the cooking lab

  We've taken cooking classes all over the world. Luca's is one of the best. He's a fine teacher - patient and great at explaining. He's also an excellent chef. Our... read more food was so delicious! The conversation at the table was also a pleasure. Highly recommend!

  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!

  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!

  Chef Luca gave me an amazing lesson. I came into this experience wanting to take the class very seriously. It was a private lesson with chef and we made ravioli... read more and cacio e Pepe. We had a great time and he taught me so much about being fluid with measurements and precise with technique. 100% recommend to all those wanting to learn a new skill.

  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

  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!

  Luca was wonderful.

  This was a great experience and one I will remember each time I cook Italian food in the future. Luca gave us some great information and showed us how to... read more start from the most basic ingredients and create a fantastic meal. Many of the dishes were as good or better than we could find in a restaurant! I appreciated the variety of things we cooked and how everyone got to participate in this intimate setting.

  Luca and this experience are exceptional and absolutely worth every penny. He offers you an experience you’ll never forget, and its so personal! You’re invited into his lovely home and... read more his life. He tells you exactly what to do and it isn’t over complicated. He’s extremely friendly and makes you feel at home. I chose this course cause it felt small and intimate and that’s exactly what I got. Luca is the best and I’ll definitely be back for some more cooking lessons.

  We had such a good night with Luca and his Family, He passed on many cooking tips for us, we had great food and lovely dinner conversation.
Definitely a must do!!... read more

  This was a wonderful wonderful experience to remember!! Luca was so lovely and his kitchen was a true taste of Italy. Everything was made with local, fresh ingredients that elevated... read more everything to the next level. The food was absolutely delicious, we can’t say enough good things about the whole class. Overall 10/10 recommend to anyone who wants to have a true taste of Italy and an amazing time with an amazing teacher.

  Where do we start? We booked this pasta cooking experience after reading other reviews online. Luca was magnificent. We traveled to Italy with our two daughters... read more - 15 and 11 years old. This will be one of the top highlights of our Italian Vacation. Luca did a tremendous job. We booked the dinner making experience. We met up in a square close to his apartment and first went to an Italian Deli to do some shopping. We then proceeded to his apartment where wine was poured for us and drinks for our kids and a variety of appetizers were served. We then went over our menu for the evening that we would be cooking. My wife is a vegan and he was able to curtail the menu to make a pasta dish especially for her. We started with making dessert - Tiramisu. We then proceeded over the next few hours to make different sauces with fresh ingredients. Then we proceeded to making 3 different types of pastas - fettuccine, gnocchi, and ravioli. Luca was very thoughtful and patient with all of us - especially our kids and told us many stories of growing up in Italy and his daily life in general. The best part of the meal was all of us sitting down together around his dining table and enjoying our meal together and having a great discussion about Italy and life in general. Luca is a very genuine and sincere individual and a great cook. We highly recommend this experience to anyone looking for a great way to enjoy an authentic cooking experience in 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.

  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.

  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.

  Fantastic authentic in home experience! Luca was a great host and the food was amazing. After preparing the food we sat down to enjoy the meal with his... read more family and this was such a treat! Can’t recommend this experience enough!!

  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.

  Luca’s class was excellent. A good learning experience taught in a nice setting. Very informative, highly recommended.

  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!

  This was absolutely a highlight of the trip - if you are even remotely interested in cooking, I'd definitely book this. Luca was fantastic both in making us feel at... read more home at his place but also in creating a fun and diverse menu for the evening, walking through each of the steps and outlining not just how but why to do things the way we were doing them. We made dessert and three different kinds of pasta dishes. I kid you not that the weekend I got home I purchased some kitchen tools for our kitchen to replicate some of what we created.

Later in the evening, Luca's wife joined us and had dinner with us. By the end, it really felt like we had just come over to a friends house for dinner. Terrific experience - and such an amazing couple.

  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!

  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!

  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!

  A wonderful time learning the tips and tricks of excellent Italian pasta cooking. The right tools and process. The needed texture and how tos. So glad we selected Luca’s pasta... read more cooking experience. The end result was delicious!

  This was one of the highlights of our whole trip. Making a few different types of pasta was something that we wanted to learn, and the environment, including the meal... read more with lively conversation afterwards, was just a wonderful overall experience.

  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.

  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!

  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.

  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.

  My family of four loved our whole experience! Luca was a kind and gracious host, and we all agreed that the cacio e pepe we had, including our homemade... read more pasta was the best we ever tasted! Definitely a highlight in our trip to Florence!