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Master's Degree in Food and Wine Criticism

Dal 19 Ottobre 2026 al 14 Dicembre 2026 (fase online)

dal 18 al 23 Gennaio 2027 a Milano

WHAT YOU GET WITH THIS COURSE
Guaranteed internships in collaboration with industry magazines

IN EVIDENCE.

BECOME A PROFESSIONAL FOOD AND WINE CRITIC

The food and wine critique expert is responsible for writing web and editorial content related to the Food&Beverage industry: reviews, articles, plans for food-related events and events, press releases, and more.

This is a figure who can best employ advanced writing, storytelling, and marketing techniques and master the criteria of food and wine judgment.

JOB OUTCOMES AND BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES.

The food and wine critic may find employment as a journalist for national, regional, and local newspapers, or as a professional blogger and reviewer at tourism and restaurant service portals.

Guaranteed internships in collaboration with industry magazines

Level 3 HACCP Certificate

CV reworking and dissemination

COURSE DETAILS

To enter the Master's program in Food and Wine Criticism, it is preferable to have a bachelor's degree or equivalent, a flair for writing and/or experience in the restaurant industry.

Knowledge of English is a requirement.

Technique and journalistic practice

  • the focus of the news
  • creative writing
  • principles of journalistic ethics
  • how to write a press release

Hints of food and wine publishing

  • Blogs and social networks
  • Overview of copyright law
  • Food & wine web marketing

Food and wine pairing

Writing about Wine

Hints of food photography

The figure of the food and wine critic

Ethics and power of the reviewer

Deontology

Key actions

Anonymity or not?

Public speaking

Personal branding

Table etiquette

  • Body language at the table
  • Hints of mise en place

The perfect review

  • How to write a review
  • The secrets of writing
  • Hints of creative writing
  • Differences between writing for the web, newspapers and publishing
  • Notions of food writing

Preparing for judgment (5 senses)

The universal method for understanding and recognizing the gastronomic experience in its complexity

Objectivity VS Subjectivity

The seven rules

  • Raw material
  • Technique
  • Genius
  • Balance and harmony
  • Atmosphere
  • Project
  • Value

Guided gastronomic tour.

 

HINTS OF LEGISLATION AND ECONOMIC ASPECTS

  • Workplace safety
  • Hints of health legislation
  • Haccp regulations
  • Overview of product labeling regulations
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  • Overview of food packaging regulations
  • Overview of waste disposal regulations
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  • Outlines of administrative law

The itinerary includes an educational dinner and a guided gastronomic tour.

Seminari:

Origine delle materie prime e filiera agroalimentare

Filiere corte vs industriali: impatto su gusto, valore e sostenibilità.

Stagionalità, biodiversità e identità culinaria

 

Textbooks will be provided to each student.

Level 3 HACCP Certificate

Private certificate of attendance at the Master's program

Certificate of Internship

50 ore minimo di studio autonomo in autoapprendimento per il materiale didattico fornito e per le dispense fornite durante le lezioni, inclusa la possibilità di rivedere le lezioni registrate su piattaforma e le eventuali esercitazioni previste

PROPEDEUTICAL: Study on specific texts and industry content on e-learning platform ; 20-hour online course aimed at issuing the Level 3 HACCP Certificate

AULA PHASE: 40 hours of live-streamed online classes + 48 hours of full immersion in Milan + 12 hours of live streaming of the Hints of Legislation module

Internship: realization of 12 articles remotely in collaboration with one of the partner journals (*phase reserved for those under 45)

PROFESSIONAL ORIENTATION: Resume development and dissemination and/or video Curriculum in the region of residence or preference

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Nello Gatti

Born in the foothills of Campania Felix and raised in the heart of the Food Valley, Nello Gatti has always had an intrinsic connection with food and wine. A sommelier with an international profile, he has earned the alias "The Ambassador" over the years thanks to a path that has seen him grow professionally in different Areas and Countries, establishing numerous collaborations and Partnerships in the Wine, Food and Hospitality sector around the world. Returning from London in 2019, he is engaged in activities to develop and promote the wine sector always accompanied by his goblet, camera and pen.

ROBERTA SCHIRA

ROBERTA SCHIRA

A writer and journalist, Roberta Schira is the author of major books, including. Menu for four seasonsThe New Bon Ton at the TableThe book of offal and many others. She is the author of a food criticism column in Corriere della Sera and writes in Finedininglovers, La Grande Cucina and The Life Journal. She also collaborates with RSI on the program Cuochi d'artificio. She is founder and co-director of Blogazine Madame&Monsieur.

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FRANCESCA SIMONE

Photographer since 2010, but with a camera around her neck for as long as she can remember.
As a child, her favorite game was taking pictures, and the most welcome gift a new roll of film all to write on.
Passionate about cooking and good food, there have been restaurants over the years that have forever changed her perception of food.

Out of her love for food came the idea to specialize in food photography - building on her background as a still life photographer - and to write about it, studying Communication and Gastronomic Criticism, which gave her new life and excitement, making her more aware of the wonder that a flavor can create and can convey.
Since 2016, she has started the blog La Mora Felice, because that is exactly how she feels, happy to have gone beyond her tastes, tasting unthinkable things and discovering all that is behind the scenes in the world of catering and ingredients.
In 2018, together with Marco Moretto, he founded Foodgraphy, the photography studio with a kitchen where photos, videos, digital strategies, and editorial plans for restaurants, businesses, and Food&Beverage professionals are made every day

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MARCO MORETTO

When his classmates played with toy cars, Marco overtook them with dad's analog car.
This run continued in the following years, eventually gearing up in the professional field.
He began as an assistant in some photographic studios in his city, Milan, where he immersed himself in deep self-taught training.
She darts between still life and interior shots reinforced by the Phase One POCP Certificate she takes in 2017.
From yesterday to today, from shooting to post production, photography becomes even more interesting for Marco when he decides to accept the challenge and specialize in Food Photography.

