Lucca Farmhouse Cooking Class or Traditional Tuscan Meal

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Lucca, Italy

4 hours (approx.)
Pickup offered
Group discounts
Mobile ticket
Offered in: English

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Overview

Immerse yourself in Tuscan culinary traditions at a charming farmhouse near Lucca. Learn to make fresh pasta from scratch, create a delicious sauce with homegrown tomatoes, and enjoy a homemade three-course meal paired with local wine. Antonietta will guide you through the process, making you feel like part of the family.

Hands-on pasta-making class with Antonietta
Learn to create a delicious sauce using fresh tomatoes
Enjoy a 3-course homemade Tuscan meal
Take the recipes you learn home with you as a keepsake

Sample Menu

Starter

Typical Tuscan "Antipasto"

Main

Pasta Fresca

Dessert

A delicious home made dessert

What's Included

Lunch

3 full courses
Fine Local wine ( 1/2 bottle per person and beverages )
Limoncello
Recipes
Hands-on Cooking class

Hotel pickup
Hotel drop-off

Meeting and Pickup

You can head directly to the meeting point, or request pickup

Pickup point

Piazza Santa Maria, 55100 Lucca LU, Italy
In front of the TIM shop.

Pickup details

We can arrange pick-up upon request and availability At Porta S. Maria, in front of the kiosk Black Cat, the price is 40 euros for Pik-up and Drop of

Meeting point

Via dei Selmi, 34, 55013 Capannori LU, Italy
Via dei Selmi, 34, 55013 Capannori LU, Italy

End point

This activity ends back at the meeting point.

What To Expect

Join this memorable journey into the heart of Tuscan cuisine and learn about the rich culinary traditions of the Italians.

You will learn how to make authentic fresh pasta from scratch, prepare the dough and shape it. Antonietta will teach you the secrets of making the best pasta sauce with tomatoes grown in her garden and the main ingredient of her cooking, lots of love and calm, as Italian grandmothers do. Finished seat arround the table in the hall of the farhouse, without any formality, in an atmosphere of friendship and joy and taste a cold cuts, cheese, bruschetta and vegetable delicacies prepared by Antonietta who loves to cook, as a first course you will taste the pasta that you prepared earlier, and last but not least enjoy dessert. To accompany it all you will have wine from the area, and to end on a high note a shot of homemade limoncello.

Vegetarian option is available under request.

Additional Info

Confirmation will be received at time of booking
Not wheelchair accessible
Infant seats available
We can arrange transportation upon request

If you don't want to experience the cooking lesson and simply want to enjoy the atmosphere of the house while chatting with Antonietta, while she prepares your menu, you can ask for this option
A minimum of 2 people per booking is required
Please advise any specific dietary requirements at time of booking
This tour/activity will have a maximum of 6 travelers

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Cancellation Policy

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

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Featured review

Joann C

This class was a highlight on my recent trip. I have always wanted to take a cooking class in Italy and this was just perfect. Antoinetta was the best teacher and hostess possible. We learned how to make several Italian dishes just the way her mother taught her. I especially enjoyed that fact that we were learning in her home and then sat down to eat a 5 course Italian dinner with her. The cost of this class is a bargain and the experience was amazing.

Reviews

5.0

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The Perfect Pasta Course

Stephanie_H, Feb 2026

Don't eat before you go, as you might not be able to manage the fabulous food! It's a fabulous introduction to real Italian pasta cooking. Very high quality ingredients, and a wonderful very experienced teacher. Such a welcoming family. Antonella and Piero are just delightful.

A true Tuscan Farmhouse Dining Experience.

