Lecce Hands-on Cooking Class: Make Fresh Pasta & Wine Dinner

Share a convivial dinner with your chef and take home authentic recipes and tools

A three-hour hands-on cooking class in Lecce where you learn to craft orecchiette and maccheroni al ferretto under a local chef's guidance, prepare two sauces, and finish with a three-course dinner featuring your own pasta, local wines, homemade bread and dessert. Minimum two people per booking. Communicate dietary restrictions in advance. You leave with the recipes and a ferretto pasta tool to cook at home.

The experience

The class opens with a welcome aperitif of typical Salento products and a Leccese coffee (the traditional almond milk drink served cold), while your host settles you in. Then you move to the cooking station and begin with simple ingredients: flour, eggs, water, salt. A local chef walks you through shaping orecchiette by hand and using the ferretto, the wooden pasta tool, to roll maccheroni al ferretto. The work is tactile and unhurried. The point is learning the motion, not speed.

While the pasta rests, you prepare two sauces: a fresh tomato sauce and a chickpea-and-vegetable topping. Everything stays simple and seasonal: the kind of cooking that works the same way in a Salento kitchen as it does in yours. Once the pasta is ready, you sit down to eat it. The meal includes homemade bread, a traditional dessert, and homemade limoncello. Local red, rosé and white wines come with the courses. This is the part where you taste what your hands made.

Before you leave, the chef gives you the recipes written down and the ferretto tool itself, so the pasta you learned to roll stays part of how you cook once you're home. The class runs three hours and is offered in English or Italian.

What’s included

• Welcome aperitif with typical Salento products and Leccese coffee.
• hands-on instruction in making orecchiette and maccheroni al ferretto.
• preparation of fresh tomato sauce and chickpea-and-vegetable topping.
• three-course dinner with homemade bread, traditional dessert, and homemade limoncello.
• local red, rosé and white wines.
• recipes and ferretto pasta tool to take home.

Before you book

Days and timesFridayDeparts at 18:00

Book up to9h before

AgesAdult (12 and older) · Infant (under 12)

GroupUp to 7

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.It may be canceled if the minimum number of travelers isn't reached. If that happens, you're offered another date or a refund.

Prices and times updated 6 days ago

Good to know

Stroller-friendlyPublic transport nearbyInfants must sit on laps

Operated by CURIOSEETY

Is this one for you?The class runs three hours of hands-on work at the cooking station, so you're on your feet mixing, shaping and rolling pasta the whole time. Book this if you want to actually learn the technique, not watch a demonstration. The minimum is two people, which means you're cooking alongside at least one other person in a small group setting with a single chef.

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Top questions

What languages is the tour guided in?

Live guide in English and Italian.

Can children come?

Yes. Ticket types: Infant (under 12).

What exactly do I make during the cooking class in Lecce?

You make two types of fresh pasta (orecchiette shaped by hand and maccheroni al ferretto rolled with the traditional wooden tool) plus a fresh tomato sauce and a chickpea-and-vegetable topping. All four components become the three-course dinner you eat at the end of the class.

Is the dinner included, or do I pay extra for the meal?

The three-course dinner is included in the class price. You eat the pasta you made, along with homemade bread, a traditional dessert, local wines, and homemade limoncello.

What is a Leccese coffee, and will I drink it during the class?

A Leccese coffee is a traditional Salento drink made with almond milk and ice, served cold. You'll have one as part of the welcome aperitif at the start of the class.

Do I get to take anything home besides the recipes?

Yes. You take home the ferretto pasta tool (the wooden roller used to shape maccheroni al ferretto), so you can make the same pasta at home using the recipes the chef provides.

Is there a minimum number of people required to book this class?

Yes, a minimum of two people is required per booking. If you have dietary restrictions, let the operator know in advance so they can adjust the menu.