With Maria Elena and Alessia making pasta
Tagliatelle with vegetables

Toscana in Bocca

Cooking classes in Florence

Classes of 8 people at most

From 10.00 am to 2.00 pm

At home, at Porta Romana

Toscana in bocca was born from the idea of teaching cooking not in a school, but in a real home.

Florence, Tuscany

The blue enamel pot of Toscana in Bocca
The blue enamel pot
Stefania in her kitchen apron

A journey in Tuscany

Toscana In Bocca is a cooking school, but more than anything else it is a journey in yesterday and today’s Tuscany throughout memories and reality. The memory of many traditions and the reality that preserves those traditions.

We will tell food stories around a stove and around the table: the history of the countryside, of wine, of olive oil, of art, of porcelain, of glass blowing, of wood carving, of embroidery, of bronze casting, of perfume essence selecting: the history of Tuscany.

We will welcome you under the porch, in our home sharing our passion for entertaining.

We will pass on to you these traditions and whatever we learnt from our families.

We will talk about the year around the table and what is produced and cooked during the different seasons.

Together we will discover that preparing a meal has common basis throughout the world. We do not know a country well enough if we don’t know also its culinary traditions.

Toscana In Bocca promises you a true food experience.

Stefania

Toscana in Bocca, Florence

Stefania's grandmother Lina
My grandmother Lina
Guests in Stefania's kitchen
In my kitchen

Everybody at the table!

Our classes should be a maximum of 8 people and are dedicated to people of any skill: from real beginners to the ones who love cooking.

8 people

at most, in every class

10.00 – 2.00

then, after the class: buon appetito!

1, 3 or 5 days

a typical Tuscan menu, or a whole course

In English

everyone gets an apron and the recipe book

Choose your course

Everyone gets an apron and the recipe’s book in English. We can arrange transportation on extra charge.

A typical Tuscan menu

1 day class from 10.00 am to 2.00 pm.

We cook together a complete Tuscan meal.

All our courses

Orange chicken in the pan

3 days course

From 10.00 am to 2.00 pm.

Can be 3 days in a row or at your convenience.

Three different five courses meals, exploring a wide range of Tuscan specialities.

All our courses

A sheet of fresh pasta held up in the kitchen

5 days course

Five days, from 10.00 am to 2.00 pm.

We cook together different meals for four days.

One day is dedicated to Florence. We make a sightseeing tour of the old town center visiting monuments, specialty shops, first class craftsman.

At your choice, we can spend this day in a Chianti tour, including wine tasting, Balsamic Vinegar cellar, cheese making and beautiful medieval villages as Volpaia and Montefioralle.

We will enjoy lunch in a typical Trattoria.

All our courses

Volpaia, the medieval village in Chianti
Porta Romana, the old city gate of Florence

Classes in Florence

My courses are private and take place in my home, located at Porta Romana, one of the old city gates, close to the Boboli Gardens, behind the Pitti Palace, the main seat of the Medici grand dukes of Tuscany.

Via Ugo Foscolo, 27
50124 Firenze

Classes

10.00 am – 2.00 pm

Group

8 people at most