Learn Italian Cooking in Lucca’s Historic Center (4-Course Meal)
Overview
Hosted through Cozymeal, this 4-course cooking class in Lucca invites you into a welcoming restaurant in the historic center. Led by a local culinary expert, you’ll explore refined Italian flavors and techniques through a menu featuring antipasti, risotto, veal and dessert.
The menu you will prepare includes:
- First course: Beef carpaccio, rustic tartare and buffalo mozzarella with tomato blend
- Second course: Risotto with four options, including saffron and shrimp, porcini mushroom, radicchio with speck and Gorgonzola, or squid ink with seafood
- Third course: Veal scaloppine cooked four ways, with variations such as sage, lemon and wild mushrooms
- Dessert: Creamy semifreddo with caramelized almonds
This class combines authentic recipes with chef-led instruction in a refined yet accessible setting, offering both a cultural journey and a memorable dining experience.
What's Included
- Hosted at a restaurant in Lucca’s historic city center
- Full 4-course menu featuring antipasti, risotto, veal scaloppine and semifreddo
- Hands-on lessons in gourmet Italian cooking
- Tips for the Chef are not included in the ticket price. Transportation
Meeting Location
Via del Fosso
120, 55100 Lucca LU, 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
Enjoy a gourmet 4-course cooking class at a charming local restaurant in Lucca. Hosted through Cozymeal, this immersive experience introduces you to refined Italian traditions with a hands-on focus on antipasti, risotto, veal and dessert.
The menu you will prepare includes:
- First course: Antipasti trio of beef carpaccio, battuta di manzo tartare and buffalo mozzarella with tomato purée
- Second course: Risotto with a choice of saffron and shrimp, radicchio with speck and Gorgonzola, porcini mushroom or squid ink with calamari
- Third course: Veal scaloppine prepared in four variations, including lemon-sauced and saltimbocca with prosciutto
- Dessert: Semifreddo al croccantino with caramelized almonds
With its charming venue, regional specialties and chef-led guidance, this class provides a refined yet approachable introduction to Italy’s elevated culinary traditions.
Additional Info
- Confirmation is instant and will be received at time of booking
- Wheelchair accessible
- Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
- All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
- Service animals allowed
- This cooking class is designed to accommodate a variety of dietary needs! Please let us know in advance, and we'll do our best to tailor the experience to suit your preferences and restrictions.
- This tour/activity will have a maximum of 15 travelers
Frequently Asked Questions (7)
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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).
- This tour requires a minimum number of travelers. If it’s canceled because the minimum isn’t met, you’ll be offered a different date/experience or a full refund.
- Hosted at a restaurant in Lucca’s historic city center.
- Full 4-course menu featuring antipasti, risotto, veal scaloppine and semifreddo.
- Hands-on lessons in gourmet Italian cooking.
- Tips for the Chef are not included in the ticket price. Transportation.
The minimum age to participate is 18..
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Apr 2025Accessibility information for the Learn Italian Cooking in Lucca’s Historic Center (4-Course Meal) is as follows:
- Wheelchair accessible
- Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
- All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
- Service animals allowed
- This cooking class is designed to accommodate a variety of dietary needs! Please let us know in advance, and we'll do our best to tailor the experience to suit your preferences and restrictions.
Detailed check-in instructions – including meeting point address, Google map, and parking information – for Learn Italian Cooking in Lucca’s Historic Center (4-Course Meal) 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
- Hosted at a restaurant in Lucca’s historic city center
- Full 4-course menu featuring antipasti, risotto, veal scaloppine and semifreddo
- Hands-on lessons in gourmet Italian cooking
- Tips for the Chef are not included in the ticket price. Transportation
Additional Info
- Confirmation is instant and will be received at time of booking
- Wheelchair accessible
- Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
- All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
- Service animals allowed
- This cooking class is designed to accommodate a variety of dietary needs! Please let us know in advance, and we'll do our best to tailor the experience to suit your preferences and restrictions.
- This tour/activity will have a maximum of 15 travelers
