The cooking classes take place in a beautifully restored rustic farmhouse, once a hayloft and stable, situated right in the heart of Chianti wine region between Florence and Siena. Our courses aim to stimulate your culinary creativity and teach you to prepare typical Tuscan dishes that are simple and delicious, using the best regional organic produce.

If you want to learn how Italians cook, come to Umbria and prepare with us typical Italian recipes! We organize hands-on cooking courses for newbies or expert cooks in our restructured antique country house, in the countryside of Umbria, between the famous town of Cortona and the medieval city of Perugia!

A limited number of students will participate in a week of intensive hands-on classes taught by Giuliano Hazan. We will make homemade pasta, risotto, meats, local fish, vegetables, and desserts. Each 5-hour class concludes with dinner in classic style composed of the several courses prepared during the class.

Mangiare Bene cooking classes in rolling olive hills outside Rome integrate a delightful, hands-on food experience with daily outings to culturally rich medieval hilltowns known for their antiquities, historic architecture, festivals, artisanal food production, restaurants, nature walks, and exquisite scenery.

Imagine a structure on a hill composed of a main house with suites, a series of dependances and a swimming pool situated on a panoramic terrace, all surrounded by olive trees and lawns. You will stay at one of our breathtaking suites in or around our farm-house ” VILLA ORIA” propriety.

Italian Food Artisans with cookbook author Pamela Sheldon Johns. Immerse yourself in the culture and lifestyle of Italy by experiencing the passion of food and wine in the kitchen, at the table, and in the marketplace with Pamela Sheldon Johns. Pamela, an award-winning cookbook author with 16 delicious books, including her newest, Cucina Povera, Tuscan Peasant Cooking. Pamela been coordinating culinary workshops in several regions of Italy for nearly 20 years.

The Awaiting Table Cookery School in Lecce, Italy, is a small, intimate Italian cooking school in the most beautiful town in the entire sunny south of Italy. Our cooking classes in Italy offer hands-on cookery lessons designed to both improve your cooking AND allow you to go deeper into the culture than you ever thought possible.

Taste Le Marche is an exciting venture in gastronomic tourism, offering hands-on all inclusive gastronomic breaks in the unspoilt region of Le Marche in central Italy. After participating in the local ‘Pista’ (turning a pig into prosciutto, sausage, salame, ciauscolo, lonza, bracciole, pancetta, coppa, and all the other gorgeous things you can turn a pig into), husband and wife team Karen & Douglas, together with local chef Gian Paulo, were persuaded to offer this fantastic experience to fellow foodies, and Taste Le Marche was born.

Embark on a journey to the Academia Barilla and experience the true art of fine Italian cuisine and culture! A secret treasure tucked away in the heart of the Emilia-Romagna region of northern Italy, Parma is one of Europe’s greatest food capitals. It is here that you will find the acclaimed Academia Barilla Culinary Center, a unique destination for professional chefs, cooking enthusiasts and food lovers.

Mami Camilla is a small, high-quality school dedicated to providing an outstanding study abroad experience in traditional regional culinary arts. The family takes great pride in providing students and guests with a comfortable place to stay and experience the culture of Naples/Sorrento.

GiglioCooking is a private cooking school located just off the Arno River in central Florencerun by Tuscan Chef Marcella Ansaldo. Born and raised on Giglio Island, one of the beautifulislands in the Tuscan archipelago, and for years the owner and chef of a highly acclaimedrestaurant on the island.

I’ve been living in the Tuscan countryside since I was born, in the same house where my father was born and my grandmother was born. Tuscany is my daily life and the landscape I see from my bedroom window each morning. When I am abroad, I am often asked about my country, our typical wine and food, nature and small villages sitting at the top of the hills.

We invite you to stay at Villa Sampaguita, an agriturismo located near to Asti in the heart of Piedmont’s famous wine country. We offer hands on cooking workshops to our guests, based on classical Piemontese cucina and with easy to make menus suited for a busy modern lifestyle from traditional to exotic that you can re-create to your kitchen. We also cater for vegetarians and vegans.

