Italian courses and cooking classes

At DA Siena you will study Italian language in the mornings and, twice a week, you will take our hands-on evening cooking classes with our expert Chefs. Experience the beauty of this everlasting course: learn to cook meals that you will actually be able to make for your friends and family for years to come! Our hands-on Italian cooking school begin with the study of ingredients followed by a brief description of the recipes and a detailed step by step process explanation of the four/five course meal you are...

The course caters for all those students who intend attending a training course for chefs or a course of specialisation in Italian Cuisine, and who need adequate language preparation. The course is also recommended for those students who - whatever their job or occupation may be - want to get to know better this fascinating aspect of Italian culture.

If the things you love the most are the Italian language and Italian cuisine, there is good news for you: at One World you can combine these two passions in one course! In the morning you will attend the Standard Italian course, from Monday to Friday, from 9:15 to 13:00, with a 25-minute break, for a total of 20 hours per week. In the afternoon, you will learn how to prepare some typical dishes of traditional Italian and Sardinian cuisine, thanks to the cooking class, divided into 2 weekly meetings.

Course This course is perfect for those who want to combine a language course with Italian food and wine. The course is focused on food and wine topics and there is the possibility to attend cooking or sommelier workshops in the afternoon.

2-weeks of Italian Language and Culture lessons + 2-weeks of Italian Gastronomy COME AND STUDY ITALIAN IN THE VERY HEART OF ITALY! Our school is the only one in Italy where you not only get a wonderful and inexpensive holiday learning Italian, but you are also able to participate with your teachers as guides in a wide range of activities: Visit beautiful Italian cities (Rome, Florence, Bologna, Assisi, Siena, Venice etc.).

The course in home cooking does not have a professional character and is intended to familiarise students with the Italian familiar typically dines. During the course the participants will learn in a practical manner the basic principles of Italian cooking, such as pasta, stews, bread and pizza and the typical dishes of Italian regional cuisine, such as saffron rice from Lombardy and pasta alla Norma from Sicily.

For one week you’ll literally have your hands in pasta alongside a “real master” in this field, grandma Maria that will teach you all her secrets in the Apulia cuisine! Together you’ll prepare traditional Apulian dishes , such as the famous handmade “orecchiette”, “la focaccia”, “panzerotti”, “taralli“, or traditional italian dishes like “ravioli”, “gnocchi”, “polpettone”, and many others, including vegetarian recipes with very organic ingredients grow in the private Granma’s garden. The course “Cooking...

The course in home cooking does not have a professional character and is intended to familiarise students with the Italian familiar typically dines. During the course the participants will learn in a practical manner the basic principles of Italian cooking, such as pasta, stews, bread and pizza and the typical dishes of Italian regional cuisine, such as saffron rice from Lombardy and pasta alla Norma from Sicily.

This program includes 5 hours of typical Italian cooking. You stay in an experienced private teacher's family home, have one-to-one Italian lessons, and then continue to use the language during the rest of your stay in Milan.

This program includes 5 hours of typical Italian cooking. You stay in an experienced private teacher's family home, have one-to-one Italian lessons, and then continue to use the language during the rest of your stay in Naples.

This program includes 5 hours of typical Italian cooking. You stay in an experienced private teacher's family home, have one-to-one Italian lessons, and then continue to use the language during the rest of your stay in Florence.

Live in a private Italian house and cook typical Tuscan dishes with “La mamma”. In these sessions you’ll not only learn the recipes and tricks of Tuscan home-cooking, but you’ll also communicate in Italian, improving your spoken Italian in an authentic family environment.

This program includes 5 hours of typical Italian cooking. A private teacher comes to you for your one-to-one Italian lessons.

This program includes 5 hours of typical Italian cooking. A private teacher comes to you for your one-to-one Italian lessons.

This program includes 5 hours of typical Italian cooking. A private teacher comes to you for your one-to-one Italian lessons.