The 15 Best Cooking Classes in Venice

1.Pasta and Tiramisu Cooking Class with Wine

★★★★★★★★★★4.9 · 1,010 reviews · 3 hours · from $78Our pick

Spend three hours in Venice’s Dorsoduro area making fresh fettuccine, ravioli, and tiramisu. An English-speaking host such as Barbara, Serena, Thomas, or Eddie guides you through the recipes, then you eat your work with wine, limoncello, and coffee.

“Delightful class! Had a great time learning to make pasta and tiramisu! Great way to learn and meet others from around the world. It was a hit with our teenagers!”

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2.Pasta and Tiramisu Cooking Class with Wine in Venice

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 945 reviews · 3 hours (approx.) · from $76Best value

In a small group of up to 12, you’ll make fettuccine, ricotta and spinach ravioli, and tiramisu in a Venice restaurant. Instructors such as Serena, Barbara, Thomas, and Martha guide the class in English, then serve your meal with wine, limoncello, and coffee.

“Fun & fantastic experience. Serena kept it entertaining while the wine was a flowing and the pasta was a making! We made Spinach Ravioli, fettuccini with red sauce, & tiramisu . Pure deliciousness. Looking forward to trying our learned skills back in the states. FYI, it took every bit of 3 hours for those on a strict time schedule”

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3.Jewish Ghetto & Cannaregio Area Food Tour: Pasta Wine Gelato and More!

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 274 reviews · 4 hours (approx.) · from $143

Spend four hours walking through Venice’s Jewish Ghetto and Cannaregio, stopping for pasta, wine, spritzes, bakery treats, seafood, and gelato. Guides such as Vanessa and Denys add context about Venetian and Jewish culture. Expect a generous meal, but not a kosher tour or synagogue visit.

“Had a wonderful guide, who added lots of information about the Jewish Ghetto and traditional foods popular to the area.”

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4.Small Group Pasta and Tiramisu Class at Local’s Home in Venice

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 236 reviews · 3 hours (approx.) · from $119

Spend about three hours in a Venetian home making two fresh pasta dishes and tiramisu with a Cesarina host. You will cook by hand, learn family techniques, enjoy prosecco, wine, espresso, and eat the meal together. Hosts may include Giulia, Tessa, Nadine, Rosa, or Matilde.

“Amazing experience! Home chef ( caeserine) was amazing. We made two types of pasta and dessert. She was very prepared for us, taught the techniques and then we made each one. The dinner with our food was delightful. The chef made the whole experience wonderful”

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5.Pasta Class with Wine and Gelato

★★★★★★★★★★4.9 · 225 reviews · 3 hours · from $93

Meet your English-speaking chef at Campo San Maurizio for a hands-on class in ravioli, fettuccine, Pommarola sauce, Tuscan wine, and gelato. Guides such as Alex, Bea, Ottavia, and Martina lead small groups of up to 10 in a warm kitchen setting.

“We had an amazing time with Alex! She was amazing and so helpful! My husband and I had such a great time. We have been on vacation for the last 2 weeks throughout Greece and Italy and this was easily one of our most favorite things.”

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6.Pasta and Tiramisu Cooking Class at a Local’s Home

★★★★★★★★★★4.8 · 205 reviews · from $215

Join an Italian home cook such as Anna, Barbara, or Carlotta for a three-hour class in Venice. Make two pasta shapes and tiramisu, enjoy prosecco and snacks, then share the meal with wine. Groups are limited to eight, and dietary needs can be arranged in advance.

“It was so much fun taking this class with Barbara. Great instruction and it was done at her home in Venice . It was delicious! She is Great!!”

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7.Cooking Class with Tiramisu and Pasta Making

★★★★★★★★★★4.9 · 71 reviews · 3.5 hours · from $85

Join a professional chef in a family home inside a 16th-century Venetian palace. Over 3.5 hours, you will make tiramisu, two types of fresh pasta, and seasonal sauces before sitting down to eat with wine, limoncello, and espresso.

“We loved this activity and the food was all great to make and enjoy!”

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8.Rialto Market Tour with Hands on Cooking Class, Wine & Tiramisu

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 66 reviews · 4 hours (approx.) · from $155

Meet your English-speaking chef near Rialto Market at 9:30 am, shop for seasonal ingredients, then walk to a home kitchen in Cannaregio. With hosts such as Lorenzo, Rosanna, or Agostino, you will make pasta, a fish or vegetable dish, and tiramisu in a group of up to eight.

“Rosanna was a wonderful tour guide of the Rialto Market and a terrific instructor for the hands-on cooking class. The pasta and tiramisu were fun to make and delicious to eat. All of the participants worked well together and had a very enjoyable time!”

