Come to cook with Carmela in Italy and enjoy a fully immersive 5 day cooking experience. You will discover the secrets of regional Romagna cooking, with Nonna Violante at Hotel Eliseo in Bellaria Igea Marina, a seaside town near Rimini.
Do you want to learn the secrets, techniques and recipes that are the cornerstone of Emilia Romagna cuisine?
Carmela will showcase an array of pasta-making techniques from colouring pasta, technical work and beyond. Her passion and skill set have become renowned.
Immerse yourself in the world of Pasta, Piadina and Sangiovese wine in the beautiful seaside resort of Bellaria Igea Marina, the Blue Flag beach near Rimini in Italy.
Book your flight with Ryanair direct to Rimini and join this incredible cooking vacation!
About Carmela's Kitchen: Carmela is a passionate Italian cookery tutor who specialises in the art of making pasta. Carmela is known as a pastaia (specialist pasta maker) and is also an event cookery demonstrator, recipe developer, food writer and author of three beautiful cookery books ‘A Passion for Pasta’, ‘Southern Italian Family Cooking’ and the new one 'Northern and central Italian Family Cooking' will be released July 2020,
About Nonna Violante: granny (nonna) Violante is the family matriarch at the Eliseo Hotel, she is a renowned cook and local historian, who learned cooking from her mother. Her recipes and stories are passed down in the family for generations.
Day 1 – 15th September 2020
- Arrival and check-in
- Afternoon: Free time at your disposal
- Dinner in the hotel
- Evening Free
- Breakfast
- Morning: Excursion to Santarcangelo di Romagna, the birthplace of Sangiovese wine. Guided tour of the medieval and picturesque town in English including the visit at its mysterious underground caves and the canvas rust-printing crafts shops
- Lunch in the Hotel
- Afternoon: Cooking Class with Carmela & Nonna Violante
- Dinner in the hotel
- Evening Free
- Breakfast
- Morning: Excursion and tasting at a local winery and at a local oil producer
- Lunch in the Hotel
- Afternoon: Cooking Class with Carmela & Nonna Violante
- Dinner in the hotel
- Dolce Vita party
- Breakfast
- Morning: Free (Optional excursion to Rimini to discover Federico Fellini's hometown, the Master film director of international fame. Rimini has a place in his film histories such as the harbour, the Grand Hotel, Piazza Cavour, and the Fulgor Cinema)
- Lunch in the Hotel
- Afternoon: Cocktail Class with Tony, the barman of Hotel Eliseo
- Dinner in the hotel
- Evening Free
- Breakfast
- Morning: free
- Lunch in the Hotel
- Return to Rimini Airport
Cost per person for a single room with en-suite bathroom: Euro 389.00
Included in this package tour:
- 4 nights at Hotel Eliseo, 3 star family-run hotel, full board (drinks not included)
- 2 Romagna x 3 hour hands-on cooking lessons held in English
- 1 Cocktail class (drinks included)
- Recipe book in English
- Excursion to Santarcangelo di Romagna
- Visit and tasting in Winery and Olive Oil Producer
- Private transfers and assistance on arrival and at departure (from and to Rimini airport)
- All local taxes
- Airline ticket (you can purchase it through Ryanair direct flight to Rimini)
- Optional guided tour to Rimini including transfer (€ 30,00 per person)
- Drinks (outside of the cocktails class)
- Personal expenses
- Anything not written in the program
- Insurance
Terms of Payment and Cancellation fees are as follow:
- A 30% non-refundable deposit is payable at time of booking to confirm your participation in the course, as described above.
- The remaining payment of 70% is due 20 days prior to arrival.
- If booking this course within 20 days of the course date, payment is due in full at time of booking.
- Penalty for cancellation of booking by client is the loss of the non-refundable deposit if cancellation is made more than 15 days prior to arrival.
- Penalty for cancellation is 100% penalty in the event of cancellation by the client less than 15 days prior to arrival.
- Clients are advised to book a private separate travel insurance.
Bookings: please contact Ms Maria Regina Rubinetti at info@hoteleliseo.com