• Via dei Renai, 37 - Step into a hillside home just outside Florence for a private, hands-on Italian cooking experience hosted by a local couple. Guests learn to cook and then sit down together to enjoy the meal they prepared, paired with local wine.

A pickup from a central Florence location begins the 2-hour cooking class. Guests learn to make pasta from scratch along with a seasonal sauce—either a fresh vegetable blend or a Sicilian-style sauce. Next, a local dish is prepared, such as pork fillet with almonds or Fabio’s favorite, a pan-stewed cod with leeks and purple cabbage. The experience finishes with a seasonal dessert.

For those who choose the optional visit to a local farm and neighborhood food shop, a short 15-minute stop at a Tuscan farm allows guests to walk through the fields and learn about what is currently growing in the region. At the farmstand, fresh seasonal vegetables are purchased for cooking. Next, a stop at a nearby local supermarket and specialty food shop shows where Tuscan residents buy their ingredients, with Fabio demonstrating how to select the best cheese, fresh meat, or fish. Depending on the menu and guest preferences, the visit may include the farm, the neighborhood market, or both.

• Private Italian cooking experience in Fabio’s hilltop home
• Round-trip transportation from central Florence (up to 3)
• Optional add-on: Local farm and neighborhood food shop tour
• Alcoholic beverages

• Hotel pick up and drop off

• Seasonal welcome drink
• First Course (Primo) - Homemade pasta with a vegetarian, meat, or fish sauce, or Gnudi (Tuscan “naked ravioli” with ricotta and spinach)
• Main course (Secondo) - Tuscan slow-stewed beef with garlic, black pepper, and red wine or Pork fillet in almonds and aromatic herbs
• Crostata with jam, Biscotti di Prato (traditional cookies), or Fabio’s apple pie -

This is not your typical Italian cooking class. This is a chance to immerse yourself in a private cooking class with a delightful man passionate about regional Italian cuisine and share an authentic meal with a couple that has been married for 30 years and are still crazy in love!

Fabio lives on a hill in the countryside surrounded by olive trees. Fabio and Christiane (when she is home) welcome you into their colorful home with a refreshing drink. Fabio will explain how they pick olives and how olive oil is made. Next, join Fabio in his kitchen for a 2.5 hour hands-on cooking class. Learn to make fresh pasta, sauce, a main and dessert. Depending on the season, you might help Fabio make tagliatelle con ragù or squid risotto with wild fennel and orange peel, and cod with leeks and purple cabbage or pork chop with almonds. For dessert, enjoy castagnaccio, chestnut flour cake, a regional favorite or panna cotta with strawberry coulis in the summer over a pot of freshly brewed coffee.

• Fabio’s home is about 10km from the city center. For groups of up to 3 people, he or someone appointed by him will pick you up from a central meeting location (Via dei Renai 37, Firenze) and drop you off at the same place at the end of your experience. The cost for return transportation from the central meeting location is included in the price. Please include your WhatsApp number or local contact number in your booking so that it is easy to communicate, in case of traffic or other delays.
• Fabio’s car can only accommodate 3 guests. For groups of 4–6 people: If you have your own car, meet Fabio at Trattoria Donnini, Via di Rimaggio 22, Bagno a Ripoli, FI, and follow him to his home up the hill. If you do not have your own car, meet Fabio at Via dei Renai 37, Florence. He will arrange a second car for your group of 4–6 people for €100, payable directly to him.
• Fabio can accommodate vegetarian, lactose-free and gluten-free diets in his Italian cooking class, so please inform him in advance if you have any dietary restrictions or allergies.
• Please note that, as is common in many Italian homes, this residence does not have air conditioning.

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.