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Premium Pizza Making Class at a Pizzeria in Como

★ 5.0 (75)

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Premium Pizza Making Class at a Pizzeria in Como

A 2.5-hour hands-on pizza-making class at an established Como pizzeria where you'll learn Neapolitan technique, shape and top your own pizza, then eat it straightaway with a drink. You'll walk away knowing how to stretch dough properly and build layers of flavour — useful if you cook at home, but mainly fun if you just want to eat good pizza you've made yourself in a relaxed setting.

Prosecco Wine Tour with Sommelier – Pick-up from Treviso

A 6.5-hour Prosecco wine tour from Treviso led by a certified sommelier, visiting two small family-run wineries in the heart of the Prosecco region. You'll taste four styles of Prosecco at each stop with informal, producer-led explanations, enjoy a light lunch of local cured meats and cheese, and have time to photograph the vineyards. The experience is paced for relaxation rather than efficiency, keeping groups small and away from commercial tourist crowds.

Brunetti's Venice: A Culinary Journey Through Leon's Mysteries

A 2.5-hour walking food tour through Venice that traces locations from Donna Leon's Commissario Brunetti crime novels while tasting traditional Venetian cicchetti, seafood, and local pastries. You'll visit working markets, hidden squares, and neighbourhood trattorias with a licensed guide who speaks to both the books' real-world inspirations and the city's culinary traditions. Suits fans of the series and food-focused travellers who want more than a standard eating tour.

Master the Art of Florentine Steak: A Unique Cooking Experience!

A 4-hour cooking class in central Florence where you'll learn to prepare authentic Florentine steak (bistecca alla fiorentina) from a local professional chef. You'll handle a full kilogramme of meat per pair of participants, cook on a professional grill, and finish with wine and biscuits. Morning sessions include a visit to Sant'Ambrogio Market to source ingredients, giving you direct access to how Tuscan cooks shop for this signature dish.

Private Tour: Montalcino Wine Tasting Experience

A private 8-hour wine tour through Montalcino's premier estates, focused on Brunello di Montalcino production from vineyard to cellar. You'll visit multiple wineries with a dedicated guide, taste wines at each stop, and enjoy lunch and snacks throughout the day. Includes round-trip private transport within Siena and Arezzo provinces, so you avoid navigating Tuscany's winding roads yourself while learning how this prestigious wine is made.

Rome: Street Food, Local Market and Hidden Gems Tour

A 3.5-hour food-focused walking tour through Rome's Testaccio neighbourhood, led by a local guide. You'll start with a Maritozzo pastry in Trastevere, cross the river, browse the indoor market, taste street foods like supplì and aged cheese at selected stalls, drink three wines, sit down for pasta at a traditional trattoria built into an old mound, and finish with dessert. Designed for people who want to eat what locals eat, not tourist versions.

Pasta and Tiramisu Masterclass in Rome

A 3-hour hands-on cooking class in Rome where you'll make ravioli, long pasta shapes, and tiramisù from scratch under a chef's guidance. No special equipment needed—you'll use standard kitchen tools. Suitable for food enthusiasts of any skill level, the class includes lunch and dinner with drinks, making it a full culinary experience rather than a quick demonstration.

Wine & Cooking Experience with Local Family at Cortecorbo Winery

An eight-hour experience at a family-run winery in Irpinia, Southern Italy, combining vineyard and cellar tours with hands-on pizza-making in a wood-fired oven, followed by a long lunch paired with six wines including Taurasi DOCG. You'll work alongside the local winemaker, learning traditional techniques before sitting down to food deliberately matched with the estate's wines. Suits couples, friends and serious wine drinkers after something beyond the standard cellar visit.

2 Guests Private Prosecco Road Tour All Inclusive from Conegliano

A private five-and-a-half-hour wine tour through Prosecco Superiore DOCG estates near Treviso, designed for two guests. You'll visit three wineries with cellar tours, guided tastings paired with food, and a light lunch at one vineyard, finishing back at Conegliano station by mid-afternoon. Transport, tastings, and meals are all included, with an air-conditioned vehicle throughout.

