Why Choose ALMA – The School of Italian Culinary Arts?

ALMA is an International Vocational Culinary School focused on the Italian Food Fine dining Cuisine and the Italian Style in the Hospitality Business and recognized as the most renowned school in Italy and abroad as higher education centre of specialization in Italian Cuisine. ALMA headquarters is located in the heart of the Food Valley inside the beautiful Ducal Palace of Colorno, in the countryside just outside Parma, UNESCO Creative City of Gastronomy and Culture City 2020. Since 2004 ALMA mission is to train the Next Generation of catering professionals through the most advanced techniques and the wisdom of the traditions, practice and gastronomic culture, the knowledge of raw materials and territories in the world of Italian food and wines. This is ALMA’s daily commitment to create an education and culture around food and wine based on values such as sustainability, food sovereignty and consumption habits, values that are the heart of our identity. With a cutting edge technology, 5000 square meters campus, ALMA is the ideal setting to study, practice, and develop skills in the catering world. The campus includes, among other, the following facilities: - demonstration and training classrooms - 3 teaching restaurants, including a fine dining restaurant and the central kitchen - a pastry centre, including a demonstration class and 2 pastry laboratories - the ALMA lab, dedicated to bakery preparations - the wine academy, including a wine tasting classroom and a teaching cellar.