The 9 Cooking Classes in Taormina That Are Worth the Money

1.Seaview Cooking Class & Taormina local flavors with Chef Mimmo

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 665 reviews · 4 hours (approx.) · from $157Our pick

Meet Chef Mimmo and his family in Taormina, visit a small local producer, then cook pasta, caponata, and fresh fish at Ahoy Bistrò Siciliano. You will share a seaside lunch with wine, cannoli, and Limoncello. Transport between Taormina and Giardini Naxos is included.

“So worth it! Best cooking class experience yet, and to have the food we prepared for lunch with a seaview…amazing!”

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2.COOKING CLASS in Taormina at Chef Massimo HOUSE!!

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 543 reviews · 5 hours 30 minutes (approx.) · from $185

Meet Chef Massimo at Porta Messina at 9:30 a.m. Shop for seasonal produce, fish, and meat before walking to his sea-view home for a hands-on Sicilian cooking class. Prepare pasta, appetizers, and main courses, then eat together with local wine. Recipes and an apron are included.

“We had so much fun at our cooking class. Massimo is very entertaining but all the while was teaching us so much selecting fresh food and preparing it. This is a must do tour!!”

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3.Pizza Cooking Class

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 225 reviews · 3 hours (approx.) · from $90

Meet at Porta Messina Restaurant in central Taormina for a 2 to 3 hour class led by chefs including Giovanni, Luca, Maurizio, and their team. Make fresh pasta and pizza, enjoy cheese, wine, dessert, cannoli, and limoncello, then take home an apron, recipes, and a certificate.

“Great place to meet new people. Lots of laughs! The chefs are so nice and make everyone comfortable.”

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4.Cannolo Cooking Class with Completion Certificate

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

Meet beside Taormina’s Porta Messina Arch for a hands-on cannoli class led in Italian and English by chefs such as Carmelo, Francesca, and Maurizio. Knead and fry the shells, prepare ricotta and custard fillings, eat your work with wine and coffee, and take home a certificate.

“Excellent. I was blown away by Angela’s hospitality and teaching. The pasta was the best I had in Sicily! My most memorable and best experience here.”

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5.Sicilian Cooking Class & Market Tour

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

Meet Paolo, Mary, or the kitchen team at Porta Messina for a market visit and hands-on Sicilian cooking class. You’ll choose fresh ingredients, make pasta, prepare fish and eggplant dishes, then eat the full meal with wine, coffee, an apron, and a certificate included.

“So much delicious food and drink! Amazing hand-on experience- we learned a lot and were thoroughly welcomed & entertained by Paulo. We started the day going to the market, selecting our fresh fish, produce etc, then spent a good part of the day cooking and eating! Paulo was friendly, humorous, knowledgeable, informative…. A great day (a highlight of our vacation) and also a tremendous value!!!”

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6.Cooking Class with Seaview with Chef Mimmo

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 157 reviews · 4 hours (approx.) · from $127

At Ahoy Bistrò Siciliano in Giardini Naxos, Chef Mimmo and his family guide you through wine, local cheeses, caponata, fish, and six pasta shapes. You cook, eat, and collect recipes beside the Bay of Naxos and Taormina during this four-hour English-language class.

“Best Cooking class experience we have ever had! Chef and his family were very welcoming and fun. Loved making the fresh pasta and delicious meal. Charming restaurant by the sea. Would definitely do this again!”

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7.Taormina Half-Day Sicilian Cooking Class & Market Tour

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 82 reviews · from $152

Meet Chef Massimo at Porta Messina, visit Taormina’s produce and fish markets on the morning option, then cook pasta, caponata, meatballs, fish, and dessert in his panoramic home. You eat what you make, with lunch, two wines, and an apron included.

“Mossimo was wonderful, entertaining and educational. The food was excellent that we all prepared and i truly learned a lot about Sicily and its cooking style plus food. Thank you!!!”

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8.Sicilian Cooking Class w/ a Visit to Local Market

★★★★★★★★★★4.9 · 76 reviews · from $107

Meet Paolo, Luca, or another local chef at Porta Messina, visit Taormina’s regional market, then prepare pasta, seafood, eggplant dishes, and dessert with a small local team. You’ll eat what you make with wine, receive an apron and certificate, and finish back at the meeting point.

“Booked the cooking class last minute as our previous plans fell through. I am SO happy it worked out the way it did. Had an incredible time with Luca helping us along the way. We made pasta, swordfish bites, eggplant parm, salted fish, and a sardine dish. It was delicious and so much fun! Learned a lot of really great techniques and met some incredible people! Would highly recommend this cooking class!”

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9.Pasta & Tiramisu Cooking Class at a Local’s Home

★★★★★★★★★★4.2 · 9 reviews · from $152

Spend three hours in a Taormina local’s home learning to roll sfoglia, prepare two pasta dishes, and make tiramisu. Donatella, Joe, and Gabriele have hosted a warm, relaxed class with hands-on help, stories, aperitivo, wine, and a shared meal.

“Donatella and Joe were fantastic hosts and made us feel very welcome in Donatella’s home. The class was at a very nice pace and it was lovely to sit down with them both after to eat the food we’d finished preparing. They were great with stories and chat. The activity was a bit more of a cooking demonstration than a class than we were expecting, but this was perfect for us as we like to eat food that’s made by someone who knows what they’re doing! A great way to spend a morning and would definitely recommend it.”

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