Alta Società’s goal is the diffusion of the techniques used in the teaching of Italian cooking in a very Italian manner, throughout Italy and the whole world. This is possible thanks to the cooking courses organized by Alta Società, in lessons given by Andrea Sposini.

The Scuola di Arte Culinaria Cordon Bleu of Florence offers cooking courses as well as single classes/lessons for professional and amateur cooks, chefs, tourists and children. Italian, Tuscan, Florentine and International cuisine classes are available, along with special courses on wine, bread, pasta and more.

We give one-day cooking lessons to anyone who wants to learn the culinary tradition of Umbria and Italy in a warm, relaxed family atmosphere. Cooking classes take place in Tita’s elegant Italian home, which is on a hillside with ancient olive groves and views of the Umbrian countryside.

Spend a fabulous holiday at the country house “la volpe e l’uva” in the heart of Italy (Umbria, Perugia). The farm is surrounded by rolling hills, vineyards, olive trees and Etruscan and Medieval history. Raffaella, the owner of the farm, is waiting you to offer you an unique holiday opportunity.

Barbara Bartolotta and Valentina Lami are expert Italian cooks and Italian language teachers with extensive experience. They will guide you in a fine dance around flavours and tastes, offering an introduction to preparing-and eating-traditional dishes along with the appropriate wines.

We are proud and excited to offer cooking classes exclusively at Lilliput Restaurant, on the beautiful hills of Noli. Mr. Nan and his chefs will illustrate the art of sophisticated Italian-Ligurian cooking combined with their passion and expertise.

Gourmet Weekend in Florence: Practical cookery courses at our home in theheart of the Florence hills for people who are passionate about culinary art, who want to rediscover age-old flavours and the typical products of Tuscany and Liguria.

Italian cooking and wine classes organized in private homes with Italians for 1 day to 1 week, to study with truly Italian people in a truly Tuscan enviroment, hence steeping in a Tuscan experience to the maximum. Enjoy the delights of fine Italian cuisine and wines to share the love for living the Italians are famous for.

Come to “Tutti a Tavola” and discover the flavour of life in Chianti with four Tuscan mammas, Mimma, Lele, Franca and Simonetta, connected through family relations and lifetime friendship. We will cook together, sharing meals and conversation. You will stay in our houses entering the welcoming fabric of Italian hospitality where friendship and good food combine to open the heart and please the stomach.

Angela , whose passion for cooking has been handing down by her grandparents, will teach you how to make typical ligurian recipes according to the season utilizing the freshest ingredients supplied by organic local farms.

Our Cooking Lessons & Tours concentrate on producing and promoting healthy balanced and nutritious meals. We pride ourselves on using good quality ingredients, local products and vegetables and fruit in season.
We aim to teach you something about the Italian cuisine, and more especially the Tuscan cuisine and its importance in the local culture.

We, at Dante Alighieri school, have a gastronomy department which allow students to discover the Cuisine world with hand made sessions and elaborate traditional tuscan and mediterranean recipes.
The cooking school is based in the heart of the picturesque city of Siena, just few steps from the main sightseeing and attractions to be visited.

If you find yourself in Rome for business or pleasure or for a longer period of time and you have a fewhours to spend cooking, step into a Roman kitchen with Cooking Classes in Rome and learn every secret that goes into each delicious bite of the Italian cuisine.

Abruzzo Cibus Culinary Tours was founded by Massimo Criscio who returned to his roots from corporate America to follow a passion for good food, wine and genuine hospitality.

With Monica’s passion for food and her 20 years experience in teaching and Arianna’s culinary skills and Venetian food knowledge, you will learn to cook just like Venetian women do. In an informal and relaxed setting, in Arianna’s own home and kitchen, you will be able to learn to cook simple and every day recipes which you will easily be able to recreate back home and at the same time you will be learning a bit of everyday Italian.

