Cooking
in Sicily
 The
culinary schools program includes:
7 Nights with full board,
beverages included.
- 4 Cooking Lessons with
Chef Paolo Monti and Chef Peppe Buffa - followed by lunch, all breakfasts
and dinners (including wine), admission to all tours and events, wine-tastings
at local wineries, and all group transportation during the tour.
A delicious and entertaining
cooking tour of Sicily’s wine country, with interludes in the Greek temple
of Segesta with visits to the traditional and newer wineries and taste
the new wines that are tomorrow's "Super Tuscans" or "Super Sicilians".
Lead by chef Paolo Monti, this is a wonderful opportunity to experience
the exciting flavours and sights of this colorful .
italian region, with its wonderful hospitality and traditions, it pastry,
the spices with a hint of ancient arabian spices...
- The trip begins at the
airport in Palermo where we will pick you up and transfer to Palermo for
two nights where we will visit the Capo Market, in particular the fish
market to learn to chose fresh fish.
Palermo is an important
ancient capital city of the Mediterranean sea, we will visit many of the
famous churches and monuments. the third day we will transfer the lovely
seaside village of San Vito Lo Capo and on the way we will visit the Greek
temple site of Segesta.
After check in at Hotel
Capo San Vito we will start the first cooking lesson.
With Chef Peppe Buffa we will learn many Sicilian recipes and explore the
delicacies of Sicilian cooking during 4 lessons.
- An exciting trip to Marsala’s
ancient cellars and the more modern wineries between Marsala and
Palermo - Sicily is one
of Italy’s fastest growing wine areas - where young, keen winemakers, with
modern techniques are improving the traditional grape varieties and
have added new ones, to produce Sicily’s excellent Cabernet Sauvignon,
Merlot and Pinot Noir, as well as local grape varieties like Nero D'Avola,
Grillo, Ansonica, Bianco D’Alcamo etc.
- We will also visit the
ancient Hill Town of Erice, an important Greek and Pre-Greek settlement
that
controlled the whole area
of Trapani and Marsala. It is famous for its ceramics and marzipan pastries.
-We will finish with a cooking
class with Chef Paolo Monti’s and a sumptuous farewell dinner with folk
music by Sicilian artists. 
I hope you will enjoy this
cooking tour as much as Chef Peppe Buffa and Chef Paolo Monti enjoy
teaching it!
Buon Appetito! |
The
cost
Cooking
at Chef Peppe Buffa's Hotel Al Ritrovo 3 star
- Euro 1750
per
person (double occupancy) in double room - single supplement Euro 25 per
night
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From
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To
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| 18 May |
25 May |
08 |
open |
| 22 June |
22 June |
08 |
open |
| 07 September |
September |
08 |
open |
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Cooking
with Chef Peppe Buffa at Hotel Capo San Vito
4 star € 2090
per
person (double occupancy) in double room - single supplement Euro 50 per
night
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From
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To
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| 13 april |
20 april |
08 |
open |
| 26
October |
02
Nov. |
08 |
open |
| 21
October |
28
October |
07 |
sold
out |
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Program
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Day
1 Sunday “Welcome
to Sicily”
-
Pick up at Punta Raisi international Airport in Palermo and Transfer by  minibus
to the hotel in Palermo
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8.00 pm apertifs and Welcome
Dinner |
Day
2 Monday
“welcome
to Palermo”
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8.30 am Excursion in Palermo and Monreale,
visit this beautiful Mediterranean town with its typical
street market “Capo” with its colourful shops,
stall, fish vendors and fried food sellers.
We
will visit also Palermo’s most important churches and monuments. Free
Afternoon
-
8.00 pm |
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Day
3 Tuesday Greek
Temples
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8,30 am Departure to visit the temple area
of Segesta then continue on to San Vito Lo Capo. Check into Hotel Capo
San Vito
3
pm start with the
1st cooking lesson
with Chef Peppe Buffa
and introduction to
Italian and Sicilian Cooking
followed by dinner |
Day
4 Wednesday
“Fish
in Sicilian Cooking”
--8.00
am excursion
by minibus to Trapani to see the fish
market and learn how to select fresh fish
and the lively, typical southern Mediterranean noisy
and colourful exchanges between buyers and
seller (we will translate the less rude remarks!)
10.00
am Return for - 2nd cooking lesson
with sicilian fish specialties
Dinner
At Chef Peppe Buffa
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Day
5 Thursday
“The
great Sicilian wines!”
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9.00 am - departure by minibus
to visit some of the best Sicilian wine makers, Florio, Rallo, Duca di
Salaparuta, wine tasting in all of them.
Lunch
at Donnafugata Winery
After
lunch we drive by the salt flats in Trapani and stop for a visit in the
salt Muse um
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5.00 pm Return to San Vito Lo Capo and light
dinner in the hotel |
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6 Friday"Sicilian
Pastry”
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10.00 am 2.00 pm Sicilian cooking and Sicilian
pastry lesson: cannoli, cassata and the typical marzipan fruits among other
things.
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2.30 pm Afternoon excursion to the ancient
hill town of Erice.
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7.30 Wine tasting and dinner in a "Baglio"
with local specialties
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Day
7 Saturday
"Cooking
with Chef Paolo Monti"
-10.00
am to 2.00 pm Italian and Sicilian dishes with Chef Paolo Monti
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Free afternoon
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8.00 pm Farewell Dinner
at Chef Peppe Buffa’s Restaurant with live
Sicilian music and
the entertaining “Cantastorie”: typical Sicilian storytellers
in traditional costume that sing in dialect
a story of a saint or a local hero. |
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Day
8 Sunday
Departure by minibus
to Palermo Airport. |
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