What to do and see in Province of Lucca, Tuscany: The Best Cooking Classes

Toscana Saporita was founded in 1994 by Anne Bianchi and Sandra Rosy Lotti. The school occupies the ground floor of a 16th century villa and welcomes students from all over the world. Our students encompass every level from culinary beginners to accomplished chefs who come to study the unique nature of Tuscan Cuisine.

Hands-on cooking courses: take a tour into the secrets and the aromas of the traditional Tuscan cuisine. Take part in The legend of the Dolce Vita: cooking, drinking and eating together!.Have a traditional Tuscan dinner, served at your villa. We cook home made local food, using the most fresh ingredientsWe serve a complete dinner, including wines We clean… after all, this is your vacation!

Inspiring culinary and craft tours in rural Italy of life behind the scenes that you won't find in any guidebook. This is your escape route from the industrial prison of chemical food and machine-made everything.

Italian Cooking School in Lucca, Tuscany, day classes as well as 7 day all inclusive programs with tours and field trips. Hotel rooms available in our apartments. Intensive cooking classes, 8 to 14 recipes per class, hands on cooking, include lunch and recipes in English. Classes also in Deutsch, Francais, Espanol. Classes: Main Ingredients and Sauces, Fish and seafood, Fresh Pasta and pasta sauce, pizza, focaccia and bread. Tuscan Cooking, Chef Paolo's favorite dishes. Fun classes, delicious dishes, easy to make recipes!

Lucca's In City cooking class featuring Tuscan specialties. This is a hands on class commencing with prosecco and regional specialties. Three courses are prepared guided by an english speaking Chef who was raised at a Tuscan Olive Mill. A three course lunch, wines, recipe book, certificate and custom apron are included. Limited to small groups, and located in the center, no driving.

Cesarine is Italy's first network of 800+ home cooks all over Italy in more than 120+ destinations. We offer food experiences all over Italy such as cooking classes, dining experiences, market and food tours. Our mission is to preserve the authentic local recipes, handed down from generation to generation, support small local producers and connect the travelers with local and talented home cooks.

The Cooking School “Gioia di Vivere” is set in the typical Tuscan countryside. We will welcome you in a warm and informal ambient. Our vegan cooking classes are open to all, beginners or expert chef. Our classes are an unique opportunity to learn how important is taking care of each ingredient. We only use food that is: organic, seasonal, whole, balanced, fresh and delicious. Ours is a farm-to-table cooking school so vegetables comes from our own garden and we personally select and buy whole ancient grains flours, local extra virgin olive oil and local wine. Our classes are practical (with vegetarian option upon request) and our Chef will reveal secrets handed down from generations. You will learn the healthiest way to cook ingredients and how food significantly affects our physical, mental and spiritual well-being.

Make your own homemade pasta or pizza like a real italian. We will pick you up at Lucca train station (9.30 am), we'll drive you to our farmhouse that is at the top of an hill.We'll prepare together a real Italian meal starting from flour and eggs for home made pasta(Thursday)or from flour and yeast for pizza and focaccia (Tuesday if no rain), with the company of our olive oil (we produce it).

Sommelier of Lucca with many years of experience, winner of some important competitions, 3rd place in the Best Sommelier of Italy in 2018 and owner of the Uvaggio online wine shop. I work as a wine consultant, I write about wine on the Wineafterwine blog of the same name and collaborate with the TV channel Wine TV. I love wine more than anything and I travel to wineries, studying every day to improve myself! For 5 years I have been dealing with wine tasting and wine tours to convey to customers the essence of the territory!