Yes, Leigh Hutchinson is exactly the same. Hard work hasn't dampened her passion and desire to do well. This is what happens: they say opening a...
SAME PASSION, SAME BEAUTY
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COOKING TOGETHER IS…
... de-tox. Nothing better than a good sleep, a sincere laugh, a deep smile. Cooking together brings the smile. Chris and Scott decided to take a...
FRIENDS LIKE BUTTERFLIES
In order in the front photo: Marie Payne, Barbara Richards, me, Judy Motley, Brenda Pace Repeat visits from customers who later become friends...
BONNIE &…. JOE
Just to tell... when customers become friends. They, Bonnie and Joe, were friends already. They have been the "best old friends" since tens of years...
THEY SAY ABOUT US
This is an article that appeared on the Cibotoday website that lists us among the best cooking schools in Florence. Gigliocooking School was opened...
WHY ASKING FOR A MENU THAT YOU WILL NEVER REPLICATE AT HOME?
The success of the Private Lessons https://old.gigliocooking.com/project/private-lessons/ at Gigliocooking is that they are really "private". You...
ASMERET AND THE FISH IN CRAZY WATER
“Pesce all’acqua pazza” - fish in crazy water - is a simple preparation, typical of Naples and the Amalfi and Sorrento coasts. It is fish boiled in...
LAS TRES SEÑORITAS…
...became four by the end of the course. Daniela, Andy and Isabel during the first week of cooking class with the family group "this is love". See:...
THIS IS LOVE!
Before Elizabeth and I were engaged, she would come to my home with her pans to cook, as what I maintained at home were rusty and not very good. We...
AMANDA & CHRIS…
… came to Gigliocooking for the second time two days ago, even happier than the first time. They came with their children, the rock-soul drummer...
TOO NICE!
Holland, Mexico, Brazil, Switzerland… This is not a football tournament. It's not even a tournament: there's no competition. These Boys and Girls...
THE GELATO DOES NOT GO IN THE STOMACH…
... It goes to the Soul. by Drew Wood, June 16th, 2024. Although the "starch coma" after the pasta workshop, this is what he, the "spicy" boy with...
15 YEARS
Beyond belief. Yet it's true. It seems like yesterday that I was awake at night beset by a thousand worries. Not that they have vanished. But the...
ORDINARY STORIES AT SCHOOL 2 – THE POETRY IN THE KITCHEN
Wendy & Randy, May 13th, 2023 Their names rhyme. It's a start. All the cooking experience this Saturday of may had been pointed by sparks...
ORDINARY STORIES AT SCHOOL 1 – QUANTUM HERITAGE
KEN & CINDY, May 12th 2023 Ken’s tale: I have never been a sweet tooth - Ken said - until the moment my father passed away.He was greedy for...
ISLANDERS GO TO OTHER ISLANDERS
Bill & Lo came from Maui, Haway, with a Robust intention to cook an italian meal. Handsome, fit, easy, smiling: we had a Robust conversation...
NEVER HAD BEFORE
Is there anything better for a nice Dutch couple to come to study to Italy together? And.... they are studying CUISINE! with traditional itlaian...
IF YOU SPEAK FOOD YOU SPEAK ALL LANGUAGES
April 15th, 2023: Winston says that making 3D meat is disgraceful. Not everybody likes to eat. Anyways and thankfully, only a few people eat just...
THE HUMAN BODY IS A POT
We know that we have a perfect organic system. But how does it work? During a long sabbatical period in Italy, Dr Tom Tobè, a Dutch doctor, attended...
THE COURSE HAS STARTED AGAIN
The "Italian Cuisine Today: Tradition and Technological Innovation" course has started again, in collaboration with the Linguaviva Group...
FEEDING OR EATING?
To be or not to be? You always learn from the people you teach. Marco has recently retired and is attending the basic cooking class. I realize that...
CCHE CI VOLE?! WHAT DO YOU NEED?
That is: when a team building means "building" a team. Not competition. Giulia is American, she married an Italian and they live in the province of...
THEN THEY DO IT AT HOME
Grandmother and granchild. Traveling together throught Italy. Is anything sweeter than this? Nonna Pat sent me the photo. Proud and happy. Here it...
NON TI CURAR DI LORO, MA GUARDA E IMPASTA – DON’T CARE ABOUT THEM, BUT LOOK AND KNEAD ( from a famous verse by Dante Alighieri, Don’t worry about them, but look and pass)
Honestly, I didn't expect that. When they entered, two tall and slightly intimidated Marcantonis ( from the Roman leader Marco Antonio) began to...
FOOD IS FUN, NOT FUNNY
Actually FOOD is the number one serious thing in the world. Starvation on a side, food - waste on the other side. Is there a topic more...
VICTORIA CAME BACK
...bringing her father, Chris, and her mother, Tina, to have a culinary experience at GiglioCooking. We cooked together, chatting, smiling... and...
CONCESSIONS AND COUPONS
for cooking lessons lasting 3 hours. We inform all our customers that at Gigliocooking we are already operating with a series of agreements with...
WHAT (AND WHO) GOES AROUND, COMES AROUND
This time Richard came with his son David. here we are in action They chose a particular menu: Ravioli with scampi and zucchini, Sepia (cuttlefish)...
BIRDS DAY
Lesson 19th of the monthly course. Susan is ready for more advanced recipes. Today we will cook phaesant, duck and pigeon. All these dishes have...
A MESSAGE FROM HEIKO
I have just received a message from Heiko. He was here in april. This is the post of the last day of his class:...
