Cucina Giuseppina: Italian Cooking School
3 classes and experiences
Cucina Giuseppina is a family cooking school at Certaldo, the medieval hill town in the Valdelsa between Florence and Siena. Its full-day class starts with a cappuccino in town and a market visit; another starts with a truffle hunt at a hunting cottage. Prices are €140 to €200.
Full Day Cooking Class and Market Visit

- €190price
- 5 hoursduration
- Max 8group size
This cooking class is a wonderful way to spend day learning all about the ingredients from the local market and how to cook them in the best way possible.
This cooking class will teach you how make an antipasti that will delight and amaze everyone, a primo that uses only the freshest ingredients, a second course that is absolutely full of flavor, and of course a delicious Italian dessert to round off this cooking class on a sweet note. You will get the chance to enjoy all the food that you have prepared along with a glass of wine after class is over.
This is one of the best cooking classes to take with a partner as you both learn about delicious dishes and taste new and wonderful flavors that you will surely be recreating regularly.
- Price
- €190
- Duration
- 5 hours
- Address
- Party Giò di Pizzolato Giuseppina & C. snc, Via Sciano, 339, 50052 Certaldo (FI) - Tuscany
- Max guests
- 8
- What you cook
- Antipasti, primo, secondo, and dolce
- What to bring
- A partner and an appetite!
- Included
- market tour
- Wine is included
Full Day Cooking Class and Market Visit

- €140price
- 3 hoursduration
- Max 8group size
This cooking class will take you through the whole process of cooking from start to finish, from picking out your ingredients and cooking them to enjoying them with a glass of wine.
You will meet for a cappuccino and brioche at Certaldo’s coffee bar, and then head for the local market to see the fresh, local fare. Once all the ingredient selections are made, you will head to the school for a light lunch and continue your cooking course in the kitchen.
You will prepare a four-course meal consisting of an antipasti, primo, secondo, and dolce before indulging in the results of your hard work.
- Price
- €140
- Duration
- 3 hours
- Address
- Party Giò di Pizzolato Giuseppina & C. snc, Via Sciano, 339, 50052 Certaldo (FI), Tuscany
- Max guests
- 8
- What you cook
- Antipastio, fresh pasta, main course, dessert
- What to bring
- A smile and an appetite!
- Included
- market tour
- Wine is included
Truffle hunting and cooking class at the hunting cottage

- €200price
- 5 hoursduration
- Max 8group size
This is one cooking class not to miss as you will learn how to cook with truffles and take part in the included truffle hunting at the start of the day.
You will learn about which season grows which variety of truffle such as white truffles at the end of the year, black truffles in the winter, and all the other varieties that make it possible for you to have truffle year round. You will then go on to make 4 dishes that all contain truffle and learn about the best ways to cook with them.
You will get the chance to enjoy all your dishes after class has ended and you will certainly gain a new love for truffles and everything that you can do with them.
- Price
- €200
- Duration
- 5 hours
- Address
- Party Giò di Pizzolato Giuseppina & C. snc, Via Sciano, 339, 50052 Certaldo (FI) - Tuscany
- Max guests
- 8
- What you cook
- 4 recipes with fresh truffles
- What to bring
- A partner and an appetite of course!
- Wine is included
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