Location:

Catanzaro, Italy

Program Type:

Study Abroad

Degree Level:

Undergraduate

Term:

Winter Semester, Year Round

Program Overview

Program Description:

ICI presents Italy's most advanced culinary programs for professional chefs, pastry chefs, students, serious home cooks & epicureans. ICI's in-depth courses cover every area of cuisine, baking, gelato and patisserie. All programs focus on innovative preparations and techniques to produce new menus, production lines and dishes. Attention is given to gustatory perception, flavor assemblies, express cooking, seasonal menu planning, plate art and modern alimentary standards for healthier eating.

The program integrates culinary training with academic studies and field experience using advanced cooking techniques, topics of contemporary significance, food science, aesthetics, and sensory perception as frameworks. Master of Italian Cuisine is an examination of taste, ingredients, and flavoring techniques. Participants research and prepare Italian regional menu items as well as complete an intensive analysis of the principles of Italian cuisine while cooking in a real restaurant setting.

All Inclusive from arrival to departure: -Lessons, recipe & technique books & all costs at ICI & planned excursions. (300+ hrs. full immersion + weekly cultural travel) -Accommodations in a 3 Star hotel (89 Nts.) -All meals, wines & bottled water included -90 continental breakfasts -90 lunches -90 dinners -Ground transfers including airport transfers -Master's Award, ICI; Diploma of Excellence, ICF; Sommelier Certificate -ICI Chef's Coat -Pasta machine -Set of knives -Sommelier tools -Tax and gratuities

Setting Description:

Work alongside English speaking master chefs in Italy's most stunning location in Calabria and discover the flavors, colors, techniques and gastronomy that exist only here. A region's gastronomy is based on culture and microclimate, its cuisine on technique. ...and so we've chosen this setting bristling with pristine beaches, citrus groves, vineyards, olive orchards, and medieval hilltop towns and fishing villages as the perfect place to finely tune culinary arts...

Cost:

EURO 9995 Includes all expenses from the time of arrival to departure including course, accommodations, all meals, ground transfers, cultural travel and much more!