Christopher_P, Oct 2025

From the moment you arrive there's a feeling your in for something special. Upon entering the home of Antonietta you're made to feel like family. The session starts with a sit-down at the family table with a glass of locally produced white wine and a conversation about what to expect from the class and how things are going to progress. Under Antonietta's watchful eye we made fresh pasta, a simple yet delicious sauce and toppings for bruschetta. Once the pasta rolling and prep work is complete, you are sat down at a family sized dining room table and treated to wonderful antipasti and accompaniments that are made by Antonietta, her Italian cowboy husband Piero or local artisans. All this while the pasta and sauce that you created are being cooked in the family kitchen, Once the sauce is ready, the pasta is put into boiling water to finish the cooking process, within a couple of minutes of being put into the water, the pasta is drained and mixed with the sauce to complete the marriage of this traditional Tuscan dish. The dinner is served family style with ample white and red locally sourced wines and freshly baked breads. All while being entertained with stories of local legend told by Antonietta and Piero (mostly thru a translator, but, none of the magic is lost). We left the experience with full stomachs and a desire to return to visit and share a meal with our new Tuscan family.

Fantastic!

Maria_C, Oct 2024

A must do!! Everything was wonderful. The cooking class gave a lot of great instruction and tips. The hostess, host and translator were amazing! An overall great experience!!

Wonderful experience

Anca_I, Aug 2024

Truly the highlight of our trip, we were so happy we booked this experience afterwards! It felt almost like we were at home, visiting our family, such a personal and warm experience, where you get to know the raw traditions of this region, while spending time with such beautiful people, ready to open their hearts to everyone that steps into their home. It was a hands-on activity, and we did learn a lot of tips and tricks on the Italian way of cooking, besides all the literal sweating while making the pasta dough 😂 We had so much fun and felt so close to Antoinetta and Pietro, Benedetta, and each other. I totally recommend this cooking class!

Creating wonderful Memories made with Love!

Rhonda_U, Jun 2024

Antonietta was amazing in every way. She is the sweetest person and even though she only spoke Italian and my granddaughters and I only English, we felt as if we had known each other as lifelong friends. Her husband, Piero, was great to prepare the beautiful outdoor dining area and helped make the class a truly wonderful experience. We made handmade pasta, sauce and bruschetta that was so yummy. We all sat and ate our meal together and relaxed while enjoying each other's company and a delicious meal prepared from scratch. They had an interpreter, Kate, who was precious. I recommend highly!!

Great Experience

Jennifer_W, Apr 2024

This was a great cooking class- so hospitable and attentive to our specific dietary needs. The food was excellent. Highly recommend.

Highlight of our trip!

Jessica_M, Sep 2023

This cooking class was by far one of the highlights of our trip. My husband and I visited Italy for our honeymoon and both knew we wanted to do a cooking class. While we didn't entirely know what to expect (there are so many cooking class offerings) we were blown away at how incredible it was! We were very lucky that it was just us for the event which allowed us to have great conversation (with the help of our superb translator, Francesca) and the loveliest time. Highly HIGHLY recommend this event for anyone considering a hands-on cooking class!

Amazing Local Pasta Making Experience!

Josh_B, Oct 2022

Absolutely amazing local cooking experience! Learning how to make pasta with a sweet Italian grandma was a memory we will not forget. Highly recommend this cooking class to anyone considering it. It takes place in their beautiful home on their Italian cowboy ranch property. Everything is local and extremely fresh, you will not leave hungry!

Wonderful and Authenticate Italian Experience

Rita G, Oct 2019

This cooking class was one of the highlights of our trip to Italy. Not only did we learn how to make pasta, but we had a delightful Italian feast with our hosts. Antonietta and her crew were a sheer delight and we felt like family by the time we left her home four and half hours later. I am recommending this experience to all my friends and hope to go back for another class in the years ahead.

Fabulous cooking experience

Beverley_C, Oct 2019

This cooking experience was one of the highlights of our trip. It was great to actually cook in the host (Antonietta)'s home in a traditional atmosphere where we learnt to make pasta by hand under her careful guidance and then sit down to a 3 course meal with wine which included the pasta we had made. There were 9 of us and it really felt like we were having a lunch with friends.

Memories made to last a lifetime

Pamela K, Sep 2019

This particular evening served to be our most favorable during the two week trip to Italy. The location is fantastic. The hospitality is genuine and we just couldn’t rave enough about this experience. If we could rate it higher than a “5”, it would be a solid “10”. Don’t miss out!

