The four Florence pizza and gelato cooking classes worth booking, compared on group size, how hands-on the gelato really is, whether the class is in the city or at a Tuscan farmhouse, and what the wine actually covers.
What You Should Know
- This is a much smaller market than pasta. Florence lists more pizza and gelato classes than the four here, but only four carry enough reviews and published detail to compare properly, so the real choice is narrower than a search suggests. Three are in the city and one is a half-day at a Tuscan farmhouse.
- Price and group size run backwards here. The cheapest class at €48 caps at 12, the smallest group on this page, while the €120 farmhouse day takes up to 26. Paying more buys you a countryside setting and a wood-fired oven, not a quieter kitchen.
- On the city classes you will probably watch the gelato rather than make it. Across both, guests describe the chef churning at the front while the group looks on, or being handed the ingredients to stir while the pizza dough rests. Some do describe making their own, so it varies by session, but the pizza is the reliably hands-on half.
- The farmhouse class is pizza or pasta, not both, and you pick on the day, so a couple can take one each. Budget more travel time than the listing suggests: it advertises a fifteen minute transfer and guests consistently report thirty to forty-five minutes each way.
Florence Pizza and Gelato Classes: What You Are Actually Booking
A pizza and gelato cooking class in Florence costs €48 to €120 and comes in two shapes: three hours in a city-centre kitchen, or a five hour half-day at a Tuscan farmhouse with a bus each way. Both teach you to stretch and top a dough and to churn gelato, then sit you down to eat what you made with wine included.
Florence lists more pizza and gelato cooking classes than the four compared here. What it does not have is many with enough review depth and published detail to judge: plenty of listings give no duration, no group cap and no age policy, which makes them impossible to compare honestly. The four below are the ones that clear that bar, and they are compared on the things that actually vary: group size, whether the gelato is genuinely hands-on, city kitchen or countryside, and what the wine covers.
Quick answer: which pizza and gelato class to book
- Best overall: Towns of Italy, €77, 3 hrs. A professional pizzaiolo, 1,382 reviews at 4.9, and the best-rated gelato explanation of the four.
- Best value and smallest group: Ciaoflorence, €48, 3.5 hrs. Capped at 12, the tightest here, at well under half the price of the farmhouse day.
- Best day out: Walkabout Tours, €120, 5 hrs. A Tuscan farmhouse with a wood-fired oven, and the only class where you choose pizza or pasta.
- Also worth a look: Mamma mia srl, €79, in the San Giovanni quarter, though it publishes the least about how the class runs.
If pasta is the real goal, our Florence pasta cooking class comparison covers eight options in more depth, and our guide to the best cooking classes in Florence compares every type side by side. For the non-cooking half of a Florence trip, our Uffizi tour guide and Florence bike tour comparison cover the art and the riding.
Towns of Italy: Pizza-Making Class & Unlimited Gelato with Wine
The deepest review base of any city pizza class here, taught by a professional pizzaiolo rather than a general cooking host, in an air-conditioned kitchen guests describe as spotless. The pizza is fully hands-on from dough to oven. Three hours by the Central Market, unlimited wine for adults and soft drinks for children.
