Pandolfini Italian Culinary Academy
The Pandolfini Italian Culinary Academy is an Italian private Professional Culinary Institute , the school is located in Via Livornese 334 in the historic town of Lastra a Signa (Ponte a Signa )in the once upon a time County of San Martino a Gangalandi , a few miles from the city of Florence , Italy The school was founded in 1999 as a school for foreign students with a trade name of Good Tastes Of Tuscany Initially the main kitchen was located in Villa Pandolfini then it expanded to a second professional kitchen in The Medieval construction named “La Torre Pandolfini “. This ancient palace is famous for the summit in 1494 between Pier Capponi chief of the republic of Florence and Charles VIII king of France, who had invaded Italy . The Pandolfini Academy of Italian Cuisine is now a cooking school for aspiring professional chefs. In addition the school offers hands on cooking classes and non professional courses to foreign travellers teenagers and adults,and also organize culinary vacations .