In the kitchen · HALF-DAY
The good benches seat a dozen people and fill weeks ahead. Below: the 3 to book early, what each includes and how they differ.
Meet your English or Italian-speaking chef at Ristorante & Pizzeria Porta Messina for a hands-on Sicilian cooking class. You will make pizza dough, choose toppings, and may also prepare fresh pasta. Then eat your work with bruschetta, drinks, wine, dessert, and a pizza certificate.
“This was an excellent evening enjoyed meeting different people from around the world and the pasta & pizza making was good fun!”
Meet your pizzaiolo at Ristorante Pizzeria Porta Messina, learn dough and Sicilian sauce basics, then shape and top your own pizza. The class may also include pasta making, with chefs such as Francesca, Luca, Maurizio, Paolo, or Daniel leading the session. Eat your creations with water and soft drinks, then take home a certificate.
“Lovely evening! Everyone was super friendly, helpful and knowledgeable. The food was very yummy and the space was very cute!”
Spend 3.5 hours at a family-run farm in the Sorrento hills, where Francesco, Leah, Ana, and Anna guide you through dough, toppings, and a wood-fired pizza. Add homemade wine, dessert, limoncello, and Gulf of Naples views, with central Sorrento pickup and drop-off included.
“was amazing the people were incredible the food amazing”
Pick a city, a shape of pasta, or a bench with the wine left open.
