Top Lombardy Cooking Classes

Learn to make an authentic Italian pizza with the benefit of a hands-on cooking class in Milan. Discover the art of perfecting your pizza dough and how to choose combinations of toppings for your pizza. Afterward, enjoy a meal of the pizza made during the class accompanied by wine, beer, or soft drinks. You can also receive online support from the chef and access the updated video course later when preparing pizza at home.

When visiting Milan, learn the secrets of Italian home cooking during a hands-on lesson in the private kitchen of a local chef. Choose your menu from several options that represent Italy's diverse cuisine, which could include mozzarella-filled zucchini flowers, eggplant parmigiana, and tiramisu. Then, sit down with your new friends to enjoy your homemade lunch or dinner accompanied by Italian wine. It’s a great way to learn about local cuisine and culture in a friendly, small-group environment.

Bring home some new cooking techniques and a few recipes from Milan by taking this exciting cooking class. Learn from a professional chef how to make a few Milanese delicacies and specialties as you learn how to make a four-course meal of dishes such as risotto, gnocchi, ravioli, tiramisu and panna cotta, using fresh, seasonal ingredients purchased at a local market. When you're finished cooking, sit down and enjoy the meal, complemented by some locally produced wine.  Participants are limited to just six people, ensuring plenty of personalized attention from the chef.

This half-day cooking class in Milan pairs you with an expert chef who takes you to the market to buy fresh ingredients and then instructs you how to whip it up into a delicious Italian meal. Learn how to cook four courses, from homemade pasta or gnocchi to dessert. Then sit down and indulge in the food, complete with two glasses of Italian wine.

Learn to prepare several classic Italian dishes at a private home in Ticino Natural Park, located 36 miles (60km) from central Milan. Help to make a 3-course lunch with menu options that are tailored to the tastes of the participants. Have lunch accompanied by wine, dining at a table in the forest (weather permitting), and look for local wildlife such as fox, hare, and bird life.

Pasta is one of Italy’s most beloved culinary exports, and with this pasta-making class you can learn the secrets to preparing fresh pasta. Enjoy a hands-on lesson in central Milan with a chef to pick up professional tricks and techniques for making ribbon and filled pastas along with homemade sauces. Sample what you’ve created after the lesson and take advantage of online support once home to recreate your handiwork.

Immerse yourself in Italian cuisine with this Milan market tour and cooking class. Start by following a chef-guide through a typical street market to learn about choosing the freshest fruits, vegetables and fish. Enjoy samples of cheese, ham and salami, and purchase ingredients for your cooking class. Then head to the chef’s home, where you’ll receive a welcome drink and begin your lesson in how to make an Italian meal. End the experience by eating your creations with Italian wine.

Food lovers won’t want to miss this hands-on, private cooking lesson at a local home in Bergamo. Sip Prosecco as you chat with your host, then learn to prepare pasta or pizza dishes, before tucking into the fruits of your labor as part of a three-course menu plus liqueur and coffee for an intimate and informative experience few travelers get to enjoy.

Learn how to prepare two types of Italian pasta and a classic Italian dessert during this chef-led cooking workshop. Head to the picturesque private home of a Michelin-trained Milanese local and get hands-on instruction in recreating tagliatelle, ravioli, and tiramisu from one-of-a-kind family recipes. Workshops include local wine and limoncello, as well as the lunch or dinner prepared during the class.

With this cooking class you will really get into the italian tradition being host in a modern and cool house in the best area of the city of Milan. The instructors have a lot of passions and they learned first how to cook with the heart, together with their granmothers. Learn with them the secrets of italian cousine and why it is so special!

Want to impress your friends with your focaccia? Learn how to make this traditional dish the Italian way. I’ll make sure to have the freshest local ingredients on hand, so we’re ready to cook up a storm. Bellissimo!

Discover the wine of Italy’s prestigious Piedmont region on a private tour with a local winemaker guide. After leaving Milan, you’ll travel to the Barolo and Barbaresco wine regions, learning about the grapes and winemaking techniques as you go. Stop to visit cellars and vineyards, taste the wine, and even add on a 3-course lunch plus coffee at your own expense, if you wish.

If there’s one dish everyone wishes they could bring home from Italy, it’s fresh egg pasta, a northern Italian signature. Learn how to mix, roll, cut, and cook your own fresh pasta alongside a local chef in their home around Bellagio—then eat it for lunch or dinner along with wine and coffee or tea. With numbers capped at just 10 travelers, you’re sure to master the tricks of the trade.

Learn to create classic dishes of the Lombardy region with a private cooking class in Lake Como. A member of the acclaimed Cesarine network of chefs will welcome you into their home for a lesson in Milanese-style cuisine as you help prepare a 3-course menu featuring northern Italian favorites like polenta, risotto, meatballs, osso bucco, and tiramisu. When the cooking’s done, sit down with your host to enjoy the homemade meal with wine pairings.