The Tuscan chef is a private culinary school offering a selection of cooking vacations throughout the year. Courses are hands-on under the guidance of professional Italian chef and sommelier, Valter Roman, and also feature guest chefs from around the world including Alvaro Maccioni of La Famiglia restaurant in London. Alvaro is a passionate advocate of using fresh, seasonal produce and traditional methods of cooking. He believes that ‘if a chef cooks like his mother, he is a great chef.

Mamma Agata’s cooking course takes place in her private home, situated on a clifftop, 1000 feet above the sea level, a very gracious home that majestically overlooks the Amalfi Coastline, with wonderful terraces and a spacious garden full of lemon trees, fruit trees, flowers, vegetables and poultry.

International Cooking School Of Italian Food And Wine offers a variety of hands-on cooking courses in Bologna, Italy’s Gastronomic Capital. With more than 20 years experience teaching classes in Bologna, these highly-recommended courses are conducted by award-winning cooking teacher Mary Beth Clark, author of Trattoria, and her staff of Italian chefs.

Stefania’s Cooking Studio in Tuscany is located within the medieval castle that originally established Panzano in Chianti in the 13th century, and has unsurpassed views of the countryside and sunsets that give Conca d’Oro (the Golden Valley) its name.

Explore-Puglia’s inclusive Puglia cooking programme and culinary tour offers a unique opportunity to experience Italy through its cuisine, in an authentic Italian home setting, where time at the table is sacred and food is celebrated. We cater for small groups or individuals and offer excellent, value for money weekend or full week cooking programmes suitable for all ages and abilities.

Ever dream of waking up in a rustic farmhouse north of Rome… in a room with a view, where outside your window is an unspoiled landscape including 500 olive trees? Sit down to a wholesome breakfast made with country-fresh ingredients?

Tenuta Seliano is the agriturismo (farm-inn) on my dear friend Baronessa Cecilia Bellelli Bartta’s farm.
At least four times a year, I use her farm as a base for culinary vacations that include some hands on cooking, wonderful eating and interesting culinary gastromomic and cultural touring in the south of Italy. These sessions include excursions to Puglia, Basilicata, Salerno and the Amalfi Coast.

The Cooking School is run by the two sisters Cinzia & Marika Rascazzo, native to Puglia and who speak fluent English. They believe that “cuisine” means “health” and focus on a very simple cuisine, using the highest quality ingredients.
The real Italian cuisine is what Italians eat at home. During these classes you have a unique opportunity to learn about the authentic Italian cuisine, culture, history and traditions through the local people.

The Tuscans know how to prepare simple food from quality local ingredients. They make the most of regional and seasonal produce. That’s why my classes begin in the Mercato Centrale or other markets where purveyors provide the best from the Tuscan countryside.

The cooking lessons will take place in Sorrento in an amazing setting in private grounds with beautifully manicured gardens, orange and lemon trees, swimming pool, typical “Pergolato” and ceramic decorations. Starting from the entrance gate you will be accompanied by an impressive array of old palms, English lawns full of coloured flowers and fountains.

Experience firsthand the ‘Good Tastes of Tuscany’ by joining us in our beautiful kitchen located just minutes from downtown Florence, Italy. We have designed our single day classes and weekly cooking programs to share with you the intimate side of the Italian culture that appeals to all – cuisine!

Italian cooking holidays in Sabina, near Rome: relax, unwind, enjoy! Our Italian cooking holidays have been designed to share our love for Italian food, particularly Roman and Tuscan cuisine, in a relaxed and enjoyable environment. Set in Sabina, one of the most unspoilt areas of Italy, north of Rome and not far from Umbria and Tuscany, our cookery courses are easy to follow, creative and fun.

loveSicily is a cookery school based in the beautiful baroque town of Modica, in South-Eastern Sicily, where Katia Amore welcomes her guests in her beautifully restored family home and guides them through the wonderful and varied Sicilian cuisine with hands-on, relaxed courses, continuing her gourmet family tradition that spans generations.

