Massimo Bruno

08/02/2025

Really great to talk with LiveInITalyMag and share what our experience in Italy has been. Since it's Valentine's Day, we also talked about how I met my beautiful wife .bruno Here's the article - podcast, and YouTube Video coming soon and I'll post those as soon as available. A big thank you to for making this connection. It's wonderful to be a part of a community of connecting people with our love of Italy.

05/02/2025

Sono Italiano.. and I’m proud 🇮🇹

03/02/2025

In Cucina with Massimo Episode 2 🇮🇹 + our special guest Chicca!

Today’s dish: Pasta alla Carbonara 🥓🍳

Ingredients:

- Pasta (your favourite)
- Eggs
- Guanciale
- Pecorino cheese
- Parmigiano cheese
- Black pepper

Hope you enjoy this as much as we did! Let me know how it goes! 👀

31/01/2025

Life in Puglia... 🌳☀️🇮🇹

29/01/2025

"Night of the Fanove" in 📍Castellana Grotte!

Every year on the night of January 11th, this magical town lights up with tradition and the flames of more than 100 bonfires 🔥

27/01/2025

Some shots from last year’s Sardegna tour..so much fun and so many memories made! 📸 Can't wait to do it again this year!

Remember: spots are limited for our 2025 tour…join us and be part of our adventure! ☀️

#2025

24/01/2025

It looks like a painting but it’s not…
Guess the name of this beautiful Italian region! 🎨🌄

Ready to experience this breathtaking landscape in person?
Stay tuned, tour dates coming soon! ✨

22/01/2025

Discover Sardegna with us! From Cagliari to Alghero, in September we will discover the hidden gems and taste amazing food of this beautiful region 🌅

🗓 September 4-12, 2025

🌟 Limited spots available
📩 DM for info!

20/01/2025

Maybe it's time to reintroduce myself... nice to meet you, I’m Massimo! 👋

I was born in Bitritto (Puglia), my love for food started at 9 years old in a local pizzeria, where I fell in love with the flavors and traditions of southern Italy. (Fun fact: I’ve eaten over 6,000 pizzas in my life so far… and counting! 🍕)

At 23, I moved to Canada, spending 23 years sharing Italian culture through 750+ supper clubs and connecting people around the table. In 2006, I launched "Puglia Tours: The Unspoiled Italy", taking small groups to discover the beauty, food, and traditions of my homeland.

Today, with "Massimo Bruno & Friends", our adventures include Puglia, Sardegna, and Sicilia, and more.. (stay updated!)

When I’m not leading tours, I’m your private chef in Puglia, creating family-style meals that tell the story of southern Italy. Let’s gather around the table and make lasting memories. Benvenuti a casa! 🇮🇹

– Massimo

17/01/2025

Sardegna, here we come! 🌞

Join us on an unforgettable adventure through the stunning landscapes, history, and delicious flavours of Sardegna, from Cagliari to Alghero. 🏰🍷

Tour dates:

September 4-12, 2025

Limited spots available, don’t miss out! ✨

15/01/2025

In Cucina with Massimo Episode 1 🇮🇹

Today’s dish: Risotto al Pomodoro 🍅

Ingredients:
- Carnaroli Rice (500g)
-2L of vegetable / chicken stock
-butter (cold)
-1 bottle of tomato passata
-one handful of fresh tomatoes
-garlic clove
-olive oil
-LOOOOT of parmigiano

Let me know if you give this a go in the comments! 💬

13/01/2025

Our Puglia tour is SOLD OUT! 🚨

Don’t worry — 2026 dates are coming soon! Stay tuned to join me to experience the beauty, culture, and flavours of Puglia 🌿

24/06/2024

Love this, always a great pleasure to visit Siena Experience Italian Hub great partners of our Massimo Bruno & friends Tuscany tour 2024

11/05/2024

09/05/2024

Signore, questo e’ per voi - Ladies this is for you!

You might heard from me through newsletter or IG stories about this great tour my wife is hosting in September.

Our first tour of this kind happened in 2005, I designed the itinerary and Marnee as the coach, with a program that she created, we took 6 woman to experience the beauty of Tuscany, but it was much more then that. Italy was the classroom where Marnee made them discover their inner beauty and personal transformation. Julie, Leslie, Mason, Eden, Marlene, Allison had major life changes after this tour.

We took a long break, a wedding, start of a new family, start few business, moving not moving, 750 supper clubs but now we live in the classroom and Marnee is back with more passion to share this program with more woman on a very exclusive and intimate group.

The tour will start in Florence, Val D’Orcia and Siena. It’s for all the woman who are seeking more connection, clarity, confidence and purpose.
I’m so proud of my wife and her true passion
We have 5 spots for this once in a lifetime journey.
Contact me or for more details.

15/04/2024

17/01/2024

Spaghetti all’assassina - assasin spaghetti has been the hottest dish in the past 10 years in Bari, created at a popular restaurant(that’s what they say) in Bari.
Spaghetti all’assassina nowadays are easy to find anywhere in the province of Bari. For me this was one of the best: perfect consistency - not too saucy - done with raw pasta start - fresh tomatoes 🍅 added as well - good amount of olive oil enough to lubricate your entire body - perfect peperoncino and charred. Most of all, it was done at a local restaurant in my birth town of Bitritto, a mom and pop place where my family is going for years. It’s the extension of our living room, not pretentious at all, owners and family are always there. There is a sense of comfort that all makes us feel at home. A place you don’t go to feel like a judge in another cooking 🥘 show since nowdays we’re all philosopher of food, and let me tell you for someone who tried few restaurant, we’re so full of sheet most of the time. We love trend, we love talk about food food food and we forget to just relax and eat and shut up sometime.
I loved this dish because I had no intention to write about it but he gave me something enough to feel inspired.
I think finding your mom and pop comfort restaurant will always be cool.
Do you have one? Share it with me? I’m always interested in that.
Let me work on the freaking hashtags now