A Day in the Country

Dorothy_C, Jun 2019

We were hosted by Antonieta and Pietro. They were an absolute joy. So welcoming. Our translator Luchresia was so nice also. We did our cooking class and then had a wonderful meal. We truly felt like we were one of the family. I would definately recommend this experience.

Cooking in Lucca

Richard_B, May 2019

We loved learning how to make pasta and visiting with our hostess. Our hostess could not have been any nicer. She was lovely!!

Lunch at the Villa

Donna_B, May 2019

My friend and I had a great time at our cooking lesson near Lucca. It was a family affair and we thoroughly enjoyed making pasta and then having lunch with the family.

This was a fun filled evening...

family.orsi, Oct 2018

This was a fun filled evening. Antoniette is a supurb cook. The evening was great fun, and we felt like we have always known them. Can't wait to try making the pasta ourselves. This was a highlight of our trip.

We visited Antionetta and her...

Jonathan R, Aug 2018

We visited Antionetta and her husband during our honeymoon in July. This was without a doubt the highlight of the whole trip. It was only my wife and I and we felt so welcome and comfortable with Antionetta and her husband. We made fresh pasta and helped pick fresh vegetables in their own garden. The voucher claims the whole experience is about 3 hours but we stayed and chatted to Antionetta and her husband for about 5 hours. We enjoyed it so much that we are looking at going back with our parents. We highly recommend this to anyone who wants to feel like a typical Italian for a night and wants to try some genuine local cuisine that you help make yourself. Thank you so much for a wonderful experience!

This class was a highlight on my...

Joann C, Jul 2018

What can I say .. . Antionetta was...

Marilyn G, Nov 2017

What can I say .. . Antionetta was amazing and we loved meeting her family and the animals on the ranch. We want to come again for sure. Don't miss this great experience you will come away with good memories and a full belly!

This cooking class was fantastic and...

karen s, Oct 2017

This cooking class was fantastic and better than expected. Anto was so warm and engaging and made us all feel at home. We made fresh pasta, fresh tomato sauce with herbs. We were given a tour of the farm and as we were cooking a number of her neighbors dropped in to say hello. You really got to feel the rhythm of an italian country neighborhood. We had a 4 course meal with lots of wine and even desert wine!!! There were 6 people in the class and everyone got involved in the process. Highly recommend the experience. Glad we did the lunch session since we were there for 5 hours!

We arrived an hour early to make...

Erin P, Oct 2017

We arrived an hour early to make sure we could find it, since we had to drive there. There was a mix-up, the tour company told them we were to be there for the lunch lesson. Our printout confirmed the dinner lesson I choose. We ended up being the only couple, at first we were very nervous, but that quickly passed since the family made us feel at home even if there was a language barrier. There was an interpreter, so that made it easy. The only hands on part was the pasta. We watched how the bruschetta and sauce was made. Dinner was delicious! It was one of the best meals we had in Italy! We had Bruschetta, meat and cheese, bread, pasta, meat balls, and desert. Antonietta gave us a sweet parting gift.

Amazing, highlight of our Lucca...

Marcia B, Oct 2017

Amazing, highlight of our Lucca stay. Antonietta made us feel like family in her lovely home. We enjoyed learning how to make bruschetta and a traditional fresh pasta dish, as part of a typical Italian family meal. Our interrupter, Lucrezia, did a wonderful job making conversation very easy. We hope to visit with Antonietta and her family on a return trip and make another meal together!

We learnt how to make pasta, then...

Peter C, Jul 2017

We learnt how to make pasta, then cooked and ate it as part of a lovely dinner. We would have liked to learn how to cook a couple of other simple recipes at the same time. The cook was very good - recommend the experience. As the villa is about 5kms from Lucca some form of transport is necessary - we had a hire car so was not a problem.

It was a lovely evening with Chef...

Dawn P, Apr 2017

It was a lovely evening with Chef Antonietta and her family. Because there were only 2 of us for this evening we felt we had a very personal experience and good conversation! We made pasta and some meat and had it with the sauce she had already prepared. All delicious!