Parmigiano Wine and Balsamic Vinegar Experience from Bologna

An 8.5-hour tour from Bologna visiting three Emilia Romagna producers: a Parmigiano Reggiano dairy, a winery, and a traditional balsamic vinegar maker. You'll watch cheese production from early morning, taste at each stop, and travel in a small group with a local guide. All food and wine tastings are included, plus breakfast en route. Suits anyone interested in artisanal food production and regional specialties, regardless of fitness level.

2 Hour Florence Pizza and Gelato Small Group Guided Cooking Class

A 2.5-hour hands-on cooking class in Florence where you'll learn to make pizza and gelato from scratch alongside a professional chef, then eat what you've made with wine or beer. You'll work with fresh, local ingredients in a small-group setting and walk away knowing how to shape dough and churn gelato the Italian way — not just watch a demo.

Olbia: Pasta and Tiramisu Class in a Local Home by Cesarine

A 3-hour hands-on cooking class in a local Olbian home where you'll learn to make two fresh pasta dishes and tiramisu from a home cook, then sit down to eat what you've made with local wine. It's run by Cesarine, a network of Italian home cooks, and suits anyone keen to cook rather than watch — families with kids included — who wants a genuine meal at the end, not just a demo.

Eat like a local

A 4-hour hands-on cooking class in a private family kitchen where you'll learn to prepare traditional Italian dishes alongside your host. You'll cook from scratch, then sit down to eat what you've made — lunch and dinner both included. This is a working home kitchen, not a commercial studio, so you're learning the way Italians actually cook at home rather than in a formal setting.

Manarola Wine Tasting Experience with Maria

A 2.5-hour wine tasting in Italy's Manarola vineyards, combining a walk through the terraced slopes with tastings of local reds, whites, rosé and dessert wine in a restored 19th-century cellar. You'll sample regional cured meats, cheeses, pesto and focaccia at a shared table, with photo stops at panoramic points along the way. Suited to wine enthusiasts and those wanting a slower pace through the Cinque Terre region.

Seafood Lunch & Wine Tasting with Scenic Golf Cart Tour

A 2-hour winery experience at Bosco de' Medici that combines a golf cart tour of the property, wine cellar, and Pompeian archaeological site with a seated lunch featuring regional Neapolitan dishes and estate wines. Suited to anyone wanting to taste local food and wine in a historical setting without strenuous walking—the golf cart does most of the touring for you.

Truffle Hunting Experience Siena Tartufi

A two-hour truffle hunting excursion in Siena where you search for truffles alongside trained dogs and an experienced hunter. You'll learn to spot seasonal varieties, use proper digging techniques, and taste your finds. Best suited to anyone curious about how truffles are sourced and willing to walk through countryside terrain — no prior knowledge needed, though moderate fitness helps.

Cooking Class and Market Tour: A Sicilian Experience

When Tom from our BookNow team joined this Sicilian cooking class, it became clear this wasn't a tourist tick-box—it was a genuine invite into someone's kitchen and family rhythms. You start in Ortigia's market, picking through the produce and hearing real locals talk about their neighbourhood, then head to a home kitchen where the host walks you through recipes she actually cooks for her own family, not for show. The four-hour session wraps with everyone sitting down together to eat what you've made, which feels more like a long lunch with new friends than a structured class. It's intimate, unhurried, and rooted in the idea that cooking is how Sicilians say they care.

I offer cooking lesson of Amalfi tradition

A 3-hour cooking class on Italy's Amalfi Coast where you'll prepare traditional regional dishes while overlooking the coastline. You'll learn authentic techniques passed through local food culture, then sit down to eat what you've made with wine and aperitifs included. The setting and food focus on how Amalfi cooking has evolved while staying rooted in its traditions.

Cooking Class with garden visit

A 4-hour walking cooking class along the Amalfi Coast where you prepare and eat a three-course lunch using foraged ingredients sourced during the tour. You'll visit local wineyards, taste their wines, and cook alongside other participants in small groups of up to 10. This combines sightseeing, cooking instruction, and a full meal in one outing, rather than a stationary kitchen class.

Market Tour and Cooking Class with a Venetian Sailor

A 3-hour market-to-table experience in Venice where you'll shop at Rialto Market with your host—a merchant sailor trained in traditional cooking—then prepare and eat a meal at his home. The class specialises in seafood but covers Veneto regional dishes across altitudes, from mountain to sea. Your host accommodates allergies and dietary preferences, and his father's wine selection pairs with what you cook.

