Paola Puccinelli brilliant Hostess - Cooking with Paola Puccinelli was a wonderful experience. Paola has a bubbly, friendly personality, making you feel at home straight away. I learnt all about pasta making and Tiramisu. Paola the perfect Hostess laid out a spread of Tuscan Specialities to go with the Papardelle and Tortelli which we made. To round it off Tiramisu. I recommend this course thoroughly to anyone interested in Pasta and Tuscans way of preparing food. Thank you Paola .

Cooking in Tuscany - Paola Puccinelli opened her home to teach the making of Tuscan Pasta, Tordelli and Pappardelle and Tiramisu. Be prepared for a wonderful experience with a Hostess her just made it all worthwhile. Paola shows you how and the you get busy making the pasta yourself whilst she stands by showing how to use the pasta machine and instruments correctly. This is important to get the right consistency before filling the pasta or cutting it into the pappardelle. The filling is also shown exactly : hands on again chopping fresh herbs, garlic, warming it in extra virgin oil and mixing into the prepared mashed potatoes with egg and parmesan. Learning how to roll out the dough use the pasta machine it was time to make the little tordelli. I learnt so much about the kneading and preparing of the 2 different doughs. Making the Tordelli has its own techniques. After cutting them out they were placed on semolina cloth and in the fridge to cool- all tips needed in making the best pasta you have ever tasted. Paola already prepared the beef ragout for the pappardelle. Then whilst the pasta was resting we made mini tiramisus. This was very quick in preparation. After 3 hours of preparation it was time to cook. The pasta is cooked very quickly for 2 mins only in boiling salted water. The pappardelle were served with the beef ragout and the tordelli were drained and swirled in butter with fresh sage. Then it was time to enjoy the fruits of our work. Be prepared to eat for at least 11/2 hours on top of 3 hours allocated for cooking class. Paola prepared the perfect table. We were accompanied by her husband and lovely girlfriend who took Fotos and helped clean up after us. The table was set and Paola had prepared Tuscan Salami , Proscuitto, Chicken liver paste on bread , cheese from Tuscany and her home made Tuscan fruit relish which was delicious.Prosecco was served with the anti pasti and a lovely organic Chianti with the pastas. Then there was a delicious desert to finish. After 41/2 hours of cooking and learning and eating it was time to say goodbye. I can thoroughly recommend this course to everyone who loves italian food and needs to know how to prepare pasta correctly. Paola, I cannot thank you enough for the wonderful time I had. Mille grazie per tutto.

Wonderful cooking class in Viareggio - I had a wonderful time with Maria Paola, her husband and of friend of theirs. It was really good to create the pasta and tiramisu, Maria explained and showed everything, I had fun in the process. When everything was ready we had some appetizers, and then tasted the pasta and the tiramisu, while having really good conversation (and food). I enjoyed the cooking, and also that I could practice Italian - I used to speak, but years ago, so was rusty, but they had patience and humor for me and we had good talks. I can only recommend if you are in Viareggio, really good and authentic experience, where you can speak with locals and also learn about the wonderful Italian cuisine .

Great fun experience - a taste of italy - We took a train and the house was a short walk from the station. Our hosts were very welcoming when we arrived. The pasta making course was very informative and great fun! To finish we had the privilege of sitting down and eating our pasta with wine and our hosts. A great feeling of Italy. Would recommend

Phenomenal food and company!!! - My mother and sister and I visited Italy this past August. One thing that we were interested in was a lesson in some local cuisine. We were paired up with our Caesarine, Maria, and her husband Massimo. Both Maria and Massimo were lovely and welcoming. Maria was very knowledgeable and an excellent teacher. We learned to make ravioli and Tagliaterra (sp) and tiramisu! After making our different dishes and desserts, we sat in their lovely dining room, and enjoyed the fruits of our labor! This was my personal favorite meal of the entire week. It was even fun to communicate through Google translate… I would highly recommend participating in an event like this. Especially with Maria and Massimo!

Fun and unique experience - We all enjoyed every part of the experience. Anna was brilliant and so hospitable! We will definitely be recommending to friends.

The best Italian Experience - I had an extremely positive experience in this activity!!! I've done my Cooking Class in Viareggio with AnnaRita Rossi. She is absolutely the best guest we could ever had!!! We started being received in her lovely house in an amazing village near Viareggio! The guest offered us a lovely beer and Prosecco. We had a private class only me and my boyfriend. AnaRita was super helpful with everything and made us feel welcome all the time! The ingredients used for the class were very high quality and additionally we had veggies and tomatoes straight from her garden. I never had such a great tomatoes in my life, they were sweet like strawberry!!! The guest also offered us a platter with Italian cheese, prosciutto etc. We had dinner in a dinning room with a lovely air conditioner that made us very comfortable and refreshed! AnaRita is the best guest, also presented us with a receipt book that she wrote herself, with lovely photos, also made by herself. Not only all this perfect experience, the guest Ana offer to drive us back to the hotel (in another city) after the course. I have no words to describe this perfect experience. I recommend it to everyone that goes to Viareggio and region. The course worth every single penny! Thank you Ana and family for everything. Kind Regards, Ana and Alex

Learn to Make delicious fresh pasta under the warm tutelage of Sra. Maria Paola! - My 22 year old daughter and I had so much fun making ravioli, tagliatelle, and tiramisu in the home of Sra. Maria Paola. She is the penultimate Nonna that you’d want to teach you! She was warm and encouraging! Google Translate helped bridge our language barrier and our dishes were a success. Would definitely do it again!

An experience of a lifetime! - This was an amazing experience cooking with Paola and her family. We made two kinds of pasta and tiramisu the Italian way. It felt like home; the vibes and the family were amazing, generous, and very friendly. I highly recommend this experience of a lifetime!

Best Hosts & Best Meal - Our hosts were amazing!!! If you are looking for truly authentic Italian cooking and generous, welcoming hosts this is for you! We traveled with our adult children and we rank this as one of our top events in Italy. And our favorite meal in our 10 days traveling abroad. We had to use Google translate a bit but it made it even more special and unique. Highly Recommend! We have so many stories and the hosts were so kind and special!!!