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Organic Cooking Class with Sommelier
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Provincia di Perugia
Join our organic cooking class on an olive and wine farm. Master Italian dishes, taste wines, and enjoy a sustainable culinary experience.
Join our organic cooking class on an olive and wine farm. Master Italian dishes, taste wines, and enjoy a sustainable culinary experience.
Duration:
3 hours
Cancellation:
24 hours
Highlights
- 8FMJ23F6+353 - We will meet at il Fontanaro Organic Farm house in Paciano. We are at 15 minutes from Chiusi Chianciano train Station, Siena. We will offer you a coffee and we will start with an olive and wine tasting, than we will cook together the lunch making all the pastas and food by hand. I’m a professional olive and wine sommelier and i will…
- 8FMJ23F6+353 - We will meet at il Fontanaro Organic Farm house in Paciano. We are at 15 minutes from Chiusi Chianciano train Station, Siena. We will offer you a coffee and we will start with an olive and wine tasting, than we will cook together the lunch making all the pastas and food by hand. I’m a professional olive and wine sommelier and i will be happy to share with you all the secret of good wines and oils. The menu is characterized by organic seasonal vegetables. We offer also a gluten free class, kids cooking class, to be asked in advance. We can provide high chair for kids and baby sitting during the class if needed.
What's Included
- Bottled water
- Wine tasting
- WINE
- Lunch
- Beverages
- Bottled water
- Wine tasting
- WINE
- Lunch
- Beverages
What's Not Included
- Gratuities
- Gratuities
Meal Options
- frisella - served with fresh organic tomatoes and basil, after the extra virgin olive oil tasting
- home made tagliatelle with meat ragout or porcini mushrooms for the vegetarians - we will make together the pasta and cut it than we will make the sauce and cook and eat!
- spaghetti alla chitarra - we will make together the pasta and cut it than we…
- frisella - served with fresh organic tomatoes and basil, after the extra virgin olive oil tasting
- home made tagliatelle with meat ragout or porcini mushrooms for the vegetarians - we will make together the pasta and cut it than we will make the sauce and cook and eat!
- spaghetti alla chitarra - we will make together the pasta and cut it than we will make the sauce and cook and eat!
- gnocchi, or orecchiette or other - we will make together the pasta and cut it than we will make the sauce and cook and eat!
- tiramisu - also for kids with wild berries
Additional Information
You will learn to make pasta, and some fantastic Italian dishes with fun. I’m specialized in using produce that is organic, locally grown.I want to provide you an organic and sustainable experience. I provide guests the best selections of organic food and we only cook with extra virgin organic olive oil. On request I can make also glueen free class or…
You will learn to make pasta, and some fantastic Italian dishes with fun. I’m specialized in using produce that is organic, locally grown.I want to provide you an organic and sustainable experience. I provide guests the best selections of organic food and we only cook with extra virgin organic olive oil. On request I can make also glueen free class or kids cooking class. Menu: two kind of pasta hand made, an italian dessert siders, wines olive oil and wine tasting and farm visit. My philosophy from the beginning has been to serve whole natural foods that are minimally processed. Where ever possible we produce our items in house here at the slow cooking school.
- Children must be accompanied by an adult
- Child rate applies only when sharing with 2 paying adults
Location
FONTANARO ORGANIC OLIVE ESTATE, FARMING AND VILLAS - THE COUNTRY SLOW LIVING
vocabolo Montanaro
we are at my organic farm house.
On google map you may see the name of the road vocabolo Poggio.
There are signs all along the road with the name FONTANARO.
Please park outside the gate at the olive trees shades and ring the bell at the gate.
On the left there is the pedestrian gate.
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
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(60 Ratings)
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Tripper_c
Jul 23, 2025
Dream cooking class - One of the highlights of our trip. Not only is the cooking class super informative and fun and fast paced, but the setting is unbelievable. It’s a gorgeous working farm that makes award winning olive oil and delicious Sangiovese, both of which you’ll get to sample during the class. Perfect activity for adults and kids alike.
