Organic cooking class with a sommelier in an Olive and wine farm

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3 hours
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1 - 11 guests
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English, Italian
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Join our organic cooking class on an olive and wine farm! Craft hand-made pasta, enjoy wine tastings, and experience sustainable dining. Gluten-free and kids classes available too.

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

Experience Details

You will learn to make pasta, and some fantastic Italian dishes with fun. I'm specialized in using produce that is organic, locally grown.I want to provide you an organic and sustainable experience.

I provide guests the best selections of organic food and we only cook with extra virgin organic olive oil. On request I can make also glueen free class or kids cooking class.  Menu: two kind of pasta hand made, an italian dessert siders, wines olive oil and wine tasting and farm visit. My philosophy from the beginning has been to serve whole natural foods that are minimally processed. Where ever possible we produce our items in house here at the slow cooking school.

Sample Menu

STARTER
frisella
served with fresh organic tomatoes and basil, after the extra virgin olive oil tasting
MAIN
home made tagliatelle with meat ragout or porcini mushrooms for the vegetarians
we will make together the pasta and cut it than we will make the sauce and cook and eat!
MAIN
spaghetti alla chitarra
we will make together the pasta and cut it than we will make the sauce and cook and eat!
MAIN
gnocchi, or orecchiette or other
we will make together the pasta and cut it than we will make the sauce and cook and eat!
DESSERT
tiramisu
also for kids with wild berries

What You Get

Bottled water
Wine tasting
WINE
Gratuities

Good To Know

  • Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
  • Child rate applies only when sharing with 2 paying adults
  • Children must be accompanied by an adult
  • Specialized infant seats are available
  • Service animals allowed
  • Wheelchair accessible

What You’ll Experience

We will meet at il Fontanaro Organic Farm house in Paciano. We are at 15 minutes from Chiusi Chianciano train Station, Siena. We will offer you a coffee and we will start with an olive and wine tasting, than we will cook together the lunch making all the pastas and food by hand. I'm a professional olive and wine sommelier and i will be happy to share with you all the secret of good wines and oils. The menu is characterized by organic seasonal vegetables. We offer also a gluten free class, kids cooking class, to be asked in advance. We can provide high chair for kids and baby sitting during the class if needed.

Meeting & Pickup

Meeting Point

FONTANARO ORGANIC OLIVE ESTATE FARMING AND VILLAS - THE COUNTRY SLOW LIVING, vocabolo Montanaro, Paciano Provincia di Perugia Umbria, Italy, IT, 06060

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we are at my organic farm house. On google map you may see the name of the road vocabolo Poggio. There are signs all along the road with the name FONTANARO. Please park outside the gate at the olive trees shades and ring the bell at the gate. On the left there is the pedestrian gate.
End Point

This experience ends at the meeting point.

Cancellation Policy

Cancel your booking at least 24 hours before the experience start time to receive a full refund minus a 3.2% transaction fee.

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Fun family afternoon cooking with Alina and her family!
July 03, 2025
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Our family had a wonderful time. Group of 8 including kids, parents & grandparents. Alina is very fun, warm and a great teacher. Everything was delicious, totally hands on!

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Italian cooking
June 30, 2025
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Extremely nice and very helpful! They worked beautifully with the young girls that we had with us. Her granddaughters were seven and nine and had a blast. They were very patient with all of us.

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Fantastic experience
June 24, 2025
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Brilliant experience. Warm and friendly welcome from Alina, she kept us interested and entertained for the whole 3 hours. Interesting learning the process of how the olive oil is produced on top ...read more

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My best day in Umbria
June 17, 2025
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First, the location of the cooking class was outstanding. The class was conducted at Alina Pinelli’s family villa, FONTANARO ORGANIC OLIVE ESTATE, FARMING AND VILLAS. The farm produces olive oil,...read more

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Informative and a hands n delight!
June 13, 2025
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Alina was spirited and passionate about the cuisine, culture, and her family’s farm. This came through in her organization, and conduct of the class.

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