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Handmade Italian Pasta Cooking Course in Florence
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Handmade Italian Pasta Cooking Course in Florence

By Caf Tour & Travel
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Expand your culinary knowledge with a cooking class focused on handmade pasta in Florence. Get in the kitchen to make different types of pasta, plus a dessert. Follow your instructor to learn the traditional method of making pasta with a rolling pin and see how simple ingredients like eggs and flour become irresistible pasta dishes. After the cooking class, feast on everything you prepared along with local red wine.
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Ages 10-99, max of 15 per group
Duration: 3h
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Live guide: German, English, Italian, Spanish
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Highlights
  • Experience a hands-on cooking class focused on pasta
  • Learn how to use a rolling pin to make pasta from scratch
  • Relax over a hearty meal including pasta, dessert, and wine
  • Bring Tuscan recipes home to recreate the experience

  • Cooking masterclass led by a professional chef
  • Lunch or dinner with drinks (depending on the option selected)
  • Recipes to take home
  • Group Lesson max 15 pax per each professional Chef
  • Suitable for vegetarians (to inform in advance)
  • From November 1st 2024 until March 31st 2025, cooking class is available only in English
What's not included
  • Gratuities
  • Hotel pick-up & drop-off


Start:
  • Via Venezia & Via Camillo Cavour, 50129 Firenze FI, Italy
    Meeting Point and Time: Mandatory to arrive at least 15 minutes before the departure time At Via Venezia, on the corner with Via Cavour, sidewalk opposite to the Coffee Bar. An Assistant waits for you wearing blue clothing with Caf Tour & Gray Line Florence logos.
End:This activity ends back at the meeting point.

    • Not wheelchair accessible
    • Pushchair accessible
    • Near public transportation
    If you have questions about accessibility, we’d be happy to help. Just call the number below and reference the product code: 2428CAFC4

    • Confirmation will be received at time of booking
    • Kids under the age of 10 not admitted
    • All Cooking Class Team is vaccinated for Covid-19
    • The cooking class will be operated by professional Chefs. The class might be divided in smaller groups, and each Chef will look after 15 participants
    • Please inform us in advance of food intolerances or allergies
    • It is mandatory to arrive at the meeting point at the mentioned check in time. In case of delay it will not be possible to join the group, nor to have a refund or reschedule the course.
    • Severe and contact celiacs may not attend the event due to probable contamination.
    • From November 1st 2024 until March 31st 2025, cooking class is available only in English
    • This experience requires a minimum number of travellers. If it’s cancelled because the minimum isn’t met, you’ll be offered a different date/experience or a full refund
    • This tour/activity will have a maximum of 15 travellers

    • For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours in advance of the start date of the experience.

    If you have questions about this tour or need help making your booking, we’d be happy to help. Just call the number below and reference the product code: 2428CAFC4

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    David R
    Sandhurst, UK26 contributions
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    May 2022
    My wife and I had a fantastic time cooking pasta (and eating it) during this course, highly recommend.

    The kitchen school is just around the corner from where you meet up about a 10-15min walk from the main railway station in Pisa. There was around twenty people in the group and you cook in teams of between 4-6 across four tables with an instructor helping across two tables.

    We learnt how to cook two types of pasta and a gnocchi from scratch and the sauces that went with them, as well as a Panna Cotta for dessert. The food was good for vegetarians and I believe they also have options for people who are Gluten free.

