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The cost


for the 9 nights package with all meals, wines and tours included costs: €2390 per person in double room. Single room surcharge is € 45 per night - All air tickets and transfers to and from the airport are an additional cost, the cooking and wine tour is subject to a minimum number of participants.

The Cooking and Wine Tour includes:


-9 nights in 3 star superior and 4 star hotels in full board, beverages with meals included,

- 5 practical cooking lessons of Italian Cuisine in Tuscany, Emilia-Romagna, Liguria and Piemontedelicious gourmet recipes with pasta, fish, meat, desserts - both traditional and modern recipes.

- The italian recipes selected are surprisingly easy to prepare, at the same time of great effect and taste.

- The course is based on learning "Instinctive Cooking" with the use of fresh herbs and the freshest ingredients.

The course includes also :

- Excursions to Siena, The Chianti Wine production area, Barolo Wine production area

- Visits to Prosciutto di Parma, Parmigiano Reggiano and Balsamic Vinegar production facilities in the Parma area .

Excursion to the Cinque Terre villages by boat weather permitting

I hope to be able to share my love and passion for Cucina Italiana with you and look forward to receiving your inquiries and reservations, until then...

 

Buon Appetito!

The Programs


Day 1 “Welcome Dinner”

Arrival and Check in at Hotel Carignano in Lucca, Welcome dinner Tuscan Style in the hotel’s restaurant

Day 2 "Tuscan Specialties"

10.00 am Cooking class with Chef Paolo Monti at Hotel Carignano, Lucca.
3 pm guided tour of Lucca a beautiful ancient walled city, Dinner with original Tuscan specialties.

Day 3

Excursion to the Chianti winery area near Siena, wine tasting in historic wineries in Radda in Chianti with snacks. Afternoon Guided tour of Siena, short tuscan cooking class with chef Serena and Dinner

Day 4

8.00 am departure with a stop in Florence for a guided tour of main important monuments lunch on their own. 3.00 pm Departure for Parma, Check into the hotel and Proceed to Langhirano for a short cooking class followed by dinner at the Castello di Torrechiara with Chef Giancarlo at the Taverna del Castello

Day 5

Early morning departure to visit a Parmigiano Reggiano Dairy to see all the stages of the making of this wonderful cheese and tasting of the finished product and visit a “Prosciutto di Parma” producer. Short trip to Modena to visit an “Acetaia” to see the production of Balsamic vinegar “di Modena” and “Aceto Balsamico Tradizionale” dinner in Parma.

Day 6

Departure for “ Barolo Wine Country, Check into Hotel, Visit Marchesi di Barolo Winery, and wine tasting Light lunch. Afternoon Cooking with chef Alessandro Sampò and dinner

Day 7

10,00 am Cooking class with chef Alessandro Sampò and lunch, Afternoon visit Cantine Massolino and Barnbaresco winery and dinner

Day 8 Cooking class “Portovenere and the Cinque Terre”

8.30 am Departure for Portovenere. Check baggage into the hotel, then board the boat (weather permitting) to the Cinque Terre villages. We will go directly to Monterosso for wine tasting and light lunch. At 3 pm board the boat to visit Vernazza and Manarola. Return to Portovenere. Dinner with Chef Paolo Monti at the Hotel Royal Sporting .

Day 9

10,00 am Visit the Fish Market in La Spezia followed by a fish Cooking Class with Chef Paolo Monti,
Free Afternoon
Dinner at the Hotel Royal Sporting

Day 10 "Breakfast and Departure"