Top Taranto Classes & Workshops

Immerse yourself in local culture as you prepare a traditional Italian meal under the guidance of a Cesarina—an Italian certified home cook. Meet your host at their home in Ostuni, shop for seasonal ingredients together at the local market, then get hands-on in the kitchen as you make three regional dishes. Finally, join your host for a delicious lunch or dinner, accompanied by a selection of Italian wines.

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.

Our chefs have worked in professional kitchens and have learned Puglian traditional recipes handed down through generations. They will give you a fun, hands on experience where you will learn techniques of Italian cooking that you can easily repeat at home. You will learn how to make the authentic pasta from our region, orecchiette 'little ears', using a special technique still practised by cooks daily when making the family lunch. Our guests always enjoy the Italian family style environment that we create. Vegetarians and vegans welcome, Puglian cooking traditionally features wonderful local vegetables.

Italy has a vast and varied culinary heritage, and our local hosts are proud to share its hidden secrets. Share your passion for Italian gastronomy with other lovely guests, immerse yourself in the vibrant local market and enjoy an authentic hands-on cooking class. You'll visit the local market with your Cesarina host, who will teach you all about how to select the best ingredients with the seasons. Then, you'll return to their home, warm up with an Italian Aperitivo and enjoy the class. You'll learn how to make one iconic Pasta type, typical of the city you are visiting, and the famous Tiramisu. After the class, you will enjoy everything you've prepared with local wines. This experience is the perfect choice if you want to encounter the real Italian regional gastronomy through genuine connections, food, and friendship.

Join the regional taste workshop and make fresh handmade pasta, the symbol of Puglia. In a friendly setting, of chatter and laughter, you will learn a century-old art. End the cooking class with a nice typical lunch to feel like at home.

Immerse yourself in local culture as you prepare a traditional Italian meal under the guidance of a Cesarina—an Italian certified home cook. Meet your host at their home in Ostuni, get hands-on in the kitchen as you make three regional dishes, and pick up tips and techniques to help you recreate them back home. Finally, join your host for a delicious lunch or dinner, accompanied by Italian wines.

Leave by transfer from Ostuni and enjoy the panorama of the Apulian countryside. Visit a farm known for the production of DOP extra virgin olive oil. Stroll through the olive trees, find out how oil is produced and savor it in a tasting lesson with experts.

Enjoy an authentic dining experience on a family-run farm and learn how to prepare authentic Apulian mozzarella from an expert cheese maker.

- Discover the Apulian culinary tradition and become an expert in Focaccias, pasta, and homemade cheese. - Listen to the traditional taste secrets from the expert of flavors, a whole Apulian family. - Grandpas and Grandmas will teach you the best skills, and it will be fun - Of course, end up with a delicious lunch together

Immerse yourself in a private pasta and tiramisu-making class in a welcoming home, learn the secrets of the region's most famous pasta dishes and tiramisu and taste the fruit of your labour for lunch or dinner accompanied by local wines. During this private lesson, you will learn how to prepare 2 pasta recipes and the tiramisu dessert from scratch. Your Cesarina will reveal the tricks of the trade of these iconic recipes. Have fun putting your cooking skills to the test and amaze your friends and family once home with an Italian meal! This experience is suitable for families with children of all ages. Le Cesarine is Italy’s oldest network of home cooks all over the country in more than 120 cities. They are passionate and welcoming hosts that open the doors of their own homes to curious travellers for immersive culinary experiences.

Don't lose the opportunity to become a "pizzaiolo" (pizza-maker) and a great tiramisu maker! Enter a local home, connect with an expert home cook and discover how Italian mamma and nonnas used to prepare awesome pizza at home. With this private hands-on cooking class, you will learn how to make pizza and tiramisù from scratch from a real Italian family. To complete your feast, enjoy what you have prepared for lunch or dinner with a selection of local wine included. Have fun putting your cooking skills to the test and amaze your friends and family with a pizza party once you come back home! This experience is suitable for families with children of all ages. Le Cesarine is Italy’s oldest network of home cooks all over the country in more than 120 cities. They are passionate and welcoming hosts that open the doors of their own homes to curious travellers for immersive culinary experiences.

Orecchiette is one of the most traditional specialties from Puglia, but you may not know the trick to making this unique ear-shaped pasta. With this countryside cooking class, learn how to turn out orecchiette like a true Italian nonna and discover other classic dishes made with seasonal herbs and vegetables grown in the Itria Valley. Celebrate your new skill with a four-course meal featuring your freshly made pasta.

In a traditional Trulli-house in which we live you can experience a typical day of a farmer family and the activity of producing local cheese and contribute to the unique and special flavour of it. Come to learn how to do and to know about the traditional techniques to repeat it at home. In the south of Apulia everything plays a role to reach the special and tasty Apulian food: soil, sun, water but also wind, patience and love.

Learn to make a delicious and authentic Italian meal during this 5-hour cooking class. Meet your guide at your accommodation and head to the class to begin creating your 4-course meal. Follow your guide and learn various cooking techniques to make classic dishes such as eggplant parmesan and tiramisu. Then, sit down and enjoy the fruits of your labor with some delicious local wine before heading back to your hotel.

We want to invite you to an unique food experience, autentic and simple as our people. We believe that good food and wine broaden our horizon and give us new perspectives. That's exactly what we want to express through this half day cooking class. We will enjoy the dishes we have cooked together in a typical Puglian family style setting.