Montepulciano Food Tours & Cooking Classes
Hours, prices and access verified by the Montepulciano Tours team — last checked 2026-09-20.
Montepulciano food tours and cooking classes put a meal at the centre of the day, either one you cook yourself or one served on the farm that raised it. Every fare includes the food, and most include wine with it.
Food tours and cooking classes in Montepulciano
★★★★★ 4.8 (24 reviews · 2 hours)
Local wines pouredStarts in MontepulcianoMax 10 guestsLunch included
Two hours at the Cinta Senese farmhouse on Via Madonna della Querce. You meet the pigs and the farmer, then sit to a light lunch: cold cuts, Pecorino di Pienza, panzanella or bruschetta, and local wine.
From $67 per person
Free cancellation up to 24 hours ahead.
Likely to sell out
★★★★★ 4.9 (151 reviews · 3 hours)
Local wines pouredStarts in MontepulcianoMax 15 guestsLunch included
Three hours in a local cook's home, rolling two kinds of pasta and making tiramisu. Prosecco and nibbles to start, then you eat what you made with wine. The address comes after you book.
From $76 per person
Free cancellation up to 24 hours ahead.
Likely to sell out
★★★★★ 5.0 (67 reviews · 4 hours)
Local wines pouredStarts in MontepulcianoLunch included
Four hours in a kitchen in the centre, meeting opposite Palazzo Avignonesi. You make fresh pasta, sauces and a dessert with a local chef, then sit down to them with white or sparkling wine.
From $91 per person
Free cancellation up to 24 hours ahead.
Likely to sell out
★★★★★ 5.0 (18 reviews · 2 hours 30 minutes)
Local wines pouredStarts in MontepulcianoMax 10 guestsLunch included
Two and a half hours at a host's table. You watch a family cook prepare three courses, lunch or dinner, and you eat them with wine and espresso. Watching, not cooking: the easiest seat here.
From $128 per person
Free cancellation up to 24 hours ahead.
★★★★★ 5.0 (110 reviews · 4 hours)
Local wines pouredStarts in MontepulcianoMax 8 guestsLunch included
Four hours at the Le Caggiole farmhouse kitchen outside town with chef Giacomo. You make pici and pappardelle, sauces, starters and tiramisu, then eat them with Tuscan wine. Eight cooks at most.
From $206 per person
Free cancellation up to 24 hours ahead.
★★★★★ 4.9 (84 reviews · 1 hour 30 minutes)
Farm lunch, no tastingStarts in MontepulcianoYour group only
An hour and a half on Roberto's farm by the Madonna della Querce church. You meet the Cinta Senese pigs in the mud, walk the olives, then eat a plate of their cured meat or a farm lunch.
From $52 per person
Free cancellation up to 24 hours ahead.
Pasta and tiramisu in a Montepulciano home
Three hours at a local cook's table: two kinds of pasta, a tiramisu, prosecco to start and wine with what you made.
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What a Montepulciano food tour is
It is a meal you help make, or a meal on the farm where it came from. The food tours here
come in two kinds. The cooking classes put you at a bench with flour, eggs and a cook who
shows you how. The farm visits take you out to the Cinta Senese pigs and then feed you their
cured meat.
Both end at a table, with wine. You come away full, and on the classes you come away able
to do it again at home.
The dish you will hear most about is pici, the thick pasta rolled by hand in this part of
Tuscany. On the farmhouse class you roll it yourself, alongside pappardelle.
Why choose a food tour
Lunch is the tour
Every food tour here includes a meal: lunch, dinner or a farm platter. A wine tasting
feeds you a snack. If you want to eat properly on the day, this is the way.
You cook with a local, in a local kitchen
The home classes happen in a Montepulciano home, and the address reaches you after you
book. The farmhouse class runs in Le Caggiole's own kitchen out in the hills.
Children are welcome
The farm visits suit families, and the pigs do most of the entertaining. The home classes
take children too, which no cellar does.
You go home with the recipes
Travellers on the home class and the class in the centre came home with the recipes, and
the farmhouse class hands you a notebook if you ask. The pasta survives the flight home.
