Ciao Abruzzo Tours

Ciao Abruzzo Tours Chef Ezio’s food, wine & cooking adventures & tours in Abruzzo The Art of Fun - Exploring Abruzzo for People that Love to Eat!

Chef Ezio’s 'Ciao Abruzzo Tours' binds his passionate love of showing off his spectacular homeland of Abruzzo with his love of good food and wine. Culinary Heritage

A born and bred ‘Abruzzese’, Ezio emigrated to the US after he finished high school in Prezza, L’Aquila. The combined pull of this fascinating Italian region just a short drive from Rome, and his strong Italian heritage ensured that h

e returns to his ancestral home each summer to enjoy this unique part of central Italy, where the Apennine Mountains meet the Adriatic Sea. A Heritage & Career in Food

Whilst in the US he advised some of America’s most well know American food corporations before opening two successful Italian restaurants and winning many awards for his cuisine. Semi-retired he now lives in Rhode Island for 8 months of the year with his beloved American wife. Here he teaches Italian cooking on both the local TV station and at much sought-after pop-up workshops. He returns to Abruzzo each summer where he has hosted food and wine adventures and holidays since 2013. COVID Health & Safety & Cancellation & Refund Policy
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06/03/2025

Join us to explore Abruzzo! We promise adventures across its fabulous mountain and seascape whilst uncovering its rich mountain & coastal food, wine & cooking traditions

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Explore and Eat Abruzzo with Chef Ezio Ezio Gentile was born in Prezza, Italy, and immigrated to the United States as a young man to pursue his love for cooking of which he learned from his mother growing up. Chef Ezio has been teaching at his cooking school, Italy on the Plate, in Providence, Rhode...

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16 Pheasant Run
Smithfield, RI
RI 02917

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Chef Ezio’s Italian Cooking Holidays in Abruzzo bind his passionate love of authentic regional Italian cooking with showing off his spectacular homeland Abruzzo, where central Italy meets the south and the Apennine Mountains meet the Adriatic Sea. Culinary Heritage A born and bred ‘Abruzzese’, Ezio emigrated to the US after he finished high School in Prezza, L’Aquila. The combined pull of this fascinating Italian region just a short drive from Rome, and his strong Italian heritage ensured that he regularly returned, and quickly bought a home in what is nicknamed the balcony of Abruzzo. A Heritage & Career in Food Whilst in the US he advised some of America’s most well know American food corporations before opening two successful Italian restaurants and winning many awards for his cuisine. The Art of Real Regional Italian Cooking Semi-retired he now lives in Rhode Island for 8 months of the year with his beloved American wife. Here he teaches real Italian cooking on both the local TV station and at much sought after pop-up workshops, and returns to Abruzzo each summer where he has hosted Italian cooking holidays since 2013.