Themed and guest-led culinary experiences
May 19-24, 2025
Single Room: €3,730
Double Room: €6,710
Planned activities and schedules may change at short notice due to seasonal rhythms of life in Sicily.
Lunch and dinner are served with wines from the Tasca d’Almerita estate. Typical meals and cooking lessons include three or four courses.
Unfortunately we cannot host people with celiac disease or a vegan diet. This is due to the lack of availability of special ingredients in our rural and isolated location.
Airfare and private transportation to and from Case Vecchie are not included in the cost. At the time of booking, please let us know if you would like to book a ride to and from the estate.
Come to Sicily and cook with more beans and pulses than you ever thought possible. Claire Thomson is the author of 12 cookery books and her latest is called One Pan Beans and Pulses. Joining her at ATL cookery school is author of bestselling “Bold Beans”, the cookbook and founder of Bold Bean Co, – the brand on a mission to make you bean obsessed – Amelia Christie Miller. Together, Claire and Amelia are a force of knowledge and cookery skill, you can expect to learn lots of new recipes and revel in an ingredient that is as essential for our food future, our culinary past, and health as it is completely delicious. For the week of cookery we will look and cook from bean and pulse eating countries the world over in the gorgeous, cool kitchen of ATL cookery school.
3:00 pm | Arrival and settle into your accommodations
7:30 pm | Welcome aperitivo & dinner at Case Vecchie
9:00 am | Breakfast
10:30 am | Sicilian Cooking Lesson with Kyle
12:30 pm | Aperitivo and lunch
4:00 pm | Visit the winery Tasca d’Almerita and wine tasting, walk back through the vineyards
7:30 pm | Aperitivo & dinner at Case Vecchie
7:45 am | Departure to visit Filippo the cheesemaker and picnic breakfast at his farm
12:30 pm | Sicilian cheese tasting followed by lunch
6:00 pm | Mini cooking lesson with Claire & Amelia: Quick and simple bean recipes for an effortless aperitivo!
7:30 pm | Dinner at Case Vecchie
9:00 am | Breakfast
10:00 am | Cherry Picking with Gardener Arcangelo
10:30 am | Cooking lesson with Claire & Amelia: Exploring recipes cooking fresh beans vs. dried beans and pulses
12:30 pm | Aperitivo and lunch
4:30 pm | Amaro Tasting // visit to local town
8:00 pm | Dinner at Case Vecchie
9:00 am | Breakfast
10:30 am | Cooking lesson with Claire & Amelia: Beans around the world!
12:30 pm | Aperitivo and lunch
Free afternoon
7:00 pm | Aperitivo at the pool!
8:00 pm | Dinner at local pizzeria
9:00 am | Breakfast
10:00 am | Goodbyes and departure
The whole experience, from the accommodations (food, the beautiful location) to all the people we encountered was top notch. The kitchen crew was awesome in every way! I will definitely recommend to friends. David was great, enjoyed his casual style and expertise.
I thoroughly enjoyed the experience and thought the standard of the course was exceptional. I have taken other cooking classes in other countries, and this course was by far more authentic, serious, in-depth and has inspired me.
Everything about the week was worth the effort to get there and the planning was well worth it. It was a week of gourmet eating. The participants were all enthusiastic about being there and that helped make the overall "experience".
I loved everything, beyond beautiful surroundings, fabulous food, wonderful instruction and opportunity to learn about Sicilian cooking, as well as the knowledgeable and very helpful staff. The flowing wine and other guests, who just happened to be amazing also added to my exceptional experience!
We've been telling everybody what great experience we've had at Case Vecchie: breadmaking, Sicilian cooking lessons, daily walks to the winery, visit to the flour mill and ricotta maker and the sheep, your beautiful grounds filled with fruit trees and vegetable gardens and the chicken coop.
My stay at Casa Vecchie absolutely confirmed for me that my future is in food, I cannot thank them enough for solidifying that for me. My stay at Casa Vecchie absolutely confirmed for me that my future is in food, I cannot thank them enough for solidifying that for me.
That was such a great experience and it was so much fun to be with all of you during the week. Please extend my thanks to the entire team who made things so fantastic. I can't wait to get started in my own kitchen!
That was such a great experience and it was so much fun to be with all of you during the week. Please extend my thanks to the entire team who made things so fantastic. I can't wait to get started in my own kitchen!
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