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| Operator | Price | Online Rating | Duration | Max Group | Ages | What You Make | Drinks | Where |
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€77 | ⭐ 4.9 (1,382 reviews) Read Reviews |
3 hrs | 20 | Under 18s must be with an adult | Pizza from dough through stretching, saucing and baking. Gelato varies by session: some guests mix the ingredients, many describe watching a demonstration. Digital recipe booklet | Unlimited wine for over 18s, soft drinks for children | Via Panicale 43r, by the Central Market |
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€48 | ⭐ 4.9 (404 reviews) Read Reviews |
3 hrs 30 min | 12 | Ages 0 to 99 | Pizza dough and tomato sauce, fully hands-on. The gelato is repeatedly described by guests as a demonstration rather than something each person makes | Unlimited wine and water, soft drinks for children | Cucineria La Mattonaia, Via della Mattonaia 19R |
| Mamma mia srl Book Now |
€79 | ⭐ 4.8 (218 reviews) Read Reviews |
Not published | Not published | Not published | Pizza and gelato from scratch | Wine included; details not published | Via Verdi 42/r, San Giovanni |
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€120 | ⭐ 4.9 (1,603 reviews) Read Reviews |
5 hrs | 26 | Ages 8 and up | Pizza or pasta, your choice on the day, cooked in a wood-fired oven, plus gelato. Three-course meal | Wine and beer, with a welcome glass of Chianti at the farmhouse | Tuscan farmhouse, air-conditioned bus from Santa Maria Novella. Advertised at 15 min; guests report 30 to 45 |
ℹ️ All four listings were reviewed by our team on September 10, 2026. Prices, ratings and review counts are the live figures on that date. Mamma mia srl publishes no duration, group cap or age policy on its listing or its own site, and we have written that rather than estimating it. The farmhouse listing advertises a fifteen minute transfer, but guests consistently report thirty to forty-five minutes each way, so we have written the range from the reviews. Prices and availability change, so confirm with the operator before booking.
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- Taught by a professional pizzaiolo, not a general cooking host
- Pizza from dough through stretching, saucing and baking
- Air-conditioned kitchen guests describe as spotless
- Unlimited wine for adults, soft drinks for children
- Three hours by the Central Market, with a digital recipe booklet
- The gelato is often a demonstration rather than hands-on
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What Guests Say About Our Top Pick
Recent verified bookings on the Towns of Italy pizza and gelato class.
They accommodated a nut allergy, and taught us to spot good gelato
We had an amazing time learning how to make pizza and gelato and better still we got to eat the results of all our hard work. Alice taught us how to make the perfect pizza dough and even as a complete novice I created a really tasty pizza. Frederico showed us how Gelato was made and the history of the craft and at the end of the meal we had the most amazing chocolate gelato. They were also able to accommodate a nut allergy with a safe version. He also told us how to spot a good gelato shop and made some recommendations of places to try. Both chefs were really funny and entertaining on their delivery and they made it a wonderful experience. I would definitely recommend.
A great social experience over pizza and wine
my wife and I absolutely loved this pizza and gelato making class! Jon was our instructor; he made everything very easy to understand, and the final result was absolutely delicious. it was also a great social experience where we made some new friends over pizza and wine. I've always wanted to learn how to make a pizza, and I'll definitely be making more when I get home.
Well organised, with a good wine to accompany the pizza
Our chef, Frederico H., was incredible, informative, and enthusiastic, assisting us with everything. The atmosphere was pleasant and well-organized. Finally, a delicious wine to accompany the pizza. It was a memorable and delightful experience.
The Four Classes, Reviewed
With only four to choose from, the decision comes down to two questions: city or countryside, and how many people you want in the kitchen.
Towns of Italy: Pizza-Making Class & Unlimited Gelato
The most reviewed city class here at 1,382, and the only one that names a professional pizzaiolo rather than a general cooking host. The pizza is fully hands-on from dough through stretching and saucing to the oven, and guests describe the kitchen as air-conditioned and spotless. Be clear about the gelato: some guests mix the ingredients while the dough rests, but plenty describe watching the chef make it, and even the glowing reviews tend to say it was shown to them. What they do get is a proper education in it, including how to spot a good gelateria afterwards. Allergies are accommodated on request.
Check availabilityCiaoflorence: VIP Pizza and Gelato Experience
The cheapest class on the page and, unusually, also the smallest room: a cap of 12 against 20 and 26 elsewhere. It is also the longest of the three city classes at three and a half hours, and welcomes all ages with soft drinks for children. The pizza is fully hands-on. The gelato is the caveat: guests describe it repeatedly as a demonstration, one found it dropped from their class altogether, and one was sent to the wrong address for a kitchen the operator rents rather than owns. Confirm the venue on your voucher and treat the gelato as a talk rather than a lesson.
