Hands-On Cooking Class in an Exclusive Kitchen in Cortona
Description
This Tuscan cooking class in Cortona takes place in a private, chef-designed kitchen inside an elegant historic palazzo—an exclusive space created for guests who want authenticity, comfort, and impeccable cleanliness. You’ll learn real Tuscan cooking techniques using fresh, local, and often km-zero ingredients, preparing handmade pasta and traditional regional dishes that you can easily recreate at home. Every course is paired with selected local wines for a full Tuscan wine-pairing experience, and optional round-trip transportation ensures a smooth, stress-free visit. What truly sets this class apart is our Chef’s Secret Session: you’ll learn insider tips, family traditions, and professional shortcuts shared only with our guests—knowledge you won’t find in typical tourist cooking classes. An intimate, immersive, and genuinely unique Tuscany food experience.
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- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Service animals allowed
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Specialized infant seats are available
- Please advise any specific dietary requirements at time of booking
- Vegetarian option is available, please advise at time of booking if required
Reviews(79)
This was an amazing experience for our family. With Glenda’s help we made a delicious appetizer, dinner and Tiramisu dessert! Our grown kids were skeptical at first but they ended up having a great time. Glenda was great! Highly recommended!
Fabio was amazing! He answered all our questions and was very informative. The experience at the market was fun and he made it fun and taught us well. The food was delicious!
We had such a great time. What a fun experience. I would highly recommend. Our 13 year old loved it.
Marvelous experience! The instructor is warm, charming, and knowledgeable. We learned to make several dishes and received the recipes to try at home. The food was delicious!
We booked this experience through our Sojourn Travels local contact. We like that it was very close in Cortona where we were staying. Fabio, our chef, greeted us with his friendliness and warm smile. His private, well-planned teaching kitchen space was very adequate for the seven of us. He explained the process and requirements for each course and we all all helped with prep and assembling items. We prepared two bruschetta, lasagna (including making the pasta) and panna cotta with a strawberry topping. Sitting down and enjoying the meal was fun and lively, Fabio was a great host.
We had a wonderful morning! We made delicious lasagna, bruschetta, and pancetta. Fabio was an excellent chef and teacher. We enjoyed wine and lemoncello as well. A fun day with good friends, amazing food, and an incredible experience.
It was amazing! Chef Glenda was warm, personable, and so welcoming. She was patient and explained not only the process with the food and where it came from. It was such an amazing experience. I would highly recommend it to anyone whether they are a beginner or experienced chef. We were so proud to eat what we had created. It was absolutely delicious and thoroughly enjoyable.
My family and I had a terrific time with Christine at our Cortona Cooking Class! The food she taught us was rolled pasta and sauce,, Ratatouille, pork sausage bacon rolls, Tiramisu and special zucchini garlic vegetarian pasta sauce. Wow so good paired with local wines and can’t wait to try it at home. The recipes are available via QR code! Do it and you won’t regret it!!
Did the cooking class with Elenina in her home. We made focaccia bread, bruschetta, fresh pasta with tomato basil sauce and tiramisu. It was fantastic and we had SO MUCH fun. Elenina is such a fun loving personality it was delightful to be with her. Our favorite activity of the trip!!
Had a wonderful experience !! Thank you so much for being a great teacher we really enjoyed the experience !! Thank you for sharing your time and talent over the holidays ! We had a lovely time and food was fabulous !
