About Us
Tanya Watts
British born I came to Italy to live in 1995. After nearly eight years of stressful marketing communications responsibility at a very well known multinational company in Milan, I decided to take advantage of my passion for Italian food and wine. Although I love to cook all these wonderful healthy but tasty dishes and wash them down with the excellent wines I have discovered since living here, I have chosen the local Italians to share the knowledge which has been passed down through the generations. In the kitchen, Maria is the boss along with her daughter Paola. We all work together to ensure our guests learn the true Italian way to cook! I really want to share these wonderful things with my home country people and others. I think that the International love of Tuscany should spread to this more rustic part of Italy.
Valentina Anelli
Valentina has lived in Lecce all her life. With a degree in Modern Literature from Lecce University she entered the world of tourism by managing and coordinating various projects for the “district council of Lecce” to promote tourism in Salento. Valentina is passionate about her country but above all about her home territory, its history and culture.
So, whereas my passion is for the food and wine in the area, Valentina’s is for its culture and history. Together I think we make the perfect team to create an enjoyable enogastronomic/cultural experience in this area of Italy which is slowly being revealed. 
