Authentic Culinary Experience in a Tuscan Family Estate

About this tour

Cook alongside your host at a working Tuscan estate, learning to prepare a full menu in a converted artist's studio surrounded by vineyards and olive groves. This five-hour class on 20 acres produces its own Trebbiano, Sangiovese, and extra virgin oil. You'll work in small groups of up to ten, finish with lunch paired to estate wines, and leave with recipes and genuine culinary confidence rather than tourist theatre.

Highlights

• Prepare multi-course meal in converted painting studio
• Taste estate-produced Trebbiano and Sangiovese wines
• Learn from chef on family property since the 1960s
• Work with olives from 600 trees on the grounds
• Morning pastries and afternoon lunch included
• Maximum ten participants, minimum two required
• Recipes to take home and recreate

What to expect

You'll arrive to coffee and fresh pastries, then move into the studio kitchen to begin preparing a complete menu under guidance. The chef shares techniques for pasta, risotto, sauce work—whatever the day's focus—drawing on decades of family cooking rather than formulaic instruction. Expect to get your hands properly dirty; this isn't demonstration-based observation. Around midday you'll sit down to eat what you've made, paired with wines pulled from the estate's own production. The cottage retains its artistic heritage; the atmosphere feels lived-in rather than staged.

Good to know

Wear clothes you don't mind flour on. The property is rural; arrange your own transport to the estate. Groups are small and intimate, capped at ten people. Minimum booking requires two participants. Bring an appetite and comfortable shoes.