Cooking classes in Florence
8 classes with local chefs, and 4 cooking schools nearby you can stay at. Who teaches, what you cook, how long, how much, and how to book.
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Cooking class · Oltrarno · We book it
- Who teaches
- A local chef, with Eating Europe
- You cook
- fresh pasta
- How long
- 3 hours
- How much
- From €89 pp
- What's in it
- Hands-on pasta cooking class in a kitchen setting with unlimited wine included.
- How to book
- We book it with Eating Europe and confirm the date and price before you pay.
Cooking class · Oltrarno · We book it
- Who teaches
- A local chef, with Eating Europe
- You cook
- pizza, gelato
- How long
- 2.5 hours
- How much
- From €79 pp
- What's in it
- Family-friendly afternoon cooking class making pizza and gelato from local ingredients.
- How to book
- We book it with Eating Europe and confirm the date and price before you pay.
Cooking class · Tuscany · We can book the stay
- Who teaches
- The estate's chef
- You cook
- pasta, homemade sauces, pizza, vegetable dishes
- What's in it
- Each class starts in the estate's organic kitchen garden picking what you'll cook, in a former priest's house in the village of the Rosewood resort.
- How to book
- Book through the resort.
Cooking class
A dedicated Tuscan chef teaches your party privately in your accommodation.
Cooking class
Custom group lessons let you choose menu, schedule and teaching language.
Cooking class
Practical lessons cover traditional Italian cuisine and street-food themes.
Cooking class · Market walk
- You cook
- lasagna with fresh pasta, ragù and béchamel, tiramisù
- How long
- 5 hours
- What's in it
- Guided visit to the Central Market with the chefs, tastings of seasonal products, hands-on class led by a professional chef, use of all tools and ingredients, a full meal of your own lasagna and tiramisù, a selection of Tuscan wines and 1 dessert wine, a digital recipe booklet, and vegetarian options if requested in advance; the class is private.
Cooking class
- You cook
- Tuscan traditional menu
- How long
- 3:30 hours
- How much
- €1,160.00 for the private Tuscan Traditions course; the group (joinable) Tuscan Traditional Cooking Course is $181.00 pp
- What's in it
- Private kitchen with a chef, a private class for your own group; the page says a spectacular wine paired dinner is part of the private events, and group classes cover hands-on cooking of regional Tuscan specialties. Group size: private events can accommodate 1 to 70 people.
- How to book
- Book online directly, or email or call +39 055221138
Stay and cook nearby
Cooking school · Gaiole in Chianti, Tuscany · We can book the stay
- Who teaches
- The cooks of Badia a Coltibuono
- You cook
- handmade pasta, Tuscan meats, vegetables, classic desserts
- How long
- Two-day advanced course, or a half day
- Included
- Hands-on lessons with the estate's own wine and olive oil tastings, in a thousand-year-old abbey that is also a winery and guesthouse. Rooms at the abbey are booked separately.
- How to book
- Book on the estate's site, or reception@coltibuono.com, +39 0577 74481.
Cooking school · Certaldo, Tuscany
- Who teaches
- Serenella and Arturo, at their family villa
- You cook
- Tuscan home cooking from the family's recipes
- How long
- 7 nights
- How much
- €2,500 pp (non-cooking guest €1,900; single room +€900)
- Included
- Seven nights in a 19th-century villa near San Gimignano, breakfast daily, four hands-on classes in English with the meal after each, welcome and farewell dinners, an organic winery with lunch, a guided walk in Florence, wine and olive oil tastings.
- When
- May to early October, Saturday to Saturday
- Coming dates
- May 8, 2027; May 15, 2027; May 22, 2027; May 29, 2027
- How to book
- Pick a week on the school's site; 25% deposit.
Cooking school · Montefollonico, Tuscany
- Who teaches
- Local nonne (grandmothers), hosted by Coleen Kirnan
- You cook
- family recipes from the village's grandmothers
- How long
- One week
- Included
- A week in the hilltop village of Montefollonico at the I Castagni hotel, daily cooking classes for a group of up to 16, wine tasting, trips to nearby Tuscan towns, dinner every evening.
- When
- May, June, September and October
- How to book
- Enquire on the program's site.
Cooking school · Poppi, Tuscany
- Who teaches
- Local Tuscan chefs (Paola and Franco)
- You cook
- Tuscan and Italian dishes, four lessons a week
- How long
- 7 nights (or 3)
- How much
- From $4,950 pp for 7 nights; $3,150 for 3 nights
- Included
- Seven nights in a Tuscan villa (Casa Ombuto, Torre del Tartufo, Bellorcia or Bellancino), breakfast daily, lunches and dinners on the itinerary, about four 4-hour hands-on lessons, a full day out with lunch and dinner, wine at dinner.
- When
- April to November, Saturday to Saturday
- How to book
- Book on the school's site.
Details come from each school's own site and can change; confirm when you book. Cooking classes in other cities.
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