Florence Cooking Class: Traditional Italian Dishes

Immerse yourself in the flavors of Tuscany with a private pasta making class in Florence. Learn traditional Tuscan dishes and enjoy a delicious meal with your local host.

Duration: 5 hours
Cancellation: 48 hours
Highlights
  • Metropolitan City of Florence - This is a unique opportunity to visit the home of a local and explore traditional culture and cuisine. Join Patrizia at her family’s apartment located in the center of Florence in a traditional building of the area built in 1759. In your hands-on lesson, Patrizia will teach you traditional Italian dishes from…
What's Included
  • All taxes, fees and handling charges
  • Local wine (2 glasses)
  • Private cooking class and homecooked meal with your host Patrizia
  • Gratuities
What's Not Included
  • Hotel pickup and drop-off
Meal Options
  • Artichoke and Parmigiano Reggiano Salad
  • Tagliatelle with Porcini, Spinach and Ricotta Ravioli - with Butter and Sage, Gnocchi with Fresh Tomatoes and Basil, or other seasonally appropriate pasta course
  • Chicken Cacciatore (Tuscan dish with tomato sauce and black olives), - plus Scottiglia (Italian meat stew with vegetables) or leek flan
  • Tiramisu or Strawberry Mousse
Additional Information

Join your local host, Patrizia, in her family’s apartment nestled in the heart of Florence. The apartment is housed in a classic building erected in 1759. Get hands-on experience preparing traditional Italian meals from Florence as well as the Emilia Romagna Region of Italy under Patrizia’s guidance. The cooking lesson includes preparing an appetizer, a…

Location
Via Ricasoli
Meet Patrizia at her home located in the city center of Florence. Many buses lead to San Marco Square and Patrizia’s home is a 2-minute walk from there. The above is a generic location. Your host's exact address can be found in your ticket upon booking confirmation.
Cancellation Policy

If you cancel at least 2 full 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 0% refund.

Customer Ratings
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Anthony_c
May 9, 2024
Amazing - Located in her home, Patrizia was excellent to me and my wife! We prepared pasta, tomato sauce and other Tuscan dishes. We had so much fun and was so knowledgeable with everything. She sent us the recipes after the class to make when we get home. What a great experience!
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Tina_g
Jul 22, 2023
Best of Florence - Highlight of Florence. Please be sure to ask for Patrizia. She was amazing. We loved her apartment and can not wait to get home and try out our new skills. I can’t say enough good things. I appreciate Patrizia sharing her beautiful home and kitchen!! The only issue was finding the location -be sure to look in the before you go section and don’t depend on the meeting point address. It was wrong.
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Pam_l
Jun 24, 2023
Amazing experience! - Patrizia was a wonderful host! She had many interesting stories to entertain my daughters while we cooked a delicious meal. Highly recommend this experience!
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Sarah
Oct 7, 2018
Enhanced our trip to Florence - My husband, parents and I very much enjoyed this cooking experience. Patrizia was wonderful and we had so much fun learning from her and cooking in her apartment. Dinner was delicious and it was really nice to have this opportunity to interact with a local resident of Florence and to have a break from museums and restaurants. This was a highlight of our trip and I would absolutely recommend adding this to your Florence itinerary.
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Lee
May 29, 2018
Giving it 5 stars only because I can't give it 6!!! - Patrizia Cantini is an absolute Tuscan treasure and Traveling Spoon is one of the coolest destination activity companies to come along in a long time. We met Patrizia in her apartment (built in the 1750s but not "architecturally significant" as she explained it... lol) in central Florence just blocks from the Duomo. Patrizia had been to the market that morning and after introductions we moved to her kitchen and took part in an amazing food and cultural experience. Everyone chipped in and helped to prepare a wonderful Tuscan lunch of homemade tagliatelle and pomodoro sauce, an herbed pork tenderloin wrapped in fresh pancetta, fried zucchini blossoms (our new favorite thing and what Patrizia calls the ultimate Italian finger food) and tiramisu. She selected a perfect local red wine and prosecco to toast my wife's recent birthday to tie everything together. Patrizia is a noted food and wine journalist, so her perspective and stories about Tuscan food, cooking and Tuscan life in general were fantastic. From tips about selecting the correct flour for homemade pasta (tipo "00" cut in with Semola) to navigating us through an olive oil tasting, our time with Patrizia was the highlight of our time in Florence. As you can probably tell, I can't recommend the experience highly enough. Insider notes: (1) Booking was very easy through the Traveling Spoon site and pre-event communications were timely and thorough. (2) If you are traveling by hired car, make sure they have an NCC license - it's required to be able to drive into central Florence's smaller residential areas. Our car had one and dropped us off at the front door.
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