6 Cooking Classes in Sicily, Priced and Compared

1.Pizza and Gelato Cooking Class with Dinner and Wine

★★★★★★★★★★4.9 · 951 reviews · 3 hours · from $71Our pick

Spend three hours at Towns of Italy in Palermo learning pizza and chocolate gelato with an English-speaking chef such as Lidia or Marcello. You will make a thick Sicilian sfincione, watch the gelato demonstration, eat your creations with wine or soft drinks, and take home digital recipes. Families, vegetarians, and first-time cooks are welcome.

“Cooking with Lidia was a truly wonderful experience. She explained everything in great detail and clearly guided us through every step of preparing the pizza and the ice cream. We are so happy that we chose to spend our Valentine’s evening this way in Palermo. It was a memorable and delightful experience that we will cherish for a long time.”

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2.Half-Day Pizza Making Class

★★★★★★★★★★4.8 · 353 reviews · 2.5 hours · from $88

Meet your pizza chef at Ristorante & Pizzeria Porta Messina for a hands-on Taormina cooking class. Learn dough, sauce, toppings, and baking, with pasta-making often added to the session. Chefs including Francesca, Maurizio, Paolo, Luca, and Daniel have led recent classes. Eat your work with bruschetta, drinks, wine, and a pizza certificate.

“Very fun group of people and chef! Loves how hands on it was”

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3.Arancino Making Class with Drinks

★★★★★★★★★★4.8 · 215 reviews · 1.5 hours · from $94

Meet at Porta Messina Restaurant beside Taormina’s Porta Messina Arch for a 90-minute, hands-on arancino class. Chefs including Paolo, Margherita, Luca, and Francesca teach shaping, filling, coating, and frying. You eat your creations with wine and soft drinks, with options for vegetarian, vegan, gluten-free, lactose-free, and other dietary needs.

“We had a fabulous chef host who taught us with humour. The group was from New York, London and Switzerland and got on really well and even stayed for another drink. There was lots of wine and loads of aranchino! This was a great activity and I would recommend it.”

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4.Cannolo Cooking Class with Completion Certificate

★★★★★★★★★★4.9 · 212 reviews · 1.5 hours · from $77

Meet beside Taormina’s Porta Messina Arch for a 1.5-hour, English-language cannolo class led by chefs such as Carmelo or Francesca. Knead and fry the shells, prepare ricotta and custard fillings, then eat your creations with coffee, wine, limoncello, and soft drinks. You may make enough cannoli to take some home, plus receive a certificate.

“Francesca was so fun and funny and friendly, we had a blast making cannolo under her tutelage. Wonderful and delicious!”

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5.Sicilian Cooking Class & Market Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.9 · 212 reviews · from $107

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 dishes such as eggplant parmigiana and swordfish rolls, then share a generous lunch with wine, cannoli, and limoncello. An apron and certificate are included.

“So much fun with a great group of people brought together by Chef Paolo. Good food, great ambiance, good wine.”

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6.Pistachio Ravioli, Pasta Home Cooking Class w/ Wine

★★★★★★★★★★4.7 · 204 reviews · 3 hours · from $100

Join Angela and, when available, her son Victor in their Catania home for a hands-on pasta class. You will make dough, prepare a creamy pistachio filling, shape ravioli, and sit down to eat with Sicilian wine, bruschetta, dessert, water, and coffee. English and Italian are offered, with translation help when needed.

“Angela was a lovely host and very friendly. It was nice to learn new skills in an authentic setting and the food tasted amazing ( even though we made it ourselves !) We had a great time and would definitely recommend it - a highlight to our trip in Sicily.”

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