Mariella Bliss - Blissful Italian food

Mariella Bliss - Blissful Italian food Authentic Italian food Homemade (really) real Italian food following traditional recipes using local - and mostly organic - ingredients.

We think eating local is as important as eating well and Mariella's dishes are a heavenly combination of these two principles. Mariella Bliss is a personal chef, caterer and lover of all things foodie. She provides bespoke cooking lessons for individuals and groups. We will post information about upcoming classes on this page. So if you're interested in learning to make simple, quick Italian meals, in having a Italian foodie night, in having your kids join a pizza-making party ... keep a eye on this page and we'll let you know. Mariella also caters for all events from children's parties and dinner parties to weddings and conferences. Special dietary requirements are absolutely no problem. Come and taste Mariella's blissful food at the Wolvercote Farmers' Market on the first or third week of each month from 10 to 1pm.

The pop up is back and with an even bigger community spirit! 🧡Pizza slices and Focaccia sandwiches from me , Sourdough a...
30/09/2026

The pop up is back and with an even bigger community spirit! 🧡

Pizza slices and Focaccia sandwiches from me , Sourdough and pastries from Sue Brown .
See you at Tackley Village Hall, where the Auction of Promises will be raising funds for the hall’s refurbishment from 7pm .
As someone this morning said to me: ‘food is solidarity’ … indeed .a.manco 😉

See you all on Friday! 🥰

Dear all, The website is updated and the new cookery classes are now live. You’ll find the latest dates, venues and book...
29/09/2026

Dear all, The website is updated and the new cookery classes are now live.
You’ll find the latest dates, venues and booking details via the link in my bio. I’ve also added separate Highlights for each venue so they’re easy to find.

Honesty Group

II love them all, and each of these venues allows me to express a different side of my personality. They all allow to build me that little ‘bridge’ back to Italy and even more so, to Naples 🩵
I’m grateful to every student who makes this possible.

And now that the classes are listed … go ahead and book them all , meanwhile I‘ll start working at my 🎄🤶🏻 🎅 ⛄️ events.

25 years of Deddington Farmers’ Market today 🎂 And I even arrived on time! 💃🏻The queue was loooong , a little frustratin...
26/09/2026

25 years of Deddington Farmers’ Market today 🎂 And I even arrived on time! 💃🏻

The queue was loooong , a little frustrating, but also so wonderful to see. Faster, Mariella, faster!
I joined the market 20 years ago, and I’m still searching for the perfect packaging, money box, labels and signs.

I’ve added a few pictures and little comments to make you smile: a younger me, my early stalls (those frittatas! 😫), and some wonderful stallholders from over the years. Bakers’ Row with Tanya The Bakery by Knife & Fork and the wonderful Sue Sue Brown was such great fun!

Thank you to my customers, the committee, Tei, our chair, who celebrated her last market today, and all the volunteers doing their quiet, important work behind the scenes.

Happy 25th Deddington Farmers’ Market — still going strong, still local, and still very much a community.

Mr Bliss always says: you are really you behind the stall ❤️. I take it as a compliment

A cracking sourdough class at Honesty Group last week! The WhatsApp group is going to be a busy one 🫣 but I do believe i...
20/09/2026

A cracking sourdough class at Honesty Group last week!
The WhatsApp group is going to be a busy one 🫣 but I do believe it’s the best way to deliver and support the class where the real learning begins at home.

Coming up at Honesty:Cookery School:
- An Italian Autumn Feast — 13th October
- From Bologna: Handmade Pasta & Artichoke Lasagne — 20th October
- Edible Christmas Gifts — 12th November
- Panettone Brioche & Limoncello Cream — 24th November
I think they are all fabulous! I would quickly choose one if I were you 😉💚❤️
https://honestygroup.co.uk/collections/classes

My best pizza of 2026, in Chester just outside Liverpool. Light, full of flavour, soft without being soggy, with sweet S...
15/09/2026

My best pizza of 2026, in Chester just outside Liverpool.

Light, full of flavour, soft without being soggy, with sweet San Marzano tomatoes and Fior di Latte d’Agerola. Not too red, a pizza should never be too red in my opinion. Rosi often describes it as ‘a good pink pizza’ 😉
It melts in your mouth. if you’re Neapolitan, you simply know when a Margherita tastes of Napoli. This one does and it’s hard to explain.

I’d had Stile Napoletano on my list for ages, but the website said it was closed. We walked past anyway and… Giacomo was outside just about to eat his lunch! A website mistake, Giacomo left his lunch and made us two pizzas on the house and dispite being full we didn’t leave a crumb!

