- Metropolitan City of Florence - This is a unique opportunity to visit the home of a local and explore traditional culture and cuisine. Meet your hosts Michele and Ilaria at their kitchen in the Chianti hills located in a vast garden surrounded by olive groves and vineyards. You will start your experience with a tour in an aromatic herb and organic vegetable garden. Then join your host in their kitchen where you will learn to cook traditional and seasonal Tuscan cuisine for about 2.5 hours using organic produce from the gardens. You will learn to make 2 dishes using extra virgin olive oil produced at the farm. Enjoy your Tuscan cooking class over Chianti and Sangiovese wines also produced on their grounds as well as an olive oil tasting. Learn to cook a primi (first course) or secondi (second course), and dessert. After cooking, enjoy the meal you helped prepare with your host at the dining table. Your seasonal Mediterranean Italian menu includes dishes such as zucchini blossoms, handmade pasta, and a dessert like tiramisu. Your cooking class takes place in the kitchen of Ilaria’s B&B so while there may be other B&B guests in the dining room, your cooking experience will remain private.
- Local wine
- Private cooking class and garden tour with your host Ilaria
- Gratuities
- Hotel pickup and drop-off
- Fiori di zucca fritti - fried zucchini blossoms stuffed with anchovies and mozzarella
- Homemade pasta - tagliatelle with an asparagus sauce or ragu
- Fruit tart or tiramisu
Experience a private and genuine cooking class in a local residence with Ilaria, a mother of two who owns an elegant B&B and organic farm in Chianti that produces olive oil, wine and vegetables. This activity is perfect for individuals wanting to engage with local customs through food and regional wines like Chianti and Sangiovese. Following a walk-around of the lovely gardens, you will have your cooking class in a kitchen where Ilaria will instruct you on how to create 2 traditional Mediterranean Italian dishes from her family’s recipes. Once the cooking is complete, you will dine with your host. Ilaria co-hosts with her friend and chef, Cristina - together they divulge the mysteries of authentic Italian cuisine.
• Culinary lesson in Ilaria’s B&B
• Sampling of regional olive oils
• Discover herbs and organic vegetable garden during a guided tour with your host
• 100% individualized experience
• Encounter Italian hospitality in the picturesque Chianti Hills
• Vegetarian and gluten free selections accessible
- Your cooking class takes place in the kitchen of Ilaria’s B&B so while there may be other B&B guests in the dining room, your cooking experience will remain private.
If you cancel at least 3 day(s) before the scheduled departure time, you will receive a full refund.
If you cancel within 2 day(s) of the scheduled departure, you will receive a 100% refund.
