Top 15 Cooking Classes in Italy

Cooking Class and Lunch at a Tuscan Farmhouse with Local Market Tour from Florence

1.Cooking Class and Lunch at a Tuscan Farmhouse with Local Market Tour from Florence

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 4,831 reviews · 7 hours (approx.) · from $145Our pick

Cook a four-course Tuscan meal, tour Florence’s market, taste local wine, and visit a farmhouse from Florence in one full day.

“If there is any doubt about this experience, rest easy. The meeting instructions were clear, our instructors/chefs were knowledgeable and very entertaining, the class was fun. The food was delicious. The kitchen was beautiful, clean, and fully equipped. The staff was pleasant and on top of everything. Luca and Erika were fabulous instructors- great sense of humor! Would highly recommend this course! You won’t be disappointed!”

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Small Group Cooking Class & Market Food Tour in Florence

2.Small Group Cooking Class & Market Food Tour in Florence

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 1,574 reviews · 5 hours (approx.) · from $62

Review of Florence’s five-hour cooking class and Central Market tour, with fresh pasta, tiramisu, Chianti, recipes, and practical tips.

“What a fun experience. The trip to the Mercato Centrale was interesting and the truffle shop was an excellent experience. Our chef was informative, funny, and we all had a great time. We highly recommend this experience.”

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Seaview Cooking Class & Taormina local flavors with Chef Mimmo

3.Seaview Cooking Class & Taormina local flavors with Chef Mimmo

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 665 reviews · 4 hours (approx.) · from $157

Learn handmade pasta, fresh fish, and Sicilian family recipes with Chef Mimmo, followed by wine and lunch beside the Bay of Naxos.

“Loved the hands on experience of making multiple kinds of pasta. So much fun and we can’t wait to do this as a holiday activity. It went over time by almost an hour and a 5 hr day was quite a lot, but well worth it. Chef Mimmo and his mom and helpers were all very authentic and passionate about what they do. Much more interesting than a making pizza class.”

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Pasta and Tiramisu Cooking Class with optional Local Market Tour

4.Pasta and Tiramisu Cooking Class with optional Local Market Tour

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 515 reviews · 4 hours (approx.) · from $83

Make tagliatelle, ravioli, and tiramisu in Florence with a local chef, market visit, wine, and a meal you prepare yourself.

“Highly recommend even if you are an avid cook! David, our chef, provided tips that made pasta sauce(s) tastier and less time consuming to prepare! Impressed with the basic ingredients that make the pasta meal restaurant quality!”

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Florence: Cooking Class with Local Food Market Tour

5.Cooking Class with Local Food Market Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.9 · 407 reviews · 3 - 5 hours · from $63

Tour Florence’s Central Market, make fresh pasta and tiramisù, then enjoy your Tuscan feast with Chianti in a small group.

“Our guide was fabulous! He taught us so much, in an engaging and amusing manner. We would highly recommend this cooking class with Frederico P.”

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Authentic Roman Cooking Class & Market Experience

6.Authentic Roman Cooking Class & Market Experience

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 363 reviews · 5 hours (approx.) · from $225

Shop Rome’s Campo de’ Fiori market, make three pastas, and enjoy a four-course lunch with wine in a small cooking class.

“We had the most wonderful experience today at our cooking class! Chef Francesco was so impressive! He was genuinely so kind to our family and was so knowledgeable about the food we prepared. He broke everything down for us and encouraged us to try every part of the preparation! The kitchen was so nice and well organized! Plenty of space for our family of four! The food was so delicious and the variety was great. We cooked 3 different pastas and meat dish. We truly felt like this was the highlight of our trip to Rome! We all really enjoyed our time together! This is a must do experience and…”

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Florence: Cooking Class at a Tuscan Farm & Local Market Tour

7.Cooking Class at a Tuscan Farm & Local Market Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.9 · 354 reviews · 6 hours · from $94

Cook Tuscan classics after shopping Florence’s Mercato Centrale, with farmhouse views, local wine, transport, recipes, and a diploma.

“What a wonderful day! My husband and I loved the whole experience. The tour moved at the perfect pace. We learned many helpful things about Italian cooking and dined on the food we cooked in a peaceful setting with an amazing view.”

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Market Tour and Cooking Class with a Local Venetian Chef

8.Market Tour and Cooking Class with a Local Venetian Chef

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 313 reviews · 4 hours (approx.) · from $127

Shop Venice’s Rialto Market, make fresh pasta and tiramisu, and share a Prosecco lunch with a local chef in a small group.

“We would recommend this to anyone visiting Venice. Beautiful kitchen and outdoor courtyard setting to eat. We learned a different way to make pasta then other classes we have taken and the market was very unique.”

