Location:

Florence, Italy

Program Type:

Study Abroad

Degree Level:

Undergraduate

Term:

Academic Year, Fall Semester, Spring Break, Spring Semester, Summer, Year Round

Program Overview

Program Description:

Italian cuisine has become one of the most popular cuisines in the world. There is a rich variety of dishes, using meat, fish, vegetable, bread, pasta, rice, etc. offering not only a rich taste but also a beautiful appearance on the plates, as they are art itself. As even in the finest and most sophisticated Italian recipes the protagonist is the unique taste of each ingredient, it is crucial to learn how to bring it out to its best. At Florence Culinary Art School, you will learn such techniques from Italian top-level chefs. The menu covers a variety of recipes: from traditional to modern dishes, and you will be exposed to the world latest culinary trends, as well as acquire up-to-date information on culinary business practice.

The objective of this course is to thoroughly train professional chefs. Through studying dishes by each region and category, you will acquire high-level cooking skills to bring out the taste of each selected ingredients to its best, and all-round knowledge on Italian cuisine. Cooking class are held at a large kitchen, equipped with restaurant kitchen facilities, and all students will actually practice cooking at every class.

Setting Description:

Course includes: -Cooking Practice -Visit to Cheese production factory -Visit to meat processing facility -Pizza, Bread, Focaccia lesson -Handmade Pasta lesson -Italian regional cuisines -Visit to food wholesaler -Visit to Ham(prosciutto) production factory -Mediterranean cuisine and seafood -Specialized dishes and restaurant training -Visit to Agritourism -Dessert lesson -Salsiccia (Sausage) lesson -Home cooking for professionals -Table coordination lesson -Sommelier training -Visit to the central food market -Italian language course

Cost:

8-weeks 9,400 Euro ¦Costs included in fees Accommodation (room with 2 or 3 beds) Tasting after each lesson Culinary lessons Italian language lessons (15 lessons/week, 1 lesson=45 minutes), Interpreter Procedural fee