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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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 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.

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.

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!

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.