The interactive cooking classes coupled with perfectly paired wines are held in the made for TV Tuscany Kitchen, a state-of-the-art demonstration facility with top-of-the-line Viking equipment and three cameras above the stations and stove to project overhead shots of the chef on 60-inch plasma screens (shown).
It was a chance meeting in 1952 with a BBC TV producer and a demonstration of his quick art skills on a paper napkin that secured his on-screen career.