SEPTEMBER Friday and Saturday day passes include all events not specifically noted 26 THURSDAY as a Ticketed Event. Tickets can be purchased at www.gatherbyjw.com.

7.00am - 11.00am 7.30pm - 10.00pm 7.30pm - 10.00pm 7.30pm - 10.00pm RESORT BREAKFAST DINNER DINNER DINNER Cucina Daily Restaurant LA NOSTRA CASA LA FAMIGLIA A RETURN TO ROOTS Ciccio Sultano Angela Hartnett Fabio Trabocchi Villa Rose The Church Fiola at Dopolavoro Venezia 12.00pm - 6.00pm JW MINDFULNESS HOUSE Ticketed event Ticketed event Ticketed event Festival Square This past spring, Michelin-starred chef Fabio Trabocchi returned to his homeland 12.00pm - 6.00pm and transformed Dopolavoro with his GATHER FESTIVAL SQUARE award-winning flavors inspired by the Festival Square nostalgia and rich emotions of childhood memories and the culture and people that 3.30pm - 4.15pm have enriched him with knowledge of the COOKING DEMONSTRATION great Italian regional cuisine. The chef PASTA PERFECTION brings his personal interpretation in a deep Roberto Bassi look to the past, with respect for simplicity Barilla Pavilion and origins of traditions. Carefully selected Join Barilla’s chef, Roberto Bassi, in their wines will enhance every bite. own pavilion on Festival Square to learn the foundations and art of the perfect pasta. Evening Benvenuti a casa! This is the warm greeting Honest, simplified cooking is the guiding RESORT DINING Cucina Daily Restaurant 6.00pm - 8.00pm that welcomes guests into an Italian home, principle behind Chef Hartnett’s Mayfair, Sagra Rooftop Restaurant BENVENUTI A VENEZIA or in this case, the luxurious Villa Rose. London-based, Michelin-starred San Marco Terrace Enjoy a casually elegant house and lawn restaurant, Murano. Dine under two Welcome to Venice. Begin your adventure party where two-Michelin-starred chef original majestic chandeliers from the Evening with a warm welcome from our food, wine Ciccio Sultano will share his reimagined restaurant’s namesake island while SALUTI AFTER DARK and mindfulness experts. Share and savor classic Sicilian cuisine of Pastamara – Bar savoring some of the essential dishes Rose Lounge Bar Venetian cicchetti, good stories and con Cucina and feature the quintessential inspired by the chef’s Italian grandmother Cash Bar spectacular views of the setting sun at Italian ritual of aperitivo, accompanied by and mother and paired with wines curated Gather in the Rose Lounge Bar to wind our opening party. the perfect wines. by Food & Wine experts. down the evening with music and cocktails. SEPTEMBER Friday and Saturday day passes include all events not specifically noted 27 FRIDAY as a Ticketed Event. Tickets can be purchased at www.gatherbyjw.com.

7.00am - 11.00am 12.00pm - 2.00pm 3.00pm - 5.00pm 7.30pm - 10.00pm RESORT BREAKFAST COOKING SCHOOL COOKING SCHOOL DINNER Cucina Daily Restaurant ESSENTIALLY GIADA REIMAGINING NONNA'S KITCHEN PIZZA SOTTO LE STELLE Giada De Laurentiis Angela Hartnett Jonathan Waxman Sapori Cooking Academy Sapori Cooking Academy Villa Rose 10.00am - 6.00pm Ticketed event Ticketed event Ticketed event JW MINDFULNESS HOUSE Cook alongside Michelin-starred chef Festival Square Angela Hartnett as she shares her passion for the straightforward flavors and 10.00am - 10.30am textures of authentic Italian cooking while A WARM WELCOME she demonstrates how to prepare some of Venice Garden the menu items of her London-based Mindful Moment meditation. restaurant, Murano.

