Join our Italian pastry chef from Rome, Ilenia, and learn how to make some of the most famous, traditional Italian sweets using plant based ingredients. You will create from scratch recipes such as shortbread, single portion mixed berry tarts filled with vanilla custard, and chocolate sponge cake made with different layers that can be perfect as a birthday cake idea. Demonstration with a small amount of hands-on.

Your Tutor is Dr Ilenia Scuderi

Dr Ilenia Scuderi has been teaching at WEA since September 2023. 

Born and raised in Aprilia, Italy, Ilenia is a qualified pastry chef and language tutor with an Italian Pastry Diploma, Italian teaching qualification and a Degree in Philosophy.

Ilenia loves teaching the Italian language to adults, and strongly believes that exposure to Italian culture is important to the understanding of the language.