Fabrizia Lanza

Director of the Anna Tasca Lanza Cooking School

Fabrizia Lanza brings the joys and knowledge of Sicilian food and culture into people’s lives around the world. Born in Palermo, Fabrizia grew up with her family’s 200-year-old agricultural estate in the heart of Sicily, home to the international winery Tasca D’Almerita. After obtaining a degree in Art History, she worked for 25 years as an art curator, ultimately directing two museums in the north of Italy. Meanwhile, Fabrizia’s mother, Anna Tasca Lanza, established the well-known Anna Tasca Lanza Cooking School in 1989 to promote Sicilian cuisine to a foreign audience.

In 2006, Fabrizia decided to join Anna’s venture to be closer to her family and reconnect with Sicilian food and its environment. As the current owner and Executive Director of Anna Tasca Lanza, Fabrizia has transformed her mother’s cooking school into a hub of Sicilian food knowledge and culture. Beyond the food-centric workshops and lessons throughout the year, in 2016 Fabrizia created an experiential food education course named Cook the Farm that allows 14 international participants to spend two-months gaining a critical perspective of food from both a local and global level. In addition, in 2018 she founded the Food Heritage Association is a non-profit initiative that achieves its aim of valorizing local gastronomic practices through research and documentation. Wherever Fabrizia goes, she brings with her enthusiasm and passion for her land and its food culture.