Cooking Class in Sorrento Garden: Pick & Cook Seasonal Dishes

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Free cancellation

1/28

Duration3h

GroupUp to 12

LanguagesEN · IT

PickupAt your hotel

You pick the vegetables before you cook them.

A cooking class in a Sorrento garden where you harvest seasonal produce, then prepare and eat two courses of Campanian cuisine with a live English or Italian-speaking guide. The class runs 3 hours, includes a welcome cocktail with limoncello spritz, and welcomes children from age 4; pickup is included.

The Experience

The morning starts in the garden itself. You'll walk among the olive trees and pick whatever vegetables are in season—tomatoes, aubergines, zucchini, whatever the Sorrento coast has ready that day. This is not a tour of someone else's garden; you're the one choosing what goes into the afternoon's cooking. Once you've gathered enough, you move to the kitchen for the practical lesson, where the guide walks you through the recipes that have shaped Campanian food for generations.

The menu shifts with the season, but the core dishes stay rooted in local tradition. You'll make gnocchi alla sorrentina—the pillowy potato dumplings with tomato and mozzarella that define the region—and eggplant parmesan, learning the technique and the reasoning behind each step. The guide teaches in English or Italian, depending on the group. A caprese salad and tiramisu round out what you'll prepare, and by the time the cooking is done, you sit down to eat it all in the garden itself, with the Mediterranean air and