COOKING CLASSES WITH A MARKET TOUR IN ITALY

Top 15 Cooking Classes with a Market Tour in Italy

58 classes  ·  from $61 a head

Every trip has one free morning too few. These 15 cooking classes with a market tour in Italy justify the slot, priced and timed so you can decide in minutes and get back to the fun part.

Cooking Class and Lunch at a Tuscan Farmhouse with Local Market Tour from Florence - The 20-minute ride into the hills
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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

Start in Florence with guide Luca at the San Lorenzo market, tasting cheeses, cured meats, olives, and other Tuscan foods. Then ride about 20 minutes to a farmhouse in the hills, where chefs including Erika lead you through fresh pasta, bruschetta, roast pork, potatoes, and tiramisu. Lunch, wine, recipes, and a cooking diploma are included.

“Hands down our best experience in Italy. Our chefs Luca and Erika were AMAZING! Luca was our guide through the central market and the bus ride to the estate, and he is so much fun, we were having a blast before we even started cooking. The estate where the classes are held is beautiful and just outside the city. The chefs were hands on and helpful and it was just a wonderful way to spend the afternoon with our family learning to make pasta and tiramisu.”

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Small Group Cooking Class & Market Food Tour in Florence - Sitting down to eat what you made
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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

Spend about five hours with a Florence chef and a group of up to 20, shopping and tasting at Mercato Centrale before making bruschetta, fresh pasta, sauces, and tiramisu. Instructors may include Federico, Tommaso, Alice, or John. You finish with Chianti, a digital recipe booklet, and a diploma.

“It was so much fun. The instructor was excellent. The recipes are delicious and we learned so much for such a wonderful experience.”

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Pasta and Tiramisu Cooking Class with optional Local Market Tour - Inside Cucineria La Mattonaia
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Pasta and Tiramisu Cooking Class with optional Local Market Tour

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

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

Spend about four hours at Cucineria La Mattonaia making fresh tagliatelle, ricotta ravioli, sauces, and tiramisu with a local chef. Morning sessions add Sant’Ambrogio Market and tastings, while afternoon classes last three hours without the market visit. Groups are capped at 12, and guides may include Giulia, David, Alain, or Stefano.

“Great cooking class fun activities for family. Pasta and Tiramisu… great tips. Giulia was great chef coach. Food was superb.”

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Florence: Cooking Class with Local Food Market Tour - Learning Nonna-style lasagna and sauces
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Florence: Cooking Class with Local Food Market Tour

4.Cooking Class with Local Food Market Tour

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

Start at Florence’s Central Market with an English-speaking chef such as Alice, Roberta, or Federico, tasting olive oils, truffles, cheeses, and cured meats. Then make fresh pasta, lasagna, sauces, and tiramisù in a fully hands-on class before sitting down to your meal with Tuscan wine. Vegetarian options require advance notice.

“My daughter and I had a wonderful day with Jon as our chef. We learned how to make ravioli and tagliatelle and tiramisu- plus some traditional sauces. Jon was a fun and knowledgeable host: we learned a lot and had a great time!”

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Authentic Roman Cooking Class & Market Experience - Three pastas and a full Roman lunch
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Authentic Roman Cooking Class & Market Experience

5.Authentic Roman Cooking Class & Market Experience

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

Start near Largo di Torre Argentina at 9:30 am, then shop for ingredients around Campo de’ Fiori before cooking in a private kitchen. You’ll make several pastas and a main course with a chef such as Monica, Nicoletta, Luca, Fabio, or Victoria, then sit down to eat with wine. Groups are meant to stay small, with a maximum of eight.

“The class was wonderful. First we went to the markets and shops to get vegetables , meat and cheese. Then we went back to a beautiful piazza that had a professional kitchen. We made 3 kinds of pasta, sauce. Soltimboca and tiramasu and we ate all of it”

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Florence: Cooking Class at a Tuscan Farm & Local Market Tour - Making pasta by hand, with a little help from Luca
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Florence: Cooking Class at a Tuscan Farm & Local Market Tour

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

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

Meet your English-speaking guide at Santa Maria Novella, tour Mercato Centrale, then ride to a Tuscan farmhouse for hands-on pasta, ragù, bruschetta, roast pork, potatoes, and tiramisù. Guides such as Luca, Erika, and Carmela keep the six-hour class lively, with wine, lunch, recipes, and a cooking diploma included.

“It was awesome … our guide Luca was a lot of fun . Very entertaining and we learned a lot as well ! The company is very lucky to have him in our opinion . Was a wonderful day ! Thank you”

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Market Tour and Cooking Class with a Local Venetian Chef - Starting at Rialto Market
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Market Tour and Cooking Class with a Local Venetian Chef

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

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

Meet chef Filippo or Vanessa near Rialto Market, choose seasonal ingredients, then cook Venetian dishes in a small kitchen. You’ll make fresh pasta or gnocchi, a market-based dish, and tiramisu, with Prosecco, a Spritz, tools, and the meal included. Morning classes include the market visit.

“Superb experience! Very informative market tour and personalized meal for our small group. Food was delicious and he made the meal prep seem so easy! We are excited to try to make our own fresh pasta when we get home.”

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Rome: Pasta Cooking Class with Market Visit and Wine - Fillings, Sauces, and Roman Food Sense
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Rome: Pasta Cooking Class with Market Visit and Wine

8.Pasta Cooking Class with Market Visit and Wine

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

Spend four hours with an Italian chef, usually Marco, visiting Nomentano Market before making several pasta shapes, fillings, and sauces at the Kitchen of Mamma. You’ll eat what you prepare with wine, coffee, and limoncello. No cooking experience is needed, but the class is not suitable for people with gluten intolerance.

