featured press

La Tavola Marche - Featured Press: 

Cover Story: 12 Gourmet Adventures
The Best Culinary Experiences in
Le Marche
Lonely Planet Italy Guide 2023

GÅ Matkurs PÅ Semestern  |
Go Cooking Class This Semester

The Best Cooking Courses & Food Tours
in Italy
Worlds Best Bucket List Cooking Schools
Under the Marche Sun By Bob Guccione Jr.
The 10 Greatest Holidays in Italy for
Food and Wine
Italian Cooking Schools
Learn to Cook on Your Italian Vacation
Get Your Hands Dirty on the Farm
Top 10 Quirky Food Adventures
How to Vacation Your Way to A Better You
The Italian Bucket List: 25 Things to Do Before you Die
12 Incredible Culinary Experiences for
Every Season
New Italian Cooking Schools
The BEST 100 Holidays
30 Best Autumn Escapes
Cooking Schools Worth Their Salt
The Good Life
From the US with Love... Cooking in Italy
photos of the farm, inn & cooking classes
videos

Videos:

Fact Sheet:​

We are Ashley and Jason Bartner, two expats who at the age of 26 years old traded Brooklyn for the deep Italian countryside nearly 20 years ago! We’ve turned a centuries-old farmhouse into La Tavola Marche, a culinary hub where the table is the center of the world. Our mission is to share with our guests the 'true soul' of Italy through a slow and immersive travel philosophy—which is why we’ve been featured in National Geographic Traveller's Culinary Collection cover story as a premiere destination for travelers seeking purposeful, seasonal, and wildly authentic food experiences in 2026.

 
We specialize in deep-dive heritage experiences—from whole-hog butchery to wild foraging—that connect travelers to the '99% of Italy' that remains authentic and off the beaten path while staying in a 500 year-old farmhouse agriturismo. 

If you are willing to muddy your feet, we’ll guide you off the beaten path where you will see Italy at its roots.

We combine searching for the best seasonal local ingredients, hands-on cooking classes, and the conviviality of the table to help you connect with the people through their food, culture, and land.
Quick glance at our workshops:

Story Ideas

  • Why family farm vacations are the new summer camp!
  • Best Culinary Escapes
  • Expat life: 20 years living and working in Italy
  • VisitItaly.com initiative to visit the other 99% of Italy
  • Slow & Immersive Travel Destinations 

Guest on the following Podcasts:

Our "Expat Entrepreneur" StoryFeatured In: 

When New York is Bringing You Down...

It could be time to find inspiration elsewhere...
Read More
​

Share Your Italian Story

Talking Life in Le Marche with Ashley Bartner.
Read More
​

Get Your Hands Dirty on the Farm

When New Yorkers Ashley Bartner, now 34, and her husband Jason, 35, quit their jobs and moved to a farm in Italy in 2007, they knew they’d be starting from scratch.
Read More
​

Doing Business in Italy

Ashley and Jason Bartner decide to leave their American life behind to start a business in Italy. It wasn't so easy.
Read More
​

So You Want to Own & Run a Bed & Breakfast in Italy?

Jason and Ashley are now using their decade of experience owning a hospitality business in Italy to coach and teach other expat couples who dream of moving to Italy to run their own B&B...
Read More
​

Expat Lives: The US to Italy

When American newlyweds Ashley Bartner visited Italy on honeymoon in the spring of 2006, her life was about to change more than she ever expected.
Read More
​

Inspiring Global Entrepreneurs

Discover how to successfully set up and run your dream business in a foreign country.
Read More
​