Carmela Sophia Sereno (Hayes) is of Southern Italian descent, born in Bedford, and now lives in a small Northamptonshire village with her husband and four children.
Passionate about Italian food, Carmela is an accomplished cookery author with five books to her name: Southern Italian Family Cooking, A Passion for Pasta, Northern & Central Italian Family Cooking, How to Make Pasta, and Pasta Fresca. She is also a food writer, contributing a monthly column to The Chronicle & Echo, and works as a cookery tutor, demonstrator, event planner, and recipe developer. As a skilled pastaia, she runs highly successful supper clubs at Northampton Museum & Art Gallery, sponsored by Filippo Berio Olive Oil.
Carmela is an ambassador for both Filippo Berio and pasta tool company Marcato. She also holds monthly demonstrations at Harrods’ Knightsbridge store.
For details on events, classes, and more, visit www.carmelas-kitchen.com.
Her sixth book, The Italian Vegetarian, is currently in progress.