THE LAST DAY OF THE COOKING COURSE
The last day is always exciting and many things happen: exchanges of gifts, dedications in the book of signatures, delivery of diplomas, greetings,...
ADRIANAAAAAAA
She is a skipper and goes on small cruises with her boat. She knows the Tuscan archipelago and Giglio Island. She likes to cook. She came to...
MARK WITH MY BOOK
Mark Bonfoey came to GiglioCooking some years ago with his lovely family : Ann, Alyssa and Ashley. This year he decided to give them the cook...
A MENTION FROM MELISSA KLURMAN
An enormous THANK to Melissa Klurman, who posted this article:...
JULIE’S BIRTHDAY
The whole family gathered in front of the sceen in the comfort of their home, to cook: BRUSCHETTA WITH TOMATOES GNOCCHI WITH MUSHROOMS RIBOLLITA...
WELCOME TO THE FIRST SCHOOL DAY
Saturday November 14th, 2020, first lesson of the Program: BASIC CUISINE. The "fundations" will not have any more secret. BASIC CUISINE This course...
WHAT HAPPENS AT GIGLIOCOOKING SCHOOL
You might find yourself involved in ...cleaning anchovies Like Leila and Ben... With fingers all covered by fish blood. Leila & Ben found it...
LET’S START AGAIN!
After many months of closure, GiglioCooking School is ready to reopen. In compliance with anti-covid19 health regulations, we will cook together...
WHAT SHE COOKS AT HOME….
This is the kitchen table of Sarah Wheeldon, a Canadian actress who took a two week program recently.The recipe book open (with her...
THE FRIENDSHIP HAS GOT TO THE MAJOR AGE
YES! 18 years ago! It is when I met Pete Snaith in Florence.I was “officially” his instructor in cooking classes. The real fact is that this amazing...
WHAT LAURI WROTE ABOUT US..
GNOCCHI AND PESTO, AND TIRAMISU, OH MY! https://redbootsinc.com/2019/11/19/cooking-in-florence/ " We just returned from amazing trip to Italy. One...
WORDS AND PHOTOS
Last July Mahmoud rang the bell in a hot afteroon, while there was a class held at GiglioCooking.He came in with a kind smile, to ask information...
“WHAT DO YOU PREFER, MORTAR OR BLENDER?” – “YES!”
- I don't know much.... just enough to be dangerous - It is the Motto of Becky.With the lesson at GiglioCooking she added one more thing to her...
WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH OURSELVES…..
......also when we cook.Leila and Ben are attending the monthly course this October.Leila is a Costarican from USA and Ben is a French from USA.Girl...
I HAVEN’T DONE IT SINCE A WHILE…
......posting the happy faces of the guests enjoying their time in the kitchen. It's time to do it again. These are Jack & Laurie.After the very...
THE BROTHERS COSIMO AND CHE SPIOTTA
CHE COSIMO I met them in the coldest day of the year, in Upstate New York, in the beautiful house of Marcey Brownstein. This is the kitchen of the...
DIECI ANNI DI GIGLIOCOOKING
Quando ero bambina non vedevo l'ora di avere dieci anni.Mi rivedo a camminare a testa bassa mentre mi guardo le scarpe, fare un passo dopo l'altro;...
F.E.A.R.
False Evidence Appearing Real.by Maria Onese This year GiglioCooking celebrates the 10th anniversary.Besides the satisfation for having got to this...
COOKING IS NOT FOR ELITE…
... it is for everyone. Louis & Bob came to GiglioCooking seven years ago for the first time.They took a weekly course on Tuscan Cuisine.When...
I HAD A VISIT FROM….
Egg Yolk Man & Pushka They showed up the first day of spring with "spring" smiles and the day unfolded.....:folding Ravioli, folding the whipped...
YOU ALWAYS HAVE A WAY OF LOOKING SO SERENE AND OTHERWORLDLY IN PICTURES…
Thank you Louis Anon for your photo and your kind words. One day a dear girlfriend, Sue Campbell, told me:"I don't kow if you...
KIDS LOVE TO MAKE PASTA !
They first listen diligently to the explanation (often better that adults....) Then they put their hand in the raw material. Everything from...
A FEAST MENU FOR A GROUP OF FRIENDS
June 12th , 2018RAVIOLI STUFFED WITH MEAT PORK FILLET WITH BALSAMIC SAUCE AND LEEK SAUCE TIRAMISU’ This is the menu chosen by Karen for the cooking...
THE LESSON OF MAMA JANE
This face espression tells something about the moments I spent together this wonderful family: parents, Mama Jane & Randy, their three soons...
THE MARKET TOUR AND THE COOKING CLASS OF THE NOBLES FAMILY
Informative and fun tour of the market in the morning.... .....with tasting of the excellence of the Italian food production, held by Paola "the Big...
BEFORE AND AFTER
Freaking off... Fancy! photos by Antonella La Macchia
T & T TEAM, TIMING
Thais & Tammy, stirring chocolate ganache.. It's Ice Cream and Pizza day: lots of waiting and working times that have to be intertwined...
LEZIONI D’AMORE IN CUCINA
Sembra che stare in cucina insieme aumenti l'appetito....
BUT…WHAT REALLY HAPPENS IN A COOKING CLASS AT GIGLIOCOOKING?
You enter the iron gate and walk toward the tall glass door.. ....where the chef is welcoming you. You find the apron and the recipes you chose. The...
THE MOST BEAUTIFUL GIRL AT GIGLIOCOOKING
ISN'T SHE A BEAUTY? AND SHE IS NICE, WARM AND SWEET, AS WELL. ... HOW COULD NOT SHE BE....???? .... SHE LOVES TO COOK!!