The Advanced Course builds on Toscana Saporita’s 31 years of successful culinary instruction, having taught so many people the fundamentals of Tuscan cuisine. This is the perfect program for all those who want to learn more recipes and more advanced culinary techniques.
It all takes place on a charming country estate, La Casa Rossa (The Red House) where for a week at a time, guests live “like” true Tuscans, living in fully updated 17th-century rooms and enjoying leisurely meals. Giacomo Puccini, the Maestro, lived here for a few years waiting for his house to be ready on the other side of the lake. Every day is a feast at our table!
Hands-on instruction for advanced home cooks and professionals. Five days, from Monday through Friday, of intensive hands-on instruction in the advanced fundamentals of Tuscan cuisine using professional equipment.
Advanced Class
2024
Advanced Class
2025
Advanced Cooking Class details
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Mouthwatering dishes
you will create
- Pasta shapes and how to marry them with sauces, plus the effective use of different flours and recipes
- Pasta sauces and fillings, including the essential ”soffritto” method for making Tuscan sauces
- Basic sauces and soups
- Fish: cleaning, boning, filleting and preparation
- Chicken: boning, quartering, stuffing and preparation
- Pastry cakes and custards, doughs and breads (includes puff pastry, pate à choux and pasta frolla)
- Vegetables: carving, stuffing, preparation
- Meats (depending on the season): lamb, hare, wild boar, how to roast, deep-fry and braise
Activities
designed for you
- Wine, cheese, truffle and olive oil tastings
- Truffle hunt with an experienced truffle hunter and his dog
- Wine tasting and lesson
Mouthwatering dishes you will create
- Pasta shapes and how to marry them with sauces, plus the effective use of different flours and recipes
- Pasta sauces and fillings, including the essential ”soffritto” method for making Tuscan sauces
- Basic sauces and soups
- Fish: cleaning, boning, filleting and preparation
- Chicken: boning, quartering, stuffing and preparation
- Pastry, cakes and custards, doughs and breads (includes puff pastry, pate à choux and pasta frolla)
- Vegetables: carving, stuffing, preparation
- Meats (depending on the season): lamb, hare, wild boar; how to roast, deep-fry and braise
Places you will see
- Lucca
- Torre del Lago
- Pisa
- San Gimignano
- Volterra
- Cinque Terre or Florence depending on the chosen week
Activities designed for you
- Wine, cheese, truffle and olive oil tastings
- Truffle hunt with an experienced truffle hunter and his dog
- Wine tasting and lesson
Advanced Cooking Class in Italy 2024
Advanced
Class
2024
Building on over three decades of culinary excellence, our 2024 edition offers five intensive days of hands-on instruction, perfect for advanced home cooks and professionals eager to master the art of Tuscan cuisine.
Schedule 2024
da lasciare così
- Arrive at Toscana Saporita
- Welcome Lunch
- Relaxing afternoon
- Dinner and wine tasting
- Continental breakfast
- Morning lessons (4 hours)
- Lunch
- Afternoon lessons (4 hours)
- Dinner
- Continental breakfast
- Visit to San Gimignano
- Truffle hunt
- Dinner
- Breakfast
- Departure from Toscana Saporita
Price details 2024
Price per person based on double occupancy. Single supplement applies. A $700 non refundable deposit is needed at the time of the booking.
What is included in the price 2024?
- Hands on lessons in the morning and in the afternoon for a total of 7-8 hours each day.
- Accommodation with self contained bathroom.
- Transfer from Pisa (airport or train station) to the school on Sunday and transfer to Pisa (airport or train station) on Saturday morning. Please find our transfer policy in Terms and Conditions.
- All meals (Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner every day), Wines/Beer/Coffee/Tea with Lunch and Dinner.
- Truffle hunt.
Advanced Cooking Class in Italy 2025
Advanced Class
2025
Join us in 2025 for an unparalleled culinary experience, where you’ll delve deeper into the advanced techniques of Tuscan cuisine with five days of expert-led, hands-on training using professional-grade equipment.
Schedule 2025
da lasciare così
- Arrive at Toscana Saporita
- At 1:00 pm
Welcome Lunch - Afternoon at your leisure
- At 7:30 pm
Dinner
- From 8:30 am to 9:30 am
Continental breakfast - Morning lessons (4 hours)
- At 1:00 pm
Lunch - Afternoon lessons (4 hours)
- At 7:30 pm
Dinner
- From 8:30 am to 9:30 am
Continental breakfast - Transfer to San Gimignano, visit of the city
- Light lunch
- Truffle hunt
- Visit of Volterra
- At 7:30 pm
Dinner
- Breakfast
- Departure from Toscana Saporita
Price details 2025
Price per person based on double occupancy. Single supplement applies. A $700 non refundable deposit is needed at the time of the booking.
What is included in the price 2025?
- Hands on lessons in the morning and in the afternoon for a total of 7-8 hours each day.
- Accommodation with self contained bathroom.
- Transfer from Pisa (airport or train station) to the school on Sunday and transfer to Pisa (airport or train station) on Saturday morning. Please find our transfer policy in Terms and Conditions.
- All meals (Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner every day), Wines/Beer/Coffee/Tea with Wine tasting.
- Lunch and Dinner.
- Truffle hunt.
A taste of our Advanced Cooking Class in Italy
Elevate your culinary skills to new heights. Enroll now to challenge yourself and refine your techniques under the guidance of our expert instructors!