Authentic Tuscan Pasta Class in Florence with Local Chef Cinzia

A 3-hour private cooking class at a Florentine chef's home where you'll prepare fresh pasta, sauce, and a Tuscan main course or dessert alongside your host. You'll learn traditional techniques passed down through generations, eat what you've made together, and can request vegetarian, vegan or other dietary adjustments in advance. The menu shifts with the season, and the class is tailored to your preferences — choose between mastering three pasta shapes or one pasta plus a meat dish.

Blend Your Own Wine: A Unique Wine Making Worshop in Florence

A two-hour hands-on wine blending workshop in Florence where you'll taste six single-varietal wines, then create and bottle your own custom blend under a sommelier's guidance. You'll take home a personalised bottle of your creation along with Tuscan nibbles and a certificate. Suited to anyone curious about winemaking technique rather than passive tasting — you're actively deciding the balance of body, intensity and aroma in your final wine.

Sorrento Cooking Class with Local Chef and Traditional Lunch

A 3.5-hour cooking class at a citrus grove on the Sorrentine Peninsula where you'll learn to make handmade gnocchi, eggplant parmigiana, and traditional dessert from a local chef, then eat what you've cooked with wine. Morning and afternoon sessions run daily. Round-trip transfer from Sorrento is included, as is limoncello tasting for adults. Small group sizes keep the experience hands-on rather than lecture-based.

Sicilian Cooking Class : Homemade Pasta

A 3.5-hour pasta-making class in central Palermo run by a Sicilian family business in the old town near the Cathedral. You'll learn traditional techniques hands-on, then sit down to eat what you've made with wine and full menu courses included. The kitchen is led by an actual Sicilian cook, not a professional instructor playing the role.

Guided tour of the cellars with wine tasting and lunch

A 2.5-hour guided tour combining vineyard walk, cellar visit, and Tuscan lunch in Chianti. You'll trek through working vineyards to a 12th-century church with frescoes, tour the estate's aging cellars, then taste wines on a terrace overlooking the Crete Senesi landscape while eating regional specialities under a centuries-old mulberry tree. Suits anyone wanting hands-on winemaking insight paired with food and art history, not just tasting-room sampling.

Private Pasta Experience in Messina with a Local by Cesarine

A three-hour private pasta-making class in a local home in Messina, where you'll learn to make three regional pasta recipes from scratch at your own workstation, then eat what you've made with local wines. You're cooking alongside your host — a home cook from Cesarine's network — not watching a demonstration, so you'll leave with actual technique and the confidence to replicate these dishes at home.

Gluten-Free Roman Feast Cooking Class with Chef Christian

A 2.5-hour gluten-free cooking class in Rome led by Chef Christian, a restaurateur and sommelier. You'll prepare four dishes—stuffed zucchini blossoms, sage leaves, fettuccine Alfredo, pesto trofie, and tiramisù—then eat them as a full meal with wine included. Designed for anyone avoiding gluten without sacrificing traditional Italian flavour, the class emphasises techniques you can replicate at home.

Florence: Mozzarella Cheese Making with Wine and food Tastings

A hands-on mozzarella-making class in Florence where you'll learn to shape bocconcini, nodini, treccine, burrata and stracciatella from a master cheese maker, then taste your creations paired with Tuscan wines and seasonal dishes. Two hours, maximum 12 people, English-speaking instruction. You'll walk away smelling of fresh cheese and having made several types to eat straightaway.

Truffle Hunting & Tasting in San Miniato Tuscany with Dogs

Join a trained truffle hunter and his dogs in the Tuscan hills around San Miniato to search for truffles in their natural habitat. This 1.5–3 hour experience combines active foraging with a guided tasting of truffle-based specialities paired with wine. You'll learn how dogs locate truffles underground and taste what you've helped find, making it ideal for food enthusiasts and anyone curious about where premium ingredients come from.

1h 30m – 3 hoursfrom AUD $158

★ 5.0 (56)

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Italy

Italian Pasta Cooking Course

A three-hour pasta-making class at Elena's home in Italy where you'll learn to roll and shape fresh pasta by hand—spaghetti alla chitarra and tagliatelle among them—then prepare two sauces from seasonal vegetables before finishing with a traditional dessert like tiramisu. You'll eat everything you've made with local wine at the end. Best suited to food enthusiasts keen to pick up genuine technique rather than rush through a tourist experience.

