Cookery Course Programme

Learning to cook Italian and Umbrian kitchen food

The Italian cooking course concentrates on genuine, basic Italian / Umbrian kitchen food.

You'll learn how to make fresh pasta, how to use the famous Umbrian wild mushrooms, make Umbrian regional bread and cook speciality meat and fish dishes, and delicious deserts.

Only fresh, local produce will be used.

You will prepare part of each day's lunch or dinner in close co-operation with the chef and kitchen staff, under the supervision of your tutor, Claudio Covelli. We will teach you how to present the food that you prepare, and you can enjoy the fruits of your labour together with a good local Umbrian wine.

COOKING PROGRAMME AVAILABILITY 2010:

6th June - 13th June	Available
4th July - 11th July	Full
11th July - 18th July	Full
5th September - 12th September 19th September - 26th September Available	Available

Typical Weeks Menu Programme A:

	MONDAY
Aperitive with appetizer Battered Courgette flowers and Sage Leaves Tagliatelli with mushrooms Tomato Salad Seasonal Fruits
	TUESDAY
Bruschette – Tomatoes and mushrooms Sausages with lentils and peppers Potato and parsley Salad Cream desert
	WEDNESDAY
Grilled courgette and aubergine Oven baked fennel, peppers and tomatoes au gratin Gnocchi with tomato sauce Rissoto desert
	THURSDAY
Roquette, mushrooms and cheese Ravioli with butter and sage Crostata e torcolo with sweet wine
	FRIDAY
Assorted Pizza baked in traditional pizza oven

Typical Weeks Programme - Programme A

SUNDAY

11.00	Collect from Perugia airport. Guests are able to reach the hotel by other means if they wish but this is not included in the price.
13.00	Lunch in the hotel
18.30	Welcome drink and introduction to the week given by tutors. The introduction will include a slide show aimed specifically at the painters but will be of interest to other guests because it will include Art History specifically relating to some of the excursions.
20.00	: Dinner will be served on the terrace of the hotel.

MONDAY

08.00-09.00:	Buffet breakfast is served
09.30	Drawing and Painting commences around the hotel
09.30	Cooking Guests Depart to Claudio’s home where they will have lunch.
13.00	Lunch served on the terrace of the hotel
13.45	Cooking Guests return to the hotel.
15.00	Coach departs to visit Anghiari a hilltop town in Tuscany (40 minutes drive) followed by a visit to Sansepolcro to see the famous work “Resurrection” by Piero della Francesa and visit the shops. 20.00: Dinner in Ristorante Fiorentino, a family run restaurant in the old walled town of Sansepolcro.
22.00	Return to the hotel.
19.30

TUESDAY

08.00-09.00	Buffet breakfast is served
09.30	Drawing and Painting around the hotel.
09.30	Cooking Guests Depart to Claudio’s home where they will have lunch. Guests choosing to walk to Claudio’s home (very beautiful) need to leave at 09.05.
13.00	Lunch served on the terrace of the hotel
13.45	Cooking Guests return to the hotel Afternoon spent relaxing around the hotel
20.00	Dinner in the hotel

WEDNESDAY

08.00-09.00	Buffet breakfast is served.
09.30	Drawing and Painting around the hotel
09.30	Cooking Guests Depart to Claudio’s home where they will have lunch
13.00	Lunch served on the terrace of the hotel
13 .45	Cooking Guests return to the hotel
17.30	Depart for wine tasting in Cantina Donini followed by a Pizza dinner in Ristorante Mencucci prepared in their traditional wood burning pizza oven.
22.00	Return to the hotel.

THURSDAY

08.00-09.00	Buffet breakfast is served
09.30	Drawing and Painting around the hotel.
09.30	Cooking Guests Depart to Claudio’s home where they will have lunch.
13.00	Lunch served on the terrace of the hotel
13.45	Cooking Guests return to the hotel
15.00	The afternoon to be spent relaxing around the hotel.	20.00	Dinner in the hotel.

FRIDAY

08.00-09.00	Buffet breakfast is served
09.30	Drawing and Painting around the hotel
09.30	Cooking Guests Depart to Claudio’s home where they will have lunch.
13.00	Lunch served on the terrace of the hotel
13.45	Cooking Guests return to the hotel 14.30: Depart for excursion to Assisi. Visit Santa Maria degli Angeli (5 km from Assisi). St. Francis died in its Cappella del Transito. Continue on to visit The Basilica di San Francesco. The upper church contains a sequence of 28 frescoes depicting the life of St. Francis by Giotto (and possibly Pietro Cavallini). The lower church walls are also covered by frescoes by Simone Martini, Pietro Lorenzette and Cimabue. The crypt contains St. Francis’ tomb and those of four of his companions. The crypt was rediscovered in 1818. The coffin had been hidden in the 15th century for fear of desecration. Assisi has many nice shops and bars.
19.30	Dinner in Assisi overlooking the Basilica.

SATURDAY

08.00-09.00	Buffet breakfast is served

10.00	Visit Citta di Castello market.
19.00	Review of the week.
20.00	Dinner in the hotel.

SUNDAY

08.00-09.00	Buffet breakfast is served
09.00	Coach departs for Perugia airport.

Brochure

Weather in Umbria

Temperatures in June/July/September vary from 21 to 28 degrees. Evenings can be cool as the hotel is in the mountains. A sun hat is strongly recommended!

Suggestion

Why not book a second week to relax without tuition and excursions for an additional £800 half board (+£150 surcharge for single room occupancy).

Painting Courses

We also run PAINTING IN ITALY courses, offering painting lessons and excursions to places of artistic interest and significance, of which Umbria has an abundance. Please contact us for a brochure or click here visit our website.

We are able to combine the Painting and Cooking Course. Friends / Partners are able to do separate activities (Painting or Cooking) in the morning and join together in the afternoon for the excursions and visits to restaurants.

Notes

1) Although we supply all drinks, including wine, soft drinks and coffee during meals, we have to ask you to pay personally any other drinks ordered during your stay. The Hotel will open a “tab” account for you to be paid when you check out of the Hotel. This includes the cost of the telephone if used.

2) Please ensure that you have personal travel insurance, with full medical cover for sickness and accidents.