Cooking Classes

Made by Serif

I never set out to be a cooking teacher. Or even a cook. I wasn’t raised in a kitchen.

Until I was 20 I thought spaghetti was made with ketchup - because that’s the way

my grandma made it! And then I moved to Thailand. And for the first time in my life,

I fell in love with food. The sound of bananas frying in hot oil, the heady and slightly

sweet aroma of satay grilling on the bbq, and that first burn on the lips, slightly tingling,

good as any first kiss, when you bite into a freshly made som tom. I couldn’t leave those

flavors behind. So I enrolled in cooking school. For a year I studied all the flavors and

textures of Thai cooking intensively, and then I did the same with Indian. But it wasn’t

enough. I needed more. I needed the rich complicated flavors of the dishes sold in the

market. I stalked street vendors. Found favorites. And charmed, begged and bartered to

get them to teach me their secrets. Afterwards I started cooking in a French Restaurant to

learn European Technique. And then I moved to Italy. And fell in love with food all over

again. I always though I would teach my family about food - but it was them who taught me.

I married a Tuscan chef, who’d worked in some of Florence's most popular restaurants.

A family of farmers, mushroom hunters and cooks. They literally taught me Tuscan cuisine

from the ground up. What to do with a beautiful zucchini flower, how to make a tomato

sing, the technique for grilling the perfect bistecca. And so, it is with deep gratitude to

those who taught me, that I can now teach you. Welcome, and I hope to see you in class.

We offer off classes at 2 locations. - transportation available for up to 6 guests- 10 euro additional fee for more than 6

* Our home kitchen in Pointe A Ema

* For an Authentic Tuscan experience, Cooking in the Olive Grove - covered outdoor kitchen.

For Prices & full descriptions of the classes please click the links