Truffle Adventure Cooking Class & tasting
Overview
Unlike standard cooking classes, our Truffle Cooking Experience is an exclusive, hands-on journey guided by our chef and sommelier in a private Tuscan setting. Before preparing a luxurious four-course meal featuring fresh truffles, you'll start learning about truffles.
Enjoy intimate, personalized guidance, premium organic wines, and e.v.o. Olive oils and an authentic farm-to-table atmosphere. Relax in a stunning outdoor or intimate indoor dining space, savoring your creations in an unforgettable gourmet escape.
This isn’t just a class—it’s a true taste of Tuscany’s finest flavors and traditions! ✨
What's Included
- Dinner 4-course dinner
- Lunch
- Alcoholic beverages Alcoholic Beverages
- Bottled water
- Wine tasting
- Food tasting
- Hotel pickup and drop-off
Meeting Location
Via Martiri di Citerna
53037 San Gimignano SI, 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
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The Truffle Cooking Class will start with a tour of our vineyard and olive groves; following a member of the family will briefly introduce you few notions about truffles.
During the experience, Guests will learn the secrets of truffles, how to clean them and different ways to cook them.
We will start with the preparation of antipasti, a delicious Bruschetta with Lardo di Colonnata ( a typical Tuscan cold cut) and slices of truffle on top, a first traditional dish composed by the preparation of Tuscan Pasta “Pici”, a second course that will include the preparation of filet with truffle slices and balsamic glaze flavored with truffle, and of course a tasty dessert.
Our Chef and a member of the family will guide you through this amazing gourmet experience.
At the end of the afternoon in the kitchen, you will relax in one of our private and exclusive rooms while tasting all the things that you’ve cooked paired with our organic wines and e.v.o. olive oils.
The Cooking Lesson is available for minimum 2 people and maximum 6 and includes a served dinner with all the delicious dishes that you’ve prepared, and the tasting of our own products (wine and e.v.o. oils).
Additional Info
- Confirmation will be received within 48 hours of booking, subject to availability
- Wheelchair accessible
- Service animals allowed
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Minimum age is 18 years
- Minimum drinking age is 18 years
- A maximum of 6 people per booking
- This tour/activity will have a maximum of 6 travelers
Frequently Asked Questions (7)
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Activity code: C-26252P18
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Frequently Asked Questions (7)
The answers provided below were previously given in response to questions from City Balloon Tours customers.
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- For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the tour start time.
- If you cancel less than 24 hours before the tour start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
- Any changes made less than 24 hours before the tour start time will not be accepted.
- Cut-off times are based on the tour local time (CET).
- Dinner. 4-course dinner.
- Lunch.
- Alcoholic beverages. Alcoholic Beverages.
- Bottled water.
- Wine tasting.
- Food tasting.
- Hotel pickup and drop-off.
The minimum age to participate is 18. This tour requires at least one adult to accompany children..
Apr 2025If a date or time is not listed on the calendar, it’s sold out or unavailable for another reason. Support cannot assist further if a date or time is not on the calendar.
If you find a date and time that works for you, book it NOW because things always sell out at this time of year.
Apr 2025Accessibility information for the Truffle Adventure Cooking Class & tasting is as follows:
- Wheelchair accessible
- Service animals allowed
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Detailed check-in instructions – including meeting point address, Google map, and parking information – for Truffle Adventure Cooking Class & tasting will be included in your confirmation email from City Balloon Tours. Please be sure to double and triple check your email address is correct at checkout so this important email makes its way to you!
Mar 2024Once your refund is processed, it usually shows on your card statement within 5–10 business days. The exact timing depends on your bank or card issuer.
Want it sooner? When you cancel, choose Receive a refund to my wallet instead. The credit is in your Wallet straight away and is applied automatically at checkout on your next booking when you’re signed in with the same email. You can see your balance any time in My Wallet.
If you paid part of your booking with Wallet credit, that part always goes back to your Wallet. Trip protection isn’t refundable.
Oct 2026What's Included
- Dinner4-course dinner
- Lunch
- Alcoholic beveragesAlcoholic Beverages
- Bottled water
- Wine tasting
- Food tasting
- Hotel pickup and drop-off
Additional Info
- Confirmation will be received within 48 hours of booking, subject to availability
- Wheelchair accessible
- Service animals allowed
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Minimum age is 18 years
- Minimum drinking age is 18 years
- A maximum of 6 people per booking
- This tour/activity will have a maximum of 6 travelers
