La Grande Bagna di Cortandone

Why it's special

Few Pro Loco dinners in the Asti hills have run this long: the Cortandone bagna cauda reached its 60th edition in 2026, and with four weekends of sittings it's one of the easiest to fit into a November visit.

Programme · 2026

60th edition, 'La Bagna della pace'. Run by the Pro Loco di Cortandone; booking required.

• Booking is required for every sitting: Saturday is dinner, Sunday is lunch.
• Contact the Pro Loco on +39 333 9423685 or prolococortandone2025@gmail.com.
• The Pro Loco is in Piazza Sant'Antonio Abate, in the centre of the village.

The Pro Loco of Cortandone, a small village in the hills north-west of Asti, has been cooking bagna cauda every November for sixty years. The hot dip of anchovies, garlic and olive oil comes to the table with raw and cooked vegetables, and the sittings run across all four weekends of the month: dinner on Saturday, lunch on Sunday.

It's a proper village dinner rather than a restaurant meal, so book ahead with the Pro Loco. The year's weekends are above. For more bagna cauda through the season, see Bagna Cauda Day in and around Asti.