino Restaurant, West Perth" "Perugino Restaurant" "Maurizio’s Restaurant, Perth" "Maurizio’s Restaurant" "Italians, Dianella" "Italians" "Italian" "Maretti Caffe’ Cucina, Mosman Park" "Maretti Caffe’ Cucina" "Event Style" "Italian cooking classes" "Ospitalita’ Italianana" "Italian Chamber of Commerce & Industry" "Italian restaurant" "italian Perth"
Chicken with olive oil, mint, garlic, parsley salt & pepper

I made up for it with the following main dishes which resultantly meant I ended up with very little photographic proof as I was too busy stuffing my face. The rack of lamb was the biggest winner for me; marinated in olive oil, lemon juice and oregano they were the juiciest chops I have ever eaten (and that is a big call).  I ended up eating way too many.

"Macadamia Pannacotta" "white chocolate sauce" "dessert" "Pistachio pannacotta" "berry sauce" "Perth Restaurant Reviews" "food photos" "Perth food blog" "food blog" "Chompchomp" "Gluten free" "Fructose malabsorption" "cooking classes" "accento" "Accento Italian Cooking Master Classes" "Galileo Buona Cucina, Shenton Park" "Galileo Buona Cucina" "Perugino Restaurant, West Perth" "Perugino Restaurant" "Maurizio’s Restaurant, Perth" "Maurizio’s Restaurant" "Italians, Dianella" "Italians" "Italian" "Maretti Caffe’ Cucina, Mosman Park" "Maretti Caffe’ Cucina" "Event Style" "Italian cooking classes" "Ospitalita’ Italianana" "Italian Chamber of Commerce & Industry" "Italian restaurant" "italian Perth"
Macadamia Pannacotta with white chocolate sauce & Pistachio pannacotta with berry sauce

The night ended with some perfectly set pannacotta and without waiting for all those chops to hit the bottom of my stomach I downed one of each flavour.  My favourite was definitely the pistachio pannacotta with berry sauce. What a total pig.  I was glad the Boy drove us home as I slipped into a little nap on the drive back.

The Accento Italian Cooking Master Classes are held at the Accento Showroom, 256 Stirling Highway in Claremont. There will be 6 evening classes each hosted by one of the local chefs from the Ospitalita’ Italianana certified restaurants.

The cooking classes run from the 20th May until the 9th September 2013. All classes start at 6.30pm and you will all get to enjoy you meal at the end of the class. The cost per class is $90 and includes matched wines, or it’s $500 for the full course of six. Click here for more information.

Chompchomp was an invited guest of the ICCI and was able to enjoy this feast free of charge. Getting a free feed does not however buy my praise and I strive to ensure accurately documenting my experiences without bias. 

5 thoughts on “The Accento Italian Cooking Master Classes Media Launch”

  1. I am in Italy right now and on some random internet connection so I will be interested to read all about this when I get home Martine. It looks like you had a vry exciting time

  2. Bad ass pics Chomp! Especially when I consider the fact that you probably used only 1 hand for most pictures hehe :)!

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