Join Russell in Venice for a weekend you will not forget.

On day one, you’ll have your own time to explore the beauty of Venice. On day two, you’ll meet Russell for a trip to the market in the morning, a tour of the food hotspots around Rialto, snacks at a bacaro, lunch at one of the best restaurants in town and a free afternoon to sightsee and relax. Russell Norman is a leading London restaurateur. 

Over the last 20 years he has worked in many of London's landmark restaurants as a waiter, bartender, maître d', general manager and operations director. His book Polpo: A Venetian Cookbook (of Sorts) was voted Waterstones Book of the Year 2012. In 2014 he starred in "The Restaurant Man", a six-part prime-time documentary for BBC2, and his second book Spuntino Comfort Food, New York Style was published in September 2015. He is a contributing editor for Esquire magazine and writes a monthly column as 'The Accidental Cook'. The small print: flights not included. 

Kindly donated by Russell Norman