Lake Como Pizza-Making Class: Traditional Dough & Ingredients

Three hours: dough from scratch, garden vegetables, wood-fired oven, tiramisu and digestif in the garden

An authentic pizza-making class at a private home overlooking Lake Como where you learn to shape traditional dough, pick fresh tomatoes, zucchini, eggplant and basil from the garden, bake your pizzas in a wood-fired oven, and eat them outdoors with homemade tiramisu and a mountain-herb digestif. The class runs three hours and is taught in English or Italian. You choose a morning or afternoon departure.

The experience

You'll work in a real Italian home with a garden that supplies the ingredients. The class starts with dough: you learn how to mix and knead traditional pizza dough from scratch using local flour and water, then move into the garden to harvest what goes on top. Cherry tomatoes, zucchini, eggplants and basil picked that morning. This is not a demonstration. You handle the ingredients and shape the dough yourself, guided by someone who knows the technique.

Once your pizzas are ready to bake, they go into the wood-fired oven. You sit in the garden while they cook, looking out at Lake Como. When they come out, you eat them there, at a table surrounded by the view. The meal doesn't stop at pizza: homemade tiramisu and a mountain-herb digestif round out the afternoon or morning, depending on which time slot you book. Public transportation runs nearby if you need it to get there.

The guide speaks English or Italian, so language is your choice at checkout. Whether you've made pizza before or never have, the class is built around learning by doing. You leave with the actual skill to recreate this at home, not just a memory of watching someone else do it.

What’s included

• Hands-on instruction in traditional pizza dough-making.
• fresh, locally sourced ingredients including garden-picked vegetables and herbs.
• wood-fired oven baking.
• pizza tasting in the garden.
• homemade tiramisu.
• mountain-herb digestif.
• live guide in English or Italian.

Options for this experience

2 options

Morning Pizza-Making ClassGuide in English or Italian · Available from 8 Nov · 10:00

Afternoon Pizza-Making ClassGuide in English or Italian · 17:00

You pick the guide language when booking.

You see the exact price of each option when you check availability.See dates & prices

Before you book

Days and timesEvery day except Wednesday and ThursdayDepartures at 10:00 and 17:00

Book up to10h before

AgesAdult (9 and older) · Child (4 to 8 years) · Infant (under 4): free

GroupUp to 10

Live guideEnglish and Italian

Meeting point and pickupNo hotel pickup: you go to the meeting point. Ends back at the starting point.

Cancellation and refundsFree cancellation up to 24 h before the start. After that, no refund.

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Good to know

Public transport nearby

Operated by Cesarine: Cooking Class

Is this one for you?Choose the morning class if you prefer an earlier start and want the garden light for harvesting. Pick the afternoon slot if you'd rather a later departure. Both work the same way. The time slot is the only difference.

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Top questions

What languages is the guide in?

Live guide in English and Italian.

Can children come?

Yes. Ticket types: Child (4 to 8 years); Infant (under 4): free.

What exactly do I learn to make in the pizza class?

You learn to make traditional Italian pizza dough from scratch, then shape and top it with fresh vegetables and herbs you pick from the garden: cherry tomatoes, zucchini, eggplant and basil. The class covers kneading technique and how to work the dough, then you fire your pizza in a wood-fired oven and eat it outdoors.

Are the vegetables really from the garden, or is that just marketing?

The vegetables come from the garden at the home where the class happens. You harvest them yourself as part of the class: cherry tomatoes, zucchini, eggplants and basil are picked fresh that morning and go straight onto your pizza.

How long does the whole class take?

The class runs three hours from start to finish, including the time you spend making dough, harvesting vegetables, baking, and eating your pizza in the garden with tiramisu and digestif.

Can I choose between morning and afternoon, or is the time fixed?

You choose between a morning pizza-making class and an afternoon one at checkout. Both follow the same format and run for three hours. The difference is just the time of day.

Is this class suitable if I've never cooked pizza before?

Yes. The class is designed for both complete beginners and people with some cooking experience. You learn the fundamentals of dough-making and shaping, and the guide walks you through each step.