Organic Tuscany offers week-long “farm to table” organic cooking holidays in the Tuscan hills. We visit local organic farms and teach you how to use their fresh, seasonal produce in traditional Tuscan and Italian dishes, both ”cucina povera” (inventive peasant food) and richer fare, including sumptuous desserts. Three courses a year are 100% vegetarian and all are vegetarian friendly.

La Villa Cucina, my unique full participation culinary travel program integrates the popular villa holiday with a culinary school vacation. This year La Villa Cucina explores the beautiful regions of Tuscany and Umbria! I will start the program year this spring in Tuscan.

Located in the Siena area, Ecco La Cucina offers hands-on cooking classes, wine tours and full-immersion culinary weeks of the food and wine of Tuscany.

La tavola Marche is a unique culinary experience where you actively participate in Italian culture through seasonal activities paired with local artisan bakers, farmers, and wine makers while staying in a relaxed bed-and-breakfast country house. If you are willing to muddy your feet, we’ll guide you off the beaten path where you will experience Italy at its roots.

If your dream is to go on a vacation that can help you understand the traditions of Italy in a unique and relaxing context, like the green hills of Umbria, you have found it. Our cooking courses will allow you to enter into confidence with “la cucina Italiana” in a simple and healthy way.

Indulge yourself in the Tuscan lifestyle and discover the region’s passion for food and wine. The best cooks in all of Tuscany, the local women, teach our classes. They’ll share regional techniques, ingredients, and family recipes that have been passed down over the centuries.

I invite you to join me for a hands-on cooking lesson in my beautiful newly reconstructed home in central Perugia. Located in Umbria, the “Green Heart of Italy”, the medieval hill town of Perugia is a thriving cultural and language center, and the chocolate capital of Italy.

The “school” is located within one of the buildings at La Cerrella, and was designed and built with teaching in mind.
The kitchen is a harmonic balance of the rustic environment and modern conveniences. In an adjacent building, there is a comfortable reception area, well suited to dining, a game of billiards, or just relaxing and enjoying the scenery through the enormous double doors that open the space to access the outdoors.

Our Cooking school is a private villa with an exclusive fine dining restaurant.
It’s located on the hill side of an enchanting location overlooking Lake Garda, only 5 minutes from a small village on the west coast of the Lake.

Join us on one of the most popular cooking excursions here in Tropea as you absorb the captivating energy of a typical festive day of cooking and eating alla Calabrese! Your hosts Marianna and Franco will invite you to their country ‘casetta’ set in the tranquil hills above Tropea.

Step into the beautiful country kitchen of our Villa Eddarella, situated right alongside the Umbria and Lazio border, among rolling hills peppered with centuries old farmhouses. Look out one window as you see the hills of Tuscany in the distance, while through another you gaze at the mountains of Umbria.

Take part in our cooking classes, where youwill be taught how to prepare authentic Sabina dishes under the guidanceof a local chef. Experience the fantastic Sabina warmth and hospitality and stay in a beautiful converted farmhouse Agriturismo, surrounded by olive groves, in the heart of the peaceful Sabina countryside.

Full immersion of cooking, learning, tasting and lifestyle in the unspoiled landscape of Le Marche. With Franco you will discover the roots of the Walnut Tree: the love for the real Italian way of being and, of course, the passion for cooking. “Cook with love – cook with your soul” is Franco’s motto. You will come away with a menu of authentic Marchigiani recipes and the know-how, confidence and enthusiasm to cook them at home for your family and friends.

Come get a taste of Piemonte’s fabulous foods and wines during a weekend in one of Italy’s hidden treasures, the city of Torino! You will also enjoy two cooking demonstrations by your host, Debbie Peck, author of O Taste & See Some More and Around Our Table.