Articles - Food, Travel and MasterChef
Vita Italian Tours - Article by Gianni Vitellone & Pia Gava - inc recipe: Torta Tenerina - 23 Oct 2019 Pia Gava’s New Cookbook Brings...
New Zealand Culinary Tour Cruise
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...
Dinner event 'A Night with Pia & Monica' at That's Amore Cheese
A successful dinner event 'A Night with Pia & Monica' at the That's Amore Cheese! Monica Mignone and I loved creating a menu together...
Nonna's Cucina Restaurant - 1 Night in Abruzzo Dinner
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...
My own Italy food tour!
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...
Melbourne Food and Wine Festival - Charity Demo
Melbourne Food and Wine Festival - Charity Demo! What an amazing day with brilliant people in the gorgeous surrounds of Southbank...
Whozcookn multicultural event ‘Experience Casey’
Whozcookn Casey cooking demo I was part of a multicultural event ‘Experience Casey’ at Bunjil Place with Whozcookn food community. I...
Festa di via Verde
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...
Carlton Italian Festa
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...
‘Party like a Parisian’ - OnePlate Fundraising Event
‘Party like a Parisian’ fundraising event! Being an ambassador for OnePlate and creating petit fours (sweet and savoury) for a French...
Additional Book Launches!
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...
'Pia's Table' Cookbook Launch
'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...
Sunshine Coast French Festival
I had joined forces with 2017 MasterChef alumni team Bryan Zhu, Michelle Lukman and Callan Smith. We were asked to create French food...
Our Mini Sydney Food Tour
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,...
South Melbourne Night Markets
South Melbourne Night Markets usually run in summer during January and February. Some of my MasterChef Alumni friends teamed up with me...
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