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WANNA BE ITALIANO, COOKING CLASS AND MARKET TOUR
Meet one of our famous and charismatic chefs and learn how to cook a nice Tuscan meal in the heart of Florence! First step: a little walk to the Central Market, grocery shopping! You will go shopping with the chefs 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. After this fun experience you will reach our fascinating home-like professional location, just a few steps from the central market, where you’ll enjoy a delicious tasting of typical products and you will start putting your hands on the ingredients to create your own meal, driven by the expert guidance of our Chefs. Your menu may slightly vary depending on the season and the fresh ingredients available, but will usually be made of bruschetta, different kinds of fresh home-made pasta from scratch (i.e. tagliatelle and ravioli), sauces for the pasta, and a dessert. And then you will obviously eat the meal you prepared yourself, accompanied with two glasses of a selection of Chianti wine.
INCLUSIONS:
• Visit of the Central market of Florence with our Chefs
• Food and local products tasting
• Cooking lesson with famous local Chefs
• Use of apron and cooking utensils
• All ingredients for your lunch
• Lunch with Wine Tasting (2 glasses of wine)
• Graduation Certificate
• Booklet with recipes
: TBD Contact us for more info.
| Pick Up (Please arrive 5-10 minutes prior to departure.) | Start Time | Departures |
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| 8:45 AM | 9:00 AM | Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun |
Season: from Apr 1st to Oct 31st, 2023
Duration: 5 Hrs. Approx.
Meeting Point: FLORENCETOWN COOKING SCHOOL, Via Panicale Via Panicale, 43/r, 50123 Firenze, close to Florence Central Market
Languages: English
Tours are not available on Italian Bank Holidays: April 17th, 18th, 25th, May 1st, June 2nd, August 15th
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FLORENCE GOURMET WALKING TOUR
Meet your local guide at the meeting point and start the walking tour along the characteristic streets and dedicate an entire morning to the most exclusive cultural and gastronomic aspects of Florence. Your local expert guide will lead you till the historical paths to enjoy a nice walk and special tasting of some of the Florentine and Tuscan most famous foods, the best way to enjoy this beautiful city at 360°.
The first stop will be at the traditional Mercato Centrale, the historic market where many local products are sold. You will discover some secrets of the Tuscan cuisine while tasting delicious foods.
During the walking tour you will admire the religious complex composed of the Giotto’s bell tower, the Baptistery and its famous Gate of Paradise, the Cathedral, and its majestic Cupola of Brunelleschi.
Next, walking along the city center, you will stop at a local winery to taste some of the Tuscan Wine excellences with local snacks like the original Bruschetta.
Your Gourmet walking tour will continue to Piazza della Signoria with its imposing Palazzo Vecchio. With the precious explanation of your local expert guide, you will discover the origins and the majesty of the De Medici legacy, its power, secrets, and gossip. You cannot end your walking tour without ice-cream near the worldwide famous Ponte Vecchio!
INCLUSIONS:
• Guided city walking of Florence (up to 15 pax),
• visit of Mercato Centrale,
• food tastings during the walking tour
: TBD Contact us for more info.
| Pick Up (Please arrive 5-10 minutes prior to departure.) | Start Time | Departures |
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| 8:45 AM | 9:00 AM | Mon – Fri |
Season: from Apr 1st to Oct 31st, 2023
Duration: 3 Hrs. Approx.
Meeting Point: Piazza dell’Unità Italiana, 6 (in front of Hotel Baglioni)
Languages: English
Tours are not available on Italian Bank Holidays: April 17th, 18th, 25th, May 1st, June 2nd, August 15th
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VIP COOKING MASTERCLASS & FOOD WALKING TOUR
Start with an incredible FOOD Tour through the city centre.
Following our professional and passionate Chef, stroll through the old town discovering the fascinating authentic historic Bottegas where you will learn about and taste some gourmet typical Tuscan products, as well as buying some of the freshest ingredients you will need for the recipes in your cooking class. This includes visiting Bottegas in Oltrarno, the most authentic district in town, on the other side of the river. An incredible food tour guided by the knowledge of a professional Chef!
Then, reach our incredible and exclusive location for your hands-on cooking class, right in the heart of Florence. Wear your apron and start listening to the Chef, because in a matter of minutes it will be you chopping, mixing, kneading… surprising yourself preparing the most delicious lunch you’ve ever tasted. The menu may slightly vary depending on the season and the fresh ingredients available, but this is an example of it: typical home-made pasta from scratch like Potato Gnocchi, with a hand-made Pesto sauce (no kitchen robots but pestles!). Then a second dish like a delicious eggplant Parmigiana. And finally, prepare your own dessert, like Cantuccini (typical Tuscan dry biscuits to dip into Tuscan dessert wine Vinsanto). Enjoy your delicious creations tasting some of the finest Tuscan wines. Enjoy your delicious creations tasting some of the finest Tuscan wines.
