The 10 Best Cooking Classes in Florence, Tuscany

April 22, 2022 Timmy Ribble

Florence is an art historian’s dream. The Galleria dell'Accademia bursts with works by Michelangelo, who is entombed within the frescoed walls of the Basilica di Santa Croce. Budding photographers can snap pics of the Ponte Vecchio bridge, and serious shoppers can spend a blissful afternoon wandering the shops of Piazza Santo Spirito. Tuscan cuisine pays homage to the region’s bounty. Swipe a hunk of crusty bread across a pool of local olive oil and you’ll be instantly transported to your happiest place.
Restaurants in Florence

1. Accidental Tourist

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Accidental Tourist

The Accidental Tourist was born in the spring of 1998 offering the first single-day hands-on cooking class in Tuscany. We welcome the curious and open-minded traveler in the heart of our Tuscan home, for an authentic yet magical experience. We take a maximum of 8 people, but will go with as few as one: we never leave the solo traveler behind. We welcome families with children as we know how challenging it can be to travel with the young ones in the Old Country. AND, we charge for our tours only if our guests are happy to pay for their day with us.

2. Wanna be Italiano!

Florence Italy 888-235-9834. http://www.florencetown.com/49-cooking-class-florence.html
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Wanna be Italiano!

Our classes are offered as a view into a typical Tuscan cuisine. Classes are small and intimate. First step: grocery shopping at the central market!! You will go shopping with the chef at the central market picking up the ingredients for your lunch. You will meet the butchers, the bakers, and the farmers selling vegetables from their gardens. You will learn how to distinguish the highest quality ingredients and as an added bonus, how to bargain! You will taste local foods & wines. After this fun experience you will reach the house and start the lessons in a private kitchen. A true hands-on experience, and you will prepare your own meal, made of Bruschetta, Fresh Home-made Pasta, and a main course, accompanied with a selection of Chianti wines. As you will eat your own food, you’d better be an attentive student while the Chef is teaching!

Reviewed By B5566LNchrisd - New York, United States

This was a great experience. We could’ve skipped the marketplace in the morning but the cooking and endless wine drinking was fantastic. It was so satisfying making our pasta from scratch and seeing how to make 2 kinds of sauces. It was a ton of fun and my teenagers loved it. They can’t wait to get home and cook a meal!

3. The Truffle Hunter

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The Truffle Hunter

Tuscany is one of the most important regions in Italy for truffles. Truffle Hunter is a company Florence based who has the aim to promote this excellent natural product. We will take you in a wood land in a true hunting with our dogs.

4. Chef Vary

Via Romana 28 inside the Store Tuscan Taste, 50125, Florence Italy +39 393 105 0885 [email protected] http://chefvary.com
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Chef Vary

It's me, Chef Vary, for 15 years my family company runs with passion and professionalism of Italian cuisine and food tours. We specialize in traditional and gluten free food, of which we have the ministerial authorization for security. We are official tasters of Extra-Virgin Olive Oil and Cheese. Our qualifications are concentrated to give you the best of knowledge without forgetting the fun! Every year you can meet us in America where we promote our proposals through cooking courses and culinary demonstrations. We avail ourselves of the help of guides specialized in art and food to complete our proposal on food tours ... Do you want to know us? come and taste ...! Private courses and joins Pasta class Italian Vegetarian Cooking Courses Tuscan cooking classes "Gluten free" courses: fresh pasta and bread "Gluten free" courses: Tuscan cuisine Courses for "crazy for meat" Contact us to have your favorite cooking class at the chef's house. Relaxing environment, your home away from home .

Reviewed By carolynbC4997ZW - Florence, Italy

Such fun - great company, great food & Vary is a hoot. Nice alternative to eating out - make your own dinner and learn some Italian history in the process!

5. The Spice Lab

Olive Grove, Florence Italy +39 345 021 5968 [email protected]
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The Spice Lab

6. Toscana in Bocca

Via Ugo Foscolo 27, 50124, Florence Italy +39 348 317 9121 [email protected] http://www.toscanainbocca.com/
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Toscana in Bocca

Taylor made private cooking classes

Reviewed By HyMaryland - Rockville, United States

Stefania is a professional chef. She is a patient and kind teacher. We had a great cooking lesson with her learning how to make an appetizer, pasta, beef main entree, potato side dish, veggie side dish, and tiramisu. So much delicious food!!! She emails you the recipes after the class. Stefania is a friendly person and so easy to talk with as we enjoyed eating dinner with her. When we return to Florence, we will definitely take another cooking class with her. It was the best cooking experience out of the 3 cooking classes in Tuscany!

7. Culinarian Expeditions, LLC

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Culinarian Expeditions, LLC

Exclusive expeditions where you can savor the cuisine as you tour the country with our small groups. We specialize in two countries we know best, Mexico and Italy. Our expeditions are a unique blend of nourishment for the spirit and for the palate with a concentration on the authentic and slow food culinary traditions that are not always accessible to the ordinary traveler.

8. GiglioCooking

Via del Ghirlandaio 6b, 50121, Florence Italy +39 055 614 7210 [email protected] http://www.gigliocooking.com
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GiglioCooking

Gigliocooking offers cooking courses of different matter and lasting times. With us you learn to make the real Italian food in a comfortable environment. Here you will discover the secrets and everything that will enhance your cooking techniques from a true Tuscan Chef. If you want to cook at both professional and amateur level, come to have an unique experience of culture and fun.

Reviewed By StephTillett - South Africa, null

I spent 10 days learning as much from Marcella as we could about Italian cooking, the history, techniques and recipes! She is so knowledgable, entertaining and a great teacher! The 10 days is not enough to cover even a 10th of Italian cuisine, but we covered more than expected. From pasta varieties, basic preparations, meats, fishes, vegetables and gnocchi! Highly recommended course, thank you Marcella! :-)

9. Cook Eat Italian

Viale Donato Giannotti 49, 50126, Florence Italy +39 055 906 4092 [email protected] http://www.cookeatitalian.com
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Cook Eat Italian

Cook Eat Italian offers the best one day cooking class in Florence. Our local chef Manuela will take you through authentic Italian recipes in this hands-on small group class. Maximum class size 6 Persons in our kitchen in Florence. Also we offer cooking class+wine tasting in a countryside.

Reviewed By itsglo - Santa Cruz, United States

My sister and brother-in-law together with a friend and I attended Manuela's cooking class. I was expecting a commercial kitchen / school environment. What an absolute delight to find we were cooking in Manuela's own home and her adorable, very, very Italian kitchen. This was a truly hand-on experience. Under Manuelas, tuition, we prepped, cooked and assembled all the dishes, including making pasta from scratch. We then sat down at the table like one big family (there were 2 additional people in the class) to eat what we had prepared and cooked. Not only did we get to keep the recipes but Manuela also shared the Italian music list from Spotify that was playing in the background. Manuela is a gem, as his her beautiful little daughter who, it is obvious will follow in her mother's footsteps as an exceptional cook. I spend some time in Italy every year, and I'll be sure to go back to Manuela for another class.

10. Traveling Spoon

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Traveling Spoon

Traveling Spoon provides travelers with private, authentic food experiences, from homemade meals to cooking classes and market tours, with local hosts in their homes.

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