Italian themed birthday cake

Today I had the opportunity to make a birthday cake for an Italian man turning 88 (wow). It was requested that the cake reflect Italian food because it is his favorite. I started with a white cake with chocolate filling. I then would add a red and white checkered table cloth that would resemble as if the cake was a table with food on top. This is how it started:

I carefully layed each one following my pattern on my fondant mat. I then draped it across the top of the cake.

The next step was to start adding the decorations I made previously this week so they had a chance to harden.

The olives, single French bread and wine glasses were put on a dozen cupcakes along with the Italian flag. 

The rest would go on the cake. The wine glasses were painted silver and then colored to get the wine look in them. 

Here are the completed cupcakes with their fondant toppers and cake. 

The spaghetti sauce was made with strawberry preserves and food coloring along with green sprinkles for spices and shaved white chocolate for Parmesan. The olive oil and spices were made with piping gel with added food coloring. I made fondant pieces look like wood for the bottom border. I made the fondant light brown then painted it with a vodka and brown gel color mixture. All the decorations are fondant.