Italian Cooking School in Italy: cookery classes in Bologna
The cooking school in Bologna offers cooking courses for amateurs, semi-professional and professionals. Also seminars are provided. We arrange cooking classes for vegetarians, for those requiring gluten free, and for specific or diverse diets. The teachers are professional chefs with a passion for cooking and are experienced teachers. They combine the professionalism of the chef and the ability of the teacher.
Courses
Seminars
If there are not enough participants in the same period to form a standard class (9-15 people), the secretary's office will contact the student, who is free to choose either:
1) To move the course in another period
2) To cancel the course, that will be totally refunded
3) To attend a smaller class, with higher results, at an higher price
| People per class | |
|---|---|
| 7-8 people |
Euro 39 |
| 5-6 people |
Euro 46 |
| 4 people |
Euro 49 |
| 3 people |
Euro 59 |
| 2 people |
Euro 78 |
| 1 person |
Euro 152 |
Accommodations
Euro 128 per week
Euro 95 per week/person
Seminars are designed to teach the basic skills necessary to prepare authentic Italian dishes, to improve your own cooking methods and to learn and perform new recipes. Students, together with the teacher, prepare a complete menu:pasta, main course, side dish, dessert and wine. After cooking, the students and teacher enjoy the meal they have cooked in a convivial atmosphere. E.g. 1 meeting Euro 36.
Amateur Courses are addressed to people who can already cook and want to deepen their ability or who would like to start cooking professionally. Every participant prepare every dish of the menu or the course theme according to his interpretation following teacher’s instructions. e.g 5 meetings Euro 350.
Kitchen in the Market Is a traditional cooking theme developed by Antonella and Paola, 2 chefs of Bologna, who cooperate with Bologna Cooking School. E.g 1 meeting Euro 45.
Semi professional Courses introduce the students to professional and home-cooking practices. Teaching involves a large number of recipes, to be prepared in different combinations. E.g 5 meetings Euro 525.
Professional Courses are relevant for the professional training of a chef, teaching the skills required to operate and manage the kitchen of a restaurant effectively and to carry out the functions of a chef. e.g 5 meetings Euro 750.
Wine Tasting Course is held in a wine bar. Here an oenologist (wine expert) introduces the art of wine recognizing wine and coupling with dishes, grape cultivation, processing and storing. Participants learn to recognize the variouswine typologies (name, place of origin, year and quality) and to choose the wine comparing it to the price. e.g. 5 meetings Euro 330.
Gluten Free Cooking Courses our gluten free courses introduce plenty of recipes organized as a complete menu (entrée, pasta, main dish and dessert) or run by theme (pasta, entrées or side dishes). Preparation of the food is conducted in a decontaminated environment with a particular cure for preparation methods and specific equipments.
At school you can learn the technique and cooking, at the end of the preparation a dinner is provided. For gluten intolerant it is possible to eat at school but if your disease is more serious it is better not to eat here: the environment is clean but we can’t grant a perfect sterilization, some equipment can be contaminated. e.g. 1 meeting Euro 45.
Diet Cooking Courses our bland diet courses introduce plenty of recipes organized as a complete menu (entrée, pasta, main dish and dessert) or run by theme (pasta, entrées or side dishes). Preparation of the food is conducted with specific equipment. At the end of the course, in which every participant contributes to the preparation of the menu, the dinner is provided, in order to taste the dishes and to evaluate the results. e.g. 1 meeting Euro 45.
Participants learn cooking techniques to develop their own creativity
In the school of cooking at Bologna the students learn cuisine of high quality.
The teaching methods allow the individual to make their own interpretation of the recipes. The cook/teacher guides this process. It is not sufficient just to follow the directions of a recipe book; it is necessary to reach a high skill in cooking to be an original cook.
It is necessary to know how to cook originally and not to imitate others.
The school will help you to find your own level.
In the Bologna Cooking School the students learn high quality cuisine. Moreover, the sober style of the school allows the development of an elegant idea of the table, an elegance without affectation or frills. The quality of the school is high, the style is sober and the prices are moderate. It is not necessary to have experience or requirements to attend our courses. People who would like to become a cook in a restaurant, bistrot, hotel or canteen should have a junior high school qualification. Courses include also tests which assess the progresses and learning. At the end of the course Bologna Cooking School provides a certificate of attendance with evaluations. Beyond technical competence it is necessary to develop manual abilities and quickness of execution, powers of organization, resolution of emergencies. A chef can handle the preparation and the perfect exit of dishes in order to cut customer’s wait.
Prices
are moderate because the school cooperates with a group of chef who works because they love cooking. They look for new recipes, they study the culinary tradition, they share information about new techniques on food preparation. Students learn very well, because the cooking school is specialized in teaching to Italian and foreign people.
