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Italian Catering & Culinary Experiences

Italian Catering. Interactive Experiences. Unforgettable Hospitality.

From elegant catering and private celebrations to handmade pasta classes, wood-fired pizza, gelato, flowers, cocktails, and corporate team building, La Dolce Vita brings authentic Italian hospitality directly to your home, office, venue, or outdoor event.

Led by Chef Fabrizio Facchini and Samira Facchini — part of FFS Hospitality Group.

Elegant outdoor Italian catering table setup with white linens and floral centerpieces

Catering

Catering Inspired by the Italian Art of Welcoming

La Dolce Vita creates custom menus and full-service catering for corporate events, private homes, weddings, cocktail receptions, institutional programs, luxury events, and special celebrations.

Service formats

  • Drop-off catering
  • Styled delivery and setup
  • Buffet service
  • Passed hors d'oeuvres
  • Cocktail receptions
  • Plated dinners
  • Family-style dining
  • Live chef stations
  • Private chef experiences
  • Custom large-scale programs

Signature experiences

Programs guests remember

Handmade ravioli finished with black truffle and fresh herbs

Handmade Pasta

Dough, rolling, shaping, and a shared table at the end. Social formats, masterclasses, competitions, and family sessions.

Fiero Forni wood-fired pizza oven

Fiero Forni Wood-Fired Pizza

Live-fire pizza service for backyards, campuses, and venues, including mobile trailer formats for outdoor events.

Fabbri 1905 single-flavor countertop gelato machine

Fabbri Gelato

An attended gelato bar with live production, toppings, affogato service, and branding options.

Vibrant flower bar arrangement with sunflowers, roses and hydrangeas

Flower Bar

A creative hospitality moment curated by Samira and our team — guests leave with an arrangement they made.

Orange Sprizzer aperitivo machine

Sprizzer Aperitivo

The Italian aperitivo hour served as an experience, with zero-proof programs always available.

Chef Fabrizio Facchini finishing plates on a live chef station line

Live Chef Stations

Pasta, risotto, pizza, carving and gelato finished in front of your guests — a live performance with every plate.

Corporate wine seminar with panelists and seated guests

Corporate Team Building

Pasta competitions, pizza workshops, gelato labs, cocktail and Flower Bar sessions built for teams.

Our family

Meet Fabrizio and Samira

Chef Fabrizio Facchini in a professional kitchen

Chef Fabrizio Facchini

Italian culinary background, years as a chef and hospitality entrepreneur, and hands-on involvement in menu development and culinary programming. Fabrizio leads selected demonstrations, classes, and premium experiences, subject to availability.

Samira Facchini presenting a plate of Italian food

Samira Facchini

Guest experience, event presentation, and creative workshop concepts — including the Flower Bar and lifestyle experiences where applicable. Samira keeps every program welcoming, personal, and visually cohesive.

Selected experiences may include the personal participation of Chef Fabrizio Facchini and/or Samira Facchini, subject to availability and the confirmed package.

Corporate

Team Building That People Actually Enjoy

Hands-on Italian programs for offices, campuses, venues, and offsites — designed around your group size, timing, and space.

  • Pasta-making competitions
  • Pizza workshops
  • Gelato experiences
  • Cocktail and mocktail workshops
  • Flower Bar workshops
  • Italian aperitivo programs
  • Customized branded experiences
  • Client appreciation events
  • Employee celebrations
  • Executive dinners
  • Holiday programs

One coordinated group

Food, Experiences, and Event Rentals—Coordinated Together

Coordinate catering and interactive experiences through La Dolce Vita, and source equipment, furniture, tabletop items, mobile bars, machines, and service equipment through FFS Event Rentals — planned together, quoted appropriately.

Experience & partners

Client logos, press, and testimonials

Trusted by Italian institutions, design houses, and hosts across New York and the tri-state area.

Italian Trade Agency and Italian institutional partners
Poltrona Frau — Italian luxury furniture since 1912
La Dolce Vita featured in Forbes, Appetito, La Cucina Italiana, Chaîne des Rôtisseurs, and Sun-Gazette
5-star TripAdvisor review from Susan M., wedding customer — The wedding setting and amazing food provided by Fabrizio was the best

Next step

Let's Create Your La Dolce Vita Experience

Tell us where, when, and how you would like to celebrate. Our team will develop a personalized catering or interactive-experience proposal.

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