Cook & Connect with Chef Luigi
Sun, Mar 08
|Don Luigi Italian Restaurant, Sarasota
Learn more about cooking some delicious Italian dishes and make new friends at our Cook & Connect event by Behavioral Teaching Solutions & Don Luigi Italian Restaurant
Time & Location
Mar 08, 2026, 11:30 AM – 2:00 PM EDT
Don Luigi Italian Restaurant, Sarasota, 1272 N Palm Ave, Sarasota, FL 34236, USA
About the event
Join us in a cozy Sunday Cook & Connect specially designed for autistic and neurodivergent adults who want a relaxed space to meet new people. Join Chef Luigi in our life-skills kitchen as he guides you through making fresh, handmade gnocchi, simple, hands-on, and sensory-friendly.
After cooking, we’ll sit down and enjoy the meal together, creating space for easy conversation, social interaction, and building new friendships while practicing independent life skills around food, sharing, and community.
As we cook and eat, enjoy live music from Alex, an autistic pianist, setting a warm atmosphere that’s perfect for gentle connection and the possibility of new friendships—or something a little more—at your own pace.
Event Details
🗓️ Sunday Valentine’s Special
⏰ 11:30 AM – 2:00 PM
Tickets
Individual Ticket
You can replace what’s there with something like: This ticket includes all cooking materials and ingredients, a hands-on gnocchi class with Chef Luigi, live piano music, and a shared Valentine’s lunch where autistic and neurodivergent adults can cook, eat, and connect in a warm, neurodiversity-affirming space.
$60.00
+$1.50 ticket service fee
With a Friend
This ticket includes the full hands-on gnocchi experience with Chef Luigi, all ingredients and cooking materials, live piano music by Alex, and a shared Valentine’s lunch in our intimate, neurodiversity-affirming space. Your $90 ticket also helps support future BTS Cook & Connect programs for autistic adults, so you’re not only treating yourself, you’re investing in inclusive community.
$90.00
+$2.25 ticket service fee
Total
$0.00