Our Cooking Tours

We offer a number of different itineraries to suit participants of all cooking levels, from the novice to the advanced. Whether your question is "I just want to know how to keep my spaghetti from sticking together" or "I want to know the proper time to grate the white truffles", Good Tastes of Tuscany has a course to suit your taste. We have created an intimate setting to provide the ultimate learning environment and our class sizes reflect this. All cooking classes are hands-on, use the freshest of ingredients and sample the olive oil and wine produced directly on the grounds of the Villa Pandolfini in abundance!

Italy, a country of great diversity, is made up of twenty provinces. Each has a very unique personality, with dialect, customs, traditions, architecture and of course food and wine that vary greatly from region to region. From the hot, dry south to the cool alpine foothills, the regional cuisines are as varied as the climates. The golden hills of saffron in the Abruzzi lend a zesty spice to local risotto, while the bay of Naples is renowned for its frutti di mare and mozzarella di bufala. Visitors to Tuscany can sample rustic delicacies like truffles and porcini mushrooms in the autumn, hearty soups like in the winter and lemony colomba cakes or asparagus risotto in the spring around Easter. The Good Tastes of Tuscany can be found in any season.

Good Tastes of Tuscany wants you to experience the best that living in Tuscany provides. We offer a well versed program of culinary delights with three different cooking courses, such as are single day classes A First Taste of Tuscany which is our most popular class introduction class to authentic Tuscan cuisine. For the gourmand looking to expand their repertoire should try An Italian Immersion our advanced Tuscan cooking class. For those looking for the entire culinary experience read about our Bella Toscana customized two and three day programs.

Weather it's a single day experience or a week long cooking holiday Good Tastes of Tuscany seeks to provide you with an unforgettable experience that you shall cherish for years to come.