    You spend around 2 hrs cooking and an hour eating and like me you don't have to be an expert cook. It was a great end to our holiday.
    Written 4 June 2022
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    abramsh2018
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    Jan 2020 • Couples
    Our instructors, Adela and Natalie were excellent! They gave us many cooking tips and showed us how to prepare authentic Italian pasta. We made pasta, sauces and even dessert and then ate together as a group. I would highly recommend this class. An excellent value.
    Written 24 January 2020
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    Dear abramsh2018, first of all we want to thank you for having joined one of our activities and having shared your experience with us and our common readers. You can't imagine how happy we are that you have appreciated so much your Handmade Italian Pasta Cooking Course in Florence with Lunch. Thanks to this cooking class you have the opportunity to learn the secrets of the typical Italian Handmade pasta, led by a professional Chef who will give you all the recepits at the end of your experience to give you the possibility to surprise your family and friends once at home. We hope to meet you again in the future to show you the wonders of our beautiful Country! Best regards
    Written 25 January 2020
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    Chloe J
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    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    Aug 2023 • Friends
    Incredible experience, very very good food and wonderful value for price. I would've appreciated a smaller class as the amount of people in the class did make it harder to get involved in all aspects, but a great way to meet new people and learn a new skill. The chefs were extremely kind and very knowledgeable.
    Written 6 August 2023
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    Kerri K
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    I’m sure this is a lovely experience, but I didn’t get to find out. The tickets said a 10:35 meetup with a recommended 10:25AM meeting time. I arrived at the plaza (which was a large area with a lot of construction underway) exactly at 10:35 and saw NO ONE. Called customer service to see if I could meet the group at the restaurant or en route to the new site but they were no help. Moral of the story, whereas most tours will offer a grace period for arrival, this won’t and won’t offer even a partial refund so plan accordingly and arrive extra early to find the group.
    Written 4 June 2023
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    Good afternoon from Caf Tour & Travel, Dear Kerri, thank you for your review. We have taken the time to investigate in depth your comments and, from our records, we have received your call at 10:43 am, when the group was already gone and the experience began. As you could see on your Voucher, it is mandatory to reach the Meeting point 15 minutes before the departure time. Punctuality is essential for the successful performance of activities such as the one you have booked. Concerning your refund request, it is clearly stated on Viator’s T&C that, for no-shows at the departure time, no refund is due. Hoping that the above clarifications would meet your understanding, Kind regards
    Written 6 June 2023
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    Jlg
    Calabasas, CA3 contributions
    1.0 of 5 bubbles
    Jul 2022 • Family
    We were so disappointed. Our cruise ship changed the time they allowed us to disembark, making us late to get to the cooking class. I spoke with (I think) your company, and they said the chef would not allow anyone later than 15 minutes. So we lost all our money and the experience we were really looking forward to.
    Written 3 August 2022
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    Bob C
    Hillsdale, NJ34 contributions
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    Apr 2023 • Family
    A son who loves to cook, a daughter who doesn’t. This activity was perfect and created a most wonderful family experience for both. We could not be happier with the crew, instruction and delicious meal WE created. We even made some new friends in the process. This was one of the best activities we planned when in Italy. No matter your experience level or even if your love of cooking is questionable, you will have a good time and learn something. Well worth it!
    Written 20 April 2023
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    PirloParty
    Royal Tunbridge Wells, UK107 contributions
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    We did a class here in March as a family in a trip and we are all really pleased we did. Luckily on the day as there was so many people we had a private group for the 6 of us with Greta who was brilliant! She was so calm and thorough with her lesson and we all learnt alot! Our group has all levels of cooking skills and we all got involved and were able to do it all! Greta was brilliant and we really appreciate her making it so great!
    The food was amazing we cooked 3 different types of pasta and 1 dessert, all of which we got to eat after. 1 of our party was gluten free and they were cooked fresh GF pasta as an alternative.

    The only shame is that at the end, we didn't eat our exact pasta we made as it was mixed with all of the group when cooked, but we completely understand why and it's not a complaint!

    We loved it and would do it again! GRAZIE GRETA AND TEAM!
    Written 14 April 2023
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    Jagruti S
    7 contributions
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    Jun 2023 • Family
    We had such a great time! And they were really great about accommodating vegatarian. The instructions were clear and not too complicated. And they always demonstrated for us and had us repeat. My family had three people and we were grouped with four others. It was roughly 6 to 7 people per station. I especially like that we got to practice knife skills.
    Written 20 June 2023
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    OnAir263609
    5 contributions
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    The chef was very kind and gave us good details and tips. The kitchen was large and clean. Ingredients were fresh. Nice variety of pastas and sauces. Perfect activity for our family of 7 with young adults
    Written 24 May 2022
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    Bobby H
    4 contributions
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    Had a fantastic time. Learned simple and delicious pasta recipes.
    This review won't let me post unless I have more than 100 characters... And now I do. Peace
    Written 13 June 2019
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