Cooking under the Tuscan sun

COOKING UNDER THE TUSCAN SUN Welcome to the Cooking Under the Tuscan Sun Experience!

My cooking school offers you one day cooking class, cooking vacations and fun!

(Silvia Baracchi)

Cooking under the Tuscan Sun e classes celebrate traditional Tuscan recipes and are designed by Silvia Baracchi, Michelin Star chef and owner of Relais&Chateaux Il Falconiere & Spa. You will learn to cook authentic Tuscan cuisine in focused, spirited classes in our residential style kitchen, using local ingredients personally selected by the Chef under healthy, ethic and protection of the land criteria.

Following your cooking class you will enjoy a seated, served dinner in our charming dining room, in which we will enjoy the

food you have prepared.

When you walk through the front door of our kitchen, you are walking into a house.

We carefully designed the Cooking Kitchen to avoid comparisons with stainless steel dominated restaurant kitchens and Cookery Schools.

We want you to feel relaxed and at home and so our courses are designed around the sort of cooking you would do in your own kitchen to entertain family and friends: our aim is to inspire you and send you home with new and exciting recipes whilst at the

Cooking under the Tuscan Sun same time giving you time to cook with like-minded people.

It doesn’t matter what level you are, just come along and enjoy the experience!

You'll learn how to make delicious bread, pasta, stress free main courses, impressive starters and tempting desserts..

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3 days program

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5 days program

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6 days program

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Cooking classes

3 days program

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3 days program DAY 1 Welcome cocktail with Silvia, your host for the week. “ e stylish and fun Baracchi family, Riccardo and his wife Silvia, with their son Benede o, own the sybaritic country inn and restaurant Il Falconiere. e hospitality of the family reveals the depth of their joy of living. What feast they produce! I was fla ered when Silvia named her school “Cooking Under the Tuscan Sun.” Silvia is a cu ing-edge chef with intact, deep country

roots. Whatever I think I know how to do, Silvia can knock it up a notch” eir inn is a second home for us.

Riccardo makes highly prized wines and a Champagne-method sparkling wine that inspires Ed to write sonnets.”

From the Tuscan Sun Cookbook of Frances and Edward Mayes. e aperitif will be followed by a delicious Gourmet dinner in our Michelin star restaurant.

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3 days program DAY 2 At 10.00 a.m. departure for a guided sightseeing tour of Cortona for a visit of this charming city, setting of the book and movie “Under the Tuscan Sun.” Lunch at Bottega Baracchi and come back to the Relais for your first cooking class:

“Tuscan cuisine transports, comforts, entices, and speak to the friendly, genuine.

And Improvisational spirit of Tuscan life. Both Cooking and eating in Tuscany are natural Pleasures”…Today Special!: Eggplant roll with prosciu o and bufala mozzarella, Pici pasta with cherry tomatoes, Pork medallion with black olives and orange aroma, Tiramisu.

Dinner with your creations matched by great Tuscan wines.

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3 days program DAY 3 At 10.00 a.m. ready for the second Cooking lesson followed by the lunch.

“Tuscan food tastes like itself. Ingredients are le to shine…So, if on your visit, i hand you an apron, your work will be easy.

We’ll starts with primo ingredients, a little flurry of activity, perhaps some glasses of O’Lillo! of the Baracchi Winery, and soon we’ll be carrying platters out the door.”

Zucchini flowers with rico a cheese and basil, Gnudi of Rico a with baby vegetables and saffron sauce, Chicken with Tuscan flavors, Cantucci.

In the a ernoon at 6.00 p.m. Tour of the vineyard and winery of the Baracchi estate followed by the sabrage and wine tasting dinner in the restaurant.

DAY 4 Enjoy your breakfast…

Arrivederci to next year!

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5 days program

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5 days program DAY 1 Upon arrival, You are shown to your rooms and made comfortable.Welcome cocktail with Silvia Baracchi your host for the week. e aperitif will be followed by a delicious Gourmet dinnerin our Michelin star restaurant.

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5 days program DAY 2 A er breakfast welcome in my kitchen for your firstcooking lesson.

As an example: Frances Mayes menu Eggplant roll with prosciu o and buffala mozzarella; Pici with cherry tomatoes and aromatic herbs; Beef loin with shallot and balsamic vinegar; Pear cooked in red wine with cheese and sabayon.

Lunch based on your creations paired with our wines In the a ernoon, departure for a guided sightseeing tourof Cortonafor a visit of this charming city, setting of the book and movie “Under the Tuscan Sun.” Dinner at Bottega Baracchi, our Tuscan Bistrò.

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5 days program DAY 3 Today you will visit a local farm: you can see sheep, chickens, rabbits, geese and many other animals.

We will buy the milk we will use for oursecond lesson focus on making cheese. Light lunch and ready to become expert cheese makers! Pici Pasta and recipes with ricotta cheese just made, will be the ingredients of our recipes.

Dinner with your creations at the restaurant.

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5 days program DAY 4 In the morning departure to Montalcino and Montepulciano: you will be captured from the enchanting landscape of Val d’Orcia.

We will visit outstanding wineries and will taste the famous Rosso di Montepulciano and his majesty the Brunello.

Lunch. In the evening tourof the vineyardsand wineryof the Baracchi estate including a guided walking through the vineyards and an in-depth explanation of winemaking from the vineyards to the bottles.

Followed by the sabrage of our Metodo Classico and wine tastingduring the dinner at the restaurant.

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5 days program DAY 5

DAY 6

A er breakfast we will go to visit a local vegetables producer, close to the relais: we will buy some seasonal vegetables that will be the genuine ingredients just cut of our last cooking lessonat the Locanda del Molino.

A er Breakfast, checking out procedure depending on your departure schedule.

Farwell candlelight dinner at the Locanda: you will receive your cooking certificates

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6 days program

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6 days program DAY 1 Upon arrival, You are shown to your rooms and made comfortable.

Welcome cocktail with Silvia Baracchi your host for the week. e aperitif will be followed by a delicious Gourmet dinner in our Michelin star restaurant.

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6 days program DAY 2 A er breakfast welcome in my kitchen for your firstcooking lesson.

As an example: Frances Mayes menu Eggplant roll with prosciu o and buffala mozzarella; Pici with cherry tomatoes and aromatic herbs; Beef loin with shallot and balsamic vinegar; Pear cooked in red wine with cheese and sabayon.

Lunch based on your creations paired with our wines In the a ernoon, departure for a guided sightseeing tourof Cortonafor a visit of this charming city, setting of the book and movie “Under the Tuscan Sun.” Dinner at Bottega Baracchi, our Tuscan Bistrò.

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6 days program DAY 3 In the morning , a er breakfast, departure for a guided sightseeing tour of Cortona for a visit of this charming city, setting of the book and movie “Under the Tuscan Sun.” Lunch at Bottega Baracchi, our Tuscan Bistrò. Return to the Relais for the second cooking class with recipes from Frances Mayes’ best seller.

Dinner with your creations matched by great Tuscan wines.

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6 days program DAY 4 Today you will visit a local farm: you can see sheep, chickens, rabbits, geese and many other animals.

We will buy the milk we will use for our third lesson focus on making cheese.

Light lunch and ready to become expert cheese makers!

In the a ernoon Montalcino and Montepulciano: you will be captured from the enchanting landscape of Val d’Orcia.

We will visit outstanding wineries and will taste the famous Rosso di Montepulciano and his majesty the Brunello.

Dinner at the restaurant.

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6 days program DAY 6

DAY 7

A er breakfast we will go to visit a local vegetables producer, close to the relais: we will buy some seasonal vegetables that will be the ingredients of our last cooking lesson at the Locanda del Molino.

A er Breakfast , checking out procedure depending on your departure schedule.

Farwell candlelight dinner with music and fun: you will receive your cooking certificates.

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Single Classes

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Single Classes Single Cooking class

It doesen’t ma er what level you are, just come along and enjoy the experience!

Includes: - One cooking lesson (3 hours) - Dinner with a selection of Tuscan wines - e chosen menu with all the recipes - Our Apron and Recipes Book by Il Falconiere for you... Cooking with fantasy!

From â‚Ź 190,00 per person.

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Single Classes e Tuscan sun cookbook

Join us through a delicious journey with e michelin star chef silvia baracchi From the famous writer frances mayes' best Seller , a delicious journey through the most Representative tuscan recipes by michelin star Chef silvia baracchi and her executive chef Richard Titi From â‚Ź 210,00 per person.

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Single Classes e red taste of Love

Passion in the kitchen An intimate culinary Experience just for Interested couples An exclusive lesson for couples who wish to astonish the Partner with romantic and passionate meals to taste in intimate atmosphere.

From â‚Ź 210,00 per person All included

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COOKING UNDER THE TUSCAN SUN e program could be modified for unpredictable reasons at the time of writing or under specific Guest request.

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