Cooking 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 2009:
| 31st May - 7th June |
Full |
| 5th July - 12th July |
Full |
| 12th July - 19th July |
Full |
| 6th September - 13th September |
Available |
Typical Weeks Menu:
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MONDAY |
Aperitive with
appetizer
Battered Courgette flowers and Sage Leaves
Tagliatelli with mushrooms
Tomato Salad
Seasonal Fruits |
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TUESDAY |
Bruschette –
Tomatoes and mushrooms
Sausages with lentils and peppers
Potato and parsley Salad
Cream desert |
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WEDNESDAY |
Grilled courgette
and aubergine
Oven baked fennel, peppers and tomatoes au
gratin
Gnocchi with tomato sauce
Rissoto desert |
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THURSDAY |
Roquette, mushrooms
and cheese
Ravioli with butter and sage
Crostata e torcolo with sweet wine |
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FRIDAY |
Assorted Pizza
baked in traditional pizza oven |
Typical Weeks Programme
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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. |
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MONDAY |
08.00-09.00:
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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 |
Depart
for excursion to Cortona. Cortona is
a very beautiful hill town made famous
by Francis Mayes author of Under The
Tuscan Sun. |
| 19.00 |
Depart
Cortona |
| 19.30 |
Dinner
in Ristorante Caligrano |
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TUESDAY |
08.00-09.00
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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 |
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WEDNESDAY |
08.00-09.00
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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 Gritti followed
by dinner in their restaurant. |
| 22.00 |
Return
to the hotel. |
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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 |
Depart
for excursion to Lake Tresimeno including
boat trip to the island Isola Magiore.
A tiny fishing village with houses dating
back to the 14th and the 16th centuries
stands on the island, as well as the
Romantic folly kown as the Guglielmi
castle (Villa Isabella), built in 1885.
This is seriously neglected and no longer
accessible. It was built on the site
previously occupied by the 1328 convent
and church of St Francis. The island
is very nice for walking and painting.
|
| 19.20 |
Return
to the mainland (time of ferry). |
| 20.00 |
Dinner
in a local restaurant near to the lake. |
| 22.00 |
Return
to hotel |
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FRIDAY |
08.00-09.00
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Continental
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
Afternoon spent relaxing around the
hotel |
| 20.00 |
Dinner
in the hotel. |
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SATURDAY |
08.00-09.00
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Buffet
breakfast is served |
| 10.00 |
Depart
for Citta di Castello to visit the weekly
market. |
| 13.00 |
Lunch in
Preludio in Citta di Castello. |
| 14.30 |
Return
to the hotel. |
| 19.00 |
Review
of the week. |
| 20.00 |
Dinner
in the hotel. |
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SUNDAY |
08.00-09.00
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Buffet
breakfast is served |
| 09.00 |
Coach departs
for Perugia airport. |
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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.
See you in Umbria!!
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