Experience Italian regional cuisine with a firsthand immersion into the “Mediterranean Diet” with Chef Daniela.

Your trip with Chef Daniela del Balzo begins with a hunt for the freshest ingredients in the “Testaccio,” a historical Roman neighborhood known for its open-air market and shops. You’ll then prepare and enjoy dishes such as pasta e fagioli, caponata or parmigiana di melanzane, paired with the very best local wines. Finish your meal with a delightful dessert such as homemade fruit marmalade pie. Classes are held in an enchanting residence in the heart of Rome, and include detailed recipes of all the dishes you've prepared during the lesson.

Call or email for pricing and dates. Class includes market tour and shopping.

Choose one of two destinations – bustling Rome or 30 minutes outside of the city in Mazzano Romano – for a personal culinary experience with renowned chef Fabio.

Owner of two restaurants and a cooking school, Chef Fabio Bongianni shares with you his culinary passion and secrets, beginning with a culinary walking tour of Rome or a relaxing escape to the country. In Rome, you’ll select the freshest ingredients from the famous piazza, Campo de Fiori. Then it’s off to the Jewish Ghetto, where you’ll pick the meats for your dishes. Class takes place in the warm environment of Chef Fabio’s own apartment, and ends with a delicious meal! Or head to the countryside in Mazzano Romano, just 30 minutes outside of Rome, for a tour of the country home’s garden, a tantalizing meal, and a tour of artisan shops in nearby Calcata and waterfalls in Monte Gelato!

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Enjoy the view overlooking Positano and the Amalfi Coast as Chef Salvatore shows you the secrets of healthy Italian cuisine using natural ingredients.

Chef Salvatore Barba conducts his cooking class at Il Ritrovo, a restaurant in Montepertuso, a village 1000 feet above sea level overlooking Positano and the Amalfi Coast. Learn the secrets of healthy Italian cuisine using natural ingredients as well as how to complement each meal with wines from the different regions of Italy. Chef Salvatore will also instruct you in the fine art of table setting. At the end of the lesson you will enjoy all the dishes created that morning, while you sit on the terrace of the restaurant, sip on wine and marvel over the view.

Available October-May. Call or email for pricing and details.

Let Mamma Agata whisk you away to a wonderful lunch in her outdoor kitchen, then enjoy her famous food on a terrace overlooking the Mediterranean Sea.

Mamma Agata's state-of-the-art outdoor kitchen is where she conducts this 3.5-hour demonstration class, which may include such specialties as pasta, pizza, chicken, veal, seafood and more. After your preparations you will lunch on a terrace facing the Mediterranean Sea, while enjoying the beautiful vistas of the Amalfi Coast.

Mamma Agata began her cooking school in 1997 and has been the personal chef for some very famous people including Jacqueline Kennedy, Anita Eckberg, Marcello Mastroianni and more!

Available year-round upon request. Two-person minimum. Call or email for pricing.

Indulge your passion for authentic Italian cuisine as you experience the specialties of Sorrento with this four- or six-night culinary immersion! Located on the renowned Amalfi Coast, the cookery school of Oasi Olimpia is known as “La Cucina del Gusto.” Working with Chef Carmen, you'll select natural organic produce from the estate's garden and create delicious dishes such as Caprese-style ravioli and Sorrento-style gnocchi with cherry tomato sauce. You'll also have the opportunity to discover the incredible beauty of the surrounding area, including Capri Island and the city of Pompeii.

Price, including accommodations, transportation, excursions, cooking classes and more for the six-night program: 2500 euros per person (minimum of two people). The four-night program costs 2100 euros per person (minimum of two people). Call or email for more details or to arrange a one-day class.

Prepare and eat traditional Italian meals with expert chef Barbara Bartolotta in a professional kitchen just steps away from the San Ambrogio Market.

Chef Barbara Bartolotta lives and works in Florence. She completed her studies at the technical school for tourism and specialized in gastronomic tourism, and is fluent in German, French and English. Your cooking class begins with a tour of the San Ambrogio Market where you’ll purchase all the ingredients for a mouth-watering Tuscan meal. Then, head back to a professional kitchen just walking distance from the market for your hands-on class. Afterwards, enjoy your hard work over a fine selection of wines.

Price per person: $200. Call or email for details.

Take a morning or evening class with Chef Veronica Clemente at La Quercia, a cooking studio located in a 17th-century estate in the hills of Chianti.

Join Chef Veronica Clemente at La Quercia, a cooking studio located in a 17th-century renovated estate in the hills of Chianti, only 10 miles from Florence.

The class focuses on the freshest, in-season ingredients available and is a full-on immersion into Tuscan, Mediterranean, vegetarian or macrobiotic cooking. Lunch or dinner includes an appetizer, first course, second course, side dish and dessert.

Classes are available year-round in the morning (lunch) or the evening (dinner).

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Spend six nights on a 70-acre hilltop estate in the Lucca region while learning to master Tuscan cuisine alongside the acclaimed Anne Bianchi and Sandra Lotti.

The Toscana Saporita Cooking School offers one of the most outstanding cooking instruction/vacation opportunities in all of Italy. Toscana Saporita is based in a majestic 15th-century villa in the Lucca region of Tuscany featuring excellent accommodations and outstanding cooking facilities. Lessons, averaging three hours per day, are taught by Sandra Lotti, who is acclaimed for her numerous Italian cookbooks and mastery of all types of Tuscan cuisine.

Price per person (based on double occupancy): $2750. Rates include six nights accommodations; all meals with wine; cooking lessons; guided tours; and more.

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Join mother-and-son team and renowned Sicilian chefs Vincenzo and Mamma Lucia for a half-day market cooking class in Palermo!

Join mother-and-son team and renowned Sicilan chefs Vincenzo and Mamma Lucia in this half-day market cooking class in Palermo and enjoy an unsurpassed taste of specialties such as “panelle” and “pane con la milza.” You'll begin your day at the famed Risorante Cin Cin, then accompany Vincenzo shopping at one of the local markets such as Il Capo, La Vucciria or Borgo Vecchio. Back at the restaurant you'll prepare a delicious meal guided by Chef Vincenzo. Finish this memorable culinary experience by sitting down to the sumptuous meal you've prepared accompanied by Sicilian wines, dessert and biscotti.

Price: $240.00 per person