 ShilpaShilpa will infuse you with her love of great ingredients and tasty, simple dishes, and will open the doors to the beautiful organic farms in the area. All her spare time when she was in her teens was spent working and learning to cook at Casa Nostra, a family-run gourmet Italian restaurant in Oxfordshire. After obtaining a degree in French and Italian language, literature and culture from the University of Cambridge, and living in Italy, in both Florence and Rome, she moved to Barcelona, Spain, where she worked as a chef at Sesamo, an Italian-owned vegetarian organic restaurant, and then set up her own successful restaurant, Mosquito. She and her family now live between Spain and Italy. They are members of the Slow Food association.  Cristina
Wine expertCristina is originally from Rome and has a background in journalism. She is a certified sommelier and olive oil expert, and will open up the world of Tuscan wines for you, from the basics to the complexities. People always comment on her warm manner and lighthearted, relaxed approach to a subject that is easy to find mystifying. Elisabetta
Your guide to FlorenceElisabetta is a native Florentine with a British mother. She grew up abroad thanks to her fathers work in the UN and came back to Florence when she was 18 to study at the University of Florence, making her well versed in literature, history and art history. She has lived in Florence for some 20 years and is loves showing people the hidden corners of the birthplace of the Renaissance. Clara
Your local guideClara is originally from Milan but embraced Tuscany as her adopted home more than 15 years ago. She lives just down the road from the villa with her partner Terry, an accomplished British ceramicist. She will guide you around the local countryside and farms, pointing out the interesting flora and fauna and some eccentric neighbours too! |
 RiccardoRiccardo was born in Florence and studied graphic design and history of art at the Istituto d'Arte and at the University of Florence. He works in graphic design, a job which took him to live ten years in New York, three more in Rome and one year in Barcelona, before returning to Italy with his family to help set up Organic Tuscany. He has always been an excellent cook and is passionate about Tuscan food and wine.  Manuela
Our ChefManuela is a Tuscan mother of two teenage girls, and is from Impruneta in the heart of the Chianti. She will teach you how to make her melt-in-the-mouth sformati (vegetable flan-like souffles), aubergine croquettes (to die for!), and her amazing Torta della Nonna. As well as having a solid base in traditional Tuscan cuisine, Manuela enjoys adding her own twists to classic dishes (such as adding a few coriander seeds to her fresh basil pesto sauce - try it and see!) Tina
Cooking instructorTina has been teaching Italian Cinema for over 17 years in American Universities in Florence. For several years she worked in San Francisco as a Film Editor for Francis Ford Coppola. Now she lives in the countryside in Tuscany and loves it. Recently she has decided to share some of her family's Tuscan cooking secrets (such as her father Mario's amazing chicken cacciatora recipe...) Chiara
Your guide to SienaChiara is native Sienese and has a degree in foreign languages and literature. She loves to talk, and to infect the people listening to her with her enthusiasm for her city. She loves to make them laugh, make them curious about the things they see with her and to hear that irrepressible "ooooh" when they see Piazza del Campo for the first time.She says "I love my city and I love people. What better job than to be a guide?!" |
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