Check availabilityWalkabout Tours: Pizza or Pasta with Gelato at a Tuscan Farm
The only one that leaves the city, and the only one where you choose your dish on the day: pizza or pasta, which means a couple can take one each and compare. There is a glass of Chianti on arrival, the pizza goes into a wood-fired oven, the gelato follows, and it finishes as a three-course meal with wine and beer. Two things the listing understates: the transfer is advertised at fifteen minutes and guests consistently clock thirty to forty-five each way, and groups have been counted at up to thirty against a published cap of 26, with one guest at twenty calling it hectic. Minimum age 8, five hours door to door.
Check availabilityMamma mia srl: Authentic Pizza & Gelato Experience
A small operator in the San Giovanni quarter on Via Verdi, holding 4.8 across 218 reviews. It makes pizza and gelato from scratch with wine included, and that is genuinely all the detail available: neither the listing nor the operator's own site publishes a duration, a group cap or an age policy. Worth a look if the others are sold out for your dates, but we would ask those three questions before booking. Their own site also lists the class below the price it appears at on the booking platform, so it is worth checking both.
Check availability€48 buys the smallest group, €77 the most proven kitchen, €120 a day in the countryside.
Pizza and Gelato or Pasta? How to Choose
Florence sells far more pasta classes than pizza ones, so the first question is whether pizza is actually what you want. Here is the honest comparison.
Pizza classes are shorter and more forgiving
Dough is more forgiving than pasta sheets. Stretching a pizza base rewards enthusiasm more than precision, which makes these classes the easier option with children and with anyone nervous about cooking. Pasta classes ask you to roll a sheet to the right thickness and crimp filled shapes, and guests who get it wrong end up eating thick ravioli.
Pasta classes are cheaper and there are far more of them
Florence pasta classes start at €36 against €48 here, and there are eight worth comparing rather than four. If you are choosing on price or want a specific group size, our pasta cooking class comparison gives you more to work with. Pizza and gelato is the better pick when the gelato matters or when you are travelling with children.
Pizza cooking classes in Florence: if the pizza is the point
All four teach pizza properly, so the gelato should not decide it for you. The dough is mixed, rested, stretched and topped by you at every one, and it is the half of these classes that guests consistently rate highest. If pizza rather than gelato is the reason you are booking, the differences are these.
- For the best instruction: Towns of Italy is the only one that puts a professional pizzaiolo in front of you rather than a general cooking host, and its 1,382 reviews are the deepest of the three city classes.
- For a wood-fired oven: only the Walkabout farmhouse bakes in one. The city classes use conventional ovens, which makes a real difference to the base and is most of what you are paying the extra €40 for.
- For the smallest group: Ciaoflorence caps at 12 against 20 and 26, so you get more time at the bench and more of the chef.
- For the cheapest hands-on pizza: also Ciaoflorence at €48, which is €29 below the next city class and less than half the farmhouse.
All four include gelato, so there is no pizza-only option in Florence at this level. If you want pizza without the rest, the farmhouse class is the closest thing, since the pizza there is the centrepiece of a full meal rather than one course of a workshop.
The gelato is the real differentiator
Nothing on the pasta pages teaches you to churn gelato. That is the genuine reason to pick this category over the other, and it is why the two €77 and €79 city classes are priced above most pasta classes despite running for a similar three hours. Whether the gelato is hands-on or demonstrated is the question to ask.
You do not have to choose at the farmhouse
The Walkabout farmhouse class is the one option that covers both. Pizza or pasta is picked on the day, and the gelato is included either way. The same operator runs a separate €80 farmhouse day built around pasta and pesto with a tiramisu instead of gelato, so at €120 you are paying about €40 for the pizza option, the wood-fired oven and the gelato session.
