the cooking lab

  Luca and his family are wonderful! He guided us through several recipes and the results were great! Excellent food, wine and company - 100% recommended!

  Luca is a fantastic teacher who made the entire experience fun and enjoyable. We learned so much about the quality and selection of foods offered and the knowledge of... read more the vendors at the Mercato. We also visited neighborhoods in Florence we had not yet had the opportunity to see. Most importantly we spent a relaxed afternoon preparing simple dishes with Luca’s expert guidance that were delicious and we’ll be able to do on our own or modify to create a variety of dishes. It was a real pleasure spending time getting to know Luca and learning about his regional food and passion for cooking.

  First and foremost, Luca is a very good cook, teacher and host at the same time. We really felt like home in his beautiful and clean kitchen that is decorated... read more very lovingly and with good taste. In a pleasant family atmosphere we cooked coccoli, several different pasta dishes and tiramisù, more than a full delicious 😋 meal. Everything tasted fantastic and it was so much fun. We felt like having dinner with an old friend and didn't want to leave anyone. Honestly an adorable and valuable experience that I would like to repeat when back in Florence and that I can only recommend full-heartedly. You will never get this kind of experience by just going to a restaurant. With Luca, you will learn the art of Italian pasta yourself and will appreciate the delicious food even more even knowing how much attention to detail and love lie behind the cooking. Don't miss it! 🍀 😋

  Luca’s cooking class was a great way to experience the tradition of Tuscan cuisine. Fun, educational and fully hands on. I took away some special tricks and improved my everyday... read more cooking skills to impress family and friends.
Loved the welcoming atmosphere of Luca’s home and learning some Italian history and anecdotes while drinking a glass of spritz before diving into the cooking class.

  An amazing day spent with Luca in his kitchen. Such a fun learning experience. Would definitely do this again when we come back and encourage all to visit Luca’s kitchen.... read more You will not be disappointed! Lunch was divine ! And to be paired with such warm, welcoming and friendly company only made this all the more enjoyable. Thank you Luca!!

  My partner and I absolutely loved this experience with Luca and his family. We were given an authentic taste of italy and learned how to cook some delicious foods along... read more the way. Looking back across our 2 week trip, this has scome up as one of our most memorable moments and I would highly recommend for anyone who is looking to try something different, meet wonderful people, and leave with a full stomach. =)

  What a wonderful cooking experience! My wife is the cook in our house but I really enjoyed taking part in this and look forward to making these dishes at home... read more with friends. Luca was an awesome host and made the experience so fun and easy. After cooking we all enjoyed the dinner, wine, and dessert with Luca and his family. The whole group of guests were all great and we ended up going out for cocktails after. This cooking class was the best part of our stay in Florence. Highly recommended whether you are experienced or a novice in the kitchen like me!
Nick

  We have a tremendous experience with Luca in his home. He was welcoming and kind and patient. He was tremendously good at teaching us the basics of Italian cooking. Moreover,... read more he was a tremendous host and made us feel at home.

I would highly recommend this experience to anyone visiting Florence.

Thank you

  I have to say this was one of the highlights of the trip. Luca was fantastic. Very likable host with proffs skills. He was as enthusiastic about the cooking as... read more we were. OF Course he had done it maybe 1000 times before. But he took us with him to a journey in cooking, history, music... in 4 hours. Now we know about a singer-songwriter Francesco Guccini that we fount interesting and we responded with the swedish/dusch singer-songwriter Cornelis Vreeswijk. We had some very pleasent hours talking, laughing, cooking and eating. He served the wine (Chianti Classico) and snapps (Grappa) wonderful time.
Thank you Luca. We do not forget this experience.

  I cannot say enough to express how amazing this experience was. We have been to Italy 3 times and this was by far the best experience we have done in... read more all of the times combined! Luca and his family are incredibly welcoming and incredibly talented chefs. The food was out of this world and there was plenty to go around. We will carry these recipes with us back to the US and use them as often as we can. Thank you Luca!!

  This experience was AMAZING! Luca was awesome at teaching and very enthusiastic. It truly felt authentic from beginning to end. The class was one of our favorite things we did... read more while in Florence. We felt welcome in his home and enjoyed meeting his family, sharing lunch with his wife and sweet baby. And the food was incredible! We can’t wait to try our recipes at home. Will be a must do when we return to Florence.
- Erin Lambert

  Luca was an amazing host and his cooking class was fantastic! He welcomed us with some appetizers while explaining how the class would have worked. Then he taught us how... read more to make different kind of fresh pasta and tiramisù. During the class he always answered to all our questions, he gave us some tips about what to do around Florence and Tuscany and he shared with us a lot of useful cooking tips and curiousity about Italian cuisine and culinary traditions. I would recommend it to anyone who enjoys cooking and wished to know all the secrets to Italian home made pasta and traditional cuisine!

