Florence Cooking Class & Market Tour: lasagna and tiramisu

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1/21

Duration5h

GroupUp to 20

LanguagesEN

Mobile ticketAccepted

What does it take to make tiramisu the way Nonna does?

You'll spend a few hours making fresh pasta or lasagna and tiramisu from scratch under a professional chef's guidance in a small group, taste Tuscan wine, and walk out with a digital recipe booklet and the muscle memory to do it again at home. The market visit (if you choose that option) happens on weekday mornings — Sundays and holidays get swapped for extra tastings at the school instead.

Step-by-step itinerary

Florence cooking class experience

Choose cooking class option
Visit historic Central Market (Market Tour option)
Taste seasonal Tuscan specialties
Prepare fresh handmade pasta (Pasta & Gelato option)
Prepare Nonna's traditional lasagna (Market Tour option)
Make authentic Italian tiramisù (Market Tour option)
Enjoy artisanal gelato tasting (Pasta & Gelato option)
Toast with Tuscan wine
Receive digital recipe booklet

The Experience

So you're standing in a kitchen in Florence, and the chef is telling you that the dough you just made with your own hands is already better than what you'd buy in a supermarket — and you're only two minutes in. That's the moment you realize this isn't a performance where you watch someone cook. You're actually doing it, flour under your fingernails, the smell of fresh eggs and semolina filling the room, and yeah, it's a little messy but that's kind of the point. The Florence cooking class gives you two options: you can either focus on handmade fresh pasta with gelato and wine, or head to the Central Market first and learn Nonna's lasagna and tiramisu instead.

If you pick the market option, you'll walk through the historic Central Market in the morning — the one that's been there since the 1800s — and taste seasonal Tuscan specialties before heading back to the kitchen. The chef will walk you through layering the lasagna the way it's actually made, not the shortcut version, and then you'll tackle tiramisu, which sounds simple until you're trying to get the mascarpone and coffee balance exactly right. The pasta class skips the market but goes deeper into fresh pasta techniques — you'll learn how to shape it by hand, make the sauces from scratch, and then taste artisanal gelato with a glass of Tuscan wine while you're still riding the high of having made something that actually tastes professional. Both classes are small groups, which means the chef can actually see what you're doing and fix your technique before you've already messed up the whole batch.

Everything is included — the ingredients (and they're good ones, not the budget stuff), the equipment, the wine, and a digital recipe booklet you get to take home so you can actually recreate this stuff in your own kitchen without having to text the chef every five minutes. The class runs in Florence's first cooking school, which is the kind of detail that matters because it means they've been doing this long enough to know what works and what doesn't. Fair warning: if you have a gluten intolerance or celiac disease, this class won't work for you — the pasta and tiramisu both rely on wheat and eggs, and there's no way around it. Vegetarian versions are available if you ask when you book, and kids under 18 need an adult with them the whole time.

What’s included

Your Florence cooking class includes a professional local chef leading a small-group, hands-on experience.
premium local ingredients and all cooking equipment.
Tuscan wine served during the class.
a digital recipe booklet to take home. If you choose the Market & Lasagna/Tiramisu option, you'll also get a guided visit to the historic Central Market with seasonal tastings before returning to the kitchen. The Fresh Pasta & Gelato option includes artisanal gelato tasting instead. Vegetarian cooking classes can be arranged if you request when booking.

Good to know

Stroller friendlyPublic transport nearby

Operated by Towns of Italy

Is this one for you?Right for food lovers, couples, families and solo travelers who want to actually learn Italian cooking techniques rather than just watch — expect a few hours of hands-on work in the kitchen, which is exactly what makes the skills stick.