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Hands-On Cooking Classes and a Mexican-Italian Culinary Journey with Palma Bellinghieri

Week of February 3, 2024

Palma offers hands-on culinary experiences, 3.5 hours each, during which you will enjoy preparing your own meal along with fellow cooks. Classes take place at La Cocina Que Canta, our culinary center on Tuesday and Wednesday, at 4pm. In addition, Chef Palma will collaborate with La Cocina Que Canta’s Executive Chef Reyna Venegas and her team to create a special feast (with wine pairing!) on Thursday at 4:45pm.

Tuesday Hands-On Cooking Class 4:00 PM Sign Up
Each class $145 (tax included). Class subject to change, check your weekly planner and schedule for updates. The maximum number of guests per class is 14.

Wednesday Hands-On Cooking Class 4:00 PM Sign Up
Each class $145 (tax included). Class subject to change, check your weekly planner and schedule for updates. The maximum number of guests per class is 14.

Thursday Dal Campo alla Tavola: A Mexican-Italian Culinary Journey Dinner 4:45 PM Sign Up
Defy borders and celebrate cultures in this culinary event, which is a perfect blend of health, tradition, flavor, and fun! Cost is $150 per person, tax and wine pairing included. The maximum number of guests is 30. Sign Up at the Appointments Desk or through the link above.

 

Palma Bellinghieri is a second-generation culinary artist and chef. Born in Mexico City, she is a graduate of the Pierrefeux Institute and Glion Hotel Management School in Montreaux, Switzerland. A founding member of the Mind/Body Health Initiative, daughter of world-renown Sicilian chef and restaurateur, Alfredo Bellinghieri (“Alfredos” and “La Trucha Vagabunda” restaurants in Mexico City), Palma fuses generations of family and Bellinghieri-restaurant recipes and upbringing into nutritious and delicious foods. Palma has been a Demonstration Chef at the Vegetarian Cooking School of the Scripps Center for Integrative Medicine, assuring us that thoughtful food choices can be made, leading to prevention and reversal of many chronic conditions. Palma also caters delicious healthy food for special events and parties.

For the last 18 years during the summer months, she directs and teaches the popular camp series “For Young Chef’s,” teaching healthy eating, food preparation and cooking to children and teens with recipes and culture from Around the World!

For the past three years, Palma has been immersed taking over Hotel Las Palmas Hotel in San Felipe, Baja California, where her parents spent the last 30 years of their life. As a result, she has remodeled Alfredo’s Restaurant & Bar and has redesigned the gardens and 45 rooms in the hotel to create a culinary and hospitality legacy. Las Palmas is in the Sea of Cortez, a retirement community only 4:30 hours from San Diego, with warm beaches and fresh local produce.