INFORMATION
SOJOURN, STAFF, LOCATION
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Superior Accommodations
All programs are inclusive of hotel, all meals & wines,
market visits & much more!
Locations
Culture, cuisine, art, nightlife & more!
Facilities
Work with Europe's latest culinary equipment in a real
world setting
All
of our programs and excursions are available for your
association at special group rates.
Culinary
Institutes,
corporations and agents,
click
here
to learn more
about special offers for our partners as well as the
Institutes' custom courses.
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Mediterranean cuisine, buffet, vegetarian, pasta, baking,
hearth breads, desserts and more from the Institute's and
Italy's top culinary professionals.
SERVICES
EDUCATION & CONSULTING
Restaurant, Hotel, Industry
Food, Pastry , Bakery, Gelato, Trade Shows
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Planning a Special Event that requires Master Chefs from Italy?
Our masters travel to every continent presenting haute Italian
dinners, events, demos and expert seminars on Italian and International
Cuisine for restaurants, resorts, hotels, cruise ships, gourmet
shops and trade fairs. E mail
us your plans to find out costs and sample itineraries.
Do you require professional training for your staff or menu development
for authentic Italian and Mediterranean Cuisine?
Whether you already have a successful restaurant, need to update
or are considering a rollout, ICI can assist in full immersion
staff training or to perfect your menu or concept.
E mail us here.
Looking
for an Apprenticeship or Stagiere in Italy?
Learn authentic Italian cuisine from the source. Work alongside
a master following a course. E-mail your resume here
Are
you a restaurateur looking
for a Professional Chef from Italy?
The Italian Institute for Advanced Culinary & Pastry
Arts receives scores of inquiries from both Italian chefs and
restaurant owners around the world who are seeking either permanent
or seasonal positions or consulting services. E mail us here
to inquire.
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Cultural and Gastronomic Travel
Come to ICI and You're here not only for Advanced Culinary
Training but to see and LIVE Italy!!!
Special Excursions, Open Air Markets, Artisan Food Makers
and Winery Visits
Every Program includes travel to either Venice, Florence,
Rome, Sicily, Parma, Bologna and more INCLUDED!!!
...and the area's best open air markets,
wineries and artisan food makers are always part of every
program!
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The following
links are a day by day look our programs.
THESE PAGES ARE UNDER CONSTANT CONSTRUCTION
For a complete description of the courses themselves,
use the links to the left.
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While
your experience here is extreme culinary you will also live
the culture, gastronomy, art and entertainment of what Italy is.
You've made us the largest culinary Institute in Italy and we thank
you for it every time we have you.
Saluti e Buon Appetito!
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EASY NAVIGATION FOR A LOOK AT OUR COMPREHENSIVE PROGRAMS
The
Evolution of Italian Haute Cuisine
The Foundation of Italian Regional Cuisine, Tastings and Base
Preparations, Extra Virgin Olive Oils and Vinegars, Pasta, pasta,
pasta, Antipasti, Mediterranean, Vegetarian and Alternative Cuisine,
'Cucina Espressa'
(Click here)
Cheese
Making, Curing Meats & Seafood, Pickling
Farm Visit and Selecting Livestock, Meat, Fish and Vegetable Fabrication,
Sausage and Prosciutto Making
(Click here)
Patissier
& Gelato
Advanced Techniques for Pastry, Cakes, Desserts, Petit Fours,
Chocolate, Sugar and Gelato
(Click here)
Professional
Cooking and Wines
Advanced Techniques during Hands-on Real Life Cooking Executions
(Click here)
Artisan
and Hearth Baking
Focaccia, Pizza, Grissini, Specialty Breads and more...
(Click here)
Cultural
and Gastronomic Travel
Special Excursions, Open Air Markets, Artisan Food Makers
and Winery Visits
YOU ARE HERE
Dining & Nightlife
Eating, Imbibing and Nightlife
(Click here)
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Special
Excursions
Culture
is one of the most important elements that distinguishes a chef
from a great chef. This is how a culinarian is able to recognize
and KNOW where food comes from and the history from whence it came...
Just
knowledge is a product of culture, culture itself is acquired, in
gran part, from travel. Therefore, as part of every program at the
Italian Institute for Advanced Culinary and Pastry Arts (ICI), participants
travel with master chefs to different regions in Italy where they
are guided on an educational and entertaining journey that always
culminates in a food and wine Fest!
In our
Northern location, participants travel to some (or ALL in the Master's
program) of the nearby cities of Venice, Florence, Bologna, Ferrara,
Verona, Parma and more. In the Southern location, we travel to Taormina
and Messina, Sicily, the Amalfi Coast, Rome with Master
students visiting all of them!
Open
Air Markets
A typical Italian open air market offers culinarians
an insight to the country's most traditional aspects as well as an
opportunity to browse foods, cheeses, wines and cured meats that are
still produced by artisans. Participants compare and taste the difference
between these products to those of the industrial sector.
Besides
being educational, visitors have the opportunity to shop, not as
a tourist, but as an Italian. In addition to great food and wine,
Italy also has some of the best fashion available in the world and
mercatino houses treasures at a fraction of the cost of retail stores.
Market
visits are scheduled every week of every program at the Italian Institute
for Advanced Culinary and Pastry Arts (ICI) and continues to be a
highlight of the exceptional culinary and cultural experience...
Artisan
Food Makers and Winery Visits
Our
masters constantly instill in our participants that it's imperative
for a culinary professional to know quality products from the source.
Hence, every program includes visits to wineries and specialty food
makers including cheese, cured meats, preserves, pickling and more.
These
visits have participants not only watching but many times working
alongside professional food artisans. Rather than just being a 'tour',
these visits are designed in a way to guide our students through
every phase of production including detailed scientific and gastronomic
information usually privy to only those producers.
Visits
are always concluded with a tasting of each specialty and wine with
a final synopsis of flavor presented by a master chef...
Click
here
to proceed to the next page of a day by day look at our latest course.
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Venice,
Italy's, and the World's most spectacular cities of art remains
one of the travel highlights of the Master's program.
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Culinary
superstars Chef John Folse and Sardine Factory owner Bert
Cutino at the olive harvest in Calabria.
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The
open air markets in Calabria and Parma are called mercatino.
They are a gastronome's paradise...
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The
Lento family, owners of Lento Vineyards, at their 16th century
Renaissance Villa in Ciro`... perfect hosts and perfect wines.
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High
tech meets an ancient tradition in Italian cheese making and
has rendered its products among the most important in the
world.
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Andrea Voltolina
Ice
Carving Classic
6th
Annual Celebration of the Mediterranean Cuisine of Great Greece
