Florence Pizza and Gelato Cooking Class: Small Group Experience

About this tour

Learn to stretch, top and bake authentic Florentine pizza, then churn gelato from scratch in this hands-on 2.5-hour class near the city centre. You'll work alongside professional chefs in a proper kitchen, gaining techniques you can replicate at home. By the end, you'll have made and eaten what you've created—real food, real skills, no theatre.

Highlights

• Knead and shape pizza dough using traditional methods
• Prepare gelato base and churn to soft-serve consistency
• Taste your own pizza and gelato straight away
• Work in small group with professional Florence chefs
• Take home recipes and techniques you'll actually use

What to expect

Arrive at the central Florence kitchen and tie on an apron. A chef walks you through pizza dough—fermentation, gluten development, the works—before you stretch your own base. While it proofs, you'll move to gelato: tempering, flavouring, churning. Back to the oven for your pizza, then you eat what you've made with water and soft drinks. Expect flour on your clothes, a sore forearm from kneading, and the satisfaction of biting into something you built yourself. It's practical, not performative.

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