...With Chef Paolo Monti Euro 1490 per person, 7 nights - all inclusive Convert in US Dollars Cooking Programs Calendar
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A great Tuscan Cooking and Wine vacation in the Heart of Tuscany with Chef Paolo Monti. In this comprehensive "Hands On" cooking and wine tour, you will learn the best of "Tuscan Cooking and living" with 4 exciting italian cooking classes: traditional, Tuscan, pasta and fish Cooking Classes with effervescent Chef Paolo Monti, all together more than 45 recipes! Fish and vegetable market visits, 2 winery visits, excursions to Lucca, Parma, Modena and Siena. - 7 nights full board "All Inclusive" program. |
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Sunday Welcome to Italy!
  
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Check in at Hotel Carignano in Lucca. meet the other participants at 7.00 pm for aperitifs, followed by Welcome Dinner with Chef Paolo Monti. |
Monday - The Main Ingredients and Sauces Class   
 
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9.45 am Hands on cooking lesson with Chef Paolo Monti followed by lunch. This class is very important, we will start with lesson on the origins of the Cucina italiana, the main ingredients, fresh herbs, an Extravirgin Olive Oil seminar, explaining how extravirgin olive oil is made and taste a dozen different olive oils to recognize the differences according to where they are produced. We will then start cooking some of the most important sauces of Italian and Tuscan cooking. Have a light breakfast! because we will make 14 recipes and we will taste all of them ! Afternoon excursion to Lucca and guided tour of the city. Dinner in a typical lucchese restaurant. |
Tuesday - The Fish Class      |
8.00 am Trip to see the fish and vegetable market, for italian vegetables, herbs and fruit, salami and cheeses, but mainly to learn how to recognize fresh fish and less then fresh fish! See different types of fish and what they are used for. Return to the hotel and start the cooking class with italian seafood recipes. Free afternoon , 8.00 pm dinner at La Cantina Di Carignano. |
Wednesday - Prosciutto, Parmigiano and Balsamico Tradizionale di Modena      |
06.15 am Breakfast .06.45 am Trip to Langhirano (Parma) for to visit Bertinelli Parmigiano Reggiano Dairy and a "Prosciutto di Parma" maker, Drive to Modena to visit Acetaia Pedroni and lunch at the "Osteria di Rubbiara " with fresh home made pasta and local specialties, meet the "eccentric" owner! After lunch we visit the barrel rooms where the original "Aceto Balsamico Tradizionale" is made, an ancient tradition going back to the Roman Times...and of course taste it! Return to Lucca for dinner. |
Thursday - “Tuscan Cooking"    
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10.00 am Hands on tuscan cooking class about typical Tuscan Cuisine, we will make crostini ai fegatini, crostini alle melanzane, al pomodoro, Panzanella: the famous tuscan bread salad. We will hand make the local vegetable ravioli and a delicious aromatic meat ragù from Lucca with unusual spices, for main dish Arista di Maiale: loin of pork with typical tuscan herbs. For dessert we will make Cantuccini also know as "Biscotti". Afternoon: free to relax, perhaps with a bicycle trip along the river or free to walkbout in Lucca. Dinner in a typical restaurant. |
Friday - “Visit Siena and Chianti wineries"       |
8,30 am departure for Siena, we stop over in Greve in Chianti to visit this famous village in the Chianti region. Visit a Chianti Castle and its cellars followed by wine tasting and light lunch. After lunch we go to Siena for a guided tour of this beautiful medieval city, famous for the Palio Horse Race. There is time to relax and shop, followed by dinner in a typical restaurant in Siena. Return to Lucca after dinner. |
Saturday - The Risotto, Carpaccio and Scaloppine Class   
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9.30 am the final Cooking Class with Chef Paolo's 4 best risottos, 4 carpaccio, 4 scaloppine and 3 desserts followed by light lunch. Afternoon free. 8.30 pm Graduation Dinner and presentation of certificates. |
| Sunday "Breakfast and Departure" |
| The Cost For the 7 day all inclusive cooking package with hands on Tuscan Cooking, with 4 cooking lessons, all meals, wines and tours included is as follows: Euro 1490,00 per person in double room Single Room Supplement Euro 200 pfor the week . A deposit of Euro 500,00 is required at time of reservation. Balance is due on arrival For scheduled dates please visit Programs Calendar You can reserve also for just one day, minimum 2 persons. Travel agents are welcome, groups are welcome, please visit day classes - Cooking Programs Every Month
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