Outdoor Cooking Classes in Tuscany
You can’t really say you’ve visited a place without having known its cuisine! So what’s better than an outdoor cooking class to get closer to the world of taste and flavors of Tuscany? Tenuta Torciano cooking classes never stop during the year, but with the arrival of spring the time has come to rekindle the stoves of our splendid mobile kitchen, inaugurated for the first time at the end of last season and ready to host exciting cooking lessons until next autumn.
If you love cooking come and learn authentic Italian cuisine with the help of our chefs. We will prepare together homemade pasta and other simple and delicious Tuscan recipes, incredible sauces, meats and desserts using only fresh ingredients. Here you will learn the art of cooking a complete Tuscan meal in a relaxed and fun environment, creating unforgettable dishes of our cuisine.
Try your hand at preparing typical dishes and enjoy your wonderful creations with a beautiful lunch in the winery followed by a vertical tasting of the best products from the cellar. Here you will discover all the essential concepts for tasting wine, learning the best pairing between wine & food, the use of the 5 senses, the glass etiquette and all visual-gustatory-olfactory techniques in a sober, informal and joyful environment.
You can choose from different cooking classes: tuscan cooking class, cooking pasta, cooking pizza, cooking gelato and the new cooking class entirely dedicated to truffles! You will learn all the techniques to prepare by your hands three different types of fresh pasta, to cook the perfect pizza, with a tasty homemade tomato sauce and fresh vegetables as condiments, and to make fantastic ice creams and desserts.
Book this unique experience unique, guided by expert hands: the package includes the visit of the estate on foot, the cooking class and the lunch with tasting. For more information and to book a cooking course in Tenuta Torciano visit our website: www.torciano.com or send a message to: booking@torciano.com
Author
Luciana Cilemmi
Luciana Cilemmi, deals with Magazine, Style Director and Co-founder of Tenuta Torciano winery and Tenute Giachi wines and the innovative Viviarium Restaurant of Bottega Torciano- Tenuta Torciano & Winery is part of an international reality that is born in Italy by an initiative of Pierluigi Giachi and Luciana Cilemmi, who have worked for years in the Italian wine market , expanding throughout in the United States, managed and controlled by the american company ' Bellavini winery. Luciana Cilemmi was born in San Gimignano to a family of artists specialised in the restoration of medieval buildings. Having completed her technical studies, she now pursues the interests passed on to her by her family, like her passion for artistic objects, in particular works of art created in Tuscany between the Middle Ages and the Renaissance. But she reserves her keenest enthusiasm for the historic works completed in San Gimignano between 1100 and 1300. Alongside her love of medieval history, she is fascinated in wines produced from Tuscan vineyards, which, together with saffron and wool, were the most sought-after goods traded by the wealthy noble families of San Gimignano already in medieval times. Luciana Cilemmi left San Gimignano at the age of 21 and embarked on a pilgrimage in search of knowledge and to discover the new winemaking skills and products that were then developing both in Italy and in France. In the meantime she added to her knowledge of wine by attending specialised courses and becoming a master of wine. On returning to Siena, she discovered a wonderful area near Murlo where she fell in love with the tiny, unspoilt village of Montepescini. She bought the estate of Montepescini where, based on the experience she had acquired over the years, she found a particular lie of the land, special climatic conditions and an altitude suited to the creation of great wines. With enormous enthusiasm, doggedness and considerable effort, a reclamation programme was started to renew the terrain which was then used to plant 30 hectares of specialised vines. Sangiovese is the dominant vine, followed by Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot and Syrah. Years of experimentation and the introduction of new winemaking techniques eventually led to the creation of Luciana di Memmi’s prestigious wines. Some years ago, Luciana Cilemmi succeeded in realising her dream of a lifetime: to return to her home town, San Gimignano. She was destined to buy the historic palace with the medieval tower, which had been owned by the prestigious Useppi family from 1200 to 1927 and had then passed to the noble and historic Chigi family of Siena. The Useppi were a powerful Sienese family who owned several castles. This beautiful medieval building has an elegant and distinctive façade full of Sienese and Pisan architectural influences. If you find yourself in San Gimignano, make sure you visit the Chigi Tower and Palace. Luciana Cilemmi holds regular events in the rooms of the medieval tower, such as the presentation of wines, both from her vineyards and elsewhere, attended by international journalists, experts from the sector and critics. She also organises exhibitions of works of art and paintings, and press conferences on the subject of "Wine in San Gimignano during medieval times”. Visiting the home of Luciana Cilemmi is like re-living an aspect of the past that will not return except through the imagination of those who have believed and continue to believe in this story.