INCLUSIONS:
• Cooking MASTERCLASS by a famous local Chef in a fascinating kitchen in Florence
• Guided FOOD TOUR of Florence historic food Bottegas with our Chef
• Food and local products tasting
• Use of apron and cooking utensils
• All ingredients for your lunch
• Lunch, Wine tasting of Tuscan wines
• Graduation Certificate
• Booklet with recipes
: TBD Contact us for more info.
| Pick Up (Please arrive 5-10 minutes prior to departure.) | Start Time | Departures |
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| 8:45 AM | 9:00 AM | Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat |
Season: from Apr 1st to Oct 31st, 2023
Duration: 6 Hrs. Approx.
Meeting Point: Florencetown Piazza Mentana 2red Firenze (opp. the Arno River)
Languages: English
Tours are not available on Italian Bank Holidays: April 17th, 18th, 25th, May 1st, June 2nd, August 15th
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VIP ORGANIC COOKING MASTERCLASS
First, learn how to grow organic vegetables exploring our little garden with the chef and pick the freshest vegetable ingredients and Tuscan herbs, right from the plants. What you will pick will depend on the season. The menu may slightly vary depending on the season and the fresh ingredients available, but among various other things it will usually include also two different types of home-made pasta from scratch (i.e. pappardelle and ravioli) and a dessert. The class will end with a delicious lunch that will prove your improved skills in the kitchen, accompanied by tastings of different wines and a final typical Tuscan dessert wine. Whether you are a beginner or an expert with the apron, this cooking class will ensure a personalized experience from the Chef while letting you enjoy a friendly company, and will let you learn recipes and secrets that you can bring home with you to surprise your friends with a true Italian meal! And all of this in the enchanting Chianti countryside, home of the world-famous Chianti wine.
And, last but not least, get your Graduation Certificate!
INCLUSIONS:
• VIP Semi-private hands-on Cooking Class
• Cooking MASTERCLASS ORGANIC FOOD by a – famous local Chef in a fascinating kitchen in Chianti countryside
• Personalized attention
• Food and local products tasting
• Use of apron and cooking utensils
• All ingredients for your lunch
• Lunch
• Wine tasting of Tuscan wines
• Graduation Certificate
• Booklet with recipes
: TBD Contact us for more info.
| Pick Up (Please arrive 5-10 minutes prior to departure.) | Start Time | Departures |
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| 9:45 AM | 10:00 AM | Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun |
Season: from Apr 1st to Oct 31st, 2023
Duration: 6 Hrs. Approx.
Meeting Point: Florencetown Piazza Mentana 2red Firenze (opp. the Arno River)
Languages: English
Tours are not available on Italian Bank Holidays: April 17th, 18th, 25th, May 1st, June 2nd, August 15th
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GRANDMA RECIPES WITH AN ITALIAN CHEF – cooking class
This course is perfect for those of you who wish to learn the basics of Italian traditional handmade Pasta while having fun and learning interesting things and anecdotes. Together with our Chef, you’ll get the opportunity to work on the various types of ingredients necessary for making fresh pasta, to discover the techniques and secrets behind the ancient Italian tradition of homemade pasta making. You’ll discover the original grandma recipes and you’ll prepare them with a local Chef. Participants will learn directly from the Chef, the techniques used in handling fresh pasta, including using the polling pin and machine. You will prepare fresh egg pasta along with different sauces. The course ends with a beautiful lunch with the dishes you made.
INCLUSIONS:
• Professional Chef
• Small Groups Only with a maximum of 16 people
• All ingredients
• Prepare: fresh pasta, sauces and dessert
• Lunch with what you’ve prepared plus bottled water, Tuscany wine
• Recipes of what you have prepared
: TBD Contact us for more info.
| Pick Up (Please arrive 5-10 minutes prior to departure.) | Start Time | Departures |
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| 9:45 AM | 10:00 AM | Everyday |
| 2:45 PM | 3:00 PM | Everyday |
Season: from Apr 1st to Oct 31st, 2023
Duration: 3 Hrs. Approx.
