SEPTEMBER BLOG

I can’t believe we are now into September. We had a few suppers and lunches in between our visits to Puglia in Italy (where we ate the wonderful raw prawns in Gallipolli), and Antibes in France (where some of us tried the frog's legs!)

In August we had one very large party of 19! Luckily we were able to eat outside! ...

Ciao a tutti!

I have finally posted our menu for the 11th May. Antipasto in the photo!

Please contact us to reserve a place. Grazie!

a presto Jill & Abbi

Ciao a tutti!

Nonna's supper club is planning an Open Supper Night on Saturday 11 May 2024. Come on your own, bring a friend or friends and enjoy a fun evening with Nonna's Italian comfort food.

Please contact us if you are interested. Maximum 12 guests, on a first come basis.

Menu to follow shortly! Awaiting the arrival of ...

Ciao a tutti!

Where has this year gone! We are almost at the end of 2023, having enjoyed the company of some lovely diners. With or without the party wigs, they all had fun, and much laughter was heard as we were cooking in the kitchen!

Here is one party enjoying the night!

We have been very busy this year and next week ...

Limoncello or limoncino?

Just recently I was asked what the difference was between limoncello and limoncino.

I wasn’t quite sure, as when living in Tuscany I made my own ‘limoncello’, and never saw limoncino for sale. Now here in Yorkshire, I buy Limoncello, thinking that Limoncino was something similar and not the real thing. However, ...

Summer is here again, and today has been the hottest day yet! We were lucky to be able to have lunch outside for two of Nonna’s lunches in August. Two interesting groups, The Desperados and The Gastric Band! (in the photo).

We hope you’ve all had a wonderful summer. We enjoyed our stay in Puglia. So much wonderful seafood, although the ...

Summer’s here!

At last a wonderful English summer has arrived. We have been able to have our supper club outside on the patio a few times now.

We have a few booked now for July and August and even October and November! So we are keeping busy and still enjoying providing Italian comfort food to our guests.

At the end of July ...

End of May news!

Our first outside lunch this year in May. Wonderful weather, and the sun shades were in use! A lovely hen party for a special lady! Quizzes and wigs and lots of bubbly were on the menu and of course, Nonna’s Italian lunch.

Our next Supper Club is on Saturday 10 June for a private party.

As we are only doing ...

May news

Just to reassure our guests:

We are pleased to announce that Nonna’s Supper Club has been awarded a 5 hygiene rating!

More news to follow!

Jill & Abbi

Nonna’s April Update

Two lovely supper clubs this month! The last one being a belated birthday celebration. It should have been a 65th birthday party, but three years have passed, so it was 65 + 3!

Much fun and laughter. Thank you for choosing Nonna’s Supper Club for your party.

We have decided not to put dates out for future ...

Nonna’s Easter Blog

Wishing you lots of sunshine and Easter eggs. We hope the Easter bunny has brought you something!

We had a wonderful supper club last week, and another next week! Lots to celebrate this year, so if you would like us to plan your special supper or celebration, do get in touch.

Buona pasqua a tutti Auguri

Jill ...

We hope you all had a wonderful Christmas, not too much turkey! We were lucky to have Santa visit our Supper Club just recently. A merry time was had by all. A big thank you to all who came to our suppers this year. We have enjoyed feeding and entertaining you, and hope to see you in 2023.

With warmest wishes for a healthy and prosperous ...

First, I must say what a sad month with the news of our dear Queen. What a wonderful human being she was as well as being our Queen. She will be sadly missed, but Charles is going to continue in her footsteps, so we must celebrate her long life and send our good wishes to the King.

This summer, Abbi has been enjoying the delights of Florence ...

I cannot believe it is now June! We have had some wonderful suppers and wonderful guests! Thank you all coming. I am off to Italy next week, just a short visit to friends in the Maremma! And to meet up with the amazing Nonna Marcella, who I hope will give me some new ideas for the supper club.

We have the next Supper Club on 9 July which ...

Nonna’s Update

We have just returned from a wonderful holiday in Mauritius, and straight into Supper Club mode …. As you can see from the last one, bringing with us some new ideas for our evenings. Introducing the rum and pear, which is an Italian digestive!

We are full now for May and will be setting dates for later this year, when ...

Hello to everyone, and thank all of you who joined us this month for Nonna's suppers. We are now looking to May for the next ones, please watch for dates. In the meantime, I thought you might be interested in the origin of tiramisù.

The restaurant Beccherie in Treviso claims they were the first to offer this dessert in 1970.

I never ...

March news!

A big thank you to all those who joined us for supper in January and February. The open supper club on the 26th was a great success, and interesting for us to meet new people.

We are busy this month with private bookings and our next availability is in May. (Dates to follow)

Oysters are proving very popular, which ...

Here is the menu for Saturday 26 February 2022. There are still some places available.

We hope you will enjoy our Tuscan Taster and our Italian comfort food! There will be other little surprises and you won't go home hungry!

Please get in touch if you would like to join us.

ciao, ciao Jill & Abbi

Felice Anno nuovo!

Happy New Year 2022

A welcome to 2022, and our new menus.

We already have some dates booked in January and February, but we have an open date of Saturday 26 February. We have several places available. Sorry we couldn’t fit you all in last year. The menu will be available shortly, but if you are interested ...

Just to catch up on news from November and December. We have been really busy, and apologise if there have not been any spare places for the Supper Club. In the New Year we will be advertising our dates and menus. We do have bookings already, but for guests bringing their own group. So we need to make sure there is a date when individuals can ...

The photo is of the wine festival in Impruneta! Memories of our time in Tuscany, Chianti and the grape harvest.

October Supper Clubs have been full of laughter and fun, thank you all for coming. We are now struggling to fit in any more supper clubs this year, as we are full November and December! If there are any cancellations we will let ...

Nonna's fish night was a great success! As you can see from our guests. Several delicious courses from oysters, sashimi, prawns, linguine al vongole, sea bream, etc etc. To finish with panna cotta and tiramisù! Thank you ladies, it was a fun night.

We are now preparing the October menu. November is full, and shortly we will give you the ...

As our fish night got booked so quickly, we will be doing another in October. Please get in touch if you are interested.

We are now looking to October and finalising our menus for the cooler months, and dates for Nonna’s Kitchen courses.

We have had several requests for private supper club nights, where you can book all places for ...

By special request, we are having a fish night on Saturday 25 September! As usual the menu will include several of our favourite dishes from Italy.

More information to follow, but just putting the date out there for those who are waiting.

A presto!

We have had some wonderful evenings for Nonna's supper clubs, and the weather has been especially kind, so we have dined 'al fresco'. All guests have had fun and loved the food, saying 'it was just like being in Italy' , and that is our aim!

We have had requests for a 'fish night' and that will be in September, so watch this space.

Some interesting facts which will help you understand the Italian menu.

Spaghetti alla bolognese (or spag bol) is a pasta dish invented outside of Italy , and although very popular in various countries, the sauce is never served with spaghetti in Bologna (or elsewhere in Italy), as the pieces of meat do not cling to this shape of pasta. ...