private chef

Hire Massimo as your own
private chef while visiting Puglia

After spending the day out exploring the gorgeous Puglia landscape, seaside towns and “paese” of this special region of Italy, imagine coming home to the sights, sounds and smells of an authentic homemade Italian meal wafting from your kitchen. Massimo will recommend a menu and together you will design what many consider to be the most delicious meal of their stay in sunny Puglia: there’s nothing like home cooking – especially when it’s prepared by Massimo.

Your meal will feature your favourites and will be customized to your tastes and dietary preferences. Massimo will guide you to an evening that is not just an Italian meal, but that is a meal enjoyed the Italian way…time at the table, stories to share and most of all, fun. Don’t be surprised if Massimo breaks into some dance moves – there’s some dancing involved in most meals!

SAMPLE MENU

ANTIPASTI

Focaccia Barese

Polpo grigliato – grilled octopus on puttanesca sauce

Polpette di ricotta – fresh ricotta balls

Selection of puglia cheese and charcuterie (burratine, organic goat cheese, faeto prosciutto, Martina Franca’s capocollo,

Involtini di melanzane – eggplant rolls with pugliese buffalo mozzarella

Funghi gratinati con rughette – roasted cardoncelli mushroom on arugula

Patate, riso e cozze – bari style rice, potatoes and mussels casserole

PRIMI

Spaghetti con pomodori al forno – my mom oven-roasted tomatoes and basil oil

Orecchiette con cime di rape – homemade with pan fried bread crumbs

SECONDI

Grigliatte mista – Barese sausage, bombette e podalica entra-cote

Sea salt crusted branzino

CONTORNI

Carosello, onion, tomatoes, cacio ricotta

Funghi gratin on arugula

DOLCI

Sporcamuss (warm puff pastry with orange crema),

Puglia’s ricotta cream with Toritto almonds and primitivo reduction

Bocconotto martinese (ricotta a1nd pears)

Ready to Book?

Message Massimo directly to check his availability massimo@massimobruno.com

When he’s not out hosting tours to Sardegna, Puglia, Sicily and Tuscany, he is happiest sharing his food, his culture and the Italian way to enjoy a meal together in his homeland of Puglia. Contact Massimo directly to work out timing and design menu options.