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Gluten-free · Oltrarno, Florence

A gluten-free cooking class in Florence, at the same table.

Most kitchens treat gluten-free as a substitution made in the back. We treat it as a place setting: your own blend, your own board, your own pot, set up before you arrive, at no extra charge, so you make and eat the same four shapes as everyone else.

€95 · per person · no gluten-free surcharge · about 3 hours.

€95 per person · no gluten-free surcharge

Free cancellation up to 48h before.

Plates of fresh handmade pasta served at a gluten-free cooking class in Florence
Local Products
Naturally gluten-free Tuscan products
Length
about 3 hours
Group size
max 8 guests
Surcharge
none
Station
separate board, pot & tools
Where
Oltrarno, near Santo Spirito
A prepared station in our Florence kitchen: bamboo board, rolling pin and bowls of flour and eggs on the steel counter
Your station, set out before you arrive: your own board, rolling pin and flour. Nobody shares a bowl.
The table at the end of class: a board of Tuscan salumi and cheese, burrata with cherry tomatoes, and two glasses of red wine
Where it ends: what you made, a Tuscan board alongside it, and the two glasses that are already in the price.

Cooking class menu

  • Fettuccine with the sauce of your choice (Tomato and Basil, Cacio e Pepe or Amatriciana)
  • Ravioli with Butter and Sage
  • Your own Tiramisù
  • Glass of Wine or non-alcoholic beverage
  • Glass of Limoncello or coffee
  • Water

If you are coeliac, your pasta is made from a dedicated gluten-free blend at your own station, with its own pot of water, at no extra charge. Send your full allergy list when you book, not on the day: wheat flour is used in the same room, so we are not a certified gluten-free facility.

What’s included

  • Theoretical and hands-on cooking instructions
  • English speaking chef
  • Fresh ingredients
  • Equipment provided (workspace, apron, knife, and rolling pin).

When the preparation is done, you sit down at the table. The restaurant's kitchen cooks everything you made. You eat your Fettuccine with the sauce you chose, your Ravioli with butter and sage, your own Tiramisù to finish, with a glass of wine, in the center of Florence, with the people who made it with you.

What’s not included

  • Making the sauce
  • Extra food and drinks

How do you actually keep the class gluten-free?

We set your station up before the class starts, while the room is still clean and no one has opened a bag of wheat flour. You get a dedicated gluten-free blend, your own board, rolling pin, cutter and bowls, and your pasta is boiled in its own pot of water, never the shared one. Your chef washes and changes apron before working with you.

We want to be straight with you about one thing: this is a working pasta kitchen and wheat flour is used in the same room. Our setup is built for coeliac guests and we take it seriously, but we are not a certified gluten-free facility, and airborne flour is a fact of any pasta class. If your sensitivity is severe, tell us when you book; we will talk it through honestly rather than sell you a seat.

What you will make

The same class as everyone else, which is rather the point. You will mix and knead your own dough, learn to read it by feel: a gluten-free dough behaves differently, and we teach you what "ready" looks like without gluten to help you, and shape it into the classics: hand-rolled pici, ribbon-cut tagliatelle and pappardelle, and filled tortelli, following the season.

Then we cook it all together and sit down. Your pasta, a Tuscan sauce checked for gluten, and a glass of local wine. No separate table, no eating an hour after everyone else.

Good to know

  • Mixed groups are welcome and normal: one coeliac guest and three friends who are not is the most common booking we take.
  • Other allergies (egg, dairy, nuts) can usually be worked around too. Send the whole list when you book, not on the day.
  • Travelling coeliac in Italy? Our guide to eating gluten-free in Florence covers the phrases, habits and places that make it easy.
  • Want it entirely private, with the kitchen to yourselves? That is The Family Long-Table.

Good to know.

Is this class safe for coeliacs?

We prepare a dedicated gluten-free flour blend, a separate station with its own board and tools, and a separate pot of cooking water, all set up before the class begins. We are honest about the limit: wheat flour is used elsewhere in the same room, so we are not a certified gluten-free kitchen. Tell us how sensitive you are when you book and we will give you a straight answer.

Is there an extra charge for the gluten-free option?

No. It is €95 per person, the same as every other guest at the table. We have never charged for it and do not intend to start.

Can I book if my partner or friends are not gluten-free?

Yes, and most of our gluten-free bookings are exactly that. You cook side by side at the same table with your own station, and everyone sits down to eat together at the end.

Which shapes can be made gluten-free?

All four we teach: pici, tagliatelle, pappardelle and tortelli. The dough handles differently and needs a slightly different touch, which is part of what you will learn.

How do I book and tell you about my diet?

Use the "Book this class" button to build your request. It opens a WhatsApp chat with the details filled in; add your dietary needs there, or email ciao@handmadepastaflorence.com, and we will confirm exactly how we will set you up.

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