events &
workshops
We have lots of exciting events happening here this autumn & winter in La Cantina.
We enjoyed our Beaujolais Nouveau dinner on the 21st November, we’ll do this every year so hopefully see some of you next year. And we loved having Damiano from Tutto Wines down for our annual Campanian Christmas feast on December 5th.
Coming up we have our New Year’s Eve dinner - email us to book, and pasta workshops on January 16th, 17th and 24th, with more to be added for February and March.
We hope to see some of you here!
New Year’s Eve at bottega
Come and join us for our annual New Year’s Eve feast! 4 courses of Southern Italian classics, beginning with a glass of bubbly at 7pm.
Antipasti
A selection of meats, cheeses, pickles
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Lenticchie e cotechino
Lentil and sausage stew
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Lasagna
Slow cooked beef & pork lasagna
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Tiramisu
made with espresso & rum
The 4 course menu will be £65pp, plus drinks and service.
Please email us on reservations@bottegacaruso.com to book your spot.
Please note:
The evening starts at 7pm and will finish up at around 10pm.
There will be a couple of large tables.
We’ll need to know any dietary requirements beforehand.
There will be a £25pp charge for no shows or late cancellation (within 48 hours).
Filled pasta workshop
Join us for a a fun filled Thursday morning learning how to make fresh filled pasta. We’ll teach you how to make the dough, filling, and a bunch of different shapes so you can go on and impress your family & friends :)
All equipment and ingredients are included.
What you make you can take home with you.
Click here to buy your ticket, or send an email to reservations@bottegacaruso.com
Tickets are £75
Please note that bookings through Eventbrite will incur their admin charges, but you can pay us direct - just pop us an email and we can arrange a bank transfer, or pop in and buy the ticket in our shop.
Sant’Antuono Abate
A beautiful day and tradition back home is that of Sant’Antuono Abate on the 17th January. We make Lavanelle, a type of pasta made with just flour and water, cut into thick strips, and with this we make and eat a delicious chickpea & chilli broth. We light a fire, perhaps a little like Bonfire night here in the Uk.
This Friday evening we will make pasta together, and a broth, and then sit and eat together and wish for health & prosperity in the New Year.
All equipment and ingredients are included and drinks will be available.
Book here or send an email to reservations@bottegacaruso.com to book a ticket.
Tickets are £50
Pasta Workshop
Come and spend the evening with us in our shop La Cantina learning how to make fresh pasta. We’ll teach you how to make the dough, and how to make tagliatelle, pappardelle, cavatelli and more so can go on and impress your family & friends :)
All equipment and ingredients are included and what you make you can take home with you.
The wine bar will be open.
Book your ticket here or send an email to reservations@bottegacaruso.com
Tickets are £60
Please note that bookings through Eventbrite will incur their admin charges, but you can pay us direct - just pop us an email and we can arrange a bank transfer, or pop in and buy the ticket in our shop.
Bottega caruso x tutto wines campanian christmas
We’re super happy and excited for this special evening. Simona is going to cook a special 5 course feast of Campanian Christmas dishes, and Damiano from Tutto Wines is coming down to pour lots of Cantina Giardino’s new cuvees.
Cardone Beneventano
Chicken and cardoon broth with meatballs
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Insalata di rinforzo
Salt cod, cauliflower & olive salad
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Spaghetti alle vongole
Fresh pasta with clams
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Coscetta di pollo ripiena con pancetta e castagne
Chicken leg stuffed with pancetta & chestnuts
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Semifreddo al torroncino
Strega chocolate and nougat semifreddo
The 5 course menu will be £49.50pp, plus drinks and service.
Please email us on reservations@bottegacaruso.com to book your spot.
Please note:
Seating is on stools either on a sharing table, or at the bar.
Vegetarian and gluten free can be catered for, but we’ll need to know in advance.
Filled pasta workshop
Join us for a a fun filled Friday evening learning how to make fresh filled pasta. We’ll teach you how to make the dough, filling, and a bunch of different shapes so you can go on and impress your family & friends :)
All equipment and ingredients are included.
What you make you can take home with you.
Drinks will be available to buy from the bar.
Click here to buy your ticket, or send an email to reservations@bottegacaruso.com
Tickets are £75
Christmas pickling workshop with thom eagle
Join acclaimed author, fermentaion guru, and Bottega chef Thom Eagle, (and his glamorous assistant Harry) for a pickling & fermention class here in our Cantina at 18.30 on Thursday 28th November.
We’ll make a jar or two of Piccalilli, a Red Cabbage & Apple Kraut, and some sweet pickled grapes, all ready for your Christmas day spread.
Wines and other drinks will be available to buy and drink too..
Book your ticket here or send an email to reservations@bottegacaruso.com
Tickets are £50, bring your own jars, or buy them here.