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Vera
Jul 3, 2025
Fun family afternoon cooking with Alina and her family! - Our family had a wonderful time. Group of 8 including kids, parents & grandparents. Alina is very fun, warm and a great teacher. Everything was delicious, totally hands on!
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Kelleymaconb
Jun 30, 2025
Italian cooking - Extremely nice and very helpful! They worked beautifully with the young girls that we had with us. Her granddaughters were seven and nine and had a blast. They were very patient with all of us.
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623robynp
Jun 24, 2025
Fantastic experience - Brilliant experience. Warm and friendly welcome from Alina, she kept us interested and entertained for the whole 3 hours. Interesting learning the process of how the olive oil is produced on top of cooking 3 pasta dishes and a tiramisu. Highly recommend!
Robyn and Gail
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Deboraha415
Jun 17, 2025
My best day in Umbria - First, the location of the cooking class was outstanding. The class was conducted at Alina Pinelli’s family villa, FONTANARO ORGANIC OLIVE ESTATE, FARMING AND VILLAS. The farm produces olive oil, and related products, and the setting is stunning.
The course was fantastic from beginning to end. Alina was very responsive in all of her communication. I had some personal difficulties scheduling transportation as I was about 45 minutes away, without a vehicle. Alina kindly accommodated my needs by first picking me up at the closest train station, and then driving me back to the villa where I was staying at the conclusion of the clas.
The content of the cooking class was excellent. I had never made pasta from scratch before, and Alina was a patient and skilled teacher. We were 8 students, and she provided personal assistance to each of us.
When the instruction was done, we experienced a delightful meal, based mainly upon our creations. The pasta and tiramisu were sensational.
This was one of my best days in Italy. I feel that I made a new local friend in Alina - such a great experience overall. I highly recommend it.
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256belindas
Jun 13, 2025
Informative and a hands n delight! - Alina was spirited and passionate about the cuisine, culture, and her family’s farm. This came through in her organization, and conduct of the class.
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Chris
May 29, 2025
Traditional Italian Cooking Class - This was a great experience learning how to make traditional Italian dishes. We made multiple types of fresh pasta and the host was a great teacher. It was a mixed group but we all quickly became friends and enjoyed 3-4 courses of what we’d made, paired with their locally made wine, which was very tasty.
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Wanderer670641
May 24, 2025
It’ll Make You Want to Slap Your Mama! - It began with the spectacular views of the gardens and the surrounding hillsides, and the warm welcome from Otto and Constantine (the dogs), as well as the cat, chickens, and ducks.
This was only to be surpassed by the warm hospitality of our hosts, Alina and Chiara.
Our introduction to the traditional art of pasta making was educational, authentic, inspirational and good old-fashioned hard work. (Bring your muscles for the kneading.)
The resulting feast of multiple pasta dishes was further enhanced by the camaraderie of our fellow cooks as we had harvested our own garden herbs and prepared by hand four different types of pasta.
The finale was the “summer tiramisu”, made with fresh fruits instead of coffee, and topped with various color of flowers from the gardens.
We gorged on coffee, pastas, wine and tiramisu, and still had molto leftovers to take home.
We give this experience a Dieci +!!
Ottimo!!
No, we’re not travel writers, just food junkies.
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Tiffanyyan
May 22, 2025
Beautiful farm and very fun cooking class! - This entire experience was so lovely—if I could give it more than five stars I would! The Fontanaro estate is beautiful and Alina and her mom were such lovely hosts. We made several types of pastas, a summer tiramisu, drank their excellent wine, had some of her mom’s homemade limoncello, and toured the olive oil mill. The whole day was so much fun. Highly, highly recommend.
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Johnbeth42
May 18, 2025
Choose this one! - My friend and I loved this experience. We looked at various options for cooking classes and we were so glad we chose this one. The farm is beautiful and the experience goes way beyond cooking to learning about the importance of small organic farms. Alina was very helpful with advising us regarding how to travel by train + taxi from Orvieto and back and even sent us "home" with leftovers of the pasta dishes we created.
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