Programs and Courses

Master in Food Management

A Continuing education course for professionals, mainly addressed to holders of diplomas from Hospitality Schools, wishing to methodically complete their training to better enter the work world and also to all the operators in this sector  aiming at broadening their knowledge or refining their techniques.
The course subjects, beside covering the specific topics relative to the knowledge and processing of raw materials, also cover such  matters as marketing, kitchen economy, use of computer aids, through a 200-hour training program. The whole faculty is made up by carefully selected professionals, qualified ICIF Chef Instructors, F&B Managers operating in this field. The Courses on olive oil are given by members of the Oil Masters Corporation. The health lessons are held by authoritative representatives of the national medicine. Wine classes are held in collaboration with the FISAR – Federazione Italiana Sommelier Albergatori e Ristoratori di Torino.
A real unicum for a complete and methodical professional package, an important business card to be used in the work world, with the opportunity of becoming a real general manager in the cooking sector.

Cost:

€ 2.000 (Fees charged include meals, educational materials, chef’s jacket with the Institute’s logo)
€ 5.000 (Fees charged include accommodation, meals, educational materials, chef’s jacket with the Institute’s logo)

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FISAR Courses for sommeliers

The Sommelier is an expert one should refer to in order to have information on the characteristics of wines and their matching with food. He/she should therefore be able to reply with competence to such requests. Since it is an extremely vast and constantly evolving subject, he/she has a duty to keep enriching his/her knowledge and to be always up-dated on all wine-technological innovations.

FISAR courses for sommeliers are set out in three levels:

During each lesson of the First and Second Level a guided tasting of at least two-three wines will be carried out
During the Third Level classes, pairings will be  with food.
To be admitted to the Second and Third Levels it is necessary to pass a test consisting in a questionnaire on the subjects covered during the previous Level.
At the end of the Third Level a final Test will take place, concerning all the subjects covered during the three Levels and enabling the students to achieve the FISAR Sommelier Diploma.

Lessons will start on: Wednesday, April 11 2007 for the Second Level with a weekly attendance

• Timetable first lesson 08.00pm – 11.00pm
• Following lessons 08.30pm – 11.30pm

 Lessons will start in Septembe 2007 for the First Level with a weekly attendance

• Timetable first lesson 08.00pm – 11.00pm
• Following lessons 08.30pm – 11.30pm

Fees:

• 1st Level   € 400 +  € membership card
• 2°  Level   € 450
• 3° Level    € 500

Fees include:

• Membership card
• Instructors
• Wine for lessons
• Sommelier leather brief-case with 4 INAO glasses
• FISAR professional corkscrew
• School books
• Tastings note-book
• FISAR pin
• FISAR thermometer

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Courses on extra virgin olive oil

Dates: 16/17/18 April 2007         
Timetable from 9.30am to 12.30pm and from 02.00pm to 05.00pm
Cost:  € 300    

Subjects:

• History, the olive tree and its fruits
• The origins of quality: from fruits to bottles
• Classification and denominations of origin
• The oil tasting
• Nourishing, cosmetic and health characteristics
• Culinary characteristics of olive oil: its uses in the kitchen and at table
• A day in the kitchen using extra virgin olive oil

The course includes a single-dish lunch. Each attendant will receive a chef’s hat and an apron.
The course is organized in collaboration with the Olive Masters Association  that, at its completion, will present them with a certificate of attendance.

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Courses for Amateurs

Courses for Amateurs are open to anyone wishing to approach the world of cooking
The Course is made up of 21 lessons, that will take place in the afternoon and in the evening.

Afternoon lessons: 03.30pm - 06.30pm  (only with a minimum of participants)
Evening lessons: 08.00pm – 11.30pm

Theme lessons will cover the following subjects:

* Short Course on fresh pasta and its sauces: 2 evenings on April 30 and May 2 for a total cost of 100,00 Euros

COSTS
It will be possible to buy the whole Course or to attend single lessons or packages of lessons at reduced prices.          

N.B. Short Course on Salt-water and Fresh-water fish: 4 evenings, on May 9-14-16-23, for a total price of 230,00 euros

Each participant will have at his/her disposal a cooking station, the equipment and  ingredients to prepare the various dishes with the chef instructor.

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Theme evenings

May 2007 - Timetable 08.00pm - 11.00pm

• Monday May 21 2007 - Working with sugar - Cost € 70

A Pastry Chef  will explain, in a simple but technical way, how to approach sugar-working giving the basic notions. Each participant, under the teacher’s guidance, will prepare small decorations using the techniques shown during the lesson.
All participants will receive a Chef’s hat.

• Monday May 28 2007 - Decorations with chocolate - Cost € 70

A Pastry Chef  will explain, in a simple but technical way, how to approach chocolate-working  so that all participants can understand the subject at their best. Technical moments alternate with practical ones, where everyone has the opportunity to learn how to work this fantastic product.
All participants will receive a Chef’s hat.