Beajolais nouveau supper
To help enjoy Beaujolais nouveau, on Thursday November 21st we’re cooking a three course menu in La Cantina. Pigs head terrine, coq au vin with fresh tagliatelle, and tarte tatin. We’ll have plenty of lovely wine, including some nouveau, some cru, and some Italian carbonic maceration wines too.
Book your tickets here.
Tickets are £29.50, not including drinks or service
Please note:
Seating is on stools either on a sharing table, or at the bar.
Vegetarian and gluten free can be catered for, but we’ll need to know in advance.
Pasta Workshop
Come and spend the evening with us in our shop La Cantina learning how to make fresh pasta. We’ll teach you how to make the dough, and how to make tagliatelle, pappardelle, cavatelli and more so can go on and impress your family & friends :)
All equipment and ingredients are included and what you make you can take home with you.
Our wine bar will be open and food and wines available.
Book your ticket here or send an email to reservations@bottegacaruso.com
Tickets are £60
Filled pasta workshop
Join us for a a fun filled Thursday morning learning how to make fresh filled pasta. We’ll teach you how to make the dough, filling, and a bunch of different shapes so you can go on and impress your family & friends :)
All equipment and ingredients are included.
What you make you can take home with you.
Click here to buy your ticket here or send an email to reservations@bottegacaruso.com
Tickets are £75
Pasta Workshop
Come and spend the morning with us in our shop La Cantina learning how to make fresh pasta. We’ll teach you how to make the dough, and how to make tagliatelle, pappardelle, cavatelli and more so can go on and impress your family & friends :)
All equipment and ingredients are included.
What you make you can take home with you.
Book your ticket here or send an email to reservations@bottegacaruso.com
Tickets are £60
A Pickle party book launch with thom eagle
Join us in our wine bar La Cantina to celebrate the launch of our very own Thom Eagl’s latest book: ‘The Philosophy of Pickles and Fermented Foods’, as part of the British Library’s ‘Philosophy of’ series. There will be a conversation with Thom lead by the Margate Bookshop, pickle themed snacks and drinks, and an opportunity to buy the book and get it signed!
Book your tickets here or send an email to reservations@bottegacaruso.com
Tickets are free, but very limited!
summer fermentation workshop with Thom Eagle
Join acclaimed author, fermentation guru, and Bottega chef Thom Eagle, (and his glamorous assistant Harry) for a summer fermentation workshop here in our Cantina at 18.30 on Thursday 27th June.
We’ll make some kraut, kimchi and summer pickles, and talk all things fermentation!
Drinks will be available from the bar too.
Book your tickets here or send an email to reservations@bottegacaruso.com
Tickets are £55, bring your own jars, or buy them here.
Filled pasta workshop
Join us for a a fun filled Friday evening learning how to make fresh filled pasta. We’ll teach you how to make the dough, filling, and a bunch of different shapes so you can go on and impress your family & friends :)
All equipment and ingredients are included.
What you make you can take home with you.
Drinks will be available to purchase.
Click here to buy your ticket here or send an email to reservations@bottegacaruso.com
Tickets are £75
Pasta workshop
Come and learn how to make fresh pasta. We’ll teach you how to make the dough, and how to make tagliatelle, pappardelle, cavatelli and more so can go on and impress your family & friends :)
All equipment and ingredients are included.
What you make you can take home with you.
Our wine bar will be open to buy drinks if you wish.
Book your ticket here or send an email to reservations@bottegacaruso.com
Tickets are £60
Filled pasta workshop
Join us for a a fun filled Friday evening learning how to make fresh filled pasta. We’ll teach you how to make the dough, filling, and a bunch of different shapes so you can go on and impress your family & friends :)
All equipment and ingredients are included.
What you make you can take home with you.
Drinks will be available to purchase.
Click here to buy your ticket or send an email to reservations@bottegacaruso.com
Tickets are £75
Spring preserve workshop with thom eagle
Join acclaimed author, fermentaion guru, and Bottega chef Thom Eagle, (and his glamorous assistant Harry) for a spring preserve workshop here in our Cantina at 18.30 on Friday April 26th.
We’ll make a wild garlic kimchi as well as a couple of other seasonal preserves.
Drinks will be available from the bar too.
Book your tickets here or send an email to reservations@bottegacaruso.com
Tickets are £55, bring your own jars, or buy them here.
Filled pasta workshop
Join us for a a fun filled Friday evening learning how to make fresh filled pasta. We’ll teach you how to make the dough, filling, and a bunch of different shapes so you can go on and impress your family & friends :)
All equipment and ingredients are included.
What you make you can take home with you.
Drinks will be available to purchase.
