




Passionate about food? Want to learn a
few new ideas and tips from the professionals?
Our professional courses range from 1 to 4 weeks in
duration, offering something for all ages and all abilities.
Courses are taught in small groups, with lots of personal attention and dedication to your enjoyment.
Held over five daily classes and one day of local food exploration, “Cuisine Essentials” teaches fundamental cuisine skills to provide you with a solid foundation of cooking expertise. Techniques are first demonstrated by our Master Chefs before you apply them to a number of carefully selected recipes.
This course has been designed to improve your confidence in the home kitchen and provide an essential repertoire of skills that can be applied daily to a variety of dishes. No previous culinary experience is required to apply.
Day 1: Key knife skills, manage essential ingredients, simple pan sauces
Day 2: Making the perfect home made pasta
Day 3: Red meat preparation and cooking
Day 4: Fish and shellfish preparation and cooking
Day 5: Vegetable preparation and cooking, dish presentation
Day 6: Visit to two wineries with a guided wine tasting, lunch in Gallipoli at the exclusive Puritate restaurant.
At the “Puglia Chef Academy”, nutritionists and diet experts teach healthy cooking principles and their professional applications for balanced cooking.
The Puglia Chef Academy also organizes intensive English and Italian (for foreigners) courses, with specific focus on cooking terminology.
We reserve the right to switch the order of activities due to the day the course begins.We will always do this in consultation with course participants.
To make a reservation please call us on 340.7678256, or send us an email.