Jamie travels through Italy to sample mouth-watering dishes and discover the simple secrets of Italy's best home cooking.

Jamie is high up in the Italian Alps cooking some great comfort food, including dumplings, mind-blowing macaroni cheese, and a classic red wine and sausage risotto.

Jamie visits Basilicata in search of some old school Italian recipes and meets a family of shepherds and an 89-year-old macaroni master.

Jamie returns to cooking the food he loves the most, getting right to heart of the Italian kitchen.

Jamie visits the pizza capital of Italy to learn recipes from the locals and tries acquapazza, fish poached in crazy water.