Cooking class in Tuscan Villa near Cortona

About this tour

Learn to cook traditional pasta and dessert in a working Tuscan villa near Cortona, led by the owner-chef in a relaxed setting. You'll work with ingredients grown and produced on-site, pause midway for an olive oil tasting paired with local wine, then sit down to eat what you've made. The five-hour session wraps with a proper meal at the family table, and you can take home bottles of their oil and wine if you fancy.

Highlights

• Hands-on pasta making with farm-grown ingredients
• Olive oil tasting from the villa's own groves
• Local wine pairing throughout the session
• Cook and eat your own meal at the family table
• Buy directly from the producer—oil and wine
• Intimate group in a working villa kitchen

What to expect

You'll arrive at a family-run villa where the owner doubles as chef. After a warm welcome, you'll tie on an apron and get stuck into making pasta from scratch and preparing dessert using ingredients sourced from their own land. About halfway through, you'll take a breather for a small tasting of their extra virgin olive oil, with wine on hand. The pace is unhurried and sociable—this isn't a formal culinary school. Once you've finished cooking, everyone gathers at a shared table to eat the pasta, dessert, and whatever else is brought out. It's as much about the meal and company as the technique.

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