Handmade Pasta Florence
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For two · Oltrarno, Florence

A pasta class for two in Florence.

Not a coach, not a tour group, not a demonstration you watch from a stool. Two aprons, one board between you, and three hours of making something with your hands that you then sit down and eat together, with a glass of Chianti and no rush to leave.

€95 · per person · private from €680 · about 3 hours.

€95 per person · private from €680

Free cancellation up to 48h before.

A table laid for two with wine before a pasta class for couples in Florence
Local Products
Seasonal Tuscan products
Length
about 3 hours
Table
max 8 guests
Where
Oltrarno, near Santo Spirito
Language
English or Italian
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

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

Two ways to do it

Join the table, €95 each. You book two places at our signature class. The table never has more than eight people, so it stays a small, chatty kitchen rather than a crowd, and you two work your own station side by side. This is what most couples book, and the 18:00 evening slot is the one to ask for: it runs into dinner and nobody is watching the clock.

Take the kitchen, from €680. If you want it entirely to yourselves, our Family Long-Table is a full private buyout: your own chef, your own menu, your own hours. Couples book this for proposals, anniversaries and honeymoons, where being observed by strangers rather defeats the point.

Why is a pasta class a better date than dinner?

A restaurant sits you across a table for ninety minutes. A pasta class puts you shoulder to shoulder for three hours doing something neither of you is good at yet, which is a great deal more interesting. You will be bad at tortelli together, you will fix each other's folds, and you will end up eating a lunch that has your fingerprints in it.

You are also cooking with two head chefs who do this for a living (pasta for wedding feasts and farmhouse tables is the day job), so you leave able to actually make it again at home. That tends to outlast a dinner reservation.

Celebrating something?

  • Tell us if it is a birthday, anniversary, engagement or honeymoon and we will quietly make a fuss of it; that is free, and it is the part we enjoy.
  • Planning a proposal? Book the private kitchen and message us first. We have done it before and we can help with the timing.
  • Two Tuscan pours each are included in the €95, poured when you sit down, not billed at the end.
  • Gluten-free or other allergies? A dedicated station at no extra charge; see the gluten-free class.

Good to know.

Can we book a pasta class for just the two of us?

Yes. Book two places at the €95-per-person class and you join a table of never more than eight, working your own station side by side. If you want nobody else in the room at all, the private kitchen buyout starts at €680.

Is the €95 class private?

No: it is a small shared table, max 8 guests, which most couples prefer for the atmosphere. For a genuinely private class for two, book The Family Long-Table from €680.

Which time is best for a date?

The 18:00 evening class. It runs into dinner, the kitchen is at its warmest, and there is no next group waiting, so nobody hurries you away from the table.

We are celebrating an anniversary, can you do something?

Tell us when you book. We will make a quiet fuss of it at the table at no extra cost, and if you are planning something bigger like a proposal, message us and we will help you set it up in the private kitchen.

How do we book?

Use the "Book this class" button, pick your date, time and two guests. It opens a WhatsApp chat with everything filled in and we confirm personally, or write to ciao@handmadepastaflorence.com.

Looking for something else?

The Chef's Table

The full detail of the class you would be joining, €95.

The Family Long-Table

The whole kitchen to yourselves, for proposals and anniversaries, from €680.

Mercato & Mani

Make a morning of it: the market at dawn, then cook the basket, €145.

Things to do in the Oltrarno

Build the rest of the evening around the neighbourhood.

Gift a Cooking Class

A voucher instead of another object. Any class, from €68, and they pick the date.
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