Extra Virgin Cooking Classes / Countryside Mill location
Enjoy a hands-on cooking experience with this 5-hour class in a centuries old olive press. Join Chef Giuseppe - a veteran of cooking classes in Italy, the US, Canada, the Caribbean, and Mexico - for a shopping trip at the market to purchase ingredients. Sample some Tuscan specialties and prosecco. Prepare a 4-course meal, which you'll eat at the end of class.
As Giuseppe is a member of the Italian Sommelier Association, great care is taken to source and feature smaller producers and unusual varieties from the region. If you are passionate about wine, participating in a cooking class with a chef who is also a sommelier, is a great way to experience all the flavours of the region!
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Extra Virgin Cooking Classes / Countryside Mill location
What's included in Extra Virgin Cooking Classes / Countryside Mill location
(Subject to Option Inclusions)After 7 years as the #1 cooking program in Lucca, we are returning to the family roots in the countryside olive press. This is Chef Giuseppe's ancestral home. We will meet in town and enjoy the weekly market, before proceeding to the Olive Oil Mill where we will begin our preparations with hearthside cooking, a pizza oven and a charming country setting where Tuscan wildlife abounds. The mill is adjacent to a babbling brook and 12th century stone bridge just a short 10' drive from the centre of Montecatini. The train stop is 30' from either Florence or Lucca. After class explore the heritage spa town with its iconic pastry shops, original wood funicular and excellent shopping.
Food Menu
STARTER - Florentine Gnudi
Hand made and served with a classic tuscan ragu or seasonal tomato sauce. Pumpkin risotto with saffron and amaretti.
Inclusions
- Market Tour and Tasting
- Certificate of Achievement
- Hands-on cooking class
- Four course Meal (Appetiser, Two Main courses, Dessert)
- Prosecco and local cheese, olive oil and honey tasting
- Recipe booklet written by Giuseppe
- Regional wines, bottled water, Nespresso
- EVCC Apron (Adults)
- Gratuities
- Wheelchair accessible
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Service animals allowed
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- A maximum of 14 people per booking
- Minimum age is 16 years
- Minimum 6 persons.
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Pickup and Dropoff
You will make your own way to the meeting points
Meeting / End Points
- Meeting point is the train station in MONTECATINI CENTRO for either arriving by train or by car.
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Ticket Redemption
Our classes involve four courses, largely dictated by the seasonal ingredients available. If you have dietary restrictions, please let us know. We are happy to work with you. Lunch is ready about 1:30pm. Class is over at 3pm. What language is the class conducted in: English LATE ARRIVALS We understand that you are probably navigating the trains or highways in an unfamiliar surrounding! The meeting time is 9:30. Because there are likely others in your class, we ask that you allow ample travel time. IF for some reason you are late: the group leaves Il Cuore by 9:40. If you arrive after that time and they have departed, please ask one of the staff at Il Cuore to contact Giuseppe so we can arrange to give you directions to the kitchen or come and get you.
