UK's Princess Kate Learns Pasta-Making on Visit to Italy
The visit centered on early childhood education and included stops at a preschool and recycling centre before a pasta-making class with chef Ivan Lampredi.
- Britain's Princess of Wales, Catherine, concluded her two-day Italy visit on Thursday, May 14, 2026, learning to prepare tortelli at a farmhouse in Felino, a regional pasta specialty.
- Following her 2024 cancer diagnosis and January 2025 remission, this marks the 44-year-old princess's first official overseas visit, positioning the trip as a significant milestone in her return to public duties.
- Under chef Ivan Lampredi's guidance, Catherine kneaded dough and cut pasta shapes while wearing her 12-carat Ceylon sapphire engagement ring. "Sorry, I'm very slow," she said; Lampredi replied, "Don't worry."
- Catherine aimed to "reflect on the visit and celebrate the connections between generations by spending time with local families," emphasizing early childhood education through the Royal Foundation Centre for Early Childhood.
- The trip marks the international expansion of the Royal Foundation Centre, while UNESCO recognized Italian cuisine as "intangible cultural heritage" last year, acknowledging culinary practices handed down across generations.
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Princess Kate wraps up Italy visit with pasta class
Britain's Princess Katherine wrapped up a trip to Italy on Thursday with a pasta-making class on her first official overseas visit since her 2024 cancer diagnosis. Kate, as she is widely known, prepared "tortelli" -- a regional speciality similar to ravioli -- at a farmhouse hotel near the city of…
It closes its six tortelli without even rolling the sleeves of the blazer, spotless despite everything. Hair loose, on the wrist what I can only imagine being at least a Cartier covered in flour. Even the princess had to suffer the explanation on the difference between fried cake and gnocchi?
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