October 03 - Italian Wine Dinner with Piemonte Winery, Batasiolo

Do you love great Barolos? Barbarescos? Wines from Piemonte? If yes, then you will want to join this dinner with Stefano Poggi from Batasiolo Winery. Plus … this dinner is in our private room – one community table. The best!

Batasiolo is the leading family run winery in Barolo in Piemonte, Italy. The evening is a 4-course dinner designed by Exec Chef Filippo Piccini with 5 Batasiolo wines … and the wine tasting portion of the dinner will be led by Stefano Poggi. This will be fabulous – and will sell out. $84/person. 6:30pm Dinner. Limited to 16 guests – RSVP required. Reserve today via email or call 619-270-9670.

https://batasiolo.com/eng

September 28 - Cooking Class: Authentic Pizza from Scratch

Have you ever wanted to learn how to make pizza in the authentic style from the renowned city of Napoli? How about a tasty Sfincione from Sicily; Focaccia from Liguria? Here is your perfect opportunity — Pizza Chef Brian will guide you through each step – starting with making the dough from scratch. This is very HANDS ON – you are learning to make pizza and not just watching someone else show you. Each student will take home extra dough to show off their pizza making skills that evening at home! The fun starts at 10:30am at Solare with an Italian-style coffee of your choice and a pastry. Italian wine is served for students interested in “cooking with wine”. – Class size limited — $85/student that includes the class, wine, and lunch. Reserve today via email or call 619-270-9670 

September 24 - Folonari Estate ~ Italian Wine Dinner – Do you love Tuscan Wines? – Sold Out

The dinner is Tuesday, Sept 24, is with Folonari – an amazing winery in Tuscany. Giovanni Folonari himself is leading the dinner. It is $88/person for the dinner – 4-course diner with select Folonari wines including their epic Brunello. 6:30pm. Limit 16 guests. https://www.tenutefolonari.com/en 

Reserve today via email or call 619-270-9670 — – Sold Out

September 18 - Tommy Gomes & Catalina OP Seafood Dinner at Solare

Do you love seafood? If yes, this could be the most special dinner you’ll have! Catalina Offshore Product’s own incredible fishmonger, Tommy Gomes, is at Solare for an “Evening of Seafood”. The short summary is that we know of no one that knows more about seafood … and who has stronger opinions! … than Tommy. And he is an excellent speaker with fun charisma, and he will both delight you and scare you (in a good way) with his talk.

It is $75/person for the dinner with Tommy Gomes at Solare, and a special 5-course dinner has been designed by Solare’s Executive Chef Filippo Piccini. 6:30pm. Reserve today via email or call 619-270-9670. This will fill up quickly. Tommy Gomes!

September 14 - Cooking Class: Fish and Shellfish + Fish Market – Sold Out

Meet at Solare and drive together to a local fish market (less than 3 miles) to learn about fish and buying fresh fish with confidence. Then we all head back to Solare to prepare and cook some great seafood dishes. Chef Filippo Piccini will teach you how to cook fish and seafood … Tuscan-style! Seafood lovers will not want to miss this opportunity. NOTE that for this class, the fun starts at 10am instead of the normal 10:30am as we are visiting the fish market. Please bring a jacket and wear closed toe shoes. We meet at Solare with an Italian-style coffee of your choice and a pastry. Italian wine is served for students interested in “cooking with wine”. – Limit 10 — $85/student that includes the class, wine, and lunch. Reserve today via email or call 619-270-9670. – Sold Out

August 31 - Cooking Class: Tuscan Meats including La Fiorentina

In this hands-on cooking class in the Solare Kitchen, we focus on the meats of Tuscany. Executive Chef Filippo Piccini was born and raised in Tuscany, so this is a topic he knows very (very) well. You will learn the important approaches to cooking meat (beef, pork, and lamb) and also the techniques that Chef Filippo has learned during his career.   You will experience first-hand how to cook La Fiorentina (the Queen of Tuscan Meats), Tonno del Chianti, Agnello Scottadito, and more.   The fun starts at 10:30am at Solare with an Italian-style coffee of your choice and a pastry. Italian wine is served for students interested in “cooking with wine”.   Limit 10 — $85/student that includes the class, wine, and lunch. Reserve today via email or call 619-270-9670