the cooking lab

  Realy useful and engage cooking session with Luca. We learned what was needed to not only make pasta, bit als tricks for better overal cooking. Luca was easy to talk... read more to and great overal hosting. Super relaxed dinner afterwards. Definitely recommend!

  What a fantastic family experience we had with our children 9 yrs and 5yrs. Luca made it a great experience for the adults and children and it was really lovely... read more having a meal with Luca and his family to finish off the evening. We learnt a lot and have already started practicing some of the recipes since getting home.

  This cooking class was fantastic - we really learned how to make fettuccine noodles, ravioli, & tiramisu. We enjoyed the company and guidance of Luca who was a great teacher.

  What a great time with Luca and his beautiful family! We learned to make delicious pasta and had great conversation, would highly recommend! It’s like going for a dinner party... read more with friends but you walk away with a new skill

  Luca's cooking lab was an incredible experience. From shopping at a local market, to encouraging us to participate in the preparation of the dishes we prepared, to showing us... read more how a few quality ingredients make wonderfully tasteful Italian dishes. We had great conversations regarding food and local culture. It was the highlight of our stay in Florence. I would highly recommend Luca's cooking lab to anyone wanting a friendly and personal cooking experience with a knowledgeable and personable chef. We could not have been more pleased.

  Great cooking class! Luca was so kind to include our small children and was so patient with them. We learned to make tiramisu and pasta from scratch, which was delicious!... read more Would definitely recommend, especially great for families.

  What a wonderful experience! Luca was a gracious host and guided us expertly through making a variety of Italian dishes with ingredients from the local neighborhood market that we all... read more enjoyed throughout our time together. Luca’s hospitality was outstanding and we will treasure the memories of this adventure in Italy. Such a lovely and authentic experience. Can’t recommend this enough!

  This was a wonderful experience! It was very special from the moment Luca met us at the piazza. We went to the market to select the produce, stopped to get... read more fresh milk and then had coffee and a breakfast cake while he explained the menu and how we would proceed. He was very well organized and cleaned up as we went along. We were able to observe, understand his tips, and then participate in every step, all while we are having meaningful conversation and enjoying his hospitality. When we sat down for our beautiful lunch, everything was delicious and we had such a sense of accomplishment!! We highly recommend this very fun, unique and enjoyable cooking experience! It was a highlight of our trip to Florence!!!

  The cooking class with Luca was incredible. We learned how to make fresh pasta, tiramisu, and cacio e pepe sauce. Luca helpfully did a vegetarian menu since one person in... read more our party was vegetarian. He was great with our eight-year-old and made everything interesting for her - even making sure she got her preference of plain pasta for her meal. One person in our group said it was the best thing we did on our entire trip! If you have a chance to book this definitely do it.

  Our group of four decided to take a cooking class while we were in Florence. We decided on the ‘Best Cooking Class - Firenze’ with Luca. Luca was... read more very accommodating, and easy to work with. After meeting him at his house, we sat at his dining room table to go over the menu we were about to prepare. We worked together to prepare the meal and afterward we ate together and enjoyed the wonderful meal. Our menu consisted of coccoli, Osso Bucco, saffron risotto, stuffed calamari , and tiramisu for dessert. After the class it was raining and Luca very kindly took us to the nearest bus stop. Thank you Luca for a wonderful cooking experience!

  This cooking class was wonderful! I learned how to make a few of the most popular dishes in half a day in an intimate home setting. A few of the... read more cooking tips I will take home with me!

Also, getting a glimpse into the lives of Firenze locals was a very unique experience for us (seeing the market, spending time in their neighborhood, apartment, hearing stories about their off-days and holidays). Big thumbs up!

Grazie mille Luca!

  From ringing the doorbell at Luca’s house to saying ciao as we left, the experience was fun and interactive. We learned to make tiramisu, 2 fresh pastas-spaghetti & ravioli- ricotta... read more & spinach filling for the ravioli, plus 2 different sauces. Luca is a charming and intelligent teacher/host. I highly recommend the Cooking Lab as an extra fun activity in Firenze.

  This was the best part of our Florence trip! Highly recommend this experience!

  We had lunch with Luca and his wife in his beautiful Italian home. It was a very home-y experience from the cooking to eating.

  Luca is a wonderful cook and very warm. Nice to be in a real local’s apartment and to learn how to make pasta with my family. Our kids loved it.... read more Highly recommend.

