Cooking Class in Chianti: Make Pasta & Bread on a Farm

Make ravioli, tagliatelle and Schiacciata with your hands, then eat it in the Tuscan hills

A hands-on cooking class on a family farm in Chianti where you make fresh pasta, bread and a complete menu from the farm's own ingredients, then share lunch outdoors with local wine. The course runs about four hours, starting with a walk around the olive grove and saffron field, moving into the kitchen or barn depending on weather, and ending with the meal you prepared in the garden overlooking vineyards. A guide speaks English or Italian, and you take home a recipe book to recreate the dishes at home.

The experience

You arrive around 10:30 and start with a short walk around the farm property. The olive grove, the saffron field, the chickens. The instructor talks through what grows here and what you'll be cooking with. Then you move into the kitchen (or outdoors if the weather holds) and get your hands into the dough. You learn to make homemade pasta from scratch, shaping ravioli and tortelloni by hand, then move on to tagliatelle. The same dough becomes bread and Schiacciata, a Tuscan flatbread, so you see how one base recipe branches into different shapes and uses. Everything uses herbs from the garden and the farm's own extra virgin olive oil.

The full menu you're building includes appetizers, first courses, second courses, side dishes and dessert, not a sampling, but a real meal. You taste local Chianti wine as you work. If the weather permits, you move outdoors to eat in the garden overlooking the vineyards and olive trees. Otherwise the barn becomes the dining room. Either way, you're eating what your hands made, in the place it came from, surrounded by the Tuscan countryside the ingredients grew in.

An apron is provided when you arrive. All ingredients, water and wine for lunch are included. You leave with a recipe book so the dishes don't stay on the farm. You can recreate them at home with ordinary ingredients, using the techniques you learned. The farm sits on a hilltop surrounded by 360 degrees of vineyards, olive trees and woods, so there's no noise or traffic to interrupt the day.

What’s included

• Apron for cooking.
• all ingredients, water and wine for lunch.
• a recipe book with many recipes you can recreate at home.
• a short tour of the farm property including the olive grove and saffron field.

Before you book

Days and timesMonday to FridayDeparts at 10:30

Book up to18h before

AgesAdult (13 and older) · Child (4 to 12 years) · Infant (under 4): free

GroupUp to 20

Live guideEnglish and Italian

Meeting point and pickupNo hotel pickup: you go to the meeting point. Ends back at the starting point.

Cancellation and refundsFree cancellation up to 24 h before the start. After that, no refund.

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Good to know

Stroller-friendlyInfant seats availablePets welcome

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Is this one for you?You're doing the cooking yourself, not watching a demonstration: your hands shape the pasta and knead the bread, so you leave knowing how to make these dishes. This suits anyone who wants to learn a skill they can use at home, rather than just taste what someone else prepared.

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Top questions

What languages is the tour guided in?

Live guide in English and Italian.

Can children come?

Yes. Ticket types: Child (4 to 12 years); Infant (under 4): free.

What pasta shapes do I actually make during the class?

You make ravioli, tortelloni and tagliatelle by hand, learning to shape each one. The same dough also becomes bread and Schiacciata, a Tuscan flatbread, so you see how one basic pasta dough can turn into different forms.

Are the ingredients from the farm itself?

Many are. The farm produces saffron oil, vegetables and raises chickens, and you use the herbs from the garden and the farm's extra virgin olive oil. Other ingredients are sourced fresh for the class, so everything is current and high quality.

What happens if the weather is bad?

If weather doesn't permit eating outdoors, you work and eat in the barn instead. The cooking itself takes place indoors or outdoors depending on conditions, but the full menu and the meal happen either way.

Do I need cooking experience to join?

No. The class teaches simple recipes from Tuscan tradition that are designed to be easy to recreate at home. You're learning hands-on techniques, not advanced skills, and the instructor guides you through each step.

Can you accommodate vegetarian diets?

Yes. On request, the farm can prepare a vegetarian menu, so let them know when you book if you need that option.