Cooking Classes · LECCE COOKING CLASSES
The 4 best lecce cooking classes you can book today, with what each costs, how long you are on your feet and who it suits. Number one is top for a reason; start there.
Meet local cooks in the Faggiano Archaeological Museum and learn to make Apulian orecchiette and Sagne by hand. Luciana and cooks such as Nonna Teresa guide you through the dough, shaping, cooking, and shared meal with wine in a 1400s-era courtyard.
“Was such a wholesome great experience. Loved it a lot!”
Near Lecce, Enza and Antonio welcome you to their countryside villa in Corigliano d’Otranto. Make orecchiette and maccheroncini by hand, enjoy garden produce, Salento wines, dinner, music, and homemade limoncello in a relaxed family setting.
“We had the best time. Enza & Antonio were amazing hosts. They welcomed us into there home like we were family. Taught us to make orecchiette and macherroni. We will definitely be back.”
At BALU’ Wine & Food in central Lecce, you’ll learn egg-free orecchiette with local instructors such as Azzurra, Ylenia, Michele, Rita, or Elaina. The roughly two-hour class combines hands-on pasta making with Puglian wine, cheese, taralli, focaccia, bruschetta, and a pasta tasting.
“We had a marvelous time yesterday, our instructor was wonderful. She was funny, bright full of energy and very understandable. While we were making our pasta, we were drinking wine sharing laughs and having a good time. Once we were done, we went outside, sat down and had a beautiful bruschetta followed by our wonderful pasta. The kit was amazing and we had more wine. Lots of fun and lots of laughs.”
Meet Lisa and Fabio in Lecce for a three-hour home cooking class built around orecchiette and maccheroni al ferretto. You will shape pasta by hand, prepare local sauces, enjoy Salento appetizers, wine, dessert, limoncello, and Leccese coffee, with recipes and a ferretto tool to take home.
“Our favorite activity in Italy was a cooking class in Lecce, hosted by a lovely and kind couple in their beautiful home. Fabio & Lisa welcomed us warmly into their home and taught us how to make pasta from scratch and paired the dishes we made with wine from the region. What we didn't know was that we would be making a pasta known as maritati—a special type of pasta that combines orecchiette and maccheroncini. The name "maritati" translates to "married," symbolizing the union of these two pasta shapes. This pasta is traditionally served at weddings in Puglia as a wish for prosperity for the couple. Fabio & Lisa did…”
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