The Italcook cookery school, created by a project involving Jesi town council and the Slow Food organisation, is a prestigious institute offering professional training and refresher courses for chefs, aspiring chefs and other professionals in the culinary sector.

Italcook has organised a one week course in Marchigiana cooking especially for the students of abbeySCHOOL CiaoItaly. The course is reserved for a maximum of 20 participants, and will be held from Monday to Friday, from 9 am to 2 pm, for a total of 25 hours of lessons. After a brief introduction to cooking terminology, the students will be taken to the school's learning kitchen to be taught the basic techniques of traditional Marchigiana cooking: handmade pasta; ragout sauces made with meat or fish, cooked according to Mediterranean tradition; and sweets and cakes made with typical local produce. The lessons, which include practical sessions in the kitchen, will be held in Italian with English translations.

The cost of the course includes learning materials, recipe cards in Italian and English, lunch on lesson days, insurance for the entire duration of the course and a certificate of attendance. The course requires a minimum number of 8 participants. The cost does not include travel to Jesi, accommodation, dinner or tourist activities. Italcook, however, will offer abbeySCHOOL CiaoItaly students a mediation service, putting them in touch with local hotels and bed&breakfasts with discounted rates. Furthermore, on request, tourist activities in the “Le Marche” region can also be organised.

Italcook has a free gift reserved for all students of abbeySCHOOL CiaoItaly.