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Italian Culinary Institute, English-speaking Cooking Courses in Southern Italy:
Are you searching for quality summer cooking courses in Italy? Located in the Calabria region of Southern Italy, The Italian Culinary Institute (ICI) is a professional chef training school providing a range of full-immersion culinary programs in summer and year-round. Taught in English or Italian, our Italian cooking courses are ideal for those wishing to experience authentic Italian cooking and enjoy a holiday of a lifetime. Our cooking school is located in Copanello, 5 minutes from the beautiful Mediterranean seaside town of Soverato.

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Recognized as Italy's top culinary academy, and considered among the most important in Europe, ICI is situated at the tip of the Italian peninsula just north of Sicily. Our intensive courses are designed specifically for professionals, and focus on techniques that are continually being developed through our participation in international culinary competitions.

Short Italian Cooking Courses - Taught in English or Italian
Available in Summer & Year-Round

Each program includes quality hotel accommodation, meals with wine, course materials, culinary travel, market visits, and more, including special dinners in the regions' finest restaurants!

• The Evolution of Italian Cuisine: (2 weeks, full immersion - Professional Culinary & Baking Program, Classic & Modern Italian Regional Cuisine, Specialty Breads, Pizza, Focaccia, Desserts, Cheesemaking & Visit to Sicily).

• Foundation of Italian Cuisine: (1 week, full immersion - Culinary & Baking Program, Classic & Modern Italian Regional Cuisine, Specialty Breads, Pizza and Focaccia).

• Traditional Italian Charcuterie: (1 week full immersion - Curing Meats, Sausage Making & Artisanal Salami Classical Methods and Modern Techniques for Naturally Preserving Foods).

• Pastry, Desserts and Gelato: Tradition & Evolution (1 week, full immersion - Combining traditional Italian cuisine & modern Italian pastry, desserts, and artisanal gelato).

• Pizza Focaccia and Specialty Breads, Artisan Baking (1 week, full immersion - Combining Traditional & Innovative Hearth Oven Pizza, Classic & Modern Focaccie & Gastronomic Bread making, Natural Yeast Technique).

• Artisan Italian Cheese-Making Course (1 week, full immersion - Classic and Modern Cheeses, Science & Morphology, Machines & Equipment, Creating Personal Cheeses, Merchandising).

ICI also offers a Master of Italian Cuisine course which is a 3-month, full immersion program.


• "You're surrounded by azure blue skies and the sea as you taste, discover and learn about Italian food, history and cooking techniques. You’re not only served up incredibly tasty food every single meal, you get generous hospitality and so much shared knowledge! Definitely a trip to make in this lifetime."
Lace Zhang - Chef, Author, Singapore.