Grazie Giacomo. We’ll be back next weekend when heading back to Manchester Uni with our daughter .

Stile napoletano is #13 in the official 50 Top Pizza Europa 2026 ranking and we wish you all the very best for today world announcement 😉🤞 🌶️

Ah… guess where Wally is now? 🇬🇧🍞 😂The best way to fight home-sickness is baking, a catering event on my second day back...
09/09/2026

Ah… guess where Wally is now? 🇬🇧🍞 😂
The best way to fight home-sickness is baking, a catering event on my second day back is just perfect.
Teglia and pala romana to go with antipasto board 💚

I couldn’t wait to experiment more with Bruern Farms Shop & Cafe wholemeal and my usual Petra 0102. Even just 30% of Bruern regenerative flour adds colour, deep and amazing flavour, while keeping its light texture. .
I’m back in business 💃🏻 🍞

Thank you to Elvira Quaranta for the long chats 😉 and precious advice on Italian ingredients available in London . A new ingredient supplier is always exciting 🥰

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If Naples has Pizza, ischia has the ‘Zingara’ or even better , an Ischitan take from the 70s on a 🇬🇧 toasted sandwich: t...
26/08/2026

If Naples has Pizza, ischia has the ‘Zingara’ or even better , an Ischitan take from the 70s on a 🇬🇧 toasted sandwich: two large slices of crusty bread (pane cafone) often grilled on fire and filled with fiordilatte, Parma ham, lettuce and tomatoes, dressed with mayonnaise.

The Zingara ischitana is one of those rare Italian exceptions where mayonnaise has genuinely earned its place unlike any other toasted panino in Italy
Each half is often wrapped in foil so it doesn’t get cold quickly.... don’t call it ‘toasted bread’ or they may not like it (understandable) 😉
It’s delicious 😋

Last week we spent a day in Ischia visiting our friend Maria Sirabella , she’s a force of nature , nothing is impossible...
25/08/2026

Last week we spent a day in Ischia visiting our friend Maria Sirabella , she’s a force of nature , nothing is impossible for Maria and she’s positively contagious ❤️
The little clip between Rosi and Maria is priceless if you can understand some Italian 😅

We had a fab lunch at Hotel Torre Sant'Angelo which reminded me that we shouldn’t settle for less when it comes to generosity, flexibility, care in sourcing ingredients and the way they’re served ( gentilezza included!)

I Ischia is a wonderfully green island, famous for its thermal spas.
For a substantial snack try a ‘Zingara’ (Gipsy) , the island’s iconic 1970s sandwich : two slices of toasted crusty bread ( pane cafone), mozzarella, prosciutto , tomatoes and …mayonnaise which is almost unheard in Italian toasted sandwiches)

And at the end of your meal ask for a Piperna, the fragrant wild thyme digestive liqueur.

And if you need a personalised guided tour in her Fiat 600 … feel free to contact my fab friend! 🙃

Courgette Gratin 🇫🇷 I made this almost immediately after seeing post . Being in Naples at the moment, I got the courget...
29/05/2026

Courgette Gratin 🇫🇷 I made this almost immediately after seeing post .
Being in Naples at the moment, I got the courgettes and everything needed just down the road .
Moments like this are what I miss most about Italy… even after 28 years.
That feeling of “scendo un attimo a comprare zucchine, riso e formaggio’ 😉

I successfully googled the recipe by Mireille Johnston, and also found this beautiful read about her life Mireille Johnston | | https://www.theguardian.com/news/2000/oct/28/guardianobituaries1 .
I shall look for the book next.

Like Stefano, I added courgette flowers to the mix, skipped the bacon and slightly adapted the quantities to what I had at home. Nutmeg is a game changer.

Absolutely delicious for a hot summer evening and a great dish to prepare ahead.

Grazie Ste! 🙌

Sunday 10th May, 12–4pmJoin the village garage saleI’m ridiculously excited as this will be my very first one!For your c...
09/05/2026

Sunday 10th May, 12–4pm
Join the village garage sale
I’m ridiculously excited as this will be my very first one!

For your coffee and a map of all the listed garages, head first to the village hall… then come and see me!
😃😃😃
Olive ciabatta, focaccia, pizza slices, brioches, glorious sandwiches ,  breads and almond croissants together with brilliant cookery books, kitchen bits and bobs, clothes and all sorts of treasures at bargain prices.
There is no such thing as a garage sale in Naples… which might explain the excitement 😉

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