Tuscan Cooking Class Castiglion Fiorentino: Pasta & Roasts

Share laughter and stories over a family-style meal at Agriturismo Borgo Santa Lucia

A four-hour cooking class at Borgo Santa Lucia in Castiglion Fiorentino where you prepare a full Tuscan menu from scratch using seasonal, local ingredients. You'll cut vegetables, make fresh pasta by hand (tortellini, ravioli), prepare sauces and roasts, and finish with desserts. Then sit together to eat everything you've cooked with wine. The class runs in English, Spanish or Italian, and you take home a Borgo Santa Lucia apron as a keepsake. Minimum age is 14. Groups need at least three people.

The experience

The class starts in the kitchen of Borgo Santa Lucia with a walk through the menu. Everything built around what's in season and what grows within kilometers of the agriturismo. You'll learn why seasonality matters to Tuscan cooking, then get your hands into the work: vegetable cuts change depending on what you're making, seasoning and sauce prep come next, and then you move to the dough. Homemade pasta means your hands in it, shaping tortellini and ravioli, and the sauces that go with them simmer while you move on to the roasts and stews that define the region's food.

Desserts close the cooking (both the dry kind and spoon desserts), and when everything is done, you sit down together at a table with the food you've made and drink good wine. The apron stays with you after, a tangible reminder that you built this meal from the ground up.

What’s included

• Four hours of hands-on cooking instruction in the Borgo Santa Lucia kitchen.
• all ingredients and equipment for the full Tuscan menu.
• the meal you've prepared, eaten together with wine.
• a Borgo Santa Lucia apron to take home.

Before you book

Days and timesEvery dayDepartures at 05:30 and 17:30

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AgesAdult (14 and older) · Under 14: can't be booked

GroupUp to 6

Live guideEnglish, Spanish 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.It may be canceled due to bad weather or if the minimum number of travelers isn't reached. If that happens, you're offered another date or a refund.

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Good to know

Stroller-friendlyInfant seats availablePets welcome

Operated by Paolo Novembri

Is this one for you?The class runs four hours with continuous hands-on work in the kitchen, so you'll be on your feet, cutting, kneading and stirring. Book this if you want to actually cook, not watch a demonstration.

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Top questions

What languages is the tour guided in?

Live guide in English, Spanish and Italian.

What happens if it rains?

It may be canceled due to bad weather. If that happens, you're offered another date or a refund. Free cancellation up to 24 h before the start.

What do I actually make during the cooking class?

You prepare fresh pasta by hand (tortellini and ravioli), make multiple sauces including ones with long cooking times, prepare typical Tuscan roasts and stews, cut vegetables using proper technique for each use, and finish with both dry desserts and spoon desserts. Everything you cook becomes the meal you eat together at the end.

Is this class suitable for someone with no cooking experience?

Yes. The class is designed for hands-on learning, and the guide walks you through each step. You'll learn vegetable cutting, dough work, seasoning and sauce preparation as part of the experience, not as prerequisites.

What happens after we finish cooking?

You sit together at a table and eat the full menu you've prepared, paired with wine. This shared meal is part of the class, not something separate.

Can I bring the apron home?

Yes. You take home a Borgo Santa Lucia apron as a keepsake of the experience.