What to Expect at a Florence Pizza and Gelato Class
Every class here runs the same core sequence: mix and rest the dough, stretch and top it, watch or help with the gelato, then sit down and eat. What differs is everything around it, and the split is clean.
Our take (the gelato is usually a demonstration): This is the clearest finding in the reviews and it applies to both city classes. Guests describe the chef churning at the front while the group watches, or being handed the ingredients to stir while the pizza dough rests. It shows up in the five-star reviews as readily as the critical ones, which is the tell: even delighted guests write that the gelato was shown to them. One guest put it bluntly, saying they could have watched that on video. The pizza, by contrast, is hands-on everywhere. Book for the pizza and treat the gelato as a tasting with a good explanation attached.
Our take (the price does not buy a smaller room): The instinct on a page with a €72 spread is that paying more means a quieter kitchen. It is the reverse here. The €48 class caps at 12, the €77 one at 20 and the €120 farmhouse at 26. What the extra money buys is a countryside setting, a wood-fired oven and a longer meal, not more attention from the chef.
One honest caveat: this is the easier of Florence's two cooking-class formats, but pasta is the better choice if your priority is learning a technique you can reproduce at home. Pizza and gelato is the better afternoon out, particularly with children.
3 to 3.5 hours, and you walk home
A dedicated kitchen in the centre, air-conditioned at our top pick. Pizza fully hands-on from dough to oven, baked conventionally. Gelato usually demonstrated. Group caps of 12 and 20, so this is where the smallest rooms are. Wine included and poured through the class, with soft drinks for children. Three of the three take children, one from age zero.
5 hours, and most of it is not cooking
A bus each way, advertised at fifteen minutes and reported by guests at thirty to forty-five. Pizza or pasta, chosen on the day, baked in a wood-fired oven. Gelato included either way. The largest group here at 26 published and up to 30 counted. Chianti on arrival, then a three-course meal with wine and beer. Minimum age 8. You are buying a countryside afternoon that includes cooking, not a longer class.
Put simply: the city classes are a cooking lesson, the farmhouse is a day out. The cooking itself is comparable, so pick on how you want to spend the afternoon.
How Much Does a Pizza and Gelato Class in Florence Cost?
Expect €48 to €79 for a three to three and a half hour class in the city centre, including the pizza and gelato you make, the meal at the end and wine. The one countryside option is €120 for five hours, which includes the bus each way and a three-course meal.
Ciaoflorence, and the best-priced class on the page by some distance. Three and a half hours, the smallest cap here at 12, and open to all ages.
Towns of Italy and Mamma mia. Around three hours in a dedicated kitchen with wine included. Towns of Italy is the safer booking on 1,382 reviews and a professional pizzaiolo; Mamma mia publishes very little about how its class runs.
Walkabout, and a half-day rather than a class: bus each way, a wood-fired oven, gelato, and a three-course meal with wine and beer. Priced as an excursion because that is what it is.
We would book the €48 class for the smallest group and the €77 one for the most proven kitchen. The farmhouse is worth €120 only if you want the countryside as much as the cooking.
Our Take
Having read a hundred-odd reviews across these four, the honest summary is that you are booking a pizza class with a gelato talk attached. The pizza is hands-on everywhere and guests love it. The gelato is usually made in front of you, which is worth knowing given it is the reason this category is priced above a pasta class.
Tips for Your Florence Pizza and Gelato Class
- Book for the pizza, not the gelato. The pizza is hands-on everywhere; the gelato is usually made in front of you. Guests still rate the explanation highly, including how to spot a good gelateria afterwards.
- Do not assume the dearest class is the quietest. Group caps run 12, 20 and 26 as the price rises. If a small kitchen matters, the €48 option is the one to take.
- Pick the farmhouse if you cannot decide between pizza and pasta. It is the only class here where the choice is made on the day, so two people can take one each and swap plates.
- Check both prices on the smaller operators. At least one of these classes is listed on the operator's own website below the price it appears at on the booking platform. It costs nothing to compare before you book.
