WORKSHOPS
CUSTOMIZED
Participants of cooking workshops will be able to enjoy the recipes they have prepared with the Chef following the activity. Select workshops are also available in a VIP format. Food and wine lectures and market tours include tastings.
VIP cooking workshops are enhanced by special amenities that differentiate the experience from the standard format. Workshop titles marked with an asterisk (*) are offered as a VIP option. Special VIP amenities include:
- 3-hour duration (rather than 2.5 hours)
- Fine wine selection is included (red and white options)
- Fine dining table setting
- Chef instructor with extensive professional experience
- Private room for workshop and dining (10-person capacity)
COOKING AND WINE WORKSHOPS
C1. Mediterranean Cuisine* ( VIP code: CV1)
C2. Traditional Tuscan Cuisine* ( VIP code: CV2)
C3. Italian Fresh Pasta* ( VIP code: CV3)
C4. Italian Fresh Vegetable Dishes* ( VIP code: CV4)
C5. Pizza and Focaccia* ( VIP code: CV5)
C6. Italian Gelato* ( VIP code: CV6)
C7. Italian Creative Cuisine (intermediate/ advanced level)* ( VIP code: CV7)
C8. Chocolate Workshop: Bars, Cakes, and Spreads* ( VIP code: CV8)
C9. Gluten Free* ( VIP code: CV9)
C10. Farm to Table* ( VIP code: CV10)
C11. Italian Regional Cakes and Tarts* ( VIP code: CV11)
C12. Nutritional Cuisine* ( VIP code: CV12)
LECTURES & TASTING
CUSTOMIZED
LECTURES + TASTING
Lectures are 2 hours long and include a tasting of local products.
L1. Italian Regional Cuisine
L2. Italian Culture through Festival and Feasting
L3. Extra Virgin Olive Oil
L4. DOP, IGP and Slow Food Presidi
L5. Pairing Food & Wine
L6. Introduction to Tuscan Wines
L7. Introduction to Italian Wines
L8. Wine Lesson with Aperitivo
MARKET TOURS
CUSTOMIZED
FRESH FOOD MARKET TOURS
The secret of Italian cuisine secret is in the quality of ingredients, and right place to be to create a great dish is one of Florence’s markets. Experience seasonal, fresh daily produce and local specialties and learn how to recognize the freshest fish, vegetables and fruits, or the traditional meat cuts. Get lost in the incredible variety of cheese and salumi, breads and wines and live like a local picking up the best produce available.
Tour will include a tasting of typical and seasonal products from local vendors. Market tours of single markets are 1.5 hours long. Three markets in one day and Fierucola del Grano are 3 hours long. Market tours are morning activities and follow the schedule of the markets. Participants may visit one or more of the following:
M1. San Lorenzo Market Tour
M2. Sant’Ambrogio Market Tour
M3. Santo Spirito Market Tour
M4. Three markets in a day
M5. Fierucola del Grano
FLORENCE FOOD & CULTURE
GROUP CLASSES
Group classes are held year-round. Participants may join the workshop series The Florence Food & Culture Experience to learn new skills and meet new people.
THE FLORENCE FOOD & CULTURE EXPERIENCE
This flexible, non-credit food and culture program can be taken as a 3-week program, single lessons, or single weeks. It is open to all types of participants including the general public, visitors, small groups and individuals already enrolled at FUA during the period of stay in Florence. The course consists of lectures, hands-on workshops, tastings, field trips, guest lectures, and audio-visual material. Each class includes a hands-on cooking session. Teaching methodology: lectures are complemented by cooking labs and tastings, according to the class.
The course is structured in five different modules:
Mondays: Regional Cuisine
Tuesdays: Tuscan Cuisine
Wednesdays: Italian Wine Culture
Thursdays: Italian Baking and Pastry
Fridays: Tours and visits in Florence (examples: Italian Gastronomy: A Savory Tour, The Enoteca and Wine Bar: Delicious Combinations, Italian Classics: Sweets and Coffee)
Participants can take:
- Single class(s)
- Single weeks (five classes per week, as listed above)
- Single modules (example: 3 Monday classes on Regional cuisine)
- The complete three-week course
Monday: Italian Regional Cuisine 3:00-5:30pm
Tuesday: Tuscan Cuisine 3:00-5:30pm
Wednesday: Italian Wine Culture 3:00-5:30pm
Thursday: Baking and Pastry 3:00-5:30pm
Friday: Gastronomic Walking Tour 3:00- 5:30pm
SPECIAL PACKAGE 1-DAY WINE TOUR
CUSTOMIZED
SPECIAL PACKAGE
SP1. One-Day Tuscan Wine Tour
This one-day special package experience will focus on an introduction to wine culture in Tuscany followed by a guided wine tour, including a 3 course light lunch and visits to two wineries which are representative of Tuscan wine excellence.
The experience includes:
- Private transportation
- 6 samples of wine + food and wine pairing during lunch time
- Food Tasting
- Certified Instructor guidance
- Visit of the wineries, wine cellars, vineyards, covering the wine making process