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Rome: Pasta Cooking Class with Market Visit and Wine

9.Pasta Cooking Class with Market Visit and Wine

★★★★★★★★★★4.9 · 277 reviews · 4 hours · from $103

Learn handmade pasta in Rome with a market visit, local chef, wine, lunch, recipes, and limoncello in a relaxed four-hour class.

“Wow! What an amazing experience. This is a fantastic course for anyone interested in learning about the basics of making a variety of pastas. Marco was a fantastic instructor and helped to make sure everyone’s dough turned out perfect. Marco prepared the stuffing for the ravioli and and tortellini then we all got to create a variety of each. He then cooked all the pasta and served them with some amazing sauces that he made for us. You won’t be disappointed with this experience!”

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Palermo: Market Tour and Sicilian Cooking Class with Lunch

10.Market Tour and Sicilian Cooking Class with Lunch

★★★★★★★★★★4.9 · 229 reviews · 3 - 5 hours · from $65

Tour Palermo’s Capo Market, cook three Sicilian classics with a local chef, then enjoy lunch, wine, recipes, and a certificate.

“A Taste of Authentic Palermo: A Family's Unforgettable Cooking Class and Market Tour with Chef Marcello! We recently had the pleasure of experiencing a cooking class and market tour with Chef Marcello, a talented Italian chef from Palermo, and it was truly an unforgettable experience for our family. We visited a local market, where Chef Marcello introduced us to the sights, sounds, and aromas of Sicilian cuisine. We sampled excellent Palermo street food and we bought the beef for Ragu and fresh Ricotta for cannoli. We learned how to prepare pasta, arancina and cannoli from scratch including techniques to model different shapes of Sicilian pasta. If you're looking for a…”

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Taormina: Sicilian Cooking Class & Market Tour

11.Taormina: Sicilian Cooking Class & Market Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.9 · 212 reviews · from $107

Cook Sicilian dishes, shop Taormina’s market, and enjoy pasta, fish, wine, and local hospitality in a lively 3.5-hour class.

“We really enjoyed the cooking class and learnt some interesting techniques on how to make macaroni pasta, and a range of other traditional Italian recipes!! We also got fed some delicious snacks and were given wine throughout. Well worth it!!!”

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Wanna be Sicilian: Palermo Cooking Class and Market Tour

12.Wanna be Sicilian: Palermo Cooking Class and Market Tour

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 197 reviews · 5 hours (approx.) · from $60Best value

Shop Palermo’s Capo Market, cook arancini, pasta alla Norma, and cannoli, then enjoy a Sicilian lunch with wine and recipes to take home.

“My husband and I took this food tour in Palermo and really enjoyed it. Chefs Salvatore and Leidia were fun to be with and taught us a lot. It was well organized. We took a visit to the nearby market and then made arancini, fresh pasta, ragu and cannoli. The 12 students were lovely and from Croatia, Turkey, Scotland, Germany and US. One of our favorite activities in Palermo!”

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Sicilian Cooking Class in Taormina

13.Sicilian Cooking Class in Taormina

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 186 reviews · 3 hours (approx.) · from $127

Review of Taormina’s Sicilian cooking class, with a market visit, handmade pasta, wine, lunch, practical tips, price advice, and FAQs.

“Great food, led by a fantastic chef and guide. He made the whole day fun and we had loads of food, wine, drinks all day - nothing was too much bother. It felt like we really got value for money and learned a lot. It was fun to be with a group of other learners also. I booked this as a surprise for my partners 30th and it felt very special activity to do for a n occasion. Would highly recommend!”

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Florence Cooking Course with Historic Local Market Visit

14.Florence Cooking Course with Historic Local Market Visit

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 151 reviews · 5 hours (approx.) · from $95

Review of Florence’s 5-hour cooking class with San Lorenzo Market, hands-on Tuscan dishes, wine, recipes, and practical booking tips.

“The chef was nice but there were too many people to get any real instruction. The market can easily be visited without a guide. The cooking facilities were clean and comfortable”

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Kitchen of Mamma: Pasta Cooking Class with market visit in Rome

15.Kitchen of Mamma: Pasta Cooking Class with market visit in Rome

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 140 reviews · 6 hours (approx.) · from $151

Make pasta with a local chef, shop Nomentano Market, and enjoy wine, lunch, recipes, and limoncello in this six-hour Rome class.

“Forget about The Colosseum. Forget about Saint Peter’s Basilica. Forget about The Trevi Fountain. There’s a new pope in town: Marco and his cooking class. Marco knows everything about Italian cuisine. He’s kind, charming and patient. And he served wine to his grown up students🍷😃My son and I enjoyed every minute on our last day in Rome. It’s impossible not to give him 5 stars!”

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