My grandpa and I had a fabulous time from beginning to end! Federico P. was our chef for this class. He was super outgoing, engaging, and fantastic with our small group of 6! My grandpa and I both agreed we would book with this organization again. Thank you Federico P for making our experience great. It’s a memory we will cherish for decades to come.
About Activity
What's Included
Includes
- ALL OPTIONS: Digital recipe booklet to recreate authentic Italian recipes at home
- ALL OPTIONS: Small-group experience
- ALL OPTIONS: Tuscan wine served during the experience
- MARKET TOUR LASAGNA & TIRAMISU OPTION: Guided visit to Florence Central Market with seasonal tasting
- ALL OPTIONS: Professional local chef and hands-on Florence Cooking Class
- MARKET TOUR LASAGNA & TIRAMISU OPTION: Hands-on Nonna's Lasagna & Authentic Tiramisù Cooking Class
- Premium local ingredients and cooking equipment
- FRESH PASTA & GELATO OPTION: Fresh Pasta & Gelato
Excludes
- Gratuities
Departure & Return
Departure Point
- Towns of Italy cooking school is located in Via Panicale 43 red (close to Central Market) Please be at the meeting point 15 minutes before the tour starting time
Return
- Towns of Italy cooking school is located in Via Panicale 43 red (close to Central Market) Please be at the meeting point 15 minutes before the tour starting time
Itinerary
Discover one of the best Florence Cooking Class experiences with two authentic options led by professional local chefs. Choose a hands-on Fresh Pasta & Gelato Cooking Class or a Florence Market Tour with Nonna's Lasagna and Tiramisù. Both experiences include premium local ingredients, Tuscan wine and step-by-step cooking techniques in Florence's first cooking school. Choose the Pasta & Gelato Cooking Class to prepare fresh handmade pasta from scratch with seasonal sauces before enjoying artisanal gelato and Tuscan wine in a fun, small-group setting. Or select the Florence Cooking Class & Market experience to visit the historic Central Market, taste local specialties and learn how to prepare Nonna's traditional Sunday Lasagna and authentic Italian Tiramisù. Perfect for food lovers, couples, families and solo travelers, both Florence cooking experiences celebrate authentic Italian cuisine, recently recognized by UNESCO as Intangible Cultural Heritage. Toast your success with Tuscan wine and take home a digital recipe booklet to recreate your favorite Italian dishes wherever you are.
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What a great course. Alice, our instructor, gave us a excellent overview of the Mercato Central and we had nice samples and informative. Talks about specific items. Then back to the kitchen. A short distance away. We then made tiramisu. And then made our individual lasagnas. They were excellent! Alice was super friendly and helpful and full of excellent information. I strongly recommend this course.
Excellent presentation by a professional. And entertaining as well. Would love to do another tour with Alice!
This was a perfect experience, the group setting was intimate and interactive . It was a fun honeymoon activity and led to our best meals of our trip ! Alice was great !
Alice and the staff were amazing! Friendly, patient interactive and fun. The food was amazing, the tine in the market was amazing. 1000 stars
Alice was incredible. She has made our experience in Italy one to remember. She is so informative and it I cannot even believe I was cooking lasagna and tiramisu in Florence. 10+ stars for Alice. Thank you!
Alice was amazing and so much fun to experience the cooking class with. She explained everything perfectly and this was one of our best days herein Italy. Thank you!
I can’t say enough about this class! Visiting the market was great, the cooking was fun (and quite delicious!). We especially enjoyed our chef Roberta, who was very knowledgeable, full of energy and funny! Highly recommend!
Victoria did an amazing job teaching us about the culture, food, history of the area, and helped us make some great food!
Victoria was awesome ! Great experience! Lot of fun
I’ve taken other cooking classes before and this one was the best one I have taken yet ! The experience was 10/10 ! I cook at home often and I learned so many tips and techniques and history of the cuisine in this class !!! I will be using these new skills at home for my family !
Easily one of the best experiences we had while in Italy. My wife and I booked it last minute. Great price very affordable. Learned so much. Alice was amazing. Literally couldnt of been better. Some of the best food ive had in Italy. Lifetime skill learned that I can now pass on.
Excellent experience. Good accommodation for gluten free. Loved Alice.
Wonderful class, Thomas was terrific!! best lasagna i've ever eaten
The Market was wonderful! And chef Roberta made the class fun and easy to follow and the food was delicious!
Visit to the market was fun and interesting. Class was perfect and food was delicious. Roberta was great.
Federico was very engaging, informative and fun. Very personable and knowledgeable. Highly recommend! Gracie Frederico.
Roberta was a wonderful chef that was very engaging, funny, and informative. We had a ton of fun, loved all the food (can’t wait to make the Ragu at home in Chicago !), and met some wonderful people that were in our group. The market tour was right up our alley and we went back to purchase some of the items from the tasting to bring home for ourselves and as gifts for family and friends back home. It was the highlight of our time spent in Florence!! Highly recommended!
Fredrico was fantastic! We loved the experience!