Click here to buy your ticket or send an email to reservations@bottegacaruso.com
Tickets are £75
Pasta workshop
Come and learn how to make fresh pasta. We’ll teach you how to make the dough, and how to make tagliatelle, pappardelle, cavatelli and more so can go on and impress your family & friends :)
All equipment and ingredients are included.
What you make you can take home with you.
Our wine bar will be open to buy drinks if you wish.
Book your ticket here or send an email to reservations@bottegacaruso.com
Tickets are £60
Filled pasta workshop
Join us for a a fun filled Friday evening learning how to make fresh filled pasta. We’ll teach you how to make the dough, filling, and a bunch of different shapes so you can go on and impress your family & friends :)
All equipment and ingredients are included.
What you make you can take home with you.
Drinks will be available to purchase.
Click here to buy your ticket or send an email to reservations@bottegacaruso.com
Tickets are £75
pasta workshop
Come and learn how to make fresh pasta. We’ll teach you how to make the dough, and how to make tagliatelle, pappardelle, cavatelli and more so can go on and impress your family & friends :)
All equipment and ingredients are included.
What you make you can take home with you.
Our wine bar will be open to buy drinks if you wish.
To book your ticket, please send an email to reservations@bottegacaruso.com
Tickets are £60
Filled pasta workshop
Spend the morning here at our Cantina learning how to make fresh filled pasta. We’ll teach you how to make the dough, filling, and a bunch of different sahpes so you can go on and impress your family & friends :)
All equipment and ingredients are included.
What you make you can take home with you.
To book your ticket, please send an email to reservations@bottegacaruso.com
Tickets are £75
Filled pasta workshop
Join us for a a fun filled Friday evening learning how to make fresh filled pasta. We’ll teach you how to make the dough, filling, and a bunch of different sahpes so you can go on and impress your family & friends :)
All equipment and ingredients are included.
What you make you can take home with you.
Drinks will be available to purchase.
To book your ticket, please send an email to reservations@bottegacaruso.com
Tickets are £75
New Year’s Eve 2023 feast
We’ll open for New Year’s Eve and cook a special 4 course dinner for you all. (Menu to be confirmed). A large communal table, lots of lovely food and wine from 7pm until 10pm.
To book your space, please send an email to reservations@bottegacaruso.com
The menu is £65pp
Christmas pickling workshop with thom eagle
Join acclaimed author, fermentaion guru, and Bottega chef Thom Eagle, (and his glamorous assistant Harry) for a pickling & fermention class here in our Cantina at 18.30 on Friday 15th December.
We’ll make a jar or two of Piccalilli, and a Red Cabbage & Apple Kraut, all of which will be ready for Christmas day to give as a gift or eat yourself.
Wines will be available to buy and drink too..
To book your ticket, please send an email to reservations@bottegacaruso.com
Tickets are £50, bring your own jars, or buy them here.
An evening with gaetano & gabriele from robb de matt
One of my first jobs when I was 16 was working at Gaetano’s wine bar in my village.
Years on, when Harry & I were starting Bottega, Gaetano was starting out with his winery. We dreamed of having a restaurant and selling his wines.
This December 12th, that dream is a reality, Gaetano and Gabriele will fly in and we’ll cook dinner, and drink their wonderful wines.
To book your ticket, please click Here
The evening starts in our Cantina at 7pm.
Tickets are £45 for the 4 course menu, and their wines will be available to buy on th enight.
Cicchetti night (SOLD OUT!)
Our dear friend Adriana Zanchi is bringing the flavours of the Lagoon all the way from Burano to Margate!
Join us on the evening of Wednesday, July 26th to get a taste of her home, a charming little island in the Venetian Lagoon. Hopefully the sun ☀️ will shine and our little piazza will feel like a Venetian campo: a couple of cicchetti, a campari spritz and lots of good vibes.
Expect some classics like baccalà mantecato (whipped salt cod), sarde in saor 🐟 (sweet and sour sardines), polenta of course, and some beautiful natural wines 🍷 from the region.
To book your table, please email us at reservations@bottegacaruso.com
Tables from 5.30pm
The perfect place to grow
Some of you who’ve visited over the last month or so will have noticed the table toppers explaining the new project we’re working on along with Angela’s and Dory’s.
The Perfect Place To Grow will be a cafe and training kitchen here in Margate aimed at supporting young adults into employment.
Many of you have kindly donated for which we are incredibly grateful.
On Saturday July 1st we’re holding a big old fundraiser @faithinstrangersmargate with some of Margate’s finest chefs, mixologists, DJs and artists getting involved.
Margate’s a wonderful place, we’re very grateful to be here, thankful to all of those who support us, and excited for this new project.
Tickets available for both the dinner and the after party here.
See some of you there! ❤️
