Florence Trip Overview
Enjoy a private and authentic vegetarian cooking class in a local Florence home with your host Antonella and her family. This is a perfect experience for anyone looking to connect with local culture over food. Your hands-on cooking class takes place in a local home kitchen where Antonella will teach you 3-4 traditional Tuscan dishes. After cooking, enjoy your meal together with this lovely Italian family. Antonella is a warm and professional host. You will be able to tell immediately that she is a professional chef and cooking teacher, as almost half of the main floor is made up of the kitchen. She and her husband will welcome you with a classic espresso before you start cooking. After cooking, your hosts will offer you a prosecco to start (typical of Italian meals) followed by a selection of delicious Tuscan red wines. Antonella’s husband is a wine lover and throughout the evening, he will engage you in conversation about the different types of wines in the region.
Additional Info
Duration: 3 hours
Starts: Florence, Italy
Trip Category: Food, Wine & Nightlife >> Cooking Classes
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What to Expect When Visiting Florence, Tuscany, Italy
Enjoy a private and authentic vegetarian cooking class in a local Florence home with your host Antonella and her family. This is a perfect experience for anyone looking to connect with local culture over food. Your hands-on cooking class takes place in a local home kitchen where Antonella will teach you 3-4 traditional Tuscan dishes. After cooking, enjoy your meal together with this lovely Italian family. Antonella is a warm and professional host. You will be able to tell immediately that she is a professional chef and cooking teacher, as almost half of the main floor is made up of the kitchen. She and her husband will welcome you with a classic espresso before you start cooking. After cooking, your hosts will offer you a prosecco to start (typical of Italian meals) followed by a selection of delicious Tuscan red wines. Antonella’s husband is a wine lover and throughout the evening, he will engage you in conversation about the different types of wines in the region.
This is a unique opportunity to visit the home of a local and explore traditional culture and cuisine. Join Antonella at her home kitchen, the kitchen of a professional chef. She has every specialized tool imaginable and a drawer with knives that would make any Master Chef jealous. During your cooking lesson, you will make an appetizer or soup, main dish and dessert from scratch. When you arrive, the kitchen table will already be set with the ingredients for the first recipe. While you begin to put everything together according to Antonella’s verbal instructions, she will share with you intriguing tidbits about cooking and baking in Tuscany. You will learn to cook 3-4 authentic, vegetarian Tuscan dishes and enjoy them together at the dining table after cooking. Enjoy dishes such as cecina, a chickpea flour flatbread, minestrone (seasonal vegetable soup) or ribollita (a hearty Tuscan winter soup of beans, vegetables and bread) and eggplant Parmigiana (fried eggplant in a rich mozzarella and tomato sauce). Your meal will conclude with a dessert like ricotta and chocolate crostata. Antonella has an equally delicious menu for vegans so please let her know your preference when booking.
Sample Menu
• Cecina – A savory chickpea flour flatbread
• Soup – Seasonal vegetable soup like minestrone or ribollita
• Eggplant parmigiana – Fried eggplant in a rich mozzarella and tomato sauce
• Chocolate and ricotta crostata
