Renaissance cooking class at the table with archaeologist chef

Name: Renaissance cooking class at the table with archaeologist chef
Start: 2026-08-17T17:30:00Z
Location: Florence

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US$168.65 per guest

Adult x1

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Free cancellation (24 hours notice)

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

Summary

Experience Details

What You’ll Experience

Where to Meet

Location

Florence

Duration

2 hours

Number of Guests

1 - 12 guests

Language

English, Italian

Other

Family-friendly, Private Experience

Digital Ticket

Mobile or paper ticket accepted

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

Experience Details

This wonderful tour will satisfy your curiosity and your palate.

Two professionals have come together to offer you a memorable day of knowledge and enjoyment of the best food.

Simple cooking recipes and the best recipes for the most famous family of Tuscany I Medici.

After visiting the main "streets of the Medici family", you can taste the specialties taken from the recipes of Caterina de Medici served in family style.

You will walk and know you will not have a moment to get bored

More than 3 hours immersed in the culture and flavors of the Renaissance.

Passion, love, knowledge and culture have inspired this new tour.

Prepared by a professional chef and culinary archaeologist, experience a dinner with flavors and scents from Florence’s ancient tables.

The walking tour was designed and is performed by an Authorized guide and graduated in History of Art.

What You Get

Wine tasting (two wines of your choice based on availability and paring with menu served)

Personal Chef

Professional art historian guide

Gratuities

Good To Know

Vegetarian, Gluten free, Lactose free options are not available. In any case, we invite you to report any problems you may have. We will do our best to accommodate you
Not wheelchair accessible: please note that there is no elevator to the private restaurant. It is located on the second floor (43 steps)
Public transportation options are available nearby
Suitable for all physical fitness levels
minimum number of guests for booking 4
Minimum drinking age is 18 years

What You’ll Experience

San Lorenzo

we will walk to the Medici Palace introducing the Medici family history and talking about the importance of this building as a symbol of a new mentality and society

15 minutesAdmission Ticket Free

Cappelle Medicee

we will talk about the construction of the San Lorenzo church, the best example of Renaissance religious architecture, created by Filippo Brunelleschi, the genius of the 1400, and then we will talk about Medici chapels, where there are their tombs.

15 minutesAdmission Ticket Not Included

Piazza Del Duomo

we will walk to the amazing Piazza del Duomo and we will talk about the pazzi conspiracy and the Giuliano’s death, this horrible crime changed the history of Florence and the family’s destiny.

30 minutesAdmission Ticket Not Included

Meeting & Pickup

Meeting Point

Via Romana 41r, Via Romana, Firenze Città Metropolitana di Firenze Toscana, Italy, IT, 50125

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TUSCAN TASTE VIA ROMANA 41 red (pay attention to the color of the number. In Florence we have blue or black and red numbers. The red numbers are those for shops, bars, restaurants. Look for the point where Via Santa Maria crosses Via Romana)

End Point