Detailed course itinerary

If you are looking for a true Italian cooking holiday focusing on the classic Italian dishes then this pizza, pasta and gelato making cookery holiday is for you.

You’ll spend 2 nights in the family run 3* bed and breakfast, set in beautiful gardens. 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.

During your cooking classes you’ll learn to cook pizza in a conventional oven so you can easily recreate the pizza back home for your friends and family or just for yourself!

Taught by professionals, you'll spend your first day learning how to ‘throw’ pizza bases in order to get the perfect texture as well as mastering the art of delicious and simple fresh pasta that any Italian grandmother would be proud of, and a mouth-watering variety of sauces to accompany it.

The second day is dedicated to the frozen masterpiece, gelato. You’ll spend a couple of hours learning to make traditional gelato, ice cream cakes and sorbetti  using the best technique and combination of flavours to capture the lightness of this wonderful Italian delicacy.

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 pizza, pasta and gelato for a learning holiday with a difference.

This pizza, pasta and gelato holiday course is exclusive to GoLearnTo.com and proved so popular, it was featured in the Observer newspaper, click on the link to read the full article and find out more.


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 with your preferred dates and someone will get back to you very quickly

Pizza, Pasta & Gelato Making Cookery Holiday Start Days and Schedule
- Course arrival days are Monday to Friday and Sunday 
- If you are arriving on Friday you will have your classes on the day of departure at 11.30am
- Your first day of cooking lasts between 2-3 hours as you focus on pizza & pasta
- Your second day focuses on gelato and lasts around 2 hours
- Cooking classes usually start around 11.30am

Pizza, Pasta & Gelato Making Cookery Holiday Itinerary
Day 1
- You may check-in to the Bed and breakfast between 12pm and 8.30pm
- The afternoon and evening are free
- For arrivals on Friday, you will have your lessons on Saturday and the day of departure at 11.30am

Day 2 and 3
- Enjoy breakfast at the hotel
- The morning and evening are free
- Your cooking lesson starts at 11.30am and finishes around 12.30pm
- You’ll focus on learning to make a Pizza and Pasta
- Once you’ve cooked, you’ll sit down to enjoy the food you have cooked
- Please note that if you are arriving on Friday there are no lessons on Sunday, so your lessons will take place on the day of departure.

Day 4
- After breakfast guests are asked to check-out of their rooms by 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 spend your first day learning to make the perfect pizza base and fresh pasta as well as a variety of fresh traditional toppings and sauces
- Pizza will be made in a conventional oven so that you learn the skills to make pizza back home (note: if you want to learn to make pizza in a wood oven, we recommend our week long pizza making course)
-  On your second day you’ll learn all about the ingredients essential for making the perfect gelato, semi freddo and gelato cakes
- Then it’s onto using the ice cream making machines and learning the techniques needed to create your own unique flavours

Other Italian Cooking Courses
- If this pizza, pasta & gelato making holiday whets your appetite for learning to cook, longer Italian cooking courses, pizza making weeks using a wood oven and dedicated ice cream making courses for gelato enthusiasts are also on offer, please click on the ‘view other courses at this school’ link or email for more information
- If you want to stay for extra days in the accommodation you are welcome and an additional day cooking class can also be added, just email or call us to chat through what you’d like to do – we’ll be happy to help

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, singles can book single rooms for a small supplement, email or call 0845 625 0445 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?
- There are other courses available in longer durations that include extra cooking: This course with 4 Nights accommodation or Italian cookery, 3 days lessons and 4 nights accommodation
- Or it is possible to add extra nights accommodation to this Pizza Pasta and Gelato Holiday, please email 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.