Cheese Tasting, Cooking Class & Farm-to-Table Activity in Tuscany
Overview
Enjoy a private and authentic cooking class in a local home with host Ilaria who learned to cook as a child from her grandma and owned a trattoria in Florence. This is a perfect experience for anyone looking to connect with local culture over food. Your cooking class will take place in a local home kitchen where Ilaria will teach you how to make 2-3 traditional Italian dishes from their family recipes. After cooking, you will enjoy your meal together in your hosts' beautiful Tuscan home.
• Cooking lesson in a local home
• Introduction to Italy's culture and cuisine
• 100% private activity
• Experience Italian hospitality in a residential neighborhood in Fivizzano
• Vegetarian options available
What's Included
- 1-2 glasses of local wine
- Harvest herbs & vegetables from the garden
- Private cooking class and meal with your host Ilaria
- Cheese tasting in a nearby local farm
- Hotel pickup and drop-off
Meeting Location
Via A. Nardi
16, 54013 Fivizzano MS, Italy
Detailed check-in instructions, including the exact address, are provided with your booking confirmation.
This activity ends back at the meeting point.
What To Expect
This is a unique opportunity to visit the home of a local and explore traditional culture and cuisine. Ilaria hosts this experience in her home, a hamlet dated back to the 15th century, with outstanding views of Apuan Alps, in the north of Tuscany. Start your experience with cheese tasting in a nearby local farm. Then pick herbs and organic vegetables from Ilaria’s garden for your cooking class. Later join her in the courtyard to cook traditional Tuscan dishes which will vary depending on the season, however, you will be using recipes Ilaria inherited from her grandmother. All the dishes you prepare will be simple so that you can easily recreate it back home. You might learn to cook an appetizer, a main dish and dessert. After cooking, enjoy the meal you helped prepare, together as a family with local wine.
Additional Info
- Confirmation will be received within 48 hours of booking, subject to availability
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Please note that 1-2 glasses of wine is included in the price of the experience.
- Ilaria can do a vegetarian menu as well, so please let her know while booking the experience online.
- Please note that the menu will change as per season.
- Please note that, as is common in many Italian homes, this residence does not have air conditioning.
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Activity code: C-7626P641
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- 1-2 glasses of local wine.
- Harvest herbs & vegetables from the garden.
- Private cooking class and meal with your host Ilaria.
- Cheese tasting in a nearby local farm.
- Hotel pickup and drop-off.
There is no minimum age for this tour, so bring your wee one along for an adventure. This tour requires at least one adult to accompany children..
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Apr 2025Accessibility information for the Cheese Tasting, Cooking Class & Farm-to-Table Activity in Tuscany is as follows:
- Public transportation options are available nearby
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Oct 2026What's Included
- 1-2 glasses of local wine
- Harvest herbs & vegetables from the garden
- Private cooking class and meal with your host Ilaria
- Cheese tasting in a nearby local farm
- Hotel pickup and drop-off
Additional Info
- Confirmation will be received within 48 hours of booking, subject to availability
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Please note that 1-2 glasses of wine is included in the price of the experience.
- Ilaria can do a vegetarian menu as well, so please let her know while booking the experience online.
- Please note that the menu will change as per season.
- Please note that, as is common in many Italian homes, this residence does not have air conditioning.