Private Parmigiano Balsamic Parma Ham and Wine Tasting Tour

A 10-hour private food and wine tour through Parma's signature producers: Parmigiano Reggiano dairy, Traditional Balsamic Vinegar house, organic winery, and Parma Ham plant. You'll taste cheeses aged 12–36 months, vinegars spanning three decades, five regional wines, and cured meats, guided by a local expert who walks you through each production process. Lunch with fresh homemade pasta and regional specialities included. Best for serious food enthusiasts who want depth over breadth.

10 hoursfrom AUD $380

Rome: Lip Smacking 4 hours Foodie Tours in golf cart

★ 5.0 (53)

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Italy

Rome: Lip Smacking 4 hours Foodie Tours in golf cart

A 4-hour food tour of Rome by golf cart, combining ease of transport with tastings at local markets and traditional eateries most visitors miss. You'll sample supplì, fried zucchini flowers, 24-month Parma ham with sheep's ricotta, Roman-style artichokes, and white pizza, guided by a local passionate about the city's food culture. Hotel pickup and small group sizes keep the experience intimate and unhurried.

Truffle Hunting in Chianti, pasta class and lunch

A 4-hour food and nature experience combining truffle hunting in the Tuscan countryside with a pasta-making class and truffle-based lunch. You'll search for truffles with a guide, learn to make fresh pasta by hand, then eat what you've made alongside local wines and extra virgin olive oil. Suits food enthusiasts and nature lovers who want something beyond a standard cooking class.

Discovery Tour of Sorrento Lemon in Massa Lubrense

A two-hour tour of a working lemon grove in Massa Lubrense that traces the full life cycle of Sorrento lemons from grafting through harvest, following traditional cultivation methods. You'll walk beneath the distinctive pergola-style trellises, learn propagation techniques hands-on, and taste the farm's own limoncello, jams, and preserved citrus. The vantage point overlooks the Gulf of Naples, Ischia, and Procida. This is the only tour in Campania that covers the entire production process start to finish.

Classic Roman Pasta Making Carbonara & More

A three-hour pasta-making class in Rome where you'll learn to hand-roll tonnarelli (a traditional long Roman pasta) from scratch using only basic kitchen tools. No special equipment or prior experience required. You'll work under a certified chef's guidance, then cook and eat what you've made, with drinks included throughout.

Rooftop Pasta and Cocktails Cooking Class in Rome

A 3-hour rooftop cooking class in Rome where you'll make fresh pasta from scratch and mix classic Italian cocktails in a small group, then sit down to eat what you've prepared. You'll work alongside a local host in a relaxed, social atmosphere on an actual rooftop rather than in a commercial kitchen, learning Roman techniques and flavours as you go.

Truffle Hunting & Lunch halfway from Parma to Cinque Terre

A 3-hour truffle hunting experience in the Parma hills where you'll work alongside trained dogs to locate truffles in the Tuscan-Emilian Apennines, then sit down to a meal cooked by Mamma Laura featuring the day's fresh finds. Suits dog lovers, hikers and anyone keen to learn how truffles are sourced and taste them at peak freshness—lunch or dinner depending on start time, with vegetarian and vegan options available.

Felsina Culinaria - Personalised Private Cooking Course

A three-hour private cooking class at Villa degli Olmi in the Bolognese hills, where you'll prepare and cook a dish of your choice before eating it with views across the Po Valley. Suited to small groups or couples wanting hands-on tuition in a countryside setting, with instruction available in English, Italian, or French. You'll take leftovers home.

Bardolino: Garda Lake Pasta Cooking Class at the Agritourism

A 3.5-hour hands-on pasta-making class at a Garda Lake agritourism near Bardolino, where you'll shape tagliatelle and ravioli from scratch under chef guidance, then eat what you've made alongside local Bardolino wine. Suits anyone keen to learn technique in a working vineyard setting, with no prior experience required.

Pizza and Gelato Making Class in Rome

A 3-hour cooking class in Rome where you'll learn to make pizza dough and gelato from scratch under the guidance of experienced chefs. You'll work through the techniques hands-on — shaping, topping and baking your own pizza, then preparing gelato — before eating what you've made. Suits couples, families and groups wanting a practical introduction to Italian cooking rather than a lecture.

3 hoursfrom AUD $157

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