North West Sicily - The Regaleali Estate

This well known country estate offers an exportation of Sicilian cuisine through hands-on cooking classes and garden workshops, lectures, local field trips on site, along with a one-week culinary journey around the island if you would prefer to get to know the whole region. Guest experts include professors, culinary and horticultural specialists, as well as local artisans who come to enhance the cookery and food experience.

Led by one of the school’s expert chefs, our culinary course immerses participants in the stories, landscapes, and flavors of Sicily in the experiential ‘arm’-to-table style. The course includes lessons in horticulture and cheese making, from wine production to coffee roasting, and excursions to surrounding towns to experience the diverse cultures and food of the island. Visit Marsala, the island of Mozia and Trapani for seafood cous cous and Phoenician ruins. Palermo with its fabulous food markets, restaurants and history is about one and a half hours' drive away.

Details

Dates and prices on request.

Available all year round, half day courses, 2, 3 and 5 day courses and tailor-made courses to suit your requirements.

Required minimum 2 persons.

Sample dishes

EGGPLANT CAPONATA

TRAPANESI
Speciality pasta dish

STUFFED SQUID

ALMOND GRANITA

WINES
A wonderful selection of Sicilian and own-estate produced wines

Sample schedule

DAY 1
Afternoon check-in, followed by a welcome dinner

DAY 2
9.00: Breakfast followed by a horticulture lesson, a cooking lesson with lunch and an afternoon tour

DAY 3
8.30: Breakfast, a visit to the local sheep farm to see the making of fresh ricotta, a Sicilian cheese tasting and lunch with afternoon cooking lesson followed by dinner

DAY 4
Breakfast and departure