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Cooking Courses

A WONDERFUL EXPERIENCE IF YOU WANT TO EXPLORE THE TRADITION OF ITALIAN AND REGIONAL CUISINE.

THE LESSON INCLUDES A PRACTICAL DEMONSTRATION AND TASTING OF ALL PREPARED FOODS SERVED WITH SELECTED WINES.

Minimum 4/15 people

Cooking Classes in Your Private Villa in Umbria and Tuscany

The most convenient way to experience a cooking class in Umbria or Tuscany: stay at home and we come to you! We bring all the food and wines, any necessary tools, and you prepare a complete Umbrian and Tuscan meal with our guidance. At the end, we serve dinner and clean up!!

A chef at your villa in Umbria and Tuscany
We organize private cooking lessons directly at your villa for maximum convenience. After arranging with your housekeeper to best organize the lesson, our professional and skilled chef, together with an English-speaking assistant, arrives at your villa and begins to set up the kitchen for the cooking lesson. We provide all the ingredients and any tools that may not be available in your kitchen equipment. Then you put on your aprons and start working on preparing the dishes listed on the day's menu. You can choose your favorite menu.

See below for further details.

During the preparation of the dishes, you will be cutting vegetables, cooking the ragout, or rolling out fresh pasta with a rolling pin for your homemade tagliatelle or ravioli, preparing tiramisu or grandma's cake. The lesson is your chance to learn many of the wise tricks that a cook knows like no one else! By chatting with us, you can also learn a lot about our habits and traditions, not just about food!

An unforgettable lunch or dinner at the end of the lesson

Finally, all the dishes you have prepared are served in your dining room or garden: a lunch or dinner together with excellent wines from farms in Umbria and Tuscany. Before leaving, the chef and the assistant will thoroughly clean your kitchen.

Our Menu Proposal

Umbrian Menu

Bruschette: A plate of mixed bruschetta, topped with fresh cherry tomatoes, cheese and sausage or simply extra virgin olive oil. Bruschetta are very popular appetizers throughout Italy and in Umbria they are commonly called crostini.

Panzanella: One of the most delicious salads of Umbria, made with bread and fresh vegetables such as cucumbers, onion, tomatoes, and basil, and dressed with extra virgin olive oil and Umbrian vinegar.

Homemade tagliatelle with ragù:

Ragù is a very tasty sauce for any type of pasta. Made with Umbrian beef and veal, tomato puree, vegetables, and extra virgin olive oil

Roast Chicken and Potatoes:

A delicious meat dish made with local free-range chicken roasted on a bed of fresh potatoes, rosemary, and extra virgin olive oil, baked in the oven.

Dessert Grandma's Cake:

A typical Italian cake is a tart made with shortcrust pastry filled with custard and topped with pine nuts. It is commonly called "Torta della nonna".

RATES

The total fee for this service varies depending on the number of people.

PRIVATE COOKING CLASSES IN YOUR VILLA IN UMBRIA AND TUSCANY -

2023 RATES - STARTING FROM €140.00 PER PERSON INCLUDE

English language assistant 2 to 3 hour cooking lesson
All food and wine products
Printed materials
Personal aprons as souvenirs
Full lunch or dinner served
Final kitchen cleaning
Taxes

The rates refer to villas located within 30 minutes from our headquarters in Orvieto (TR).

If your villa is located between 35 and 90 minutes from our headquarters, a surcharge of €70 will be applied to the total.

If your villa is located between 95 and 150 minutes from our headquarters, a supplement of €120 will be applied to the total.

Lunch/Dinner in Villa Umbria and Tuscany

We come to pamper you in your home. We start with "Cicchetti e Bollicine" and continue dinner or lunch with our succulent preparations, accompanied by local wines. After dessert, the Chef's Surprise to end on a cheerful note!

Minimum 4/20 people

Aperitif: Salted Almonds and Nocellara Olives

Chicken liver pâté

Assorted crostini

Various bruschettas

Fried pizza "Montanara"

Appetizer: Ribollita Toscana

First course: Home Made Pappardelle with Cinta Senese ragout

Second course: Peposo with mashed potatoes

Dessert: Tarte Tatin with vanilla ice cream

Sparkling wine, White Wine, Red Wine, Home Made Limoncello

RATES

The total fee for this service varies depending on the number of people.

PRIVATE LUNCH OR DINNER IN YOUR VILLA IN UMBRIA AND TUSCANY -

2025 RATES - STARTING FROM €120.00 PER PERSON INCLUDE

All food and wine products
Full lunch or dinner served
Final kitchen cleaning
Taxes

SERVICES

Private Chef

Private Chef Service at your villa in Umbria and Tuscany

Minimum 4/5 people

An excellent service if you want to stay at home during your holidays in Umbria or Tuscany and are willing to be served excellent food by a local cook.

Lunch or dinner can be prepared on any day of the week. All food is prepared on site, served professionally, and the kitchen is left clean.

Rates

€ 300.00 PRIVATE CHEF, FINAL KITCHEN CLEANING AND TAXES.

Rates do NOT include

TRANSFER, WINE, FOOD

SERVICES

Wine Tour

It can be organized with or without a driver.

We usually recommend combining tastings at 2 wineries with lunch for a full day of fun.

We offer 2 different tours: 1 is focused on the vineyards of southern Tuscany and 1 is focused on the vineyards of western Umbria.

Let us know your preference and we will send you some more details.

SERVICES

WINE AND CHEESE TASTING

Wine and cheese complement each other perfectly.
They are natural partners that give you the opportunity to discover their
subtle and sublime harmonies.
Wine and cheese tasting is a wonderful occasion to relax
together with family or friends.
Generally, a wine and cheese tasting consists of four services.
Typically, it is recommended to have four varieties of cheese per service.
The selected cheeses should have a pleasant contrast of flavors,
textures, colors, and shapes.

A FEW SUGGESTIONS

Here are some delicious cheese and wine pairings.

FIRST SERVICE
Soft cheese “soft texture with bloomy rind” Dry white wine

SECOND SERVICE
Semi-soft cheese “semi-soft texture” Light red wine

THIRD SERVICE
Hard cheese “firm texture” Full-bodied red wine

FOURTH SERVICE
Blue cheese “blue-veined texture” Fortified wine such as
passito from different areas of Italy or port

Served with fresh fruit, mostarda, a mix of different honey and bread
and to finish pizza and spaghetti all'amatriciana.

Price
€ 90.00 per person, minimum 4 people

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