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9.Cesarine: Private Pasta and Tiramisu Class in a Local Venice Home

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 37 reviews · 3 hours (approx.) · from $214

Meet your Cesarine host near Rialto, cook two regional pasta dishes or gnocchi, and make tiramisu in a local home. You’ll eat what you prepare with water, Veneto wine, and coffee. Hosts may include Barbara, Giulia, Anna, or Rosa, and the class is offered in English.

“This is the second time I’ve done a class with Giulia and it was just as amazing as the first time. My husband was able to go this time and he had such a great time! I will definitely be doing it again on my next trip to Venice!”

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10.Venice Hands-On Bigoli Pasta Class : Cook & Taste Local Recipes

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 20 reviews · 2 hours 30 minutes (approx.) · from $166

At 11:00 am, join a small group in a Venetian home near Calle de l’Anconeta. Knead dough, press bigoli through a torchio bigolaro, prepare sauces, and sit down to cicchetti, pasta, biscotti, wine, coffee, and water. The host names vary in the supplied details, so confirm who will lead your class.

“Antoinetta is excellent chef that is accredited by a top Italian University for traditional Tuscan cooking. We learned how to use local ingredients to make a terrific meal and then had a family dinner with Antoinetta and her team. This is highly recommended. We loved the experience and will go back again.”

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11.Share Your Pasta Love in a Local’s Home

★★★★★★★★★★4.8 · 20 reviews · 1.5 hours · from $93

Enter a Venetian family home for a 1.5-hour pasta class led in English or Italian. You’ll enjoy an aperitivo, make bigoli, tagliatelle, or ravioli by hand, then eat your pasta with wine, water, and espresso. Hosts may include Mauro, Tessa, or Nicolo.

“This was hands down the best meal we had in Venice! Mauro was a great teacher and we genuinely enjoyed getting to learn how to make homemade pasta in his Venetian home.”

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12.Share Your Pasta Love in a Local’s Home in Venice

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 17 reviews · 1 hour 30 minutes (approx.) · from $94

Meet your Cesarine host in Venice for an aperitivo, then mix, knead, and shape fresh pasta such as bigoli, tagliatelle, or ravioli. Finish with a home-cooked meal, local wine, and optional coffee and dessert. Host names vary, including Nicoletta, Giulia, Anna, and Renan.

“We were so excited to participate in this class and learn some authentic Italian recipes. Viator or the host changed the meeting location and being on vacation we did not get the info timely so the guide didn’t show and we are out $400+ because they refuse to reimburse us. Stay clear or monitor email like a hawk which isn’t any fun on vacation. Sad. 😔”

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13.Cesarine: Small Group Pizza and Tiramisu Class in Venice

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 16 reviews · 3 hours (approx.) · from $215

Meet near San Giacomo di Rialto, then cook pizza and tiramisu in a local Venetian home with a Cesarina host. Hosts such as Rosa, Giulia, Mauro, and Barbara have taught family techniques, shared extra dishes, and served wine, water, or coffee. The class lasts about three hours and allows up to 10 people.

“What an experiance!! Learning how to make Gnocchi, Pizza and Tomato sauce, from scratch, was the most fun I have had while in Venice! We were a party of 2, that took the Vaporetto acrossed the water, to their home where they held the cooking class. Rosa and Angela, are the absolute best when it comes to teaching you the tricks of simplicity creating such delicious cuisines. I look forward to sending them pictures of what I make at home, when I bring what they taught me here in Venice, to my own Kitchen back to the US. Grazie mille, Rosa and Angela! Ciao, for now.”

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14.Make Pasta Carbonara from Scratch in a Jazz Club in Venice

★★★★★★★★★★3.5 · 15 reviews · 2 hours 30 minutes (approx.) · from $125

Join Filippo, and sometimes his sister Marghe, for a hands-on carbonara class at Al Vapore Jazz Club. Over about two and a half hours, you’ll make pasta from scratch, cook dinner, sip wine or prosecco, and learn a recipe you can repeat at home. Check the exact address before booking.

“I spent over 2 hours trying to access this tour based on directions provided by Viator and wasted half a day of my short time in Venice (and spent money on water buses and buses trying to reach the location), despite the fact that it claims to be “the heart of Venice”. The address given on the app, which I clarified with the tour provider ahead of the tour brought me to the middle of a highway with no jazz club in sight. When I tried to clarify the address with the tour provider in advance of the tour, no further specific instructions were provided. Viator has denied a refund…”

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15.Venice Cooking Class in Mestre – Pasta & Tiramisu, wine and more

★★★★★★★★★★4.0 · 14 reviews · from $102

Meet Rosa and Angela for a three-hour evening class centered on fresh pasta, ravioli, gnocchi, sauces, tiramisu, and Veneto wines. The small group format offers hands-on cooking and a home-style meal, but confirm the meeting point and host before booking because the published details vary.

“Organisation and communication from the company of this trip was excellent, however, the weather was not : Snow blizzard suddenly came and my sister and I were stuck as to how we were to meet our host's husband. Amazingly, through the thick snow and slippery coRead more”

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