  This cooking class experience was everything my husband and I had hoped for. and then some!
Lucca was incredibly gracious upon meeting us at the door and had an appetizer... read more and wine already made for everyone while we all introduced ourselves and got to know the other members of the cooking experience. Lucca is a very patient chef and took great care to make sure everyone was on the same page and felt confident to make great food. Thee group is never larger than 6 so it is intimate and no one is left out. He was particularly deft in keeping everything neat and tidy while we worked. When we sat down to eat dinner, it was around his family’s dinner table. His sweet wife and adorable baby joined us for dinner which made it perfectly homey and we all felt like part of their family. When the evening was finished we had all enjoyed ourselves so much and vowed to send pictures and FaceTime with each other when we returned to our homes to make pasta in the style of Tuscany and Lucca.

  This was by far the most amazing night for my family! Luca was recommended by a friend. I contacted Luca and we set up a Night to cook! He did... read more some pre-arranging with us and figured out what we would like to cook and based his menu off of that. We arrived at his house and we were warmly greeted by Luca. We had drinks we had an appetizer which he made for us which was delicious and then after about 45 minutes we got to working on our dinners for the evening. We made ravioli fettuccine and gnocchi. Everything was explained very well and my family and I did 99% of the preparing for this meal. Once it was done we all went into his dining room and we enjoyed a meal together some tiramisu which we also made. We were there for about 4 1/2 hours and it was one of the best experiences that we have had in Italy to date. I highly recommend booking a cooking session with Luca. You will not be disappointed and you’ll walk away knowing how to make classic Italian pasta

  This was the best experience we have had in Italy. Luca was a fantastic instructor. He really helped us all get the feel for making pasta. His recipes were so... read more simple and approachable, and he broke them down for us in such a way that we were all able to do everything, even my 10 and 12 year old children. He was wonderful with them! This was such a beautiful, hands on experience. Luca made us feel so at home in his house. It was liking dining with family. And the end result was so unbelievably delicious! It’s hard to believe we made that meal ourselves. I cannot wait to take my new skills and recipes with me to try once we get back home. This was absolutely worth every penny!

  This cooking class was the highlight of our trip! Luca is an amazing chef and teacher, happy to share tips and tricks on how to make traditional Italian food and... read more fresh pasta. He taught us how to make two different kinds of pasta (delicious!), sauce and lovely tiramisu, plus we shared interesting conversations about Florence and Tuscany while sharing lunch all together in his lovely home. If you are looking for an authentic and original cooking experience where you can also make a new friend, don't hesitate to book with Luca, you won't be disappointed! Thanks again!

  This was a great experience to visit with the chef, see his processes, and enjoy a wonderful meal in a home setting in Florence. I highly recommend anyone to... read more book this class. Wonderful evening! Grazie!

  This was my 17 year old son's favorite thing we did during our whole trip to Italy! He was initially nervous that I had booked a cooking class in someone's... read more private home but I assured him I had read reviews, looked at his website and felt safe. Luca put us at ease right away. It was so fun to be in an actual home and see a glimpse of how Italians actually live. Besides the patient teaching of us pasta making novices, Luca answered all kinds of questions including about the bidet in the bathroom, haha! He even emailed me places we should go eat, tips for our trip, etc. Definitely above and beyond. His wife and baby daughter dined with us and they were a pleasure to get to know. I don't know if we will be pasta making experts back at home but regardless we are very glad that we booked this experience.

  Our Cooking Lab experience with Luca was amazing!! It was everything I was hoping for- an intimate lesson in an authentic/ family setting and amazing food! Luca invited us into... read more his home, shared his experience and resources generously! We prepared a meal together that was better than our 5 star restaurant experience the night before! We sat down to enjoy that meal together with his family and shared lots of laughs! I’ve already recommended him to my sister who’s coming soon! He made us feel like family and passed those recipes on to us after the class!

  Absolutely amazing experience. We spent 4 hours (actually it was more as we stayed a bit after dinner chatting...) in really close contact with the food of these lands. Luca... read more thought us a lot about the secrets of making good pasta - hands on - and he will surely remain in our memories as an outstanding guest. When we will be back to Florence we have to meet him and his lovely family again.