For a truly memorable meal and culinary experience in Florence, join a local chef in preparing an authentic Italian menu of fresh pasta and other Tuscan dishes. During a private cooking lesson, help choose and make different types of fresh pasta with sauces or one pasta and a meat dish if you like, finished off with a decadent Italian dessert. Learn kitchen tips and tricks passed down through generations so you can recreate the flavors of Tuscany back home.
Get a personalized, hands-on cooking class at a local Florentine's home
Learn to make traditional pasta, sauce, and other Tuscan specialties
Menu can accommodate vegetarian and other specific dietary requests provided in advance
Delicious way to get immersed in Florentine culture and cuisine with a lovely local
Posted By : 838isaacg
An amazing hands-on experience for our family of 5 (age 10 - adults) in the private home of an expert. We made pasta from scratch, prepared a chicken dish, made panna cotta and enjoyed a beautiful meal together. Great memories!
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Posted On : 2023-06-28 04:53:39 
Posted By : cmolica
We had a great evening with Alessio Vallini, aka Fungomaniac, at his apartment about a mile and a half from our hotel on the east side of Florence.
Allessio had fresh mushrooms HE HAD HUNTED earlier that week! We prepared them in a delicious crostini.
For our main course, Alessio taught us to make pasta ravioli (first time). We felt like we had a friend living in town.
Everything was incredibly delicious!
To cap things off, we had a wonderful orange shortbread with fresh whipped cream that was his grandmother’s recipe and was delightful. He also shared the recipes freely so we can try them when we are home.
I would highly recommend a class and dinner with Allesio when you are in Florence. You will love it.
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Posted On : 2023-06-26 12:53:11
Posted By : Joseph_L
Outstanding host makes for an outstanding experience. Thank you Cienza for teaching us your craft and sharing a wonderful meal and evening.
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Posted On : 2023-06-10 13:07:20 
Posted By : michael_o
the host cenzia was great and very informative plus the food was excellent. she was very attentive to our questions and presented in a way that was helpful to understand.
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Posted On : 2023-03-13 09:51:50
Posted By : Dana_N
So fun! Cinzia taught us about the traditional Tuscan method of making pasta. First, we prepared a protein pasta dough. Next we let the dough rest while we prepared a potato and spinach gnocchi. Then we prepared tagliatelle with a classic tomato garlic sauce, pecorino stuffed ravioli with pear and shallot sauce and gorgonzola cream sauce for the gnocchi. For dessert, we prepared a coffee mousse. My family had a lot of fun. For planning purposes, I had difficulty getting a taxi to Cinzia's and back to the hotel so I would recommend making arrangements for transportation in advance. Her home is roughly a 15 minute drive from the Piazza del Duomo.
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Posted On : 2022-07-25 11:35:22
Posted By : Robert_W
We had a great experience. It was fun, informative, encouraging and most importantly delicious! We purchased gift certificates for our driend to have an online course. Do this, you won't regret it.
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Posted On : 2022-06-06 07:02:48
Posted By : Katherine_H
Cinzia is a delight! I would highly, highly recommend booking this experience with her. Our boys loved making their own pasta, and we had so much fun putting all the ingredients and courses together. Cinzia was a terrific host, and I would love to book her again to come to our flat if we have a full kitchen.
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Posted On : 2021-11-27 04:53:10
Posted By : Angela_W
Such a lovely evening! My dad and I took Cinzia’s cooking class and it was the highlight of our time in Florence. The patio was beautiful and we learned skills we will definitely use when returning back to the US. Overall, it felt like we were having a fun night in a friend’s home and we can’t wait to make our own pasta at home! Thank you Cinzia!
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Posted On : 2021-08-29 11:08:28
Posted By : Samantha_M
Cinzia was very welcoming and helpful. We made a lot of delicious pasta (plus dessert!) and left feeling like we could do it again ourselves!
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Posted On : 2021-08-17 19:34:10
Posted By : kristinet768
Wow! What a fun way to immerse yourself into the Tuscan culture with a pasta class at Cinzia’s home. This experience is one of our favorite memories from our 2 week trip to Italy. Cinzia provided an appetizer and wine while she explained the menu and walked through how to prepare each dish. Then she demonstrated each step and allowed us to prepare three different menu items plus a dessert. The pasta was SO good. Cinzia was very hospitable and so much fun to visit with. We enjoyed getting to know her, her family history, and learn some of her cooking secrets. She provided the recipes that we made so we can enjoy them for years to come. Highly recommend this experience!
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Posted On : 2021-08-11 13:12:25
