Jet Setting Chef Training
by Sue Booth
sue.booth@chefschoolreview.com
Chef School Review Columnist
So you have the travel bug and a passion to cook? How would you like to spend your vacation creating international dishes all over the world? Cooking school vacations combine travel to stunning locations with opportunities to create famous international dishes.
International Cooking School Vacations
Vacation cooking schools offer culinary and cultural experiences to chefs-in-training. Not only will you learn how to prepare famous foreign dishes, you can enjoy a guided excursion in Florence Italy, wine taste at a vineyard in the South of France, or stay in a luxury villa in Tuscany.
The philosophy of cooking schools that offer classes overseas is to give students well-rounded experience and exposure to international culture while providing hands-on cooking skills. Often students discuss wines of the region and how they mate with specific dishes. One vacationing culinary student claimed, “Words can’t adequately describe my experience; I feel as though I could write a book and still not describe everything I tasted, smelled, saw, heard, and touched -the experience indeed did affect all of my senses.”
Top Chef Advice for Gourmet Travelers
Several vacation cooking school classes are led by top chefs of the country of choice. One culinary student who learned to cook with chef Giancarlo Talerico claimed that, “He gave us his incredible gift of taking wonderful, fresh ingredients and turning them into rich presentations of succulent, mouth-watering cuisine. I’ve taken home with me a wealth of tips and Giancarlo-isms that will definitely become a staple in my own cooking process.”
Cooking schools offer luxury vacations for culinary students to indulge in their passion for food and wine while being surrounded by the beautiful international landscapes and cultures. Become a gourmet traveler. Enroll in a culinary school vacation to learn to prepare, cook, and present international dishes with the opportunity to explore the history and culture of the country of cuisine.
Sources
Rhodes School of Cuisine
Goin 2 Travel
Learning Vacations
About the Author
Sue Booth is a freelance writer and a former panel taste tester for Good Housekeeping magazine.
Posted on February 26, 2007 at 4:24 PM
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