Top Chianti Food & Drink Classes

Experience the authentic side of Tuscan cuisine with this exclusive farmhouse cooking class. Meet your local host at their farm in the Chianti hills and enjoy a hands-on lesson to learn how to turn out fresh ravioli or “pici” pasta, beef ragu or other sauces, pizza dough, and chocolate “salami”. Relax over a homecooked meal after your lesson to enjoy the dishes you've prepared paired with local wine.

Experience the food and culture of the Italian countryside by joining this family-style cooking class. By taking a class in a Tuscany home, you can learn to make traditional family recipes that you can’t find if you take a cooking class in an Italian city. Plus, sharing conversations over dinner gives you the chance to get to know a local Italian family.

Learn how to make authentic Italian dishes such as pappardelle pasta and handmade ravioli using seasonal produce and ingredients with this half-day culinary experience. You’ll be taught centuries-old Tuscan traditions and find out how to recognize high quality produce by visiting various local growers in the Chianti area of Tuscany.

Learn how to create up to three classic Italian dishes—including homemade pasta—during this private cooking workshop in Chianti. Head to a scenic countryside home for an intimate lesson led by a pair of local cooks. Workshops include a wine and olive oil tasting and home-cooked meal with vegetarian and vegan options available.

Pizza, Tiramisù & Chiant Travelers with a passion for Italian food delve into Florence's culinary scene during this Pizza and Tiramisu experience. Reception with welcome drink and snacks of local products with a breathtaking view of the Chianti hills with an enchanting glimpse of Barberino Val D'Elsa ; Meeting with our chef who will guide you, step by step, in the preparation of Pizza and Tiramisu. After learning the history of pizza and Tiramisu, you will recreate the iconic Italian dishes yourself. Once the pizza dough has been prepared, you will add your favorite toppings to choose from among the fresh and seasonal products selected by us. Then we will move on, during the cooking of our pizzas, to the preparation of Tiramisu. And now everyone at the table! Of course, after you are done cooking, you can sit back and relax as we serve your culinary creations with wine pairings from the local vineyards.

Your day is just winding down, the sun's about to set... It's time for an Aperitivo. This glamorous Italian tradition is loved all over the world, and this is your chance to learn how to prepare it for yourself, the perfect souvenir.  Preparing the perfect aperitivo is an art; you will learn how to prepare a selection of five elegant nibbles to pair with with a refreshing glass of fizz, ideal for sharing with friends in the early evening. Your aperitivo will be a bite-size representation of its local culture, using typical regional ingredients and local wines, such as a sparkling prosecco or a light red. This experience is held by Cesarine: Italy’s oldest network of 1000+ home cooks all over the country in more than 500 cities. They are passionate and welcoming hosts that open the doors of their own homes to curious travellers for immersive culinary experiences.

Get to know Italian cuisine in one of the most beautiful places in Chianti. The right place to enjoy all the colors and scents of the countryside. Tuscan aromatic plants, and seasonal blooms, such as lavender, roses, jasmine, brooms, and oleanders. A place to discover the meaning and pleasure of two of the simplest and most important daily activities: cooking and eating. Aromas and recipes of the past, local ingredients, and techniques handed down over the centuries in a warm and welcoming atmosphere. Here you will prepare the dishes of the Tuscan culinary tradition through fun and interactive cooking classes held in our professional kitchen together with an expert chef, who will follow you, advise and guide you step by step in the preparation of the dishes. A unique experience that can also be enjoyed as a family. The classes will take place in a splendid villa located in the heart of Chianti, and immersed in a suggestive landscape, overlooking the hills of Barberino Val D'Elsa

Discover how locals prepare Tuscan food in a small-group cooking class in Montalcino. Visit the market with your teacher to choose all of the necessary ingredients.  Then, learn how to make fresh pasta, sauces, sweets, and more in a traditional Tuscan home. Enjoy your prepared dishes with a glass of Rosso Di Montalcino wine. Leave with a full stomach and special diploma to boast your new cooking skills.

You will be in the middle of the Chianti classico area, enjoying our beautiful farm, having a typical Tuscan dinner including olive oil tasting over our olive Grove under the sky serves by all our family.

Do you want to live a special and unique experience? Join our truffle hunt with Irene and her dog, Tep. Our authorized guide will guide you through the paths of the woods of Tuscany, telling you stories and legends related to the territory and the practice of truffle hunting. She will teach you to recognize the trees under which they grow, the ideal habitat for the growth of truffles, and how to cook and store them. The search will take time and patience, but when you will see Tep start wagging his tail and sniffing insistently near a bush or the root of a tree, sticking his nose in the ground deeper and deeper and digging, it will only mean one thing: the treasure has been discovered! And Tep will finally receive a greedy reward for the excellent work done. We can not know how many truffles Tep will be able to find, but one thing is sure: after a fun and tiring walk, you will return to the starting point, at our Villa, where you can also receive your well-deserved reward!