“Marco was our guide and chef. At first he took us to the local market to collect our ingredients and then he brought us to his kitchen to cook. He was lovely , very funny and friendly!! His explantions were good , clear and his pasta was amazing !! If you want to eat and to learn how to make the best pasta in rome go to him asap ! so thank you so much Marco from Amber (Inbar) and Alex”

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Palermo: Market Tour and Sicilian Cooking Class with Lunch - From market shopping to the cooking school
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Palermo: Market Tour and Sicilian Cooking Class with Lunch

9.Market Tour and Sicilian Cooking Class with Lunch

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

Meet at Towns of Italy on Via Volturno for a 3 to 5-hour Palermo food experience. With chefs such as Marcello, Salvo, Enza, Lidia, or Serena, you’ll shop at Capo Market, prepare arancini, pasta alla Norma, and cannoli, then eat your three-course meal with unlimited wine. Vegetarian options are available, but the class is not suitable for people with celiac disease.

“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 - Taormina’s market, seen through a cook’s eyes
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Taormina: Sicilian Cooking Class & Market Tour

10.Taormina: Sicilian Cooking Class & Market Tour

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

Meet Paolo and the team at Porta Messina Restaurant at 10:00 AM for a market visit, coffee break, hands-on Sicilian cooking, and lunch with wine. Expect fresh pasta, local fish, eggplant parmigiana, swordfish rolls, cannoli, an apron, and a certificate, with recipes varying by day.

“We loved our time with Paolo and Francesca! They were so generous with their information And knowledge and hearts. They treated my daughter so kindly and made her feel comfortable and gave her confidence. We learnt so much and left with full bellies and hearts. Grazie!”

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Wanna be Sicilian: Palermo Cooking Class and Market Tour - From arancini to pasta alla Norma
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Wanna be Sicilian: Palermo Cooking Class and Market Tour

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

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

Start at Palermo’s Mercato del Capo with a local chef, choosing ingredients and sampling street food before cooking arancini, maccheroni alla Norma, and cannoli. Chefs including Lidia, Salvatore, Marcello, Nadia, and Filippo have led sessions. The five-hour class includes lunch, wine, recipes, and a certificate.

“This experience was amazing!! The cooking class was fun and informative and the trip to the market was awesome! Loved seeing all the fresh produce and fish and getting to try out some classic Sicilian street food!”

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Venice: Rialto Market Tour, Cooking Class, and Lunch - From the market to a Venetian kitchen
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Venice: Rialto Market Tour, Cooking Class, and Lunch

12.Rialto Market Tour, Cooking Class, and Lunch

★★★★★★★★★★4.9 · 119 reviews · from $146

Meet Lorenzo or Rosanna near the Rialto Market for a market walk and cooking lesson in a Venetian home. Choose seasonal ingredients, make fresh pasta, sauce, tiramisu, and a fish or vegetable course, then sit down to eat with wine. Groups are limited to eight, though market visits depend on the time and day.

“HIGHLY RECOMMEND!! The class was so incredible! It was fantastic to go around the market and see the food which we would prepare, our guide/chef Rosana knew all the shopkeepers and told us about which food was in season and where it came from. She was so wonderful, answering all our questions and making the experience really fun. There were only four of us, which created a great atmosphere. It was so unique to be able to cook in her colleague Lorenzo's kitchen in the heart of Venice, casual and homey, like we were all friends come together for a meal. The food was great, we ate so much we…”

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From market to Table Cooking lesson with a local in Sicily - What you may cook during the four-hour class
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From market to Table Cooking lesson with a local in Sicily

13.From market to Table Cooking lesson with a local in Sicily

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 114 reviews · 4 hours (approx.) · from $163

Meet Letizia or Giuseppe at Syracuse’s Temple of Apollo, shop Ortigia Market for seasonal ingredients, then cook at the family country home. You may prepare fresh pasta, caponata, bruschetta, seafood, and dessert, with wine served at the shared meal. The group is limited to seven people.

“We had a fabulous day with Letizia and her family in Ortigia. She met us in the market where she took us on a shopping trip. There she showed us some of the local delicacies and how the many cultures that have been to Sicily in the past, influence its cuisine today. We then went to her lovely home where we picked fresh herbs, and vegetables from her large garden. And then the cooking and eating began! We were given a sample of local cheeses, some made by her father, as well as pistachios and olives. And of course, some Prosecco! She then instructed us in how to prepare a…”

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Rialto Market Tour & Private Cooking Class in the Heart of Venice - Walking from Rialto to a San Marco kitchen
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Rialto Market Tour & Private Cooking Class in the Heart of Venice

14.Rialto Market Tour & Private Cooking Class in the Heart of Venice

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 106 reviews · 4 hours (approx.) · from $149

Spend about four hours with Massimo, a Venetian cooking host and Merchant Navy officer. Add a guided Rialto Market visit to choose fresh fish and produce, then make pasta, focaccia, and a regional meal in his San Marco home. Choose lunch or dinner, with vegetarian, vegan, and gluten-free options available.

“Massimo was a great host and chef. Fun and educational. Tasty food and a good teacher. He brought special treats from his family’s viOnstar and farm.”

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Florence: Market to Table Cooking Lesson - From market stalls to the cooking school
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Florence: Market to Table Cooking Lesson

15.Market to Table Cooking Lesson

★★★★★★★★★★4.6 · 96 reviews

Meet your English-speaking chef at Florence’s central market, taste local specialties, and learn how to make fresh pasta, sauces, a meat or fish course, and dessert. The class lasts about 4.5 hours and ends with a Tuscan meal, Italian wine, and a graduation certificate.

“The chef was amazing, I learn a lot off tricks from him. 100% recommended!”

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Rialto Market Tour with Hands on Cooking Class, Wine & Tiramisu - Walking from Rialto to the Cannaregio kitchen
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