Culinary Arts School in Italy

Italian Institute for Advanced Culinary and Pastry Arts:
The Italian Institute for Advanced Culinary and Pastry Arts (ICI) located in Parma, the Emilia-Romagna region of northern Italy, just 87 km from Bologna and 135 km from Florence, was founded to constantly update cooking techniques and menu development for chefs, pastry chefs and bakers in Italy's increasingly competitive environment. Today, the Institute is Italy's top culinary academy and considered among the most important in Europe. We also have a school in Satriano, Calabria in southern Italy. We offer full immersion culinary, baking, pastry and gelato programs for professional chefs, patissier, culinary instructors, advanced students and serious home gourmets. Our Master Courses are designed specifically for professionals and concentrate on highly developed techniques that are continually being developed through the Institute's participation in international culinary competitions. Our full immersion programs cover subjects including cuisine, pastry, gelato and decoration.

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Master Chef John Nocita leads a faculty of more than 20 of Europe's most renowned Culinary and Pastry Masters.

Culinary professionals benefit by being instructed by a faculty of the same chefs who have allowed The Italian Institute for Advanced Culinary Arts to become the center of culinary information in Italy through its' vast resources including:

Italy's center for Culinary Events
*Training Center for the National Pastry Team and Italian Culinary Teams
*Meeting Center for Relais Dessert International
*Italian Headquarters for the Richmond Club
*Headquarters for the Italian Academy of Master Patissier and the Academy of Artisan Gelato Makers
*Tasting Center for the Italian Association of Sommeliers.
*Calabria Base for La Chaine des Rotisseurs

Full Immersion Culinary, Baking, Pastry and Gelato programs for Professional Chefs, Patissier, Culinary Instructors, Advanced Students and Serious Home Gourmets

Programs include:
* 3 month Intensive Master of Italian Cuisine
* 1, 2 and 3 week courses in:
- Evolution and Foundation of Italian Cuisine
- Tradition & Evolution
- Italian Culinary Exploration
- Italian Wines & Haute Cuisine
- Advanced Mediterranean Cuisine
- Pastry, Desserts & Specialty Breads

* All programs are conducted in English

All of our programs always include superior accommodations in a fine hotel, all meals with wines, market visits and special dinners in the regions' finest restaurants.

The Institute is ideally located in 2 locations.

Parma, the Northern city of Art in the Emilia Romagna region of Italy known internationally for its cheeses, wines and fine dining. For your traveling pleasure during free time, we are just minutes from Bologna, Modena and Ferrara and close to the centers of Milan, Venice and Verona!

Calabria, the Mediterannean Dream...Calabria, Italy's Southernmost region, is a land immersed in the clearest blue waters in Italy and located in the heart of the Mediterranean Sea near Sicily. Rich in history, Calabria is bristling with countless medieval fishing towns, Norman castles and Ancient Greek and Roman ruins. Most importantly, it produces many of the world's best olive oils and has spent the past 5000 years perfecting the art of Mediterranean cuisine.

Parma, our Northern Location, is one of Italy's most spectacular Cities of Art located in the heart of the Po Valley, just minutes from Bologna, Modena and Ferrara and close by to Milan, Bergamo, Verona, Cremona, Venice, Padua, Montova and so much more!

Art & Culture:
As a major city, Parma's location allows participants the opportunity to benefit from Italy's cultural treasures without having to travel far with a myriad of museums, food shrines, ancient churches and ruins dating back to ancient Rome.

Gastronomy & Dining:
Parma is in the Emilia Romagna Region is known throughout Italy and the world for having one of the most diversified cuisines anywhere. Thanks to its' ideal position in the fertile Po Valley, today Emilia Romagna remains one of Italy's top producers of DOC cheeses, wines and much more. Restaurants, trattorias, pizzerias and gelaterias of all levels abound in and around the city. Parma is home to the most famous cheese in Italy, Reggiano Parmigiano, Prosciutto di Parma and so much more...

Nightlife, Shopping & Entertainment:
The city of Parma has 200.000 inhabitants. Thanks to a dynamic business sector, several major universities and trans-European tourism, the city is rich in nightlife and offers visitors a wide selection of dance clubs, bars and live music. Parma also hosts a major league soccer team and an active racing circuit as it's neighbor Modena is home to another great Italian delicacy...Ferrari!!!