Taste wines and learn to make fresh pasta during a half-day culinary experience in Montalcino. Your chef-instructor leads a class where you make traditional ‘pinci’ pasta from local flour, then head to the wine cellar to the region’s legendary Brunello di Montalcino wines. Top off the evening with a dinner of pasta and other dishes, accompanied by five wine tastings. Hotel pickup and drop-off is included.

Immerse yourself in a private cooking class at the Cesarina's home, learn the secrets of the most famous dishes of the Italian cuisine and taste the fruit of your labour accompanied by a glass of local wine. During the lesson the Cesarina will reveal the tricks of the trade of 3 authentic regional recipes. Have fun putting your cooking skills to the test. Each participant will have a workstation equipped with utensils and all the ingredients to make the dishes. Then, taste everything you have prepared accompanied by a selection of red and white local wines.

Located on a hilltop, 5 km from the picturesque village of Greve in Chianti, the farm is family-run, and it's is both a holiday farmhouse and a working farm that produces DOCG wine and extra virgin olive oil. Elena the owner will explain the wine process and taste their wine. Gabriele will teach the secrets of the pizza. You will visit the cellars, the vineyards, and you will be immersed in the beauty of the Chianti landscape. A gastronomic itinerary through the most popular pizza, starting with the lighter tastes, going on with the fuller flavors, ending with the sweet pizza. All you can eat... eat as much as you can and enjoy it.

Find out how to prepare homemade pasta easily and successfully! With only flour, water and eggs we will teach you the secrets of making fresh pasta to prepare LASAGNE in an enchanting place immersed in the suggestive hills of Chianti. During the 3 hours, we will make fresh pasta, the meat sauce, and the bechamel necessary for the preparation of the best lasagna you will ever taste. Back home you will amaze your friends and relatives with one of the best dishes of Italian cuisine. The class will complete the creation of one of the best Italian desserts (panna cotta, tiramisu, chocolate pudding) After the end of the preparations, you will finally be able to enjoy its authentic flavor, tasting the excellent Chianti wine paired with lunch. What we offer you is a unique experience, in a magical location, where you will learn the essence of Italian gastronomic culture. We look forward to meeting you and sharing our passion for Italian food with you!

Join us in our little corner of paradise and, through a fun and interactive cooking class, you will learn how to prepare delicious recipes typical of Tuscan cuisine with a professional chef, while tasting the excellent local wine. A hands -on experience designed for food lovers , allowing you to explore Tuscan cuisine in more depth than you would simply by eating in restaurants. Prepare your meal, have fun with us, and feast on the fruits of your labor! The recipes will be provided to you after the lesson, making sure you can recreate Tuscan dishes in your home as well. Your dietary needs are not a problem for us: our courses are also vegetarian, vegan, gluten and/or lactose-free on request, and always with local, fresh and seasonal ingredients. What we offer you is a unique experience, in a magical location, where you will learn the essence of Italian gastronomic culture. We look forward to meeting you and sharing our passion for Italian food with you!

SiChef offers a new space framed by the typical Chianti landscape. Our kitchen is professional and well-equipped, ideal for cooking classes with our professional chefs and with all the space needed for tasting preparations.

During this class you will learn all the secrets of making pizza, starting with flours, continuing with techniques for making the best doughs and ending with toppings. A professional chef will guide you through the whole process and at the end of the class you will taste what you have prepared!

We are located in the Chianti Classico area halfway between Florence and Siena, we are a farm that produces extra virgin olive oil and saffron. The passion for olive trees and oil has led us to want to make this wonderful reality known to all those who are interested in this product of our lands

Join us in our little corner of paradise and, through a fun and interactive cooking class, you will learn how to prepare delicious recipes typical of Tuscan cuisine with a professional chef, while tasting the excellent local wine. A hands-on experience designed for food lovers, allowing you to explore Tuscan cuisine in more depth than you would simply by eating in restaurants. You will discover, step by step, how to prepare a perfect Tuscan lunch, from appetizers to desserts, including the art of making fresh pasta. You will learn how to cook different types of pasta such as ravioli, tagliatelle, and gnocchi. The recipes will be provided to you after the lesson, making sure you can recreate Tuscan dishes in your home as well. What we offer you is a unique experience, in a magical location, where you will learn the essence of Italian gastronomic culture. We look forward to meeting you and sharing our passion for Italian food with you!