If you’re looking for authentic Italian home cooking in London, then look no further than Caffe Caldesi, in the heart of Marylebone. With a bar, restaurant and cookery school, it’s the perfect place to sample food from every Italian region. The bar and restaurant were opened in 2002 by Giancarlo and Katie Caldesi in a stylish Georgian townhouse, and followed by their first recipe book based on Giancarlo’s mother’s cooking: Italian Mama’s Kitchen.
La Cucina Caldesi, their cookery school opened next door in 2005 and their Caldesi in Campagna restaurant in the foodie hotspot of Bray in Berkshire soon followed. You might well recognize them from their regular appearances on BBC Masterchef and Saturday Kitchen. We had been invited to the restaurant, located upstairs and though the friendly waiter downstairs instantly found us on the system, upstairs they had no trace of the booking. Once they’d found it, we took our seats in..The post Caffe Caldesi – Italian Home Cooking in the Heart of Marylebone appeared first on Luxury Columnist.