4 Hour Private Cooking Class Unique Tuscan Experience in Siena

Marta is a special chef and person! My family and I enjoyed her class and recipes were outstanding! Thank you for the wonderful time, experience and meal!

In May of 2026, Marta’s Cooking Class was one of the top highlights of our one month tour around Rome, the Amalfi coast, Florence and Tuscany! Marta is an expert cook and her knowledge of authentic tuscan cooking is also at an expert level. Marta welcomed us into her home and with her amazing listening and demonstration skills, gave us hands on training and confidence to prepare tuscan style pasta, bruschetta and tiramisu the way Italian nonne have been making it for centuries! Marta will make you feel not like a student, but like family! Don’t miss your opportunity to experience Marta’s skills and heartwarming hospitality in a stunning setting. Bill, Margaret, Sharon and Ian.

Marta was an amazing host and such a kind welcoming person, she is a fantastic teacher/chef and made our experience unforgettable. If you come to Siena, going to Marta's kitchen should be on the top of your list!! Thank you so much for welcoming us into your beautiful home and showing us your traditions!! Delizioso!!

Absolutely 5-star. Marta picked us up nearby and dropped us off afterward. We spent 4 hours together and she showed us a lot about cooking using simple ideas and concepts that helped us understand how to cook using our senses and not a strict recipe. She is a most wonderful, generous person who opened her heart and her home to us; it was like spending 4 hours with a longtime friend enjoying great food (which we made almost from scratch ourselves) and great conversation while we learned cooking the way my wife’s nonna taught her how to cook. Can’t say enough great things about Marta and her class….don’t miss it!

Great time! Great chef! Great meal! So much fun. Loved it. A true taste of Tuscany. 100% recommend. Would do again. Marta was so nice. We feel like we’ve made a new friend.

Nana was so kind and welcoming. I very much appreciated her instruction and information as we learned how to make several different dishes. They were so good so we ate well!! It was an enjoyable experience meeting so many new people, as well.

Marta is a great cook and a very warm hostess! It was great to cook with her and learn from her! Not only learned a lot about Tuscan cuisine, but also a lot about Siena and the Italian way of life... super

If you are looking for an authentic, personal, intimate, well informed, and easy going cooking class, THIS IS THE ONE to take!!! We had so much fun and laughed the whole time. Marta is an excellent instructor and gives positive feedback. She is so personable and truely loves what she does. First off, me and my friend tried to get a taxi to drive us to her place but none were available even though we went to a few taxi stops. Marta went out of her way to pick us up in the city center where there is limited driving roads( only taxis and residents allowed). The cooking class took place in Marta's home. It is a beautiful scenic home with a backyard overlooking the Tuscan hills. We had made 3 dishes.... Tiramisu, spinach and ricotta ravioli and a tagliatelle with fresh tomato sauce. She took us though the steps of each dish, guiding and encouraging us with the correct techniques for pasta making. She really believes that learning to cook hands on is the best way to learn so you 'feel' the proper texture of the food in certain steps. She is also passionate to teach us the history of the dishes. We sat in the backyard to enjoy our newly learned recipes, bruschetta and sampled fresh figs from her tree, freshly picked by her husband. I can't express how much we enjoyed this class and I highly recommend it. Grazie Millie Marta! ♥️♥️♥️

What a wonderful cooking class with Marta. She was a great host and chef. I learned to make spinach ravioli, linguine and tiramisu

The experience was wonderful! Marta was everything you would hope for in a host - she was kind, patient, understanding, funny, and so knowledgeable. She took her time to clearly explain everything and allowed the kids to be involved with cooking. Not only did she teach us to cook some traditional Tuscan dishes but she helped us with our Italian and taught us some of the history and culture of the region. Anyone who books this class with Marta will have such a great time. I cannot recommend this highly enough. It has been the highlight of our trip.