Private group cooking class
Cooking ClassesDuration:From 2 to 3 hours + time for lunch or dinner
Rates
ARE YOU VISITING TUSCANY WITH A LARGE GROUP? WE HAVE THE SOLUTION FOR YOU!
If you are organizing a cooking class for your family, friends or work colleagues in Tuscany and you need to find a large space with kitchen to accommodate your group of 15-60 people, we have a couple of solutions for you!
The setting of our cooking classes for groups
We work with several local beautiful wineries with large rooms and kitchens where we organize a fun and educational hands-on cooking class for you and your guests. Together with a local chef and an English speaking assistant you will learn all the secrets in order to make the best Tuscan recipes. One of the usual menus we are going to make together is : panzanella salad, fresh pappardelle with meat/veg sauce and traditional tiramisu.
Served lunch or dinner and wine tasting
At the end of the preparation a lunch or dinner will dinner will be served with the dishes you have prepared. The experience includes a visit to the winery, wine cellars and the tasting of 4 wines produced there.
Let’s prepare the best food ever!
What you taste
This is a list of specialties that you are likely to sample as part of the program of this class. Please, note that the specialties of the menu prepared at the class may vary according to the season and the availability of the products in the day of the class.
In our cooking class we like telling you a lot about Tuscan farms and farmers' cooking traditions, introducing you to Tuscan people with their personal stories, careers and characters.
You will have one of our guides as a language assistants and coordinator with you during the whole class. Please, see below all the guides and language assistants who can be with you.
During this experience you will also meet one of our Tuscan cooks who give you the cooking class. Please, see below which cooks you are likely to encounter.
Ciao, I'm Ester, one of the cooks of Arianna & Friends'. I've been working with them since the beginning of their adventure.
I love cooking together with people from all over the world, especailly with young kids.
What I prefer to cook is pasta dishes, pizza and desserts, like for example the stunning cake is what I made to celebrate my 50th wedding anniversary.
I live, like the cook Licia (we are good friends), in the little village of Lajatico, birthplace of Andrea Bocelli and from my home I can hear his voice and see something when Teatro del Silenzio takes place in July.
I live in a farm and I have chickens, rabbits, a large vegetable garden; I make my own olive oil and wine together with my family.
I hope to be able to cook with many of you in the years to come to teach you a lot of our typical Tuscan food. 
Ciao, I'm Silvia, the youngest among the cooks at Arianna & Friends. I'm a cook, this is my passion and I like to cook any traditional dishes for the toursits, and I love baking pizza, but also I like a lot to try at home innovative food and special contemporary techniques. Since I've been working with this company I met an incredible team of collaborators and with them I finally feel joy and serenity in what I do. I love my job very much and I enjoy a lot to be in contact with people.
To introduce me even better I can say I love the sea, being at the beach, I have a passion to travel and being in the company of my friends is the best thing. I could define myself as a "free spirit" and I have a passion for... hats !!!
Any time I work as cook I breath air of freedom and this makes me happy.
Looking forward to meet you again, so that we can cook together, and you'll try our best traditional food and enjoy our wonderful countryside. 
The total rate for this activity varies according to the number of people in your party.
Check rates in the table below.
private group cooking class– RATES 2023 – For parties of maximum 60 people |
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NUMBER OF PEOPLE IN YOUR PARTY |
TOTAL RATE |
| For minimum 15 people | € 135 per person |
| For minimum 25 people | € 115 per person |
| For minimum 35 people | € 105 per person |
| Teenagers | € 90 per person |
| Children | € 60 per child |
Rates include
- a private chef
- an English speaking story-teller and assistant
- visit to the winery
- Guide tasting of 4 wines
- apron as souvenir
- all food and printed material
- tax
Rates do NOT include
- extra wine
- transportation
This cooking class takes place in the rural area of central Tuscany, among Pisa, San Gimignano and Volterra, 10 km from Selvatelle
MEET-UP LOCATION:
Unless differently specified, the meeting point with the chef and the assistant is directly at our office in La Rosa
DURATION:
This program takes 5 or 6 hours: 2 to 3 hours for cooking and the rest for dinner/lunch and relaxation. Time for transportation not included.
AVAILABILITY:
Available all the year through, from Mondays through Fridays. Timing is flexible. After a morning class lunch is served. After an afternoon class dinner is served.
LANGUAGE:
This class is available in English, German, French, Spanish, Russian or Italian with no surcharge.
DIFFICULTY LEVEL:
Easy
CHILD FRIENDLY:
Ideal for children
CLOTHING:
No particular clothing required.
FOOD RESTRICTIONS:
The foods served during this cooking class might contain gluten, lactose, nuts and alcohol. If you have any food restriction, please inform our personnel during the enquiry process.
TRANSPORTATION:
This program and its rates do not include transportation and are set on a self-driving base. For further information see the box "transportation options".
The destinations reached during this activity are in the Tuscan countryside, in areas off the beaten track that cannot be reached by public transport. We highly recommend renting a car or a scooter in order to reach them. As an alternative, we can offer a valued service by chauffeured car, van or minibus. Any cost of transportation is to be added to the rates displayed on the rate table of this page.
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