Cooking Classes · TAORMINA COOKING CLASSES
Good taormina cooking classes take small groups and fill up weeks ahead. Below: the 11 to book early, what each includes and how they differ.
Meet Chef Mimmo and his family in Taormina, visit a local producer, then ride to Ahoy Bistrò Siciliano in Giardini Naxos. You will make caponata, fresh pasta, and a fish dish, followed by wine, cannoli, and lunch beside the Bay of Naxos.
“So worth it! Best cooking class experience yet, and to have the food we prepared for lunch with a seaview…amazing!”
Meet Chef Massimo at 9:30 am for a market visit, butcher stop, and hands-on Sicilian cooking class in his Taormina home. Prepare pasta, appetizers, seafood, and meat dishes, then eat lunch with local wine. Recipes and a complimentary apron are included.
“Fabulous……our chef Massimo was wonderful….we learned so much about cooking….things that you never learn in a cook book only from experience….”
At Ristorante & Pizzeria Porta Messina, you learn dough, sauce, toppings, and baking from an English or Italian-speaking pizza chef. Many sessions also include fresh pasta, wine, bruschetta, and dessert, making this a sociable cooking lesson rather than a quick pizza demonstration.
“The whole experience was just great! The class was well organized and entertaining even though Taormina is super crowded they pulled of the class with our 16 people plus a few more without a hitch. It was a very warm and humid day but it was still fun all in all.”
Meet the chefs at Ristorante Pizzeria Porta Messina in central Taormina for a hands-on class in Sicilian pasta and pizza. You’ll knead dough, shape pasta, build your own pizza, eat the results with wine, and leave with an apron, recipes, and certificate.
“We loved it! It was an amazing experience and Chef Giovanni was the GOAT (Greatest Of All Times)! There is no parking where the restaurant is, so we parked at the Lumbi Parking Garage. We were cutting it close, so, instead of waiting for the free shuttle bus to the upper side of town, we took the stairs that start on the top floor of the parking garage and go up to the center. It took us about 5 minutes to climb up. The restaurant is very near to the top of the stairs. When we arrived, we were asked to sit, and, while we waited for the class to…”
Near Taormina’s Porta Messina Arch, you’ll knead, shape, fry, fill, and taste traditional cannoli in a 1.5-hour class. Chefs including Carmelo and Francesca lead the session in English or Italian, with coffee, wine, limoncello, soft drinks, and a completion certificate included.
“We LOVED our cannolo cooking class with Carmelo! He was so friendly and enthusiastic, learnt some great tips to take home, the best way to spend the morning in Taormina! Thank you”
Meet Paolo, Mary, Luca, or Francesca at Porta Messina for a market visit and hands-on Sicilian cooking class. You’ll choose fresh ingredients, make pasta, prepare several local dishes, then sit down to eat with wine. An apron and certificate are included.
“Was the highlight of my trip in Taormina, definitely worth doing!”
Meet your chef near Porta Messina for a hands-on Taormina cooking class. You will make homemade pasta and pizza, learn dough tricks, eat your creations, and share Sicilian cheese, wine, starters, coffee, and dessert. Chefs including Luca, Maurizio, Francesca, and Giovanni have led recent classes.
“Tonight we embraced the art of Sicilian cooking with Chef Maurizio. We learned how to make Sicilian “dry” pasta and Sicilian style pizza (we even made our own dough). We got to eat our freshly prepared food ( a lot of it); cheese, meats, wine, cannoli and a limoncello shot. We met a lot of really great people snd we even got to keep the aprons… I would totally recommend this event. It was 10 out of 10!!!! Thank you Chef Maurizio & his cooking team.”
Spend about three hours in Taormina making Sicilian pizza and, in the current class format, fresh pasta with chefs such as Maurizio, Luca, Francesca, and Paolo. Begin with a market visit and coffee break, then cook, eat, drink wine, and take home an apron, recipes, and a certificate.
“Chef Maurizio, (not sure of spelling) was excellent. He gave clear instructions, was very patient and we learned a lot from him. Everything was really well organised. There was water, wine, and fabulous bread as well as the pasta and pizza we made. It was fun meeting the other people in the group too. I highly recommend this activity.”
Meet Chef Massimo at Taormina’s Porta Messina, shop for seasonal produce and fish on the morning departure, then cook Sicilian recipes in a panoramic home kitchen. You’ll make dishes such as caponata, fresh pasta, stuffed flowers, meatballs, and fish before sitting down to eat with wine.
“Thoroughly recommend this course with Massimo. Couldn’t fault it. We created One of the best meals I have ever tasted. Superb!”
Meet Paolo, Luca, Maurizio, or another English-speaking chef at Porta Messina, visit Taormina’s regional market, and prepare Sicilian dishes such as handmade pasta, eggplant parmigiana, swordfish, and sardines. You eat what you make, with wine, soft drinks, an apron, and a certificate included.
“Giovanni & Maurice were excellent. Very informative & fun class with lots of great food which included pasta, eggplant lasagna + more. Highly recommend!”
Spend three hours in a local Taormina home learning to roll fresh sfoglia, prepare two pasta dishes, and make tiramisu. Your host matches you by food needs and location. Expect an aperitivo, a shared meal, wine, coffee, and warm conversation in Italian or English.
“The hosts were fabulous and so knowledgeable. It was so with the experience.”
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