Cooking Masterclass & Food Walking Tour: Discover Scents, Tastes, and Secrets of Italian Cuisine
4.8
51 Ratings
Firenze

A hands-on experience that will immerse you in the scents, tastes, and secrets of Italian cuisine, while also allowing you to discover historic Florentine bottegas for gourmet products. Small-group for an intimate experience.

Duration: 5 hours, 30 minutes
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • Oltrarno - Walking Food Tour with professional chef for tasting and picking up ingredients for lunch
  • Le Botteghe - Meet your dedicated chef and follow him on a wondrous “Food Quest” through the charming streets of historic Florence and the Oltrarno neighbourood.
    Talented and entertaining, he will lead you to the most picturesque traditional grocery shops, the ancient Florentine bottegas.
What's Included
  • Small Group activity to better enjoy it
  • Graduation Certificate
  • Food and local products tasting
  • Booklet with recipes
  • Lunch
  • Use of apron and cooking utensils
  • Guided Food Tour of Florence historic food Bottegas with our Chef
What's Not Included
  • Gratuities
  • Hotel pickup and drop-off
Additional Information
  • Minimum drinking age is 18 years
  • Please inform us of any food intolerance or allergy in advance
  • Please let us know in advance any special need or impaired mobility of the clients and we will do our best to accommodate them
  • Please note that when the Bottegas are closed a special introduction and extra tastings at the cooking class location will substitute instead
  • We are sorry to inform you that pets are not permitted on our tours
  • Not suitable for Celiacs
Location
Towns of Italy | Cooking School | Florence
Via Panicale
The meeting point is in our Cooking School in the heart of Florence, via Panicale 43r, close to the Central Market. Please be at the meeting point 15 minutes before the scheduled departure time.
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Lorianna_e
Jun 22, 2024
Awesome - I was promised recipes and never got them! Deeply disappointed in that. The teacher was awesome! I just really need the recipe
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Susu1717
Jun 1, 2024
Chef Roberta Mari was a master chef and made our Tuscan experience! - We took a masterclass with Chef Roberta Mari and it was incredible! We learned so much about how to source fresh ingredients and prepare each dish! I will be so excited to prepare for my family when we get home! Grazie Mille!
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Colleen_b
May 20, 2024
Best food we had in Florence, and we made it ourselves! (With a little help from David :) - We were absolutely blown away by the food David showed us how to make. We really could not believe how amazing it was. We like to cook but have only taken one class before. David was patient, friendly, and highly skilled. We got lucky because it was just the two of us there so we had all of his attention and instruction. It was wonderful to see him at the market, talking to all the vendors as if they were life long friends. My favorite dish was the Spaghetti alla Chitarra al pesto alla Genovese. We had so many incredible dining experience it Italy, but this was the best! Thank you!
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364vickiv
Sep 29, 2023
Best Florence activity hands down! - Excellent. Best experience out of a whole month in Firenze. Advice book early in your stay as you learn so much more than just cooking. Tommaso was an exceptional chef and a “Bellissimo” human being as well. Grazie Mille Florencetown and Tommaso.
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996kitc
Jul 12, 2023
Great day in Florence - We enjoyed the day (6 hours) of talking with our chef, Frederico, about Italian food with a little history background. He has an obvious passion for what he does. The market tour to buy the groceries was mixed with education about what we were looking at and a couple tastings. The food we cooked was fantastic.
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Cherysen2021
Jul 3, 2023
The Cooking Masterclass & Food Walking Tour is a must! - The Cooking Masterclass & Food Walking Tour was fantastic! Federico, the chef for our class of 10, was very personable, informative and we thoroughly enjoyed all the dishes he helped us create. The walking tour was delightful. We sampled delicacies at two bakeries and then moved on to the Mercato, where we sampled the most wonderful cheese, and got the chicken for one of the dishes we made. This was definitely one of the highlights of our stay in Florence!
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Simonm221
Jun 18, 2023
Frederico Pasucci is a delight! - Frederico put us all at ease with a font of culinary information along with a self deprivation sense of humor and an abundance of politeness. All components that he was involved with were exceptional. He explained I'm detail the complexities of the recipes, and regularly compared the "Nonna" style of cooking with more updated techniques. He was kind and patient with our dough rolling and make us all feel competent!! Yay Frederico!! Please note that the booking office failed to email as the day before with an updated mtg address which caused us to miss the 1st 45 min of the tour. They did not inform our chef as to what was happening. Despot this, Frederico left us a note as to where to find him and was apologetic even though what happened was not his fault. The touring company would not refund any portion of our expenses. I tell you this as consumers to check with the booking office the day before your event if you do not receive an email, so that you can confirm your mtg address.
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Macgiv5
May 7, 2023
Best cooking class in any country. - Chef Frederico Marco and Stefano were amazing. Made us feel at home and taught us so many cooking tips. The walking tour to get ingredients was amazing. The best cooking class I have ever attended and I have done dozens. Make sure you relax and enjoy the entire 5 hour experience. Also, don’t eat a big breakfast if you’re doing the morning/lunch session. The meal is 5 courses!
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Dianne_s
Apr 16, 2023
Great cooking class! - We had a very special treat of being the only people in the class so it was wonderful. David and Caterine were personable, fun to be with - had a great visit to bakeries, a coffee shop, the market - where we met locals. Then back to the class were we were very hands-on in making pesto and pasta! Excellent fun time - would highly recommend
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Aaron
Apr 10, 2023
Family fun experience - We had a wonderful experience with master chef Caterina. The cooking class was excellent and the food was amazing. Our class was day after Easter do markets were closed. Highly recommend this with family.
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