Chef Jonathan Waxman reveals his casual 10.00am - 6.00pm 3.45pm - 4.30pm approach to fine dining on the grounds of GATHER FESTIVAL SQUARE WINE TASTING the resort’s Villa Rose, a beautiful Festival Square SICILY: AN ERUPTION IN TASTE structure built in the Romanesque Revival Don an apron and cook alongside chef, Anthony Giglio style. Mix and mingle while enjoying author and TV personality Giada De San Benedetto Pavilion 10.00am - 6.00pm Laurentiis as she shares recipes for artisan pizzas, wine and cocktails poolside ILLY & UNITED CAFÉ authentic Italian dishes, just as her under the stars that cling to a moonlit Festival Square family has prepared them for years. Venetian sky. De Laurentiis will demonstrate how to 11.00am - 11.45am put a contemporary California twist on 7.30pm - 10.00pm COOKING DEMONSTRATION some favorite classics. DINNER SIMPLY MEDITERRANEAN & THAI SPIRIT A BIT ROSÉ Dalad Kambhu 1.00pm - 3.00pm Martina Caruso The Church LUNCH Barilla Pavilion BOCCE & BUBBLES: Ticketed event FESTA AL FRESCO Sicily is Italy’s southernmost region, its Venice Garden sunniest and most volcanic, which makes for a very distinctive viticulture. Journey to this ancient island with Food & Wine editor, Anthony Giglio, who breaks down the complexity of the wine and how the minerals from the ash of Mount Etna Bangkok-raised and Berlin-based contribute to an earthy and palate-pleasing Michelin-starred chef Dalad Kambhu wine drinking experience. considers the environmental impact of her food, choosing to use local, organic 4.30pm - 5.15pm ingredients that may not be native to COOKING DEMONSTRATION traditional Thai cuisine. The result? A Chef Caruso reveals how the dry, acidic GIADA Raise a glass to the competitive spirit as refined story of how ethnic flavor can nature of rosé wine strikes the perfect Giada De Laurentiis you join new friends who share your enthrall when it is infused with as much balance with the well-loved Barilla Pavilion passion for two Italian classics: prosecco spirit as it is flavor. Carefully selected wines Mediterranean flavors of olive oil, The host of Food Network's “Giada at and bocce. The Venice Garden lends itself will enhance every bite. seafood and fresh vegetables. Home” shares some of her favorite beautifully to the ancient Roman game as recipes and how preparing them at well as an outdoor feast prepared by the home starts with having the freshest 7.30pm - 10.00pm resort’s culinary team on the edge of the DINNER 11.45am - 12.30pm ingredients on hand. WINE TASTING Venetian lagoon. THE AEOLIAN MEDITERRANEAN HEAD FOR THE HILLS Martina Caruso 5.15pm - 6.00pm Ray Isle Cucina Daily Restaurant 3.00pm - 3.45pm COCKTAIL DEMONSTRATION San Benedetto Pavilion Ticketed event COOKING DEMONSTRATION ORA DEL COCKTAIL IN Steep hillside vineyards may be hard to REMARKABLE RISOTTO GIARDINO Characterized by the freshness and farm, but they imbue wines with an Jonathan Waxman Bridget Albert and Gary Gruver lightness of raw ingredients, joyful intensity and depth of flavor that’s thrilling Barilla Pavilion San Benedetto Pavilion creativity and a mastery of technique, Chef to taste. Food & Wine editor, Ray Isle, heads Garden Cocktail Hour. Join Master Caruso’s take on Mediterranean cuisine is to the hills to search out some of Italy’s Mixologist Bridget Albert and Marriott intensified by an authentic take on Sicilian most extraordinary mountain wines, from Senior Beverage Manager Gary Gruver to hospitality that will transport you to the slopes of the Alto Adige and Val d’Aosta in experience the true art of the cocktail — sunny archipelago for a most memorable the north, to the craggy hills of Abruzzo in from mixology and garnishing tricks to meal and wine-drinking experience. central Italy, down to the (truly) volcanic furnishing your home bar to hosting the wines of Mount Etna in Sicily. perfect party — as they lead you through Evening a spirited tasting of exquisite seasonal RESORT DINING Sagra Rooftop Restaurant 12.30pm - 1:15pm beverages, including mindful cocktails Fiola at Dopolavoro Venezia COOKING DEMONSTRATION with purpose. WEST MEETS EAST Emmanuel Stroobant Jonathan Waxman stirs the imagination, 6.00pm - 7.00pm Evening Barilla Pavilion and his risotto, to the perfect consistency. APERITIVO SALUTI AFTER DARK Chef Stroobant does a trans-ethnic take Learn his secrets to creating a SUNSET APERITIVO Rose Lounge Bar on the classic Arancini di Riso, or Sicilian restaurant-style risotto at home with the Sagra Poolside Bar Cash Bar Rice Balls, marrying the flavors of Italy right kind of rice and 20 minutes of Prepare the palate for the delicacies Gather in the Rose Lounge Bar to wind and his adopted homeland, Singapore. devoted attention. to come. down the evening with music and cocktails. SEPTEMBER Friday and Saturday day passes include all events not specifically noted 28 SATURDAY as a Ticketed Event. Tickets can be purchased at www.gatherbyjw.com.

