Garden Tour & Florence Cooking Class in Chianti Hills with Ilaria

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What You’ll Experience
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Duration
4 hours
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Number of Guests
4 - 8 guests
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English, Italian
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Immerse in Italian culture with a garden tour and cooking class in Chianti Hills. Learn to craft Mediterranean dishes with Ilaria, savoring local flavors and authentic Italian hospitality.

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For each guest that attends this experience, byFood will donate
10 meals

Experience Details

Enjoy a private and authentic cooking class in a local home with host Ilaria, a mother of two and owner of a beautiful B&B and organic farm in Chianti that produces olive oil, wine and vegetables. This is a perfect experience for anyone looking to connect with local culture over food and regional wine like Chianti and Sangiovese. After a tour of the beautiful gardens, your cooking class will take place in a kitchen where Ilaria will teach you how to make 2 traditional Mediterranean Italian dishes from family recipes. After cooking, you will enjoy your meal together with your host. Ilaria hosts along with her friend and chef, Cristina - together they share their secrets of authentic Italian cooking.


• Cooking lesson in Ilaria's B&B

• Tasting of olive oils from the region

• Explore an aromatic herb and organic vegetable garden in a tour with your host

• 100% private activity

• Experience Italian hospitality in the beautiful Chianti Hills

• Vegetarian and gluten free options available


Sample Menu

STARTER
Fiori di zucca fritti
fried zucchini blossoms stuffed with anchovies and mozzarella
MAIN
Homemade pasta
tagliatelle with an asparagus sauce or ragu
DESSERT
Fruit tart or tiramisu

What You Get

Alcoholic beverages
Local wine
Private cooking class and garden tour with your host Ilaria
Gratuities
Hotel pickup and drop-off

Good To Know

  • Your cooking class takes place in the kitchen of Ilaria's B&B so while there may be other B&B guests in the dining room, your cooking experience will remain private.
  • Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
  • Service animals allowed

What You’ll Experience

This is a unique opportunity to visit the home of a local and explore traditional culture and cuisine. Meet your hosts Michele and Ilaria at their kitchen in the Chianti hills located in a vast garden surrounded by olive groves and vineyards. You will start your experience with a tour in an aromatic herb and organic vegetable garden. Then join your host in their kitchen where you will learn to cook traditional and seasonal Tuscan cuisine for about 2.5 hours using organic produce from the gardens. You will learn to make 2 dishes using extra virgin olive oil produced at the farm. Enjoy your Tuscan cooking class over Chianti and Sangiovese wines also produced on their grounds as well as an olive oil tasting. Learn to cook a primi (first course) or secondi (second course), and dessert. After cooking, enjoy the meal you helped prepare with your host at the dining table. Your seasonal Mediterranean Italian menu includes dishes such as zucchini blossoms, handmade pasta, and a dessert like tiramisu. Your cooking class takes place in the kitchen of Ilaria's B&B so while there may be other B&B guests in the dining room, your cooking experience will remain private.

Meeting & Pickup

Meeting Point

Il Borghetto country inn, Via Collina, San Casciano in Val di Pesa Città Metropolitana di Firenze Toscana, Italy, IT, 50020

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Please meet your host Ilaria at her home in the Chianti Hills in the Tuscan countryside. Exact address can be found in your ticket upon booking confirmation. Please check the 'before you go' section in your voucher.
End Point

This experience ends at the meeting point.

Cancellation Policy

Cancel your booking at least 48 hours before the experience start time to receive a full refund minus a 3.2% transaction fee.

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from  $1,098.39 
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Please note: The price varies based on group size. The time is in Central European Time.
Free cancellation (48 hours notice)
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