Workshops
Themed and guest-led culinary experiences
WHEN
June 10 – 15, 2024
PRICE
Single Room: €3,550 Double Room: €6,390
Costs include accommodation at Case Vecchie or one of the nearby cottages, and indicated lessons, meals, wine and excursions. Lunch and dinner are served with wines from the Tasca d’Almerita estate. Typical meals and cooking lessons include three or four courses.
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Airfare to Sicily is not included in the price. Transportation to and from the Roccapalumba-Alia train station is included in Signature Stays and Workshops at select times. Please request transportation information upon booking or read more about How to Reach Us. Planned activities and schedules may change at short notice due to seasonal rhythms of life in Sicily.
Vegetarian Family Cookery
with Claire Thomson
Join Claire at Anna Tasca Lanza Cooking school to celebrate her most recent cookbook on how to prepare delicious vegetarian meals family style.
Expect a plethora of diverse ways to make a rounded meal, from simple beautiful salads to more ambitious dishes. Claire will adapt her recipes to highlight Sicilian produce, enlightening you on how you can do the same with what you have available locally.
Leave after a week with a whole host of new vegetarian recipes up your sleeves, no one will realise there’s no meat on the plate!
Claire Thomson is a professional chef and food writer. She has written for publications including the Guardian, Telegraph, BBC Good Food and appeared on BBC 1’s Saturday Kitchen, BBC Radio 4’s Woman’s Hour and BBC R6. Claire is the author of 7 cookery books, including Tomato, Home Cookery Year and Art of the Larder. Claire also posts on instagram as @5oclockapron documenting what she cooks, day in, day out, a timely and practical prompt for all to see.
Example Program
Monday
3:00 to 5:00 pm | Check in
7:00 pm | Aperitivo, welcome chat and a traditional Sicilian dinner at Case Vecchie
Tuesday
9:00 am | Bountiful breakfast with homemade jams, cakes, coffee, tea and seasonal fruit
10:00 am | Garden tour
10:30 am | Cooking lesson with Claire Thomson
5:00 pm | Visit to the Tasca D’Almerita winery and wine tasting
7:30 pm | Aperitivo followed by dinner around the table
Wednesday
9:00 am | Bountiful breakfast with homemade jams, cakes, coffee, tea and seasonal fruit
10:00 am | Vegetables harvest in the garden of Case Vecchie
10:30 am | Cooking lesson with Claire
1:00 pm | Lunch around the table
6:00 pm | Aperitivo in town and farewell dinner in the courtyard of Case Vecchie
Thursday
7:45 am | Visit a local shepherd and cheesemaker, Filippo Privitera, to see ricotta making. Picnic breakfast included.
11:30 am | Return to Case Vecchie for a Sicilian cheese tasting followed by lunch
5:30 pm | Cooking lesson with Claire
7:30 pm | Aperitivo followed by dinner around the table
Friday
9:00 am | Bountiful breakfast with homemade jams, cakes, coffee, tea and seasonal fruit
10:00 am | Departure to Agriturismo Cuca Farm house, in the village Polizzi Generosa
11:00 am | Visit the production of Badda bean Slow Food at Cuca and enjoy a home-style vegetarian lunch outdoors
2:00 pm | On the road back to Case Vecchie
Free afternoon
7:30 pm | Aperitivo by the pool and dinner at Case Vecchie
Saturday
9:00 am | Breakfast followed by goodbyes
10:00 am | Checkout
Booking requests
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.
J.N.
David Tanis Workshop
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.
J.S.
David Tanis Workshop
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".
S.M
David Tanis Workshop
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!
B.W
Tomato Paste Workshop
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.
Y.W.
Breadcamp
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.
J.C.
Pasta Workshop
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!
C.H.
Pasta Workshop
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!
C.H.
Pasta Workshop
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