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Cooking Along The Amalfi Coast
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A Taste of Positano
6 days | 5 nights
Pricing: $2,890 (For One Person, Double Occupancy)
Availability: Customized for your Travel Dates
Package includes:
- 5 Nights, Hotel Poseidon - For One (Superior - Dbl Occ)
- Chef’s Multi-Course Tasting Dinner & Wine Pairing
- Gourmet Breakfast Each Morning
- Mediterranean Hands-On Cooking Class with the Chef
- Interactive Italian Cooking Class in Ravello
- Personally Autographed Cookbook
- Cooking with Chef Salvatore
- Luxury Car Service
Cooking Along the Amalfi Coast
Affectionately referred to as the “the Pearl of the Coast”, Positano is a town located in one of the most beautiful valleys along the sapphire-blue Amalfi Coast. The picturesque villages of the coastline seem to defy gravity, and the small inns of this vertical village offer magnificent views from their spectacular locations perched high among the cliffs. Life here still revolves around the sun, sea and food. Known for its deliciously abundant cuisine, favorite dishes are prepared of fresh fish and meats, influenced by the ocean and local farming. Specialties include fried anchovies with mint and garlic, spaghetti with clams, life-changing pasta dishes and meats used for tantalizing mixed grills…all sourced fresh from the sea or local pastures. Of course, the locals won’t let you leave this paradise without tasting Limoncello, a well-known drink made of citrus, strawberries, walnuts or rose petals.
Hotel Poseidon - For One (Superior - Dbl Occ) mapmore lodging info
Double Occupancy (Sharing a room - booking for one) – The Hotel Poseidon is perched on a mountainside in a privileged position, overlooking the beautiful Amalfi Coast. Its unmistakable charm, its colors, its antique furniture and romantic décor will make your stay a unique and unforgettable experience. The Hotel Poseidon, once a beautiful Mediterranean villa in the heart of Positano, is today a hotel in a green area overlooking the “vertical village” and the Amalfi Coast…one of the most beautiful and picturesque places in the world. Your “superior” room is spacious and comfortable, with a private terrace allowing magnificent panoramic views.
Chef’s Multi-Course Tasting Dinner & Wine Pairing
After you have checked into your luxury hotel, you will be greeted with a regional cocktail and canapés to whet your appetite for the evening’s dining extravaganza. You will be treated to a multi-course tasting menu specifically designed to introduce you to this region of Italy. The Chef’s creations offer a delicious slice of Campania’s history. The simplicity of his dishes are testimony to the quality and authenticity of the ingredients selected. You will also be presented with an exploration of local wines, from prestigious labels to lesser-known niche wines, paired with each dish. Your evening will end with a sip of irresistible Limoncello, accompanied with a backdrop of picturesque Positano magically suspended between the sky and sea.
Gourmet Breakfast Each Morning
Each morning brings the opportunity for you to dive into an area rich in culinary tradition. Your decadent breakfast buffet is extremely eclectic, featuring fresh fruit, tomatoes, mozzarella, and exquisite pastries. A vast array of the area’s highly acclaimed cheeses and cold meats is a treat for both the eyes and the palette. You may enjoy your breakfast under the pergola, in the restaurant or on your room’s private terrace.
Mediterranean Hands-On Cooking Class with the Chef
Food of uncompromising quality and character are the hallmarks of this chef’s cuisine, and you will learn how to create a series of dishes that adhere to these high standards using only locally produced ingredients. This is a very rare, hands-on cooking experience hosted in a brand new cooking laboratory which was designed to mirror the old Neapolitan houses, among hand painted majolica of Vietri, with the most modern technologies. This three hour workshop will have you rubbing elbows with your instructors, learning culinary secrets from the Chef de Cuisine, concluding with a lavish feast that you helped prepare.
Interactive Italian Cooking Class in Ravello
A culinary escape to the Amalfi Coast would not be complete without a visit to Mamma Agata’s state-of-the-art kitchen studio. Ravello is located high above the ocean, with views that stretch to Capri and beyond. Your interactive cooking demonstration (no classroom chairs or video monitors here) will teach you home style techniques you can use to recreate dinners with a rustic Italian flavor. Her extraordinary gift for cooking with regional ingredients comes across in everything she prepares. The Italian garden is located below the terrace, so each participant can also learn about growing organic vegetables and herbs. After class, everyone enjoys a beautiful and relaxing meal with local wines from the Amalfi region.
Personally Autographed Cookbook
In what promises to be one of the most sought after Italian cookbooks of the century, Mamma invites you to stroll along side as she unveils the culinary secrets and recipes that have pleased the pallets of some of the world's most noted celebrities (Humphrey Bogart, Jacqueline Kennedy, Elizabeth Taylor…etc.). Now you can create dishes filled with the same pleasing aroma and intense flavor that graces Mamma's kitchen. Browse through the many exquisite photographs as you anticipate the pleasure of creating Pasta e Fagioli or her world famous Torta al Limone for your own guests. Tempting recipes include: Lemon Cake, the Fried Pizza, Lemon Chicken, Gnocchi with Dried Tomatoes, Roast Beef, Marmalades, Breads, and many more!
Cooking with Chef Salvatore
Come learn how to create traditional Italian fare at the Il Ritrovo Italian Cooking Studios hosted by the talented and entertaining Chef Salvatore Barba. The school is set in Montepertuso high above the village of Positano, with sweeping views of the Mediterranean. Salvatore will teach you the secrets of Mediterranean cuisine, and how to create a fabulous meal using fresh and natural ingredients. A typical meal will consist of three to five courses, and at the end of your lesson all dishes that you helped prepare will be enjoyed in a feast on the terrace overlooking the stunning sea one thousand feet below.
Luxury Car Service
Your tour begins and ends with the most comfortable mode of travel along the Amalfi Coast. Our limousine service partners utilize air-conditioned Mercedes-Benz vehicles with English speaking drivers for your convenience. From the first pick-up at your hotel, to each of your culinary events…you will be escorted in comfort and luxury, making your transportation needs completely worry-free while in Positano.