Olive Garden’s Culinary Institute of Tuscany

[underpants]

http://www.olivegarden.com/culinary/cit/

Olive Garden’s Culinary Institute of Tuscany is located in the 11th century village of Riserva di Fizzano. Every year Olive Garden chefs travel to our Culinary Institute to learn authentic cooking secrets from Italian Chef Romana Neri and Chef Paolo Lafata.

Hundreds of Olive Garden chefs have traveled to Italy and learned the essential skills for creating great dishes, like how to choose the freshest ingredients, layering flavors to create the perfect meal, and pairing flavorful wines with each entrée to enhance the dining experience.

HISTORY
In 1999, Olive Garden partnered with Sergio and Daniela Zingarelli, proprietors of Riserva di Fizzano, Tuscany - our cooking school in Italy.


Located in the heart of the Chianti Classico wine-growing region is the Rocca delle Macie Winery, also owned by our friends, the Zingarelli family. Enjoy a sample of delicious Rocca delle Macie wines - like Rubizzo Sangiovese and Chianti Classico Riserva - at your local Olive Garden.



http://www.olivegarden.com/culinary/cit/tour.asp

[lildreamer316]

1. You are determined,aren't you??

:popcorn:

[underpants]

2. I think that the food snobs around here need to better appreciate

what unlimited bread and salad REALLY MEANS!!!

[lildreamer316]

3. I'll tell you what it means to me....

...a great lunch with my girlfriends (that we can ALL afford!)
Seriously.
I mean, life's too short.

[Midlodemocrat]

4. Tomorrow's Wednesday and you know what that means.

Chicken. Pot. Pie.

Last week, they were all sold out, so tomorrow, I'm going at 9AM and staking a claim.

[matcom]

8. great. maybe you'll see a black person when you go there

then again, probably not

:popcorn:

[Midlodemocrat]

9. Silly boy. Our favorite waitress at CB is African American.

Why do you hate Amerika?

[MissMillie]

5. it means smaller portions on the rest of the meal

If they fill you up w/ bread and salad, they can give you less lasagna.

[PVnRT]

14. This is not a bad thing

Entrees in restaurants in this country are too damn big anyway.

[MissMillie]

21. I'm not sure that filling up on bread is a better idea

though the salad is probably fine.

[Phillycat]

6. Why do you do this to me?

:cry:

[matcom]

7. why the hell don't any of them LEARN anything????111

:eyes:

:rofl:

[underpants]

10. Isn't this special

Seriously look at the guy in the photo at the bottom-the guy on the right
http://www.olivegarden.com/culinary/cit/history.asp

I saw this on Extreme Home Makeover Sunday night. It brought tears to my eyes.

[matcom]

11. is he about to say: "Would you like fries with that?"

:hide:

[BigMcLargehuge]

12. I think he's saying "This is the funniest looking microwave I've ever seen!"

[matcom]

13. ....

:rofl:

[Elidor]

17. It's uncle Fester!

A trip to Italy to learn how to cook? :rofl:

More like a 10-minute power-point presentation in a grimy back office.

[BigMcLargehuge]

19. Welcome to Olive Garden's comprehensive "How to Cook" course for new

Chefs.

Step 1 - Remove pre-portioned menu item from freezer.
Step 2 - Inspect bag for obvious holes or breaks in Kryovac seal (at top of bag)
Step 3 - Place bag in Microvwave oven.
Step 4 - Press the following keys - New, Item, Spaghetti Sauce, Start
Step 5 - Retreive plate from shelf
Step 6 - Use tongs to place pre-measured 4oz Spaghetti serving in center of plate (Compare against "portioning" wall chart for accuracy)
Step 7 - Listen for Microwave "bing"
Step 8 - Open pre-portioned menu item from Microwave, break Kryovac seal
Step 9 - Pour over spaghetti
Step 10 - Open single-serving "oregano/parsley flakes" envelope
Step 11 - Sprinkle contents over plate (compare against "decorating" wall chart for accuracy)
Step 12 - Place plate on warmer while other menu items are prepared

Congratulations, you are now a world class chef at Olive Garden!

[underpants]

22. That Step 7 can be a tricky one

You gotta wait for the BING

[jobycom]

20. The trip to Italy is to get them laid

They then take photos of the chefs with the prostitutes, and use those pictures to ensure that the chefs don't talk about how the food is prepared.

What am I saying, I love Olive Garden!

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

15. Woah, why didn't I eat there when I was in Tuscany?

Oh wait, it's because I'm not on crack.

[Midlodemocrat]

16. No. It's because you are a freeper and freepers love fine cuisine.

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

18. Actually, I was one of the few non-Freepers in the group.

It was with my college's honors program. My school was insanely conservative. Most of the students were total rednecks. I lucked out and got to room with the bisexual stoner chick.