June 2007 - Timetable 08.00pm - 11.00pm

• Monday June 11  2007 - Ideas and techniques to plate-up a dish - Cost € 65

Would you like to give a personal touch to the dishes you serve in your restaurant or to your guests at home? Can you cook well but are lacking the ideas to plate-up your dishes? This evening is what you are looking for ,  conceived to meet the needs of those who think that looks also count!
All participants will receive  a Chef’s hat.

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Course in Home Management for Amateurs
“The art of governing the house”

Thinking, anticipating, deciding, organizing, choosing. managing… how many are  the tasks and what are the competences of those taking care of a household?
No longer the stereotype of a frustrated and depressed housewife, but a real professional of the house, able to face and solve any eventuality, from daily problems to the managing of a real  budget.
It is from this need that the idea of a course to optimize the domestic management in all its aspects was born.
The Course aims at offering a full training on the household universe through a series of weekly lessons or on “full-immersion” week-ends given by experts who have worked in the world of professional training for a long while.
The goal of this Course is also to achieve a condition of global wellness, where all the rooms we use on a daily basis are equally important.
Looking after one’s own house with pleasure and fun, in particular, can certainly help us to live better and to use our economic and time resources at their best.
Each environment is not a neutral one, but has its own characteristics and each of us has certainly had the experience of stepping into a room, a house or any building and immediately feel uneasy or, on the contrary, feel comfortable and in harmony with the place.
The spaces we live in are our second skin; colours, perfumes, smells, sounds, how spaces are organized and fitted have a physical and psychological influence on us.
When we do not harmonize with the environment surrounding us, also our mood and our body suffer from the situation and this perception affects the way we think, remember and behave.
The real goal we want to achieve is a simple and correct management of our household in order to help ours and other people’s “well-being”.
The Course is open to everyone, men and women, who, necessarily or by their choice, have to deal with domestic tasks and therefore wish to learn or to improve their own skills and competences in managing a household.

The Course is made up of 9 lessons that will take place in the evening, from 08.00pm to 11.00pm

The subjects covered will be dealt with during the following lessons:

The teachers who will take turns during the lessons specialize in different sectors to offer the necessary competence.

It will be possible to buy the whole course, or to attend single lessons or packages of lessons at reduced prices.

• Single lesson - € 60
• Package of 3 lessons - € 160
• Package of 6 lessons - € 300
• Full Course (9 lessons) - € 400

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Course in Management for Professionals
“The art of Hospitality”

The environment and the space where we live and work are not neutral, on the contrary they affect the performance of our activities even if we do not realize it
The goal of this Course is to achieve a condition of global wellness, where all the environments we daily use to live or to work in are equally important.
Taking care of  our work-place with pleasure and fun can certainly help us to live better and to optimize economic and time resources.
Each environment has its own characteristics and we have all certainly had the experience of stepping into a room, a hotel, a restaurant or any other building and feel uneasy or, on the contrary, immediately feel comfortable and  in harmony with the place.
The spaces we live in are our second skin; colours, perfumes, sounds, odours, spaces lay-out, and fittings influence us both physically and psychologically.
When we are not in a good harmony with the surrounding environment, also our mood and our body are affected and this perception of ours determines the way we think, remember and behave.
The real goal we want to achieve is a harmonious and correct management of the structure to make ours and other people’s “well-being” easier.
The course addresses tourist entrepreneurs, managers of hotels, restaurants,  bed & breakfasts, country inns, holiday houses, historical mansions, etc.…

The  Course is made up of 8 lessons that will take place in the afternoon, from 02.00pm to 07.00pm

The subjects covered will be dealt with during the following lessons:

The teachers who will take turns during the lessons specialize in different sectors to offer the necessary competence.

It will be possible to buy the full course or attend single lessons, packages of lessons or packages of lessons at special prices.

• Single lesson : € 90
• Package of  3 lessons : € 250
• Package of 6 lessons : € 480
• Full course (8 lessons) : € 600

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Food intolerances
“How to know them and turn them into a resource”

The Course intends to meet the growing demand for information and training in the field of food intolerances that concern an increasing number of people.

The presence of this food problem requires the introduction of food limits and rules to recover one’s health and a reorganization of life habits and styles at different levels.
The main resources that could be helpful are represented by both the quality of the hospitality offered by those who have intolerant guests for a meal and by the ability shown by those who discovered to be intolerant in informing the others about their needs in an effective and strategic way, in order to get some changes in their own social context.
The project offers a full training integrating medical aspects, preparation of foods, efficient communication and relational skills, to be able to face this context through an interactive and involving methodology

The Course addresses bodies, associations, schools, companies, healthcare personnel, restaurateurs, mutual aid groups, single participants.
To all those who think that it is necessary to support a correct medical information with a relational and communication training, an indispensable instrument for the promotion of any change.

• Lessons will start on : may 2007 with a weekly attendance (on Wednesdays)
• Timetable 09.00am - 12.30pm     01.30pm - 05.00pm
• Total number of lessons : 5
• Cost of the Course : € 600

Program:

• No. 3 half days on medical notions
• No. 2 half days on relational aspects and communication
• No. 5 half days, hands-on cooking in the kitchen

The teachers who will take turns specialize in different fields, to offer the necessary competence

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