Meeting Point: Via degli Alfani 18R, 50121, Florence
Languages: English
Tours are not available on Italian Bank Holidays: April 17th, 18th, 25th, May 1st, June 2nd, August 15th
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TRUFFLE HUNTING WITH LUNCH – 1 hour truffle hunting event with lunch and wine tasting
Add to your wish list this fantastic adventure and sign up for a day of excitement, participating in a truffle hunt alongside beautiful hunting dogs. Accompanied by a professional guide with his trained dogs, for 4 hours you can share a wonderful experience in searching for truffle throughout the oak forests that border Tenuta Torciano. In this private truffle land within Tenuta Torciano, you will discover precious white and black truffles. You will be taught how to identify the various species of trees and the ideal habitat for truffle growth.
INCLUSIONS:
• Lesson on: on how to recognize and search for Truffle with an English speaking translator
• 1 hours of truffle hunting with professional guide that will teach you the technical informations about truffle. You will learn why they are fondamentals in the slow-food movments and how to use and keep them.
• Lunch or Dinner with local products
• Appetizers: Tuscan salami and cheeses, Bruschetta and snack.
• First Course: Tagliolini with truffle and truffle lasagna
• Second Course: Roast meat with potatoes and vegetables
• Dessert: Cantuccini with dessert wine
• Tasting of Tuscan products: Brunello di Montalcino DOCG, Chianti DOCG, Chianti Classico DOCG, Morellino di Scansano DOCG, Vino Nobile di Montepulciano DOCG, Super Tuscan “Baldassarre” cabernet, merlot, sangiovese, Super Tuscan “Cavaliere” sangiovese & merlot, Super Tuscan “Bartolomeo” sangiovese & cabernet, Vernaccia di San Gimignano DOCG, Bolgheri DOC, Rosè, Extra virgin olive oil, Truffle olive oil, Pepper olive oil, Balsamic Vinegar Gold Reserve
: TBD Contact us for more info.
| Start Time | Departures |
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| 10:00 AM | Every day |
Season: from Jan 1 to Dec 28, 2023
Duration: 3 Hrs. Approx.
Languages: English
Note: Make sure to dress in appropriate ways for a hike in the woods, with shoes and trousers suitable for walking. The truffles found are the propriety of Tenuta Torciano and you can buy them at the offer price of the day on the local market.
Available on request, vegetarian, vegan and gluten free menu.
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COOKING CLASS: TUSCAN FOOD & WINE TASTING
If you have a passion for cooking, come to learn from Italian chefs the secrets to authentic Tuscan cuisine. The preparations for a simple and delicious Tuscan recipe include cultivating only the freshest ingredients including homemade pasta, incredible sauces, meats and desserts. In our general cooking class, we will teach you step by step how to properly cut, braise, boil, cook and roast a complete Tuscan meal in a fun environment while creating unforgettable dishes. This occasion will provide an opportunity for friends and family to laugh and have fun bonding with others over food and wine, including locally sourced meats, fresh homemade pastas, vegetables hand-picked from our own garden and plenty of baked bread drizzled with extra virgin olive oil. Get yourself in the Tuscan family, and let us show you the secrets to Italian culinary pleasure.
INCLUSIONS:
• Making: of an appetizer, first and second course, with daily dessert.
• The Recipes are choosen by our Chef according to seasonability.
• Learn to cut, braise, boil, cook and roast a complete Tuscan meal.
• Lunch or Dinner with the food prepared together.
• Tasting of wine and olive oil with Wine School.
• The cooking class menu
• Appetizer: Tuscan Crostini, Tomatoes Crostini, Sausages Crostini
• First Course: Homemade pasta with meat sauce and Truffle Lasagna
• Second Course: Fillet flavorings and green pepper, or steak with arugula and Parmesan cheese
• Dessert: Vanilla Icecream with balsamic vinegar or Tiramisù
• Tasting of wines and olive oils: Brunello di Montalcino DOCG, Chianti DOCG, Chianti Classico DOCG, Morellino di Scansano DOCG, Vino Nobile di Montepulciano DOCG, Super Tuscan “Baldassarre” cabernet, merlot, sangiovese, Super Tuscan “Cavaliere” sangiovese & merlot, Super Tuscan “Bartolomeo” sangiovese & cabernet, Vernaccia di San Gimignano DOCG, Bolgheri DOC Rosè, Extra virgin olive oil ,Truffle olive oil, Pepper olive oil, Balsamic Vinegar Gold Reserve
: TBD Contact us for more info.
| Start Time | Departures |
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| 10:00 AM OR 05:00 PM | Every day |
Season: from Jan 1 to Dec 28, 2023
Duration: 3 Hrs. Approx.
Languages: English
Available on request, vegetarian, vegan and gluten free menu.
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