The 6 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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