Cortona Cooking Class: Make Fresh Pasta or Pizza with Giada
Overview
This Cortona cooking experience is perfect for food lovers, curious travelers, and anyone looking to connect with authentic Italian food and culture.
Join a local in her charming Tuscan farmhouse for a 1.5-hour hands-on cooking class featuring traditional Italian recipes. Begin your experience with a welcome aperitif and a scenic stroll around her beautiful countryside home. Learn to make classic dishes like handmade pasta or pizza, and beloved desserts such as tiramisu or cantucci. Learn family recipes and expert tips passed down through generations of Italian cooks. An immersive culinary journey through Tuscany, filled with local ingredients, heartfelt tradition, and authentic flavors.
What's Included
- Authentic home-cooked Italian food
- Wine
- Handmade pasta or pizza class in a local home
- Hotel pick up and drop off
Meeting Location
C.a. Creti
52044 Creti AR, Italy
Detailed check-in instructions, including the exact address, are provided with your booking confirmation.
This activity ends back at the meeting point.
What To Expect
Step into the heart of Tuscany with Giada, a passionate home chef eager to share the authentic flavors of traditional Italian cuisine, lovingly passed down from her grandmothers. Set in her charming farmhouse nestled in the hills of Cortona, each class begins with a welcome aperitif and a short stroll around the property to take in the breathtaking views.
In your 1.5 hour hands-on cooking class in Cortona, join Giada in her cozy home kitchen to cook two traditional dishes from scratch. Whether it's fresh handmade pasta or fragrant pizza and focaccia and beloved Tuscan desserts like tiramisu or crunchy cantucci, Giada guides you through each step with clarity, and expert tips. You can also learn to make fresh tomato or pesto sauce during the pasta class. However for ragu sauce, Giada kindly asks for advance notice, as it is typically pre-cooked and not prepared during the cooking class.
Giada will share stories while revealing secrets and little tricks to cook an authentic Italian meal. Every class is a journey through regional recipes, a passionate tale of local ingredients and the techniques that turn each dish into an unforgettable experience.
Additional Info
- Confirmation is instant and will be received at time of booking
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
- Menu is subject to change depending on seasonality
- Giada can accommodate lactose-free and vegetarian dietary needs if informed in advance; however, she is unable to offer gluten-free options.
- Please note that, as is common in many Italian homes, this residence does not have air conditioning.
- Please check the menu in advance and inform the host at least one week prior if you prefer pasta or pizza; otherwise, pasta will be prepared.
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Activity code: C-7626P789
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Frequently Asked Questions (7)
The answers provided below were previously given in response to questions from Cool Shore Excursions customers.
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- For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the tour start time.
- If you cancel less than 24 hours before the tour start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
- Any changes made less than 24 hours before the tour start time will not be accepted.
- Cut-off times are based on the tour local time (CET).
- Authentic home-cooked Italian food.
- Wine.
- Handmade pasta or pizza class in a local home.
- Hotel pick up and drop off.
There is no minimum age for this tour, so bring your wee one along for an adventure. This tour requires at least one adult to accompany children..
Apr 2025If a date or time is not listed on the calendar, it’s sold out or unavailable for another reason. Support cannot assist further if a date or time is not on the calendar.
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Apr 2025Accessibility information for the Cortona Cooking Class: Make Fresh Pasta or Pizza with Giada is as follows:
- Public transportation options are available nearby
Detailed check-in instructions – including meeting point address, Google map, and parking information – for Cortona Cooking Class: Make Fresh Pasta or Pizza with Giada will be included in your confirmation email from Cool Shore Excursions. Please be sure to double and triple check your email address is correct at checkout so this important email makes its way to you!
Mar 2024Once your refund is processed, it usually shows on your card statement within 5–10 business days. The exact timing depends on your bank or card issuer.
Want it sooner? When you cancel, choose Receive a refund to my wallet instead. The credit is in your Wallet straight away and is applied automatically at checkout on your next booking when you’re signed in with the same email. You can see your balance any time in My Wallet.
If you paid part of your booking with Wallet credit, that part always goes back to your Wallet. Trip protection isn’t refundable.
Oct 2026What's Included
- Authentic home-cooked Italian food
- Wine
- Handmade pasta or pizza class in a local home
- Hotel pick up and drop off
Additional Info
- Confirmation is instant and will be received at time of booking
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
- Menu is subject to change depending on seasonality
- Giada can accommodate lactose-free and vegetarian dietary needs if informed in advance; however, she is unable to offer gluten-free options.
- Please note that, as is common in many Italian homes, this residence does not have air conditioning.
- Please check the menu in advance and inform the host at least one week prior if you prefer pasta or pizza; otherwise, pasta will be prepared.
