Course itinerary
This Italian cookery holiday is ideal if you are looking for a fun and lively cooking holiday set in beautiful Sorrento where you can learn the secrets of mouth-watering home cooked Italian dishes.
You’ll spend 7 nights in the comfortable 4* hotel Soleuna in Sorrento, where your cookery lessons will also take place in the modern kitchen. Your accommodation is based just a few minutes from the beautiful Italian coast line where you will be free to soak up the southern Italian sunshine or visit the Island of Capri.
Over 5 days you will learn from an expert chef in the fun and friendly atmosphere, cooking delicious Italian food 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! You will be encouraged to take notes so you can recreate these superb Italian delicacies when you get home.
This cookery holiday covers all the elements from hands on cookery authentic recipes and demonstration sessions, and most importantly, the tasting! You will learn how to complete a full Italian menu right from antipasto to dessert including spaghetti, fresh pasta, seafood and delicious Neapolitan patisseries.
After each lesson you will sit and enjoy the delicious food you have prepared with other guests on the outdoor terrace or in the kitchen, a great opportunity to taste your handy-work as well as meeting new people whilst gaining a complete understanding of the true Italian culture.
This informal and relaxed Italian cooking school in Sorrento, Italy is the perfect place to hone your rustic Italian cooking skills on this 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 with your preferred dates as well as any accommodation needs you have and someone will get back to you very quickly
Italian Cookery Holiday Start Days and Schedule
- The cookery lessons run every day of the week except Sunday
- Cooking classes usually start around 4.30pm
- Please note that there are no lessons on Sundays
Italian Cookery Holiday Itinerary
This is an example itinerary (exact days and times of your cookery lessons will be confirmed on arrival but are usually at 4.30pm)
Day 1
- You may check-in to the hotel Soleuna anytime from 2pm
- The afternoon and evening are free for you to spend at your leisure
- Please note that there are no lessons on Sundays, so if you arrive on Thursday, Friday or Saturday your exact lesson days will be confirmed on arrival
Day 2 to 6 (note: no cooking lessons on Sundays)
- Enjoy breakfast at the hotel
- The morning and evening are free for your leisure
- Your cooking lessons start at 4.30pm and finish around 7.30pm
- Once you’ve cooked, you’ll sit down to enjoy the food you have cooked in a relaxed and friendly environment
Day 7 – Free time
- After breakfast you will have the day free to explore the local area or relax at the coast
- Sorrento is perfectly placed to visit all of the surrounding areas, the beautiful countryside of Campania, Amalfi Coast and the archaeological site of Pompeii, the bay of Naples and Mount Vesuvius not forgetting the magical island of Capri
Day 8 - Departure
- 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
- 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
- Biagio's wife, sons and daughters also all work and help run the cooking lessons which give the classes are really traditional feel
What Will I Learn?
- You'll learn how to prepare a different full Italian meal each day from days 2-6
- The focus on the classes will be on simple home cooked rustic 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
- How to select fresh, seasonal produce
- Techniques for dressing the plates
- Making fresh dough for pasta, pizza and bread
- How to use the gelato machines, a demonstration of the gelato making process and will learn how to select and create your own flavours
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 but you must mention this during the booking process
Your Accommodation – Hotel Soleluna
- You will be staying in a comfortable 4* hotel in Sorrento, the Hotel Soleluna, and your cookery classes will take place in the hotel kitchen meaning you can fully immerse yourself in Italian culture and cooking
- Your accommodation is a short walk from the beautiful beach and warm Mediterranean sea
- The hotel has 9 rooms in total, including 1 single room, 3 twin/double rooms, 3 triple / quadruple rooms and 1 low cost room
- All bedrooms are simply furnished with air conditioning, have a bathroom with a shower, satellite TV and internet access
- Accommodation is included for 7 nights / 8 days
- Check in any time between 11am - 8pm on day 1 and check out by 10.30am on day 8
- All prices are based on two persons sharing the twin/double standard rooms, single rooms can be booked for a supplement, email or call 08445020445 for details
Meals
- Breakfast is served each morning and includes seasonal fresh fruit, homemade croissants and fruit marmalade, fresh bread rolls served alongside butter, milk, yogurt, muesli, cereals, provolone cheese and prosciutto ham
- You will also have your choice of coffee Cappuccino, espresso etc. or mineral water and fruit juice with your breakfast
- Depending on the time of your cookery lessons you will enjoy the delicious food you have prepared lunch or dinner, this will be enjoyed in a group setting with your fellow chefs, and the other guests on the cookery course at the hotel
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
- You can pre-book an optional excursion to Capri by boat which is organised by the hotel
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 cookery holiday, please email or call 08445020445 and we'll help you put your trip together
Go learn to cook delicious authentic Italian dishes for a true understanding of Italian cuisine, culture and fun on this cookery holiday with a difference