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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 May 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 2010 
19-25 September
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".
Friday will be free all day for individual visits to Pompei, Capri etc.
A typical Programme )
Sunday
Arrive in Rome. Check in Hotel Santa Chiara - 21, via Santa Chiara
Tel: +39 06 6872979
7.30.pm Mini cooking class and welcome dinner in my Rome Kitchen school
Monday
Breakfast and check out.
Bags ready in reception for pick up at 8.45am Private transfer to Sant’Agata sui due Golfi – Hotel Sant’Agata Tel: +39 081 8080800 Fax 5330749
Lunch by the sea
Afternoon free for exploring or shopping in Sorrento
7 pm Olive oil seminar then pizza lesson and dinner
Tuesday
Breakfast 9.0
10.00 Bus to Recommone for lesson and lunch
Afternoon free for shopping in Sorrento or Positano
Dinner free
Wednesday
Breakfast 8.0
9.0. Leave for Naples
Food markets and explore Naples
Pizza at Da Michele
Santa Chiara church and tiled cloisters, then 'dolce' and caffe at Scaturchio
Dinner in Sant'Agata
Thursday
Breakfast 8.0
10.0 Bus to see mozzarella being made, then on to
Marina del Cantone for Cooking lesson followed by lunch
14.30 Bus back to Sant’Agata
Dinner free
Friday
Breakfast
Free all day for visits to Pompei, Capri or Ravello
8.30 Dinner and wine cellar visit at Don Alfonso restaurant
Michelin starred restaurant
Saturday 23 October
Breakfast 8.0
9am Bus to Rome or Rome airport
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.
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