- One-Day Tours:
- Mondays at the Market € 125 per person
- One-Day Cooking Classes:
- Wednesday & Thursday € 175 per person
- Market to Table Class:
- Friday € 195 per person
- Week-Long Programs:
- Colle Val d'Elsa
€ 3,000 per person
- Secrets of My Sicilian Kitchen Tour:
- May 13-19 (private group)
September 9-18 (sold out)
November 11-17
- Divine Days:
- The Diva Comes to You Ask about pricing
- Calendar NEW
- from my earlier web site
- "Florence for Foodies"
- "Recipes: Tastes of Florence"
- "Dining Guide to the Chianti"
- "Friends: Artisans and Their Recipes"
- "Newsletters: Insights into Tuscan Life"
Just like her Divina Cucina logo (an angel holding a wooden spoon), Judy Witts Francini brings the spirit of a joyful guardian to her culinary tours of Florence. She is an absolute pleasure to be with, taking you on her backstage tour of the local food scene she's been a part of for three decades. With Judy by your side, you're no longer a tourist—you're embraced by her family and friends, welcomed into the heart and soul of delicious Florentine traditions. --Susan Van Allen, author of 100 Places In Italy Every Woman Should Go
Week-Long Programs: Colle Val d'Elsa
Join Judy, the Diva of Divina Cucina, in a week-long program in the heart of Chianti. Three hands-on cooking classes and visits to wineries, butchers, cheese makers, and other local artists and artisans makes this week a full immersion in the Tuscan way of life.
Sample Program: Each week may vary as I try to include local festivals and markets. Typically, Monday, Wednesday, and Friday are cooking days combined with half-tours tours. Tuedays and Thursdays are full days in Chianti with classes with my friends.
Sunday: Check into hotel Palazzo San Lorenzo, Colle Val d'Elsa. (Florence transfer provided.) Welcome dinner in Colle Val d'Elsa.
Monday: Cooking classes in the morning with afternoon touring to small villages nearby. San Gimignano and Siena.
Tuesday: Day trip in Chianti. Visit to Greve, Panzano and Castellina. Lunch and dinner out.
Wednesday: Cooking classes in the morning with afternoon touring to small villages nearby. San Gimignano and Siena.
Thursday: Market tour and lunch in Florence.
Friday: It is market day in Colle Val d'Elsa. We will tour the market and then have our final cooking class. Farewell dinner in Colle Alto.
Saturday Morning transfer to airport or Florence.
Colle Val d'Elsa is on the bus line from Florence to Siena and is a 50 minute ride. We are near San Gimignano and Siena. I can arrange a private driver for pick-up and drop-off.
All meals are included.
I promise you a beautiful week that you will always remember. This program is also available year-round for private groups of no more than 6.
All programs are € 3,000 per person. € 350 single occupancy supplement. Includes hands-on cooking classes, and all meals and wines. Airfare is not included.
A € 500 deposit due at booking; balance with 90 days of program start. Credit cards accepted through PayPal.
The program is also available on a day-to-day basis, allowing people to adjust the trip to their pace. If you would like to add days to visit museums before or after the culinary week, we can help with arrangements for hotels, drivers and guides in Florence, Venice, Rome and other destinations.
Available Year-round! Sign up now!
The Colle Val d'Elsa program with 3 cooking classes only (no hotel and touring) is offered on a space-available basis for € 545.