7.00am - 11.00am 12.00pm - 2.00pm 3.00pm - 3.45pm 4.30pm - 5.15pm RESORT BREAKFAST COOKING SCHOOL COOKING DEMONSTRATION COOKING DEMONSTRATION Cucina Daily Restaurant THE SICILIAN KITCHEN OF TOMORROW'S FOOD AN AUTHENTIC TAKE ON THAI RAGUSA Angela Hartnett Dalad Kambhu 9.30am - 11.00am Ciccio Sultano Barilla Pavilion Barilla Pavilion Sapori Cooking Academy GATHER MINDFUL MOMENT A presenter on the BBC’s “Tomorrow’s Dalad Kambhu’s Berlin restaurant, Kin Dee, YOGA AND BREAKFAST Ticketed event Food,” Michelin-starred chef Angela takes Thai food to a whole new level, where Emmanuel Stroobant Hartnett explains why the way we think an all-female culinary team balances the art JW Venice Spa about the food we grow, buy and eat is of local and traditional in the quest to Enrich mind, body and spirit with a changing and advancing quickly. present authentic Thai cuisine. wake-up yoga session led by Chef

Stroobant. Then replenish and refuel for 3.00pm - 5.00pm 5.15pm - 6.00pm the day ahead with Chef’s take on a COOKING SCHOOL COCKTAIL DEMONSTRATION thirst-quenching smoothie and a THE PLANT-FORWARD APERITIF RHAPSODY! satisfying, healthy breakfast. LIFESTYLE Bridget Albert and Gary Gruver Emmanuel Stroobant San Benedetto Pavilion Sapori Cooking Academy 9.45am - 11.15am Derived from the Latin aperire, “to open,” COOKING SCHOOL Ticketed event the aperitif is literally that — a beverage FOR THE LOVE OF CHOCOLATE designed to open the palate before dinner. Norman Love Master Mixologist Bridget Albert and Sapori Cooking Academy Ticketed event Marriott Senior Beverage Manager Gary Gruver demonstrate how a classic cocktail An expert and admired interpreter of With an emphasis on premium like the Negroni, when indulged with the Sicily’s distinctive and satisfying cuisine, ingredients and innovative flavor seasons’ freshest fruits, herbs and two-Michelin-starred chef Ciccio Sultano combinations, renowned chocolatier vegetables, is worthy of a toast or two. Norman Love shares the culinary artistry will create dishes capturing and enhancing that goes into making each piece of his Sicilian essence without lapsing into 6.00pm - 7.15pm handcrafted confectionary delights into exaggerated decadence. The pillars of APERTIVO gorgeous gourmet works of art. Sultano’s culinary vision reach to the SUNSET APERTIVO depths of the Ibleo territory’s immense Sagra Poolside history, encompassing the historical and 10.00am - 6.00pm Prepare the palate for the delicacies cultural influences that have occurred here JW MINDFULNESS HOUSE to come. over centuries. Festival Square As many chefs do, Belgian-born Emmanuel 7.00pm - 10.30pm 12.00pm - 3.00pm 10.00am - 6.00pm Stroobant began his illustrious career FINALE DINNER LUNCH GATHER FESTIVAL SQUARE peeling and chopping vegetables in several IL FINALE: ALL-STAR FEAST MERCATO DI RIALTO Festival Square Michelin-starred restaurants. Here he The Church Olive Grove shows his love for a plant-forward culinary Ticketed event 10.00am - 6.00pm lifestyle that is rooted in both Western and ILLY & UNITED CAFÉ Southeast Asian flavors. Festival Square

