My husband and I are going to be spending 1 1/2 days in Orvieto and 3 days in Pienza in the beginning of October. Can anyone recommend a 1/2 day or full day cooking class we could take? We haven't booked where we are staying yet so if there is one with an agriturismo that would be great.

I can suggest you Velia's Cooking Style. I had a cooking class with my husband and the rest of the family last October after we first met her in Positano-Amalfi Coast ( 2003).
In fact she had another Cooking school in Positano but now she moved to Orvieto so last year we decided to join her for another class. We had lot of fun...oh my god I can't wait to go back...I don't have her website with me but you can easily find her website on google...good luck

Her full name is Velia De Angelis and she also the owner of the little Champagnerie just behind the Orvieto's cathedral. Maybe you can find more info directy on the web. Good luck

Thank you for the Velia lead. She sounds great and the perfect location. For anyone who reads this in the future, the website is veliascookingstyle.com.

Many thanks to everyone has given to us this wonderful suggestion....we just dropped to Velia's Cooking School because they organised a special cooking session in Borgofontanile in baschi.
The place was such cute that we decided to stop for the night
www.borgofontanile.com simply amazing food, great wine and first of all being part of the family!!