Course itinerary
This informal and relaxed one day Italian cooking course is ideal for both ‘good’ and ‘bad’ cooks everywhere who want to achieve the fabled status of a becoming a genuine chef.
You will learn from an expert chef how to cook delicious and simple rustic Italian food including learning how to prepare and cook typical Neapolitan and Mediterranean specialities, including making pastry.
This cooking class is part hands-on, part demonstration, part note taking and part eating the Italian food you have prepared.
This school focuses on simple, healthy Italian food using local produce, and you will learn to cook in the clean and spacious hotel kitchen.
Suitability
- Suitable for all levels
- Minimum age 10
- All classes are taught in both Italian and English
Class Start Days and Schedule
- Classes run on selected dates throughout the year and last 3 hours
- This course is part hands-on, part demonstration, part note taking and part tasting and eating the food
- This course is on request but we can normally accommodate your requirements, to check availability, call us or email with your requirements and any accommodation needs you have and someone will get back to you very quickly
About Your Chefs
- Depending on the size of the group, you'll either be taught by Head Chefs Palmira or Biagio, or if you are lucky, both of them!
- Palmira has always had a great passion for cooking, which started when she was 8 years old helping her mamma to cook traditional Italian dishes in the kitchen
- Palmira has over 10 years experience working with Biagio, and has put all of her fantastic experience into practice by now becoming the head chef for the cookery school
- She will teach you how to cook with a sense of fun and charm as she shows you how to practically recreate the dishes once you head home
- Biagio has 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
What Will I Learn?
- How to prepare a full Italian meal
- 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
- How to create a delicate pastry
Typical Italian Dishes You May Learn To Cook
Please note that menus change daily according to the season
- Spaghetti (made from scratch) with a simple pungent sauce
- Seabass with parsley
- Ossobusco
- 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
Extra Cooking Courses
- If this half day course description whets your appetite for learning to cook, longer courses and residential courses are also on offer please go to 'Other courses at this school' tab
- You can select extra days cookery at the time of booking from the extras section
- There are no cooking courses given on a Sunday
On Site Optional Accommodation – Hotel Soleluna
- This cooking school also boasts a hotel accommodation where you can stay for any length of time during your holiday to fully immerse yourself in Italian culture and cooking
- The kitchen is located in the same building as the hotel, so is the perfect way to combine cooking and comfort
- Rooms are very affordable and range from dorm beds to private single, double, triple or quad rooms on a bed and breakfast basis
- To see more details, click on the 'course overview' tab to read more
- Rooms vary in price depending on availability and dates of travel. To request a room and to check availability for the cooking course and the accommodation, please email or use our 'live chat' service now as we can check availability for you instantly.
Go learn to cook authentic Italian dishes in a modern hotel kitchen and share your passion for food with others on this half day cooking course