Organic Tuscany Cooking School

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Trip Planning, Italy, Cooking Classes and Tours

Week-long organic cooking courses in Tuscany

Location: Near Certaldo (in the Tuscan hills between Florence and Siena)

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Organic Tuscany offers week-long "farm to table" organic cooking courses in Italy. We visit local organic farms, meet their owners, eat in their farm restaurants and taste their wines. We teach you how to use their fresh, seasonal produce in traditional Tuscan dishes, both ”cucina povera” (inventive peasant food) and richer fare, including delicate desserts. Three courses a year are 100% vegetarian. We have tours of spectacular cities: Florence, Siena and San Gimignano. There are beautiful walks in the area, and you’ll have plenty of time to relax by the pool and drink in the views.

Our cooking classes in Tuscany are very hands-on. They are taught in English, but you will acquire a smattering of culinary Italian. Local chefs will guide you through the preparation of simple but delicious dishes and reveal some of their culinary secrets. Groups are small (maximum 8 people), so that everyone gets a chance to try their hand at every technique, from making fresh egg pasta dough to lovingly stirring an artichoke risotto to perfection.

Accommodation  is in a spectacular 19th century Tuscan villa on a farm which has 340 acres of olive grove and vineyards.The Italian cooking classes will take place on site, in a large ground floor kitchen.There are several sitting rooms and dining rooms where you can relax. Find a shady corner to read in the beautiful garden or enjoy the pool with its stunning view of the vineyards in the valley below.
The double bedrooms in the villa are spacious and have private bathrooms. The shared villa kitchen is separate from the ground-floor kitchen where the classes will take place, and is a lovely traditional room (with fireplace), ideal for breakfasts and for the odd time you might possibly want to prepare a light snack.

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2010 PRICES

The cooking course price of €1400 is per person and is based on two people sharing an apartment. (This is approximately US$1900, or £1200. Check current exchange rates). 

The price includes:

• Seven nights' accommodation in a Tuscan Villa
  
• Four hands-on cooking classes (in English)
  
• Lunch with delicious local biodynamic wines after all classes
  
• A welcome dinner with wine
  
• A meal at an organic farm restaurant with wine
  
• Walking tours with official guides in Florence and Siena
  
• A farewell dinner with wine in a great local trattoria on Friday night
  
• A light picnic lunch with organic products
  
• A wine-tasting session with dinner
  
• A hamper with organic goodies (bread, milk, juice, tea, coffee, fruit, honey, biscuits, extravirgin olive oil)

Contact Information

Company: Organic Tuscany Cooking School

City: Certaldo

State/Province: Tuscany

Country: Italy

Phone: UK 0208 144 9164, US 347 417 5907

Website: OrganicTuscany.org

E-mail: Click here to send an e-mail inquiry