Contact Page - Mediterranean Cooking Course in Italy

Italian Culinary Institute:
The following short culinary course based on Mediterranean Cuisine is not currently available at ICI, but please contact us below regarding our range of updated, related short courses in Southern Italy.

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Italian Culinary Institute (ICI) is one of Europe's finest cooking schools where beginner to advanced level cooks study under world-renowned master chefs in the heart of Southern Italy (ICI courses are based in Copanello, just 5 minutes from the beautiful seaside town of Soverato in the famous Calabria region, and 90 minutes north of Sicily). We provide a wide range of 1-week full immersion culinary arts programs in English or Italian, including our popular Advanced Mediterranean Cuisine course - for professional chefs, culinary instructors, culinary arts students, and serious home cooks.

Advanced Mediterranean Cuisine
Course Duration: 1 week
The intensive course combines several aspects of modern restaurant cuisine, baking, decoration and cultural travel during one week of full immersion. Several areas of the menu are prepared and presented including perfect base sauces, pastas and vegetarian and Mediterranean cuisine.

Considering Regional Italian Cuisine's dominating influence in the world's top restaurants, this program focuses on techniques to develop innovative food preparation.

Current Courses for 2022 / 2023:

Professional Italian Cooking Courses - taught in English or Italian:

3-month culinary immersion course:
• Master of Italian Cuisine

2-week culinary immersion course:
• The Evolution of Italian Cuisine

1-week culinary immersion courses:
• Foundation of Italian Cuisine
• Traditional Italian Charcuterie
• Artisan Italian Cheese Making
• Pastry, Desserts and Gelato
• Pizza Focaccia and Specialty Breads, Artisan Baking