3.45pm - 4.30pm 11.00am - 11.45am WINE TASTING COOKING DEMONSTRATION THE GRAN SELEZIONE OF OYSTERS AND PEARLS: CHIANTI: BEST OF THE BEST SEDUCTION ON THE HALF SHELL Ray Isle Fabio Trabocchi San Benedetto Pavilion Barilla Pavilion

Sample and savor seasonal antipasti and wines from the Veneto region with a special Join Gather Venice’s all-star chef roster for an exclusive dinner party in the resort’s Chef Trabocchi brings together two lunch menu prepared by the resort’s stunning church. Sip sparkling aperitifs pristine ingredients — raw oysters from culinary team. Enjoy music and lawn games and wine pairings hand selected by Food & France and caviar from Italy — in an elegant under the Venetian sun for a celebration of Wine’s own Ray Isle as chefs Fabio and luxurious pairing. the city’s most famous farmers market. Trabocchi, Ciccio Sultano, Angela Hartnett, Jonathan Waxman and Martina 11.45am - 12.30pm 12.30pm - 1.15pm Caruso each prepare a course celebrating WINE TASTING COOKING DEMONSTRATION BAROLO: WINE OF KINGS DECONSTRUCTED TIRAMISU the deep, rich flavors of the Venetian AND THE KING OF WINES Norman Love fall harvest. Anthony Giglio Barilla Pavilion Evening San Benedetto Pavilion Confectionary artisan Norman Love, One of the most famous wine regions in RESORT DINING The gorgeous rolling hills of Italy’s chef-owner of Norman Love Confections, the world couldn’t leave well enough alone. Sagra Rooftop Restaurant northwestern Piemonte region reveal a shares his take on tiramisu, the classic So Chianti, which covers a large swath of Fiola at Dopolavoro Venezia treasure that lovers of rich and Italian dessert whose name means “pick Tuscany, created a new top classification full-bodied reds keep close to their hearts me up” in Italian. Watch as the aptly for the wines of Italy’s most famous wine Evening and wine cellars: Barolo. Food & Wine named coffee-flavoured dessert made producing region. Food & Wine editor, SALUTI AFTER DARK editor, Anthony Giglio, leads a tasting from a light, airy sponge cake soaked in Ray Isle, explains the strict demands for Rose Lounge Bar journey of this elegant and well-structured sweet espresso and layered with achieving a classification that is awarded Cash Bar wine that is often compared to the top mascarpone cheese mousse receives a to only five percent of Chianti wines. Gather in the Rose Lounge Bar to wind French pinot noirs of Burgundy. modern and eye-catching update. Taste and see if you agree. down the evening with music and cocktails.

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7.00 am - 11.00am 10.00am - 2.00pm 10.00am - 2.00pm RESORT BREAKFAST GATHER FESTIVAL SQUARE ILLY & UNITED CAFÉ Cucina Daily Restaurant Festival Square Festival Square