Pizza & Tiramisu Class in Lucca: Cook in a Local Home

Become a pizzaiolo and tiramisu maker in someone's family kitchen

A hands-on cooking class in Lucca where you learn to make pizza and tiramisu from a local home cook in their own kitchen, then share the meal you've prepared with wine. The class runs three hours and welcomes families with children. You choose lunch or dinner timing at checkout.

The experience

You walk into a local home in Lucca and spend the afternoon learning how Italian families actually make pizza and tiramisu, not in a restaurant kitchen, but the way a mamma or nonna would teach it. Your host is a Cesarina, part of Italy's oldest network of home cooks, and they teach you their family recipes hands-on. You'll shape the dough, work with the ingredients, and build the tiramisu layer by layer. The class runs three hours and stays small enough that you get real attention and can ask questions as you go.

When you finish cooking, you sit down to eat what you've made (pizza and tiramisu), with a selection of local wine, water and coffee included. The meal is the point: you taste the results of your work and get to talk with your host about how they cook at home, what they buy at the market, how their family gathers around food. This is not a performance or a demo. You're making the actual lunch or dinner you'll eat, and the timing (lunch or dinner) is your choice when you book.

The experience works for families with children of all ages. Afterward, you'll have the techniques and the confidence to throw a pizza party at home and actually pull it off.

What’s included

• Hands-on instruction in pizza and tiramisu making.
• the meal you've prepared.
• local wine, water and coffee.
• a live guide in English or Italian.

Options for this experience

2 options

Lunch with a pizza and tiramisu courseGuide in English or Italian · 10:00Private class in making pizza and tiramisu

Dinner featuring pizza and tiramisùGuide 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 dayDepartures 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 · max 8 per booking

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?The small group size and home setting mean you get real attention from your host and learn the way families actually cook, not the way restaurants do. If you want to walk away with techniques you can actually use at home, this beats a larger class in a commercial kitchen.

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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 this class?

Pizza and tiramisu from scratch. You work through both recipes hands-on with your host, learning the techniques they use at home rather than restaurant shortcuts.

Do I choose what time the class happens?

You choose between a lunch or dinner sitting when you book. Both run for three hours and include the meal you've cooked plus wine and other beverages.

What's included in the meal after we finish cooking?

The pizza and tiramisu you've made, plus a selection of local wine, water and coffee.

How many people are in the class?

It's a small group class held in the home cook's kitchen, so the group stays intimate enough for real instruction and conversation.