Consistencies, textures, reflections, temperatures, ... shooting food is anything but simple!
He is particularly passionate about this field and in 2018, together with Francesca Simone, he started Foodgraphy, a specialized, vertical Food&Beverage studio.

Alessandra Meda

Alessandra Meda

Bachelor's degree in Philosophy, with Master's degree in communication from University of Berkeley Extension, San Francisco.
Spontaneous, sunny, engaging, empathetic, communicative, very
passionate about gastronomy. Tasting foods, the fruit of cuisines and
different traditions and a Master's degree in Food and Wine Criticism, (IFA Italian Food Academy) allowed her to refine her palate and broaden her culinary horizons.
After a long experience in the publishing world, at Edizioni Condè Nast, she is now founder of AICE : the first Italian Association of Food and Wine Critics. Editor of CIBI magazine, a leading food and beverage magazine.
Assistant professor at Catholic University of Milan of the Master's program: "Italy: a country to savor."
Mother of a teenager already in the kitchen, she is always very curious and ready for new "work adventures."

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Marika Visentin

Laureata in Dietistica con Lode all’Università Degli Studi di Milano, facoltà di Medicina e Chirurgia. Master in Critica Enogastronomica, IFA Italian Food Academy. Dopo il master ha scritto articoli di enogastronomia per l’ufficio stampa di Gheusis, Onav – Organizzazione Nazionale Assaggiatori di Vino, Enjoy Living Magazing, CIBI Magazine. Fondatrice della prima Associazione Italiana di Critica Enogastronomica – AICE. Sviluppatrice di un start up di nutrizione: “DoctorInShape” app disponibile per Apple e Android. Inizia la sua carriera come dietista nella ristorazione collettiva, oggi dietista presso ambulatori in Lombardia ed Emilia Romagna più teleconsulto

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MICHELE STOCOLA

Lawyer, expert in Italian and European food legislation, specializing in food labeling, labeling and packaging technologies and production processes.
He lectures and consults for Universities, Associations and Companies on highly technical topics.
Director and founder of Label School, an online label and supply chain school.

He has participated in numerous events as a speaker, in the areas of food safety, haccp, food labeling and environmental.

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FEDERICA BELLIFEMINE

She graduated in Law from the University of Bari and then moved to Rome where, in 2020, she obtained an Executive Master's degree in "Marketing and Digital Communication" at the 24 Hour Business School. She then went into education with a Master's degree in "Teaching of Legal and Economic Subjects."
Today he is a licensed lecturer and teaches at several Secondary Institutes in the capital city while pursuing his continuing education in continuous learning.

FRANCESCA ORLANDO

FRANCESCA ORLANDO

A food and wine journalist and writer, she has worked for many companies as communications manager and press officer and now owns a sole proprietorship in communications services. She has been editor of a monthly magazine in Emilia and collaborates with food magazines and journals. Since late 2020 she has been co-director of a monthly food and culture magazine from Friuli Venezia Giulia, her home region. A lifelong lover of writing, and passionate about food and wine then, she is the creator of two web projects: a blog of recipes for lactose intolerant people and a blog of "emotional journalistic stories" of products, producers, restaurateurs, restaurants and food&wine events. Her writing philosophy is: you have to know how to get excited, and by getting excited you excite others. In fact, he is a teacher of creative writing and what he loves most is creating emotional content.

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IVAN MASSI

Quality and Enviromental Manager for Aviapartner Italia Soc. Multinational Belgian, is ENAC and AIFOS Qualified Trainer. Thanks to his 30 years experience as HR and Industrial Process Organization Manager for Alitalia airline and as Quality Auditor for Blue Panorama, he has high technical skills from Project & Risk management to Aviation security, from Ground Handling to EASA, ECAC, ICAO and IATA regulations.

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WHY CHOOSE US?

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Thanks to the Chef Bonus you can get a credit of up to 6,000 euros for expenses incurred in 2021 and 2022 for your professional training.  

Starting February 27, 2023, it will be possible to apply to the Ministry of Enterprise and Made in Italy for the Chef Bonus.

WHAT IS IT?

Bonus Chef 2023 consists of a 40% tax credit (up to a maximum of 6,000 euros) recognized on expenses related to the restaurant industry for individuals engaged in the activity of professional chef at hotels and restaurants.

TO GET THE BONUS:

- you must have incurred, between January 1, 2021 and December 31, 2022, one or more of the expenses deemed eligible for the benefit

- one must be a resident or established of the state territory;

- Applicants must be in the full enjoyment of civil rights.

ELIGIBLE EXPENSES:

- Purchase of durable capital goods (high energy class machinery for food storage, processing, processing and cooking, professional tools and equipment for catering)

- Participation in professional development courses.

HOW THE 2023 CHEF BONUS WORKS

The 40% credit can be used for offsetting by F24, which must be submitted to the Internal Revenue Service. The credit is exempt from IRPEF and IRAP. 

It is also possible to assign the credit with the transfer of the facility to other parties, including credit institutions and other financial intermediaries.