Authentic Tuscan Cooking Class in Florence with San Lorenzo Market
Prepare Delicious Tuscan Dishes with Market Fresh Ingredients in a Small Group
Beginning in the famous San Lorenzo Market, pick your high-quality ingredients from stalls that have called the market home for generations. Then head to our kitchen where you will learn and cook mouth-watering dishes with an expert and entertaining chef. Try Florence's best dishes that you'll be able to replicate at home, reminding you of this wonderfully memorable experience.
Tour Details
- Interactive Cooking Class with Market Visit
- Meet Your Chef Guide Across from San Lorenzo Market
- San Lorenzo Market
- The Freshest Ingredients
- Make Pasta from Scratch
- Authentic Tuscan Meal
- Delicious Italian Dishes
- Homemade Tiramisu
Can you imagine picking the freshest produce and meats in Tuscany, then cooking them in an amazing cooking class? With the help of your highly trained Florentine chef, learn some of Tuscany's most beloved dishes. At San Lorenzo Market, immerse yourself in the aromas of world class ingredients that make Tuscany, Tuscany. You'll then prepare a multiple courses of Italian delicacies in this hands-on experience. This half-day cooking class includes:
All Food and Wine Included
Expert Local Chef Full of Amazing Stories, Recipes and Teaching Techniques
Visit to the San Lorenzo Market
Recipes to Bring Home of the Dishes Made
San Lorenzo Market
The tour begins in the historic San Lorenzo Market. Home to local vendors of wines, meats, vegetables and more, the Market is a representation of culinary Tuscany.
For the class, your superstar instructor and chef will describe the how to choose the freshest local ingredients that you will cook later in the kitchen. For Italians, the cooking process begins not in the kitchen, but at the market. Learn why Italians traditionally shop each morning for the best breads, meats and produce.
Cooking Class in a Florentine Kitchen
From the market, take a short walk to our fully equipped kitchen where the class portion of the day will begin. Your Chef will demonstrate and teach the intricacies of each dish while helping your group each step along the way.
In this class you will create a full meal from Appetizer to Dessert, all made with local Tuscan products. The exact menu varies by time of year to provide the best dishes with in-season ingredients.
Though exact recipes vary slightly, the menu consists of an antipasto like a delicious bruschetta, a homemade pasta with an authentic Tuscan sauce, then a beautiful local dessert. After creating the dishes, enjoy your masterpieces with an amazing Tuscan wine.
Once home, you will be able to take out your booklet of recipes to show off the incredible cooking skills you picked up in Florence. Buon Appetito!

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Leave a reviewWho knew I could make pasta???
My daughter is studying abroad in Florence so we wanted to do something really cool when we visited her. This class was great and everything was delicious! So happy I can now make pasta, I'm going to impress everyone back home!
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