Cooking School On the Amalfi Coast
Naples and the Amalfi coast have thrilled and enchanted visitors since the early days of Rome, when the emperors endured 
hours of discomfort to arrive at this idyllic place -"campus felix", the happy land.
I love this part of Italy and over the years I have discovered small, relatively unknown trattorias where the real local food is lovingly prepared in beautiful settings. This is where we do our cooking.
The course starts in Rome with lesson/dinner at my home at 8.0 pm Sunday. On Monday morning we will transfer by private bus to Sant'Agata sui due Golfi, a small town between Sorrento and Positano. Sant'Agata is on a hill with fabulous views of the gulfs of Salerno and Naples.
Accommodation will be in small 3 star hotels with 1 night in Rome and 5 in Sant'Agata.There is a modest supplement for single use of double room.
This year there will be a new 3 day course in the delightful little bay of Recommone at the trattoria where we usually have a cooking class and lunch in the 6 day programme. We will cook, eat and sleep in this oasis right on the sea.
Dates 2012
To be decided
The course
The classes will be held in 3 local trattorie to explore pasta, vegetables, and fish. We will be cooking in a small fishing village, and an isolated little cove with only the sea, the hills and our trattoria. An extra optional dinner will be held at the Relais Chateau restaurant, Don Alfonso, a 2 star Michelin restaurant. We will also visit their award-winning wine cellar.
There will be a visit to Naples to explore the colourful food markets to get a taste of one of my favourite cities without the hassle and worries often experienced by unwary tourists, and sample a traditional pizza at "Da Michele".
Prices
€ 1800 euros for the week (There will be a small charge for single use of double room)
includes 6 nights accommodation, 3 lunches and 3 dinners with local wines, 3 lessons, olive oil discussion and tasting, demonstrations of pizza, limoncello and mozzarella making. Transport in Italy to and from Rome and local visits.
The 'Don Alfonso' dinner and Naples visit are optional and an extra charge will be required when we are there.
Draft Programme for the Campania Cooking Week 31 March to April 6
Saturday Rome Check in Hotel Santa Chiara - 21, via Santa Chiara
Tel: +39 06 6872979 Fax: 687 3144
8 pm 112, Via del Plebiscito for aperitivo then mini-lesson and welcome dinner.
Sunday
Breakfast and check out.
Bags ready in reception for pick up at 9.0am
Private transfer to Pompeii to visit the excavations
Lunch
Bus to Sant’Agata sui due Golfi – Hotel Sant’Agata Tel: +39 081 8080800 Fax 5330749
Afternoon free and light supper at local trattoria if desired (not included)
Monday
Breakfast and explore
Olive oil lesson in hotel
Lunch and short demo lesson on the sea at Franchino
Afternoon free to explore Sant’Agata
7.30 Bus to Lucio to make your own pizza
Tuesday
Breakfast
10.30 Lesson and lunch at Conca dei Sogni at Recommone
Free afternoon for visit to Sorrento
Light dinner in Sorrento (not included)
Wednesday
Breakfast
Bus to see mozzarella being made, then on to Marina del Cantone
for lesson and lunch at Lo Scoglio
Afternoon free
Afternoon visit to Positano for shopping
Light supper if desired in Sant’Agata(not included)
Thursday
Breakfast
Free day to visit Capri or Ercolano or whatever you want to do or we can put in Naples if enough people want to do this.
Optional 8.30 Dinner and wine cellar visit at Don Alfonso Relais Chateaux Michelin starred restaurant
Friday
Breakfast
Bus to Amalfi and Ravello to explore and shop
Dinner in local trattoria and pack for early departure next morning for Rome.
This programme includes transfers to and from Rome
Local transport
Visit to Pompeii
3 hands-on lessons
1 olive oil lesson and mozzarella demonstration
6 main meals
(2 dinners and 4 lunches)
Price 1800 euros in double room for single use, 1600 for twin or double room