The class was everything we hoped for and more. ROBERTA was our instructor and her expertise both with people and with food made it all such a memorable experience. And we made fabulous food to boot. It was such a good time. Now to go home and put it to practice!
Tom was a great chef/guide for our group! Did not feel like 5 hours had gone by :)
Had a wonderful, fun cooking class with Victoria! All the company was great, the lessons easy to follow so we can recreate at home. And the Central Market visit was fantastic! Overwhelming options for ingredients that we could purchase, enjoy or have shipped to our home. Victoria’s humor, professionalism, and skill were greatly appreciated! Thanks again Victoria!
Have been looking forward to this for a long time. Tommaso was the absolute best. He runs the place, plus a trained chef. The experience… of tarramisu and lasagna was over the top… not typical US but better. Thank you for living up to my expectations
Alice our leader was Amazing !!! Knowledgeable, kind, patient, engaging, fun!!!! The BEST
Alice was an amazing chef who taught us how to bring our lasagna to the next level. We started with a trip to the market for demonstrations and tastings including olive oils and butchers. After returning, she cooked with us step by step to create a delicious lasagna and tiramisu. Thank you!! So much fun!
This was so much fun! I learned a lot and can’t wait to try the things I learned at home. Our chef, Jon, was delightful!
Roberta gave our group an excellent experience. It was the best day tour of my trip. She taught us a lot about the food culture in Florence as well as technique in preparation of the lasagna and tiramisu. We all shared a delicious lunch and many laughs. I’d recommend to anyone, no matter your level of cooking expertise. We had a blast!!💥 🇮🇹
It was incredible roberta was amazing the class was very informative the food turned out amazing. Highly recommend
This cooking class with Thomas was so much fun!! It was a highlight of our trip! I highly recommend this experience.
We had a wonderful time with Tomaso for the Wanna be Italian Cooking Class. To the market close by and the class itself was very nice and comfortable. Tomaso was a wonderful teacher and the conversation was excellent as well. Highly recommend the activity.
Overall felt like a very fun experience. Lizza specifically was extremely friendly and super funny to both myself and my family. She clearly tried to make the experience enjoyable for everyone with her mannerisms and jokes, so I wanted her to be the highlight of this review. Roberta was also extremely knowledgeable and gave us the other slightly more serious side of the experience; you can tell she’s proud to be a chef. Both Liza and Roberta gave us tons of information, helped us and were super hospitable. It was a lovely experience and I hope they both get the praise they deserve. Best, Ali
Best experience of our whole vacation. Loved Alice and Victoria. They were wonderful. We loved the food market. They give us all sorts of great recommendations for us to cook the rest of the trip and at home, and the class for making lasagna and tiramisu was wonderful.
One of our favorite experiences in Florence. From the market tour to the amazing experience with Chef Alice we were able to prepare lasagna and tiramisu and everything was delicious. A must do in Florence.
Alice was amazing! Very knowledgeable and a great and patient instructor . She made our experience wonderful! Thank you!
Alice was phenomenal, so knowledgeable and helpful. She made the class amazing. It was so very worthwhile and Alice is extremely talented. Really enjoyed the class and would do it again!
Super fun. Great experience. Chef Alice was very knowledgeable and really fun.
Delicioso!!!! Rebecca and Federico were wonderful!!
Wonderful! Friendly and funny! Excellent tips I can use at home! Roberta was super! Thank you!
Alice was fantastic! She was accommodating and patient. Exceptional teacher and chef.
Alice was wonderful! Very friendly and a great teacher. I loved the portion where we went to the market and sampled different foods. The actual cooking portion was very informative, fun, and the food was great. 6 hour class that I was worried would drag, but it didn’t at all. Absolutely worth the money in my opinion.
Alice was a fantastic instructor! We were on our honeymoon and had so much fun with this cooking class. Would highly recommend for any visit to Florence!
Alice was wonderful, very knowledgeable and answered all our questions.
Excellent lasagna making class. Chef John was amazing. We really had a great time and the class was a perfect way to spend a day. Highly recommended! We made tiramisu as well.
Great class to learn to make some traditional dishes. The chef was patient and let us all participate. The market visit was the only thing that was just so so. We spent all of our time at one shop pushing olive oil and truffle products. I would have liked to experience more variety of stops.
Federico and Roberta were fantastic. We started with a fun market tour, truffle and olive oil tasting. The class was super fun and lively lots of jokes, very laid back but learned a lot about Italian cooking and we all made one of the best lasagna of my life. Great class and structure. Wines were great as well. Grazie mile
It was so much fun and we made food I’ve never made before. So I learned something
What a fun experience on our stay in Florence. Victoria was knowledgeable, personable and fun! We created lasagna from scratch and made tiramisu. just the right amount of time and number of guests to explore our creative culinary skills.
Lots of fun, learned a lot and Frederico was a great teacher, guide and chef that showed us lots about lasagna and Italian food in general.
Roberta and the rest of the team did a great job! The cooking class was organized and informative, but also great fun! They made it relaxed, enjoyable and entertaining. Also, the meal that we made was delicious!
Roberta made the experience super fun and educational!!! We would definitely recommend for any trip to Florence!
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