Learn home cooking from a cooking expert whom Florentine gourmet buff trusts
Florence is one of pre-eminent treasures of Europe, and it is a time to honored Mecca for sightseers from all over the world. But as a city, it can be Early Renaissance and retains many of impeccable fortresses like features of pre-renaissance Palazzi, whose facades were mostly meant to keep intruders out rather than to invite sightseers in. The typical Florentine exterior gives nothing away, as if obsessively guarding secret treasures within.
Florence –Firenze in Italian– was discovered in the 19th century by the first historians. It became a Mecca for travelers, particularly the Romantics, including Keats and Shelly, who were inspired by the grandeur of its classism. Allure of Florence lay in its artistic treasures: They were captivated by Boticelli’s smile, impressed by the graceful dignity of Donatello’s bronze David. As the sun sets over the Arno and as Mark Twain described it, “overwhelms Florence with tides of color that make all the sharp lines dim and faint and turn the solid city into a city of dreams”. It’s hard not to fall under the city’s magic spell.The essence of Italian cooking is home cooking by Mamma. Tuscany is a treasure source of food material. Italy has so much different types of regional cooking and Tuscany’s cooking is known as amalgam of both aristocratic and simple peasant cooking, thus, because the reason why it is called “gastronomic city”. Florentine home cooking reminds us of the fact that our taste buds are so used to aesthetic aspects of appearances. The reverence and amore (love) for the nature is the source of Italian art as well as cooking. Real beauty of the tasteful Italian food can be found in Mother’s cooking of which affectionate care and attention. As our home cooking instructor, Senora Fiametta says, “Home cooking should be handed down from a generation to generation. Its taste should be preserved in both tradition and in progress of culinary culture”. The lessons are filled with a touch of lightness and humor that remind us once again of time our mothers used to show us the way of things. You forget your sense of time as you take these lessons.
Home cooking is an essence of Italian gastronomy
You can learn Italian way of life as well as cooking recipe. Florence surrounded by nature’s bliss, rolling hills of grapes and wheat field. Mother’s affections, people’s smiles and tasteful food waits for unexpected guests at the dinner table. We are once again reminded that home cooking gives a place where friends and loved ones can give a blessing of life to each other. Home cooking doesn’t drive from state-of-art restaurant kitchens but is borne from regular kitchens from regular home. Instructors wished students would use their own kitchens at home after they return home from lessons.“Home cooking should not be overdone. It has to be something you don’t get tired of, when you eat it everyday. Also it’s importance lies in the fact that it can be prepared easily”.
Study from home cooking expert/teacher
Florentine home cooking has a long history since Renaissance time. It has been developed by Etolrians from pre-Roman time on breeding method of chianina beef, meat dishes using gallina and rabbits. Others include dolce, vegetable cooking developed by aristocrats, sensitive attention given to traditional recipe mixed with simplicity of peasant cooking added with a personal touch of mother. See the sample menu“As you already know, Tuscany’s climate is best suited to wine making, Chianti, Brunerro di Montarchino are too famous to mention for their red. It is fun to matching recipe to wines.”
Fees and Schedule 2026
(fees - includes accommodation, meal vouchers (2 meal vouchers + 4 drink (mineral water) vouchers per week), and weekly visits, etc.)
| Duration | Fees (Tuition Fee + Accommodation, etc.) | Check-in (Sun) - Check-out (Sat) |
| 1 week | € 1,750 (without housing) € 1,900 (Twin Room) € 2,150 (Single Room) |
[ 2026 ] May 3 – May 9 May 17 – May 23 May 31 – Jun 6 Jun 14 – Jun 20 Jun 28 – Jul 4 Jul 12 – Jul 18 Jul 26 – Aug 1 Aug 16 – Aug 22 Aug 30 – Sep 5 Sep 13 – Sep 19 Sep 27 – Oct 3 |
| 2 weeks | € 2,620 (without housing) € 2,900 (Twin Room) € 3,200 (Single Room) |
[ 2026 ] May 3 – May 16 May 17 – May 30 May 31 – Jun 13 Jun 14 – Jun 27 Jun 28 – Jul 11 Jul 12 – Jul 25 Jul 26 – Aug 8 Aug 16 – Aug 29 Aug 30 – Sep 12 Sep 13 – Sep 26 Sep 27 – Oct 10 |
| 4 weeks | € 4,800 (without housing) € 5,200 (Twin Room) € 5,600 (Single Room) |
[ 2026 ] May 3 – May 30 May 17 – Jun 13 May 31 – Jun 27 Jun 14 – Jul 11 Jun 28 – Jul 25 Jul 12 – Aug 8 Aug 16 – Sep 12 Aug 30 – Sep 26 Sep 13 – Oct 10 |
| 6 weeks | € 6,750 (without housing) € 7,350 (Twin Room) € 7,950 (Single Room) |
[ 2026 ] May 3 – Jun 13 May 17 – Jun 27 May 31 – Jul 11 Jun 14 – Jul 25 Jun 28 – Aug 8 Aug 16 – Sep 26 Aug 30 – Oct 10 |
| 8 weeks | € 9,000 (without housing) € 9,800 (Twin Room) € 10,600 (Single Room) |
[ 2026 ] May 3 – Jun 27 May 17 – Jul 11 May 31 – Jul 25 Jun 14 – Aug 8 Aug 16 – Oct 10 |
| 12 weeks | € 12,600 (without housing) € 13,800 (Twin Room) € 15,000 (Single Room) |
[ 2025 ] May 3 – Jul 25 May 17 – Aug 8 |
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Note: Due to a SUMMER BREAK, the school will be closed from August 8, 2026, to August 16, 2026. Including Enrollment fee, Number of Lessons : 20 lessons/week (including time of cooking, tasting & cleaning up) If you would like to take cooking in specialized area, please inquire. |
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Italian Home Cooking Examples
A sample menu for 1 week
A sample menu for 1 month
