Chef Ryan — Your Culinary Team

Master Pastaio

Chef Ryan

Traveling from Rome, Italy, Chef Ryan arrives with flour on his hands and centuries of tradition behind him. As a Master Pastaio, his command of pasta — the textures, the ratios, the regional variations that make Southern Italian cuisine unlike anything you've tasted elsewhere — is extraordinary. He has spent years perfecting the art of handmade pasta in Italy, and he brings every bit of that expertise to the villa kitchen in Cefalù.

Ryan's hands-on pasta-making session is consistently the most talked-about moment of the experience. You'll work alongside him at the kitchen table, learning the feel of the dough, the technique behind each shape, and the sauces that elevate them. By the time you sit down to eat what you've made, together, the pride is unmistakable.

He also co-leads the Chef Course dinner presentation alongside Chefs Rocco and Roberto — an elegant multi-course evening that brings together everything learned throughout the week. Ryan is patient, passionate, and genuinely excited to share what he loves. That energy is contagious.