Detailed course itinerary
If you are looking for a fun and lively Italian cooking holiday set in beautiful Sorrento where you can learn how to create delicious classic Italian dishes from professional Italian chefs then this Italian cookery and gelato-making holiday is for you.
You’ll spend 4 nights in the family run 3* bed and breakfast, set in beautiful gardens with citrus groves and exotic Mediterranean flowers and plants. Your accommodation is based just a short distance from the beautiful Italian coast line where you will be free to soak up the southern Italian sunshine or visit the Island of Capri.
You will learn from an expert chef how to cook delicious Italian food and will be using simple and fresh ingredients, sourced locally to create Neapolitan and Mediterranean specialities that any Italian Nonna would be proud to put her name to.
This cookery holiday covers all the elements, from demonstration to hands on and most importantly the tasting! You will learn how to complete a full menu right the way from il antipasto, starter to il dolce, the dessert focusing on traditional gelato learning to combine the right flavours and to get the perfect texture. You will then get to sit and enjoy the delicious food you have made.
Using only the most authentic techniques and ingredients, you will be encouraged to take notes so you can recreate these superb Italian delicacies when you get home.
This informal and relaxed Italian cooking school in Sorrento, Italy is the perfect place to hone your Italian cooking skills from professionals as you go learn to cook on this Italian cookery and gelato making holiday with a difference.
Suitability
- Suitable for all levels from beginner cooks to advanced chefs
- Minimum age 18 (under 18s accepted accompanied by an adult)
- All classes are taught in both Italian and English
- This course is on request but we can usually accommodate your requirements, to check availability, call us on 08445020445 or email us on hello@golearnto.com with your preferred dates as well as any accommodation needs you have and someone will get back to you very quickly
Italian Cookery And Gelato Making Holiday Start Days and Schedule
- This course starts every day of the week
- Cooking classes usually start around 4.30pm
- Please note that there are no lessons on Sundays, so if you arrive on Thursday, Friday or Saturday you will have your first lesson on the day of arrival at 4.30pm
Italian Cookery And Gelato Making Holiday Itinerary
Day 1
- You may check-in to the Bed and breakfast between 12pm and 8.30pm
- The afternoon and evening are free
- Please note there are no lessons on Sunday so if you are arriving on Thursday, Friday or Saturday you will have your lesson on the day of arrival at 4.30pm
Day 2, 3 and 4
- Enjoy breakfast at the hotel
- The morning and evening are free
- Your cooking lesson starts at 4.30pm and finishes around 7.30pm
- Once you’ve cooked, you’ll sit down to enjoy the food you have cooked
- Please note there are no lessons on Sunday
Day 5
- After breakfast guests are asked to check-out of their rooms 10.30am ready for departure taking home with them new cooking skills from Sorrento
About The cooking School
- Head chef Biagio worked in a number of different Italian restaurants worldwide and he also ran his own restaurants in Naples and Sorrento before setting up this cooking school in the early 1990's
- This is a truly family business and Biagio's son Agostino also teaches guests how to cook with his own sense of fun and charm as he teaches you how to practically recreate the dishes once you head home
- Depending on the size of the group, you'll be taught by either Biagio or Agostino or if you are lucky, both of them!
- Palmeira may also be on hand to assist in the kitchen and to guide you through each lesson
- Biagio's wife, sons and daughters also all work and help run the cooking school and accommodation
What Will I Learn?
- You'll learn how to prepare a different full Italian meal each day
- The focus on the classes will be on simple food from the Neapolitan and Mediterranean regions and you'll be learning to cook food that will be enjoyed by all of the cooking class as well as the guests of the on-site bed and breakfast so you can bask in the delight of others sampling your food
- How to select fresh, seasonal produce
- Techniques for dressing the plates
- Making fresh dough for pasta, pizza and bread
Typical Italian Dishes You May Learn To Cook
- Spaghetti (made from scratch) with a simple traditional sauce
- Seabass with parsley
- Ossobucco
- Clams with garlic & wine
- Seafood lasagne
- Different Italian breads
- Gelato
- Cantucci biscuits
- Almond semi-freddo
- Ice cream cakes
Please note that vegetarians can be catered for
Other Italian Cookery Courses
- If this Italian cookery and gelato making course whets your appetite for learning to cook, longer courses and professional courses are also on offer, please follow this link to more courses at this school or email hello@golearnto.com for details
Course Accommodation
- You will be staying in a charming, family run bed and breakfast in the grounds of the cooking school so you can fully immerse yourself in Italian culture and cooking
- Your accommodation is just a short walk from the beautiful coast line
- The bed and breakfast has well appointed twin, double single and dorm rooms all with private bathrooms, air conditioning and central heating
- Free WiFi connection is also available as is use of the reading room and the garden bar (in season)
- You can also enjoy an optional dinner served at the cooking school daily if you wish
- All prices are based on two persons sharing the twin/double standard rooms, single rooms can be booked for a supplement, email hello@golearnto.com or call 08445020445 for details
Free time in Sorrento
Sorrento is a fantastic location as it is perfectly placed to visit all of the surrounding areas, the beautiful countryside of Campania, the incredible Amalfi Coast and the archaeological site of Pompeii.
Set on the cliff tops of the bay of Naples that stretched all the way to Mount Vesuvius it is also a perfect place to visit the magical island of Capri.
Excursion to Capri
Excursions from the school to the fabled Island of Capri can be arranged for you by the school and booked in advance. You will be taken directly from the accommodation to the boat where you will sail the Sorrento coast line, you will have 3 hours of free time to visit the island after which you will meet the skipper who will take you on a cruise around the beautiful Island. A packed lunch will be provided by one of the chefs from the school. If you would like to add this excursion then you can do so in the extras section of the booking process.
Want To Stay Longer?
- It is possible to add extra nights accommodation to this Pizza Pasta and Gelato Course, please email hello@golearnto.com or call 08445020445 and we'll help you put your trip together
Go learn to cook Italian pizza, make fresh pasta and finish off your cooking holiday with gelato making the authentic way for a learning holiday with a difference.