  My friends and I did this Airbnb experience and we all loved it. We learned so much it was crazy. Everyone got to participate in various aspects of the cooking.... read more The instruction was great. The food at the end was incredible. Luca is a great host and I wouldn’t hesitate to book this experience again.

  The cooking class with Luca was very nice! Luca was super friendly and skilled and explained everything very clearly. It was in a small group, which made it easy to... read more understand everything and have a nice atmosphere. The food was amazing, so we were pretty proud and cannot wait to try to make these dishes again. We recommend it!

  We had a wonderful experience with Luca! Our daughters thoroughly enjoyed the experience. Luca took care to include them in the whole process and made it fun for the whole... read more family

  Amazing amazing amazing! Great experience and great food! Luca did a phenomenal job teaching us how to prepare the food from beginning to end. It was great the he explained... read more the reasoning for every step. Simply amazing. When my wife and I return to Florence, we will definitely be booking this experience again!

  Luca is a superb chef and teacher. We did this as a family with 3 adults + 2 children, ages 7 and 10. Luca made the experience fun, educational, and... read more comfortable for everyone. He was able to tailor to our vegetarian diet and my kids (who can sometimes be picky eaters) loved everything they ate. My 7yo son declared it was the best meal he ever had in his life. Thank you again for such a memorable experience!

  Had a great time at Luca’s cooking class. We made a great variety of foods and had a blast doing it! We met two other travelers as well and Luca... read more was a great guide to all of Florence. I would highly recommend!

  Great experience yesterday with Luca! Me and my significant other lucked out and had Luca to ourselves! It truly felt like we had a personal chef for the afternoon who... read more taught us many things, including technique, background information, as well as gave us great insights for future cooking!! He was easy to talk to and the time unfortunately flew by! A great experience I highly recommend!

  Luca was fantastic. He loves food, making it and people. we had 3 lovely hours in his kitchen and we talked about everything, altso food, wine, olivoil, politic ...
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  Luca was an amazing host and made the whole experience very personalized! It was just our group of four in the class so that he could be more intentional with... read more his teaching. Made sure we had enough to eat and drink throughout the entire process. Nothing short of amazing!

  I highly recommend this class if you find yourself in Florence either with friends or family. It’s a very personal class that will teach you things you can take back... read more home with you. He is a very good cook and helps to bring this to you as well. The food we made was wonderful, and following the preparations we ate the meal with him and his wife. They are both very personable and opening, we all felt like we were eating with friends! Such a good experience that both my parents and myself keep talking about and are so excited to tell everyone when we get home. Can’t recommend enough!!

  Luca is such a great host and a fantastic chef himself. His apartment is very clean and his process to make all of the wonderful dishes was also very clean,... read more washing hands & dishes frequently, etc. The food was so delicious and the intimate atmosphere of Luca's apartment made this experience even more memorable. Having the opportunity to learn, cook, and socialize with a local Italian really makes the difference and provided my family & I an authentic, true, delicious and unique experience! We all socialized around Luca and Marina's dining room table for over an hour while eating and drinking their hand chosen wines, while getting to know Luca and Marina as well! They are such a kind and welcoming couple who are so generous to share their beautiful apartment and knowledge on cooking with others! I highly recommend.

  Fantastic cooking class with Luca. He was very accommodative with our family’s dietary requests and the end meal was amazing. Luca was very personable and we enjoyed our... read more time with him. Highly recommend!

  Luca was a wonderful host and great teacher. My wife and I had a wonderful time and are really excited to try making our own pastas once we get home!

  If you're looking for a cooking class while in Tuscany that feels more personal and hands on, this is the one. From picking up our fresh ingredients at a market... read more in the morning to learning and making all our delicious dishes and eating our way through with delicious wine --everything was wonderful. It felt more personal because we were cooking in Luca's kitchen-- not in a classroom somewhere. We learned great techniques & recipes for dishes we'd never tried before (tortelli was a big hit!) that we cannot wait to recreate at home and had great conversation all along the way! It was a such a great way to spend our last day in Florence and I would highly recommend. Thank you Luca!

  The cooking lab was great. We truly enjoyed our time with Luca and his family. He let us cook but was excellent at assisting and making sure our dishes were... read more made correctly. It is one of our best and most memorable experiences! We would definitely recommend.