- Bring children to this rather than to a pasta class. Stretching dough is far more forgiving than rolling pasta sheets, three of the four welcome children explicitly, and the gelato is the part they will remember.
- Allow longer than five hours for the farmhouse. The transfer runs thirty to forty-five minutes each way rather than the fifteen advertised, so do not book anything tight afterwards, and flag it if anyone in your party travels badly.
- Flag allergies when you book. Guests report a nut allergy accommodated with a safe version of the gelato, but that was arranged rather than assumed. Tell the operator in advance rather than on the day.
- Check the venue on your voucher for the rented kitchens. At least one of these classes runs from a cooking space the operator hires rather than owns, and a guest was sent to the wrong address and had to taxi across town. Two minutes with a map before you set off.
- Confirm the details on Mamma mia before booking. Duration, group size and age policy are not published anywhere we could find, so ask all three rather than assuming they match the others.
How We Selected These Classes
The Italy Trip Insider team compared every Florence pizza and gelato cooking class carrying enough reviews to judge, which came to four rather than the eight we found for pasta. We ranked them on review depth first, then group cap, how much of the gelato is genuinely hands-on, what the drinks cover, and whether the class runs in the city or the countryside. Durations, caps, age policies and meeting points were cross-checked against operator websites and independent booking mirrors rather than taken from the listings alone. One operator publishes none of those three figures, and we have written that plainly instead of filling the gap. We have not taken these classes ourselves. Where we describe what happens and where the gaps between listing and reality tend to appear, we are working from published details and guest reviews, and we would rather say so than imply otherwise.
Frequently Asked Questions
How much is a pizza and gelato cooking class in Florence?+
Between €48 and €79 for a three to three and a half hour class in the city centre, including the pizza and gelato you make, the meal at the end and wine. The one Tuscan farmhouse option costs €120 for five hours, which covers the bus each way, a wood-fired oven and a three-course meal with wine and beer.
Do you actually make the pizza dough?+
Yes, on all four. Mixing and resting the dough is the opening section of every class here, followed by stretching, saucing and topping it yourself before it is baked. The part that varies is the gelato, where at least one guest reports watching the chef churn rather than doing it themselves.
Is the gelato really made from scratch?+
Usually not, at least not in the way the listings imply. Across both city classes guests consistently describe the chef making the gelato at the front while the group watches, sometimes handing round the ingredients to stir. That appears in five-star reviews as often as critical ones, so it is the norm rather than a failure. The explanation is well rated, including how to spot a good gelateria afterwards, but if making it yourself is the point, none of these four reliably delivers that. The pizza is genuinely hands-on everywhere.
Should I do a pizza class or a pasta class in Florence?+
Pizza if you are with children or nervous about cooking, because stretching dough is far more forgiving than rolling pasta sheets, and if the gelato appeals. Pasta if you want the harder skill or a cheaper class, since Florence pasta classes start at €36 and there are eight worth comparing rather than four. The farmhouse option here covers both, with the choice made on the day.
Are Florence pizza and gelato classes good for families?+
Yes, better than pasta classes. One operator lists ages 0 to 99 with soft drinks for children, another requires under 18s to be accompanied by an adult, and the farmhouse day sets a minimum age of 8. Dough is more forgiving than pasta for small hands, and the gelato is usually the part children remember.
Which Florence cooking class has the smallest group?+
The cheapest one. Ciaoflorence caps at 12, against 20 at our top pick and 26 at the Tuscan farmhouse. Group size and price run backwards on this page, so paying more buys a countryside setting and a longer meal rather than a quieter kitchen.
Is the Tuscan farmhouse class worth the extra money?+
Only if you want the countryside as much as the cooking. At €120 against €48 to €79 in the city you are paying for an air-conditioned bus each way, a wood-fired oven, a glass of Chianti on arrival and a three-course meal with wine and beer, across five hours rather than three. The cooking itself is comparable, and the group is the largest here at 26.
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