A cooking class vs a farm visit
Both feed you. Here is how they differ, from each listing's own figures.
| A cooking class | A Cinta Senese farm visit |
|---|
| You do | Roll pasta and make a dessert, or watch a cook | Walk the farm and meet the pigs |
| How long | 2 hours 30 to 4 hours | 1 hour 30 to 2 hours |
| Where | A home, a kitchen in the centre, or a farmhouse | Via Madonna della Querce |
| The meal | What you made, with wine | Cured meat, cheese and bread; wine on one |
| Group size | 8 to 15 | 10, or your party alone |
| Fare, per person | $76 to $206 | $52 to $67 |
Check availability from $67
Short on time, or travelling with small children? Take the farm. Want a skill to take
home? Take a class.
What you get, and what you don't
- On every class: the ingredients, the meal and wine with it.
- On the home class: prosecco and nibbles to start, aprons and tools.
- On the farmhouse class: the ingredients, aprons and a notebook if you ask.
No transfer, and no filming while you cook.
- On the class in the centre: soft drinks, water and white or sparkling
wine with the meal; other drinks are extra.
- On the farms: the walk, the pigs and a plate. The two-hour visit adds
wine and Pecorino di Pienza; the private one pours nothing.
The farmhouse class: pici, pappardelle and tiramisu
Four hours in the Le Caggiole kitchen with chef Giacomo, eight cooks at most, and Tuscan wine with what you made.
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Planning a food tour
- Budget: $76 to $206 a person for a class, $52 to $67 for a farm
visit.
- Tell them about allergies first: the farmhouse class changes the menu
only before you book, and the class in the centre does not suit gluten intolerance or
severe allergies.
- Getting there: the farmhouse and the farms are outside the walls, and
nobody collects you. The class in the centre meets opposite Palazzo Avignonesi.
- Book ahead: the classes cap at eight to fifteen and several are flagged
as likely to sell out.
- Cancel free: every food tour here refunds in full up to 24 hours
ahead.
Our guide to what to eat in Montepulciano explains the pici, the pecorino and the Cinta Senese before you
book.
Who should choose something else
- If the wine is why you came. The classes pour with the meal, but a
cellar pours more. Book one of the Montepulciano wine tours.
- If you have one short day. Four hours at a bench leaves little time for
the town. The farm visit fits in ninety minutes.
- If you need gluten-free food. Ask the kitchen before you book; the class
in the centre is listed as not suitable for gluten intolerance.
- If you want your party alone. The private Montepulciano tours include the farm visit with
nobody else there.
Frequently asked questions
Which cooking class should I pick?
Pick by how much you want to cook. The farmhouse class outside town is the most hands-on at four hours, the home class the most sociable, and the show-cooking dinner has you watching rather than rolling.
Can a cooking class handle allergies?
Tell the kitchen before you book, not after. The farmhouse class takes menu changes only before booking, and the class in the centre is not suitable for gluten intolerance or severe food allergies.
What happens on a Cinta Senese farm visit?
You walk out to the pigs, meet the farmer and a tame one called Ciro, then sit down to cured meat and cheese from the farm. Allow an hour and a half to two hours, and wear shoes that can take mud.
What is pici?
The thick hand-rolled pasta of this corner of Tuscany, made from flour and water and rolled between the palms. It is sauced with aglione, a garlic sauce, or with a Cinta Senese ragù. The home cooking classes here teach it.
What is Cinta Senese?
A Tuscan pig breed with a white belt across its shoulders and forelegs, raised outdoors under the trees. The farm visits take you to meet them before lunch. The cured meat you are served afterwards is the same animal.
Can children come?
To the farm visits and the home cooking classes, yes. One farm takes children from three and lists infant seats, and the home classes take them from four. Most tastings set a minimum age of 18.
Can I cancel?
Nearly every listing here refunds in full if you cancel at least 24 hours before the start. The Vespa day is the exception: it is non-refundable, and its card says so on its face. Check the policy on the booking page before you pay.