Personalized Italian Cooking Class in Cortona

Arezzo, Italy

5 hours 30 minutes (approx.)
Pickup offered
Mobile ticket

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Overview

Sample Menu

Starter

Tuscany starters

Panzanella, polenta and fresh ricotta

Main

Fresh pici pasta

Fresh pici pasta is the local pasta from Cortona

Main

Chianina steak

Chianina steak, the famose bistecca fiorentina

Dessert

Italian dessert

It can be panna cotta or Chocolate cake

What's Included

Meals

Meeting and Pickup

Pickup points

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Operating hours
.4:00 pm

What To Expect

Additional Info

Confirmation will be received at time of booking
Not wheelchair accessible
Pushchair accessible

Service animals allowed
Infants must sit on laps
This tour/activity will have a maximum of 12 travellers

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Cancellation Policy

You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.

Reviews

5.0

based on 2 reviews

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Ric and Deborah opened our minds and their home for an incredible night in Cortona

Chip_C, June 2026

The food in Italy is so delicious that you'd think it has to be too complicated to be available to us mere mortals. Chef Ric (a transplanted American) and his beautiful wife Deborah (true Italian) let you know right away that this isn't the case. My wife is a wonderful cook but I have two thumbs on both hands and grew up thinking charcoal on toast is good for your teeth. With that background Chef Ric patiently taught my wife and I how to make Bistecca di Ghiani, home made pasta that was really quite tasty and easy, a bread salad that resembled cous cous, a polenta dish made with blue cheese (and I normally despise blue cheese but not this time) and a panna cotta dessert that restaurants would charge $20 a piece and no one would feel cheated. He provides everyone with email recipes so you are free to focus on "how" and not "what" during the class. And as you sit down to eat he retells you how to make it so it really sticks. Chef Ric is funny, intelligent and a wonderful teacher but the real beauty of the night was Deborah who provided a historical context to the evening with a sharp wit and a laugh you couldn't help but be entertained by. And speaking of history, their home is a piece of history by itself. While remodeled in places to fit his his cooking style, there are other parts that were as old as the hills. The basement smoking (meats not cigars or cigarettes) and dining room felt like what it must have felt like around during the Middle Ages. I know we were spoiled a bit since it was just the two sod us (instead of a group of 8-10 strangers and us), but you can see how even a larger group could be tailored to the cooking. This isn't a demonstration class either. Prepare to do the actual cooking, scraping dicing and rolling of the fresh pasta. Frankly, Ric and Deborah made us feel like family and was worth 2 to 3 times what is charged. Do not miss the opportunity to bring back something you can impress your family and friends with besides just pictures.