Make your own pizza with Salvatore in the West Village.
Little Charli · Sundays and Mondays, from $85
Classes and private chef in New York
Salvatore Olivella, Pizzaiolo from Naples
Pizza and mozzarella classes at Little Charli and Forno d'Oro, and private dinners cooked in your home.
Classes and dinners
Pizza and mozzarella classes in New York
Public classes run on Sundays and Mondays at Little Charli and on Saturdays at Forno d'Oro. Private groups, company events and gift vouchers are booked by request. Salvatore also cooks private dinners in your home.
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Mozzarella made by hand from the curd.
Forno d'Oro · Saturdays 11 AM, from $99
Dinner at home, cooked by Salvatore.
New York and anywhere else
Private classes and dinners for companies and groups.
Private groups at Forno d'Oro
A pizza or mozzarella class, as a gift voucher.
Voucher sent by email
Salvatore in numbers
25+
years in professional kitchens
20+
restaurants opened in New York
2
kitchens he leads today
2015
Best Traditional Pizza, International Pizza Expo
Private chef
Salvatore cooks at your table
Dinner parties, weddings and company evenings, in New York or anywhere else. Salvatore plans the menu with you, brings everything the dinner needs and cooks in your kitchen. He can finish the pasta in a wheel of Parmigiano at the table.
Before you book
Common questions about the classes.
For anything else, add a note to your request. Salvatore's team replies by email.
Questions
No. The classes are made for beginners, and Salvatore starts from the dough.
Write their ages in the request and the team will confirm.
Add them to your request. Pizza and mozzarella are made with wheat flour and milk, so not every allergy can be accommodated.
Pizza classes are at Little Charli, 271 Bleecker Street in the West Village, and on some Saturdays at Forno d'Oro, 196 8th Avenue in Chelsea. Mozzarella classes are at Forno d'Oro, and private groups can also book one at home.
Yes. Choose Team events in the booking panel and tell us the size of the group.
Yes. Choose Gift a class and the voucher is emailed to you, ready to forward or print.
Little Charli sells its pizza classes on Resy, and Forno d'Oro sells its Saturday classes on OpenTable. Private classes and other dates go through the request form.
About Salvatore
Twenty-five years at the oven
Salvatore grew up behind the counter of his father's and grandfather's pizzeria in Naples and came to New York in 2000. His first pizzeria was Caruso Pizzeria, then came Olivella in New Jersey. He has opened more than twenty restaurants and pizzerias, built 30 wood-fired ovens by hand, and cooked for hotels, clubs and private homes. Today he owns Forno d'Oro in Chelsea and Olivella's in Dallas and Fort Worth, and leads the kitchen at Little Charli in the West Village.
Best Traditional Pizza in the Northwest, International Pizza Expo, 2015.
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Kitchens he has opened, run or advised
Eataly NYC · RossopomodoroMarta · Union Square Hospitality GroupSerafinaWoodpecker by David BurkeFeroce · Tao GroupDumbo House · Soho HouseFlavor · Loews RegencyThe Montauk Beach HouseRuschmeyer's MontaukBlu Chelsea · Indigo HotelL'AssoNumero 28ZigolinisPie by the PoundGolosiNapoli 57AOA180 HesterItalian Food CenterLittle CharliLittle Charli East HamptonForno d'OroCaruso PizzeriaOlivella · New JerseyOlivella's · Dallas and Fort WorthAngelina BakeryIl Piacere della Cucina Italiana · Puerto RicoCasa Pimentón · San JuanPuntino · Key Biscayne
Book a class with Salvatore
Public classes are sold on Resy and OpenTable. For a private group or another date, send a request and the team replies by email.
