Italian Cooking Holidays and Cookery Courses

Flavours Italian Cookery Holidays is a specialist ATOL bonded Italian holiday tour operator - offering quality Italian cooking holidays and courses since 1998. Choose from a Luxury Week of Food Indulgence in Rome, Puglia, Ravenna, Sicily, or see our New Short Breaks Cooking Holiday in Tuscany or the very popular short breaks in Bologna.

As an ATOL bonded operator our courses also include a return scheduled flight from the UK to Italy, as well as airport transfers, accommodation, cookery lessons, all meals, visits, and a Flavours host to look after guests during their stay. The maximum group size is 8 per course. Flavours of Italy is also a member of ABTOI, which is the Association of British Tour Operators to Italy.

Learn to cook in Italy with our local Italian cooks and stay in our exclusive properties in some of the most stunning locations in Rome, Puglia, Ravenna, Bologna, Tuscany and Sicily. All Flavours holidays offer a real opportunity to enjoy "hands-on" cookery courses with local Italian cooks.

Our Italian Cookery Courses have also been most recently featured in BBC Homes and Antiques (February 2008) as well as on the BBC Holiday programme (December 2006), House and Garden Gourmet Travel special (January 2007) and GQ Magazine (December 2006). See our press pages for more articles. Flavours founder and managing director, Lorne Blyth, is also featured in the August issue of Homes and Interiors Scotland in an article entitled This Life.

Many of our past clients have sent us some lovely comments regarding their holiday experience with us, which you can read more of in our testimonial section.

“I had a fab time last weekend in Bologna on my ‘Flavours Holiday’. The weather, the food and Palazzo Minelli were wonderful as was Simone who showed patience and flexibility with regards to our cooking lessons...He is clearly a passionate chef and instilled that passion and his enthusiasm in us. The balance of cooking, free time and excursions was just right, and as a single traveler on this trip, this enabled me to get to know my fellow guests much more easily in very comfortable surroundings. I am sure this won’t be the last time I take a holiday with you.” Sarah H, June 2008

Cooking's just the half of it. Would you like to visit us in Italy during 2008? Order a brochure or simply give us a call. We'd be delighted to answer your questions.