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Naples: Pasta Cooking Class & Ravioli with Grandma’s Recipes

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GroupUp to 25

LanguagesEN · IT +2

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Learn pasta secrets in Naples with locals and fresh flavors

You’ll knead dough with your own hands in Naples, laugh over imperfect pasta shapes with locals, taste real fior di latte cheese and bright limoncello, then sit down for a meal you made yourself. Expect warmth, stories behind every sauce, and memories you’ll want to bring home along with your chef’s diploma.

Step-by-step itinerary

Meet local chef in Naples
Prepare fresh fettuccine and ravioli
Make Alfredo and tomato basil sauces
Enjoy appetizer with Neapolitan products
Taste fettuccine Alfredo and ravioli
Drink limoncello dessert
Receive personalized diploma and recipes

The Experience

The first thing that hit me was the smell — flour dust in the air, a bit of basil on someone’s hands, and this warm tomato scent that sort of wrapped around us as we walked into the kitchen. We were maybe eight or nine people, all strangers at first, but our chef (I think her name was Giulia?) made it feel like we’d just dropped by her family’s house. She had this way of clapping her hands together before showing us how to crack eggs right into the flour mound — I got some on my shirt, but she just grinned and said that meant good luck for the pasta. I believed her.

We started rolling dough for fettuccine, and honestly, mine looked more like shoelaces than noodles at first. The guy next to me — he was from Manchester — tried to help but ended up laughing harder than I did. Giulia told us about her nonna’s ravioli recipe while we pinched little pockets of ricotta and pepper. There was a moment when everyone went quiet except for the sound of knives tapping boards and sauce bubbling on the stove. You could hear street noise outside too, scooters buzzing past and someone singing (badly) from a window above.

I didn’t expect to love the appetizer so much — fresh fior di latte cheese with olive oil and these tiny tomatoes that tasted like sunshine. When we finally sat down together with our plates of pasta (fettuccine Alfredo first, then those ravioli swimming in San Marzano tomato sauce), it felt less like a class and more like a dinner party where nobody cared if your noodles were wonky. Someone poured limoncello shots all around — sharp and sweet at once — and we toasted to “la famiglia.” They handed out little diplomas at the end; mine still has a flour thumbprint on it. I keep thinking about that kitchen light flickering over our table, how easy it was to feel at home there.

What’s included

Your day includes making fresh pasta dough from scratch alongside local chefs in Naples, preparing sauces with seasonal ingredients, tasting an appetizer of fior di latte cheese and bruschetta, enjoying both fettuccine Alfredo and ricotta ravioli for lunch or dinner (with drinks), sampling homemade limoncello, receiving a chef’s hat and apron to use during class, free luggage storage if needed, plus a personalized diploma to take home at the end.

Good to know

Stroller friendlyInfant seats availablePets welcomePublic transport nearby

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