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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Dining
& Nightlife
Eating, Imbibing, Enjoying
Whether it's a visit to some of the hundreds
of museums, ancient churches or marketplaces in our Northern
& Southern locations, passing the evening with soft
music at a trattoria, enjoying family meal, dining at
the most renown restaurants in Europe or dancing the night
away, you're sure to experience the very best that Italy
has to offer...
Italy...where there are a thousand ways to do nothing!!!
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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
(Click here)
Dining & Nightlife
Eating, Imbibing and Nightlife
YOU ARE HERE
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Dining
During a Program at ICI
Lunch: Everyday a participant, or a team of participants, prepare
lunch for everyone attending a program. As in any restaurant or
professional setting, family meal is an important time to discuss
strategy, trade ideas and relax amongst peers. Here, it is also
one of the best and fondest remembered times of the entire experience
especially considered that our participants come from virtually
every country in the world!
Dinner
is Included Every Night of Every Program
The finest restaurants in the region have been selected to ensure
your utmost comfort and pleasure and particular attention has been
given to afford participants with the perfect balance between engagements
and leisure time. After all, whether it be savoring a glass of wine
in a 500 year old castello or eating pizza with buffalo cheese from
a wood burning hearth, Italy is most famous as the place where someone
can do nothing in a thousand different ways!
Besides
offering our participants (and ourselves) elegant, fun evenings,
each restaurant on the itinerary has been chosen as examples of
much of the philosophy that we discuss, and enact, everyday during
the programs. We feel that a crucial part of the learning process
is to experience Italian haute cuisine and traditional fare as patrons.
ALL MEALS
WITH WINES ARE INCLUDED FOR EVERY PROGRAM, EVEN ON WEEKENDS
Free
Time in Calabria
In our southern location, Soverato is a seaside city and a gathering
place for surrounding towns. It is abounding with both artisan shops
and Italy's most renown designers. It offers a vibrant nightlife
of every character: pubs, dance clubs, wine bars, cafes and fine
dining. Let us know when your coming and we'll check the football
schedule as a game is an experience to remember...
The waters
surrounding Calabria are pristine and perfect for swimming in summer
and fall months and especially convenient since ICI is located on
a bluff overlooking the crystal turquoise sea!!!
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Time in Parma
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!
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. Parma is also home to one of
Italy's most popular Series A football leagues.
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Besides offering a break from our full immersion day Pranzo
is an excellent time to trade ideas with participants in other
courses at the institute that arrive from Italy, Europe, Asia
and the Americas. Our "working lunch" includes wines from
all regions of Italy
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Italian dining ambiance is a lesson in variety: simple fun
as in the trattoria above or extreme elegance as the hall
of San Domenico in Sicily below.
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Major
league football and dancing.
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Cooking
is not the only thing that's hot in Italy!
Modena is just minutes from Parma and is home to Ferrari where
you can actually drive this beast!
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Andrea Voltolina
Ice
Carving Classic
6th
Annual Celebration of the Mediterranean Cuisine of Great Greece