You can't visit Italy without trying at least one pasta dish... So, we'll teach you two! Learn how to roll 'sfoglia' (fresh pasta) by hand and how to prepare 2 simple different kinds of pasta (filled pasta + fresh pasta) from scratch with your Cesarina. As the icing on the cake you will learn to prepare also the iconic Tiramisu. Share your passion for the Italian cuisine as you make new friends in this hands-on cooking class. It's a great way to truly experience Italian culture. • Learn to roll 'sfoglia' (fresh pasta) by hand • Learn to make 2 iconic pasta types • Learn to make the iconic tiramisu • Small-group cooking class with a maximum of 12 people. Share your passion for the Italian cuisine with other lovely guests • Enjoy an Italian Aperitivo to warm-up Cesarine is Italy’s oldest network of home cooks all over the country. They are welcoming hosts that open the doors of their own homes to curious travellers for immersive culinary experiences.

You can't visit Italy without trying at least one pasta dish... So, we'll teach you two! Learn how to roll 'sfoglia' (fresh pasta) by hand and how to prepare 2 simple different kinds of pasta (filled pasta + fresh pasta) from scratch with your Cesarina. As the icing on the cake you will learn to prepare also the iconic Tiramisu. Share your passion for the Italian cuisine as you make new friends in this hands-on cooking class. It's a great way to truly experience Italian culture. • Learn to roll 'sfoglia' (fresh pasta) by hand • Learn to make 2 iconic pasta types • Learn to make the iconic tiramisu • Small-group cooking class with a maximum of 12 people. Share your passion for the Italian cuisine with other lovely guests • Enjoy an Italian Aperitivo to warm-up Cesarine is Italy’s oldest network of home cooks all over the country. They are welcoming hosts that open the doors of their own homes to curious travellers for immersive culinary experiences.

My passion for cooking and the family recipes passed down through generations have been refined in the best Italian and international cooking schools, including the Paul Bocuse Institute (3 * Michelin) in the beautiful Ecully castle. Together we'll find out the secrets of ravioli, easy and tasty, or tagliatelle with the recipes of my bolognese nanny. You'll learn to prepare the original, italian gelato, easier than you thought. Remember, Italian food is easy to prepare and you need few ingredients, but quality ones; that's why it's very good. You will work in a location surrounded by a fruit trees and lots of flowers that you’ll enjoy during your lunch / dinner above the roofs of Milan. You will also be very close to the Duomo square, to Leonardo's Last Supper or the Prada museum and to the Navigli as well. Located in the Designer and Fashion area with the subway traveling until 1 am, you’ll be safe to walk inside an unforgettable and historical Milan!

Pasta lovers—prepare to be amazed! This pasta-making class at a Cesarina’s home is the perfect way to learn new skills and taste incredible food too. As it’s a private class, you’ll have direct access to your teacher for questions along the way. Learn the secrets of the region’s most loved pasta dishes, and make three recipes. The best thing about the experience is that you get to eat the food at the end with wine included.

You will learn the secrets of the true Italian Homemade Pasta by preparing it with your hands and modern classic Italian Cocktails Martini Royal or Spritz, trained by a Professional Chef. Martini Royale, a simple and fast cocktail, with an intense flavor but a delicate character. A blend of prosecco and Martini with a delicate and inviting color. Spritz is a long drink Italian alcoholic aperitif, popular in the Triveneto area, made with prosecco, bitters and sparkling water or seltzer. For those under 18, non-alcoholic cocktails will be served. The chef will teach you all the techniques of the perfect dough,you will eat different kind of Pasta at your prefer tastes, you will learn the perfect filling and how to prepare sauces as Pesto, Ragù and more to match with the Pasta (on request). Drinks will be all inclusive (wine red or white or beer)! Possibility of booking a private group.

Engage your senses and discover one of Italy's most sought-after specialty products on a  private truffle hunt in Bellagio. Hike through family land on the Lake Como shores with local chef Luigi Gandola and his trained truffle-sniffing dog on a search for the rare, fragrant tubers and wild mushrooms. Take the harvest back to a Bellagio restaurant, where the chef will whip up a gourmet meal featuring truffle and mushroom dishes with wine, prepared just for your party.

Immerse yourself in Como’s rich culinary heritage with this hands-on cooking class in Bellagio, with round-trip transfers included for hassle-free access to the family-run restaurant. Learn how to prepare a traditional pasta dish from scratch under the tuition of a professional chef, then savor your homemade meal along with drinks on the terrace, before receiving your participation gift set which includes a certificate, recipe book, and homemade olive oil.

Return from Lake Como with new skills in the kitchen, and impress your friends and family as you recreate dishes learnt on this pasta cooking class. Taking place in the home of a local chef, the experience teaches you how to create fresh pasta from scratch, and prepare a sauce or dressing that’s typical in the north of Italy. All equipment is provided; you just need to roll your sleeves up and get involved.

Step into a Milanese home and learn all the Italian secrets during this private 3-hour cooking class. Learn how to make three traditional foods from start to finish such as traditional Milanese risotto, Lombardy polenta, and Milanese meat dishes. After helping your host cook the delicious meal, sit down and enjoy the fruits of your labor with a glass of local red and white wines.

Discover the authentic tastes of Italy on this hands-on cooking class, with numbers capped at just 10 travelers for a more intimate experience. Experience the wealth of flavors in artisan olive oil, sample local produce, then prepare a feast of gnocchi, pasta, or Italian meatloaf. Finally, savor a 3-course lunch or dinner, including the dish you’ve prepared, washed down with a glass of Italian wine.