How would you like to enjoy a privately prepared, gourmet meal in a contemporary Venetian home? Or, would you prefer that meal prepared in the apartment where you’re staying? Having friends in during your stay and looking for a catering services? How about combining the meal while practicing your Italian? These creative, personable professionals are here for you.

So much of Venice’s popularity rests on its past laurels, but these two enterprising women have divined to take the city’s most treasured gastronomic and social elements to have you experience them in a contemporary and most delectable way.

La Mela (the Apple), as their endeavor is known, offers menus of primi, secondi and desserts that change with the season, and range from bio-natural to Venetian to typically Italian, all created with the freshest ingredients with the utmost skill and care. You can enjoy them in Manu’s luminous, contemporary mansarda (attic) home: a stone’s throw from the Teatro Fenice, with the San Marco Campanile peering in the window. Or, if you’d prefer, enjoy your repast and their company in your own apartment: they will bring the meal to you. Socialize with your hosts in Italian if you’d like to practice, or in your native English.

La Mela is available to reserve for lunch, apertivo, or dinner, any day of the week. Just write with your preferences and reserve your private Venetian meal, as you like it.

PRICES START at €35 per person for aperitivo, €55 per person for lunch, and €75 per person for dinner. Meals are an abundant, gourmet, four-course (antipasto, primo, secondo and contorno, dessert) repasts and include wine. Please write for a quote, include number in your party, and note any allergies or other dietary restrictions with your request.

Buon appetito!