Pia's Table

Vita Italian Tours - Article by Gianni Vitellone & Pia Gava - inc recipe: Torta Tenerina - 23 Oct 2019

Pia Gava’s New Cookbook Brings Italian Food to Life

Segmento Magazine - Article by Daniele Foti-Cuzzola - 28 May 2019

Masterchef favourite Pia Gava's recipe for success

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I was honoured to be asked by Flight Centre to host a New Zealand Culinary Tour group. A food and wine theme onboard the cruise liner Royal Caribbean ‘Radiance of the Seas’, sailing from Adelaide to Sydney and exploring some foodie inspired destinations. Our itinerary...

A successful dinner event 'A Night with Pia & Monica' at the That's Amore Cheese! Monica Mignone and I loved creating a menu together with Executive Chef Dario di Clerico from That's Amore Cheese highlighting gorgeous cheese with every dish. Thank you to Chef Dario who...

An amazing dinner event ‘1 Night in Abruzzo’ was held at Nonna's Cucina celebrating all things Italian. I was honoured to be asked and be part of the team, helping create the menu and in the kitchen. It definitely was a great night, gorgeous guests and brilliant kitche...

There’s always excitement when planning a trip and this time even more so…my main focus was on food!

Our first flight leg was a 14hr flight to Dubai then to Rome, let’s welcome typical plane food, questionable coffee and limited leg room but overall a good flight.

When w...

Melbourne Food and Wine Festival - Charity Demo!

What an amazing day with brilliant people in the gorgeous surrounds of Southbank Melbourne. All supporting a great charity and all helping to raise money for The Plate Up Project. 

As part of the Melbourne Food a...

Whozcookn Casey cooking demo

I was part of a multicultural event ‘Experience Casey’ at Bunjil Place with Whozcookn food community. I loved my food demo showing how to create an easy meal, hand-rolling cavatelli pasta with a delicious sauce. My husband even helped with t...

Ciao Yarra Valley Ciao - Festa di via Verde event!

It was the perfect way to celebrate the first day of summer at the Ciao Yarra Valley Ciao - Festa di via Verde!
The festival showcases and celebrates the Italian heritage in the Healesville region, Yarra Valley. The atm...

Carlton Italian Festa event!

It was perfect weather at the Carlton Italian Festa and was an amazing day! An annual event that I had been attending for many years and it was an honour to be part of the Festa this time.

A full day of being surrounded by traditional and mo...

‘Party like a Parisian’ fundraising event!

Being an ambassador for OnePlate and creating petit fours (sweet and savoury) for a French themed fundraising party was an absolute honour and supporting a worthy cause!

The venue was located at Flowers Vasette and was the per...

FREE EVENTS: Coming along, enjoy a glass of wine and taste a sample from my cookbook.

I'm happy to confirm additional book launches are scheduled, see below dates. Includes meet-greet, book purchase & signing, chatting about my food stories, book inspiration, my next fo...

'Pia's Table' is my first cookbook that celebrates history, tradition, food and family. It's a place of welcome for all. Food was an important part of our family's Italian upbringing and there was a family dish suited for every occasion! I share many recipes that have...

I had joined forces with 2017 MasterChef alumni team Bryan Zhu, Michelle Lukman and Callan Smith. We were asked to create French food demonstrations for the first Sunshine Coast French Festival in Caloundra, Sunshine Coast, Queensland. Also, other MasterChef alumni cam...

My daughter and I had ventured to Sydney for our own mini food tour!

Arriving in Sydney is similar to the hustle and bustle of Melbourne, people racing around with a purpose and forever busy. We checked into our hotel room and loved the view, we admired the view for a m...

South Melbourne Night Markets usually run in summer during January and February. Some of my MasterChef Alumni friends teamed up with me for a foodie stall at the night market on 25 January and 22 February 2018. During our first night market stall a portion of the proce...