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Pricing |  Full Week | Day Class | Special Classes

We have numerous programs designed to fit every budget and every schedule. We offer full week, day, special and custom classes. The full week classes are offered on according to a pre-set schedule (see Calendar). The Weekend, Day, and Custom classes are available upon request during any time not already scheduled. If interested, simply Contact Us and let us know what you would like to do. Occasionally, we will add Special Classes to our normal calendar. These classes are usually set around special guests or special events and are usually announced in our newsletters.
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PRICING INFO
Full Week Classes
Price: 2145 EURO per person, 1895 EURO (Double occupancy)
By far our most popular class. Please see Calendar for booking information, class schedules, and availability. Full details are on our cooking class vacation page.


Day Classes
Price: 350 EURO
Day Courses are for those that are already in Lecce or regione Puglia for other reasons and are available upon request during any time not already scheduled. If interested, simply contact us and let us know what you would like to do.

Tuition covers coffee, trips to multiple markets, both lunch and dinner and all wines and hand-made liquers. What it does not cover is transportation of any kind, or lodging of any kind. We’ll meet under the statue of Sant’ Oranzo at 10.a.m. and then start the day with coffee (and/or Granite) at Gracious Antonio’s. We’ll do an overview of the day, answering any questions you may have. We’ll head on to the market to meet our vendors, Simone our green grocer, Sandro our butcher, and on.

We’ll head back to the school and make fresh pasta together in the stable kitchen, for both lunch and dinner. We’ll prepare lunch together, and depending on the season, either eat in the stable, the wine cellar or the garden.

We’ll give you a break, for a nap back at your room and then meet in the main piazza for a talk about the duomo, Santa Croce and the city’s main square. We’ll head back to the school and prepare dinner, the excellent local wine flowing the entire time. We’ll decorate the wine cellar with a hundred brass candle sticks and really do up dinner, sitting down at around nine, but going late, probably after midnight. And then we’ll walk you back to your room.

Special and Custom Classes
Price: 2145 EURO per person or 1895 EURO double occupancy
2008 Week-long course: 2145 Euro or 1895 Euro Double Occupancy
Contact Us for more info .
Current Specials:
The Awaiting Table in Lecce’s Birthday Party, September 2008
There are no “typical weeks” at THE AWAITING TABLE, what with seasonal variations in food, local festivals, etc. However, we often host special guests or accommodate special events which are so unique that they deserve their own category, and, upon occasion, pricing. Custom Classes are available upon request during any time not already scheduled. If interested, simply contact us and let us know what you would like to do.

"Specialising in small, intimate hands-on classes based on personalised instruction and individual attention."

'The Awaiting Table Italian Cooking School offers cookery courses in Lecce, Italy.
Learn about our Italian cooking holidays which include market, winery and cultural visits as well as small group cooking classes in Italy'.

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Non-Participating Companions: 800 Euro
Non-Participating Companions may attend meals and outings for 800 Euro per week. Non-participates do not affect the limit to six students a week.
Special Guests
If you are a prominent member of the food, restaurant, or travel industry, then please contact us for more information.
Special Events
We constantly strive to show our students a side of Italy that cannot be observed from an isolated hilltop villa, while intimately connecting them to the region, the people and their customs. For instance, Easter week is a really big deal in Italy and one of the most spectacular events you can ever witness. So, we offer a special Easter Week class each and every year.
Special Hosts
Many of our guests are travel and/or food professionals who choose to return to THE AWAITING TABLE with their own groups. We very much support people striving to turn their passions into a business and offer lucrative commissions to those bringing their own groups. If you would like to turn your passion into a business, please contact us for details.
Custom Classes
We are more than happy to work with you to create a special event or to accommodate special needs. We are bound only by our imaginations and a few minimally-enforced international laws. A few examples of custom classes:
• Corporate retreats or awards
• Family reunions
• Gathering of special friends
• Honeymoons
• Dietary needs
• Special guests

Please contact us with any custom requests and we will be more than happy to work with you to create a truly memorable experience. Special pricing may apply.

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The Awaiting Table Italian Cooking School offers cookery courses in Lecce, Italy. In our Italian cooking classes, learn regional pasta, wine, and savory and succulent dishes. Come be a local: holidays include visits to vineyards and wineries, markets and olive groves in season. The perfect vacation for people who want to be immersed in Italian culture and food.
Learn about our cooking school programs, our founder, the locals you’ll meet and our accommodations.

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