Experience Florence: Tuscan Dinner In A Florentine Home

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Key Details

  • Mobile Voucher Accepted
  • Free Cancellation
  • Duration: 3 Hrs
  • Departure Time :
    7:30pm
  • Departure Details :
    Central location in Florence
  • Cancellation Policy :
    • If you cancel within 3 calendar days (72 hours) of the scheduled departure time, the cancellation charge will be 100% of the undiscounted tour price.
    • If you cancel between 4 to 7 Calendar days before scheduled tour departure,the cancellation charge will be 50% of the undiscounted tour price.
    • If you cancel at least 8 calendar days in advance of the scheduled departure time, there is no cancellation fee. You will receive Full Refund for the paid amount.
    • Please note that in case of No show, the cancellation charge will be 100% of the listed tour fare.
    • Please note tours booked using discount coupon codes will be non refundable.
    Tours booked using discount coupon codes will be non refundable.

Overview

Spend an evening in a cozy Florentine private home and enjoy an authentic 4-course Tuscan meal, expertly cooked by your friendly chef. Gain insight into Italian home life and cooking, learning about the history of the dishes you eat and, of course, Florence's famous cuisine! If youre looking for an ideal mix of culture, fine dinning and great company, this Tuscan dinner experience is not to be missed!

Numbers are limited to 12 people on this small-group experience, ensuring you'll enjoy a more personalized evening with your host.

Know More about this tour

Tuscan food is famous all over the world, and for good reason! Simple yet creative, the cuisine focuses on using the very best ingredients -- fresh, locally grown and always in season. Imagine the reddest tomatoes you've ever laid eyes on, olive oil from the Tuscan hills, fresh breads, mild cheeses and grilled meats: welcome to Tuscan cuisine!

Your evening in a local Florence home lets you enjoy this famous food in a relaxed and authentic setting. After meeting your friendly host (professional chef) outside in the center of town, take a leisurely five-minute walk to his or her home. Dinner is ready and waiting, so make yourself at home in the dining room and savor an aperitif while your host brings the first course to the table.

The Chef helps contemporary dinners rediscover the intrinsic value of classic Italian cuisine, reinterpreted for a modern clientele, bringing an innovative and refined presentation but with traditional ingredients.

The dishes served throughout your four-course Tuscan feast will vary according to seasonality and what the local market has available that day. Rest assured, whatever you eat is guaranteed to be a homemade specialty. Wine is not included, but you'll be able to buy some from your host, should you want it to complement your meal.

As you eat, chat, relax and enjoy the feeling of being at home in Florence, find out the secrets of home-cooking in Tuscany and learn about the dishes' origins and history. Dinner ends with coffee, and when you're ready to leave, your host will point you in the right direction to your hotel.

Itinerary:

Sample Menu:
(Subject to change without notice)

SPRING-SUMMER
  • Home-made stuffed bread
  • Panzanella Quinoa with roasted garlic cream, tomatoes, basil and pistachios
  • Florentine dumplings (Ricotta and spinach gnocchi) “no potatoes” with butter and sage
  • Quail with Vin Santo
  • Classic Tiramisù
AUTUMN-WINTER
  • Home-made stuffed bread (with fennel-with sun-dried tomatoes-with seasonal herbs-oil extra virgin….)
  • Samples of salami – Ham Venison – wild boar sausages – fresh Finocchiona
  • Buckwheat ravioli with caramelized pears goat cheese
  • “Ossobuco in disarray” with Chianti with carrots, onion and celery
  • Panna cotta

Inclusions

4-course dinner

Bottled mineral water

1 glass of wine per person

Aperitif

Exclusions

Gratuities (optional)

Hotel pickup and drop-off

Wine

Additional Info

Confirmation will be received at time of booking, unless booked within 1 day of travel. In this case confirmation will be received as soon as possible, subject to availability

Dress code is smart casual

Vegetarian, glucose-free and lactose-intolerant dietary restrictions can be catered for. Please note this in the 'special requirements' field on booking

Traveler Reviews

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  • 15-Nov-2017

    Wow! This was an intimate gathering with amazing company and food from start to finish. Felt like I had experienced five star cuisine and the host and chef were very personable. I was traveling on my own and recommend this for a group, couple or solo traveler. There was nothing typical about this meal - special from start to finish.

  • 10-Nov-2017

    This was such an enjoyable evening!! Highly recommend.

  • 04-Nov-2017

    This was an excellent experience. So much pleasure, wonderful cuisine, perfect hosts, and wonderful wines. Worth every penny! Our main course was a remarkably delicious and perfectly seasoned roasted pigeon. Fellow guests dined on the results of a great cooking class. We shared and talked and laughed and traded stories over a beautiful table in a comfortable room overflowing with art, cookbooks and comfy ambience. Don't miss this opportunity.
    Sincerely, Thomas and Taffi WIlson

  • 22-Sep-2017

    Hands down best food in Florence! I am still dreaming of the fresh burratta, risotto and quail! What a fabulous evening.

  • 11-Sep-2017

    Good quaint experience. The food was excellent and the host gracious. Keep in mind that if you don't do the cooking class with this you come in to a group already established and eating. Other than that we truly enjoyed the experience.

  • 08-Sep-2017

    Thank you for the great meal!

  • 03-Sep-2017

    Extremely nice dinner in the apartment of a warm, friendly couple. There were nine guests, and the conversation was lively. We would recommend it without hesitation.

  • 11-Jun-2017

    God, I loved this. I'll start with the apartmentvery traditional, Italian, high ceilings, wooden floors, open windows, in a quiet section of what I believe was the Santo Spirito neighborhood. The dinner is offered by Chef Varinia Vary and her husband Edouardo Edo, who acts as a kind of entertainer/waiter/sommelier/busboy. Varinia's food is delicious, and the time between courses was neither too short nor long. We had nine people in total I was the only solo person, and quite a bit younger, but no matter!just the right amount of people for a lively, but intimate dinner experience.

    The only thing I found a bit confusing/offputting was that three of the couples had done a cooking class together with Varinia before we arrived, so three of their four courses were dishes they'd just prepared, while three of us, who hadn't signed up for the cooking course, were served something different. It would've been nice to have all been on the same ground.

    For the three of us who didn't attack the cooking class: we had halves of tomato filled with both burrata and mozzarella, and a piece of bruschetta for our appetizer delicious! a faroe dish with pear, onions, chickpeas for our primi nice and light, though not my favorite and a delicious pork pot pie with carrots and a flaky pastry crust for our main. The couples who partook of the class had squid ink ravioli, seared octopus with a sort of panzanella salad, and one other course which had escaped my memory.

    Varinia, who's a trained chef, is quite a characterboisterous, loud, kind, with a tough exterior that belies a big heartand she and Edo are well-traveled. They go to Asia every summer, where she's able to try new things and test new flavors, so don't expect an insular old Italian woman.

    You'll have a fantastic time, and there'll be plenty of wine!

  • 11-May-2017

    Fantastic meal in a local home with warm hospitality. The quail and duck course was superb. I would highly recommend this experience as being the best way to meet and eat an authentic local meal, as well as meeting fellow travelers. Thank you chef Vary and Edouardo!

  • 25-Jun-2016

    Excellent!!!! The food and the atmosphere was excellent beyond any of our expectations. The hosts were welcoming and delightful to interact with. Definitely we will let others know about our experience and suggest it to them.

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