Italy’s number one pasta, Barilla, has been cooking up a veritable storm in the lead up to the opening of Casa Barilla. This new culinary centre for all-things Italian will house the inaugural Barilla Cooking School along with the CIRA Cooking School, run by the Council of Italian Restaurants in Australia. Casa Barilla will fire up the burners, rattle the pots, "butta la pasta" (throw on the pasta) and swing open its doors on April 8, 2008 with a line up of events that will satiate even mamma's appetite! The venue will be fitted out with a customised SMEG kitchen featuring state-of-the-art equipment.