Under the Italian law, if you are to obtain a student visa, you are allowed a part time job of 80 hours per month. It is against the law to work more than 81 hours in Italy with a student visa. Florence Culinary School is a professional culinary school. The students will acquire a student visa certified by Italy and will be able to do restaurant interns with full accommodation for the whole period (Working in Italy: Italian cuisine training) so you are safe and assured. It is the Italian Ministry of Education program. The work place is introduced by the school from the restaurant internship destination list with details […]

10 The end of course competition The students who started in April have just completed 2 months of the lesson. The students who has already been working in Japan and the young students who came to Italy soon after they graduated school, have worked hard together cooperating and supporting one another while affecting positively to each other. At the end of course competition, the students work in a pair to cook and the pair who has the highest total score wins the competition. Everyone’s facial expressions were very serious. The winner for this year was Ms. Chisato and Mr. Takahiko. Congratulations! After the school has ended, we all enjoyed a […]

LESSON #7 “An excursion to the Winery” We have visited a very historical and famous Chianti winery. Unfortunately the weather was cloudy, however, the view from the building was fantastic.As we enter into the building, already we smell the nice scent of the wine and barrels. The tasting was not only for the wines but also for balsamico vinegar and olive oil and because it tasted so delicious, some students have bought them too. Next time, personally I would also love to go enjoy a meal at the restaurant as well. LESSON #6 “Barista Lesson” This time, we had the Barista teacher come to our school and had our lesson […]

LESSON #4 “Southern Italian cooking” Today we had Southern Italian cooking lesson. There is a spicy pasta called Nduja. For me, it is very spicy but has a deep distinctive good taste. It matches perfectly with the rich texture of the pasta. Everyone gives great facial expressions whenever I turn the camera to them during cooking. Of course it is important to work hard but it’s also very important have an atmosphere to enjoy with everyone in Italy. Even at the beginning when you don’t understand the language and don’t know why everyone is laughing, you shouldn’t become worried but it’s important to have an attitude to try to make […]

Chef Training Course 2017 Winter term has been completed successfully. Students paired up with another to compete in the final competition. Each team of two students must cook one of the dishes learned during the course without seeing its recipe and within a limited time. Students then waited for Prof. Francesco’s judgment. After tasting all the dishes, the professor had a very hard time deciding the best dish, also taking students’ impressions on each dish into consideration. And the winner was Tomonori. Congratulations! It was great that Tomonori achieved this honor all by himself due to his partner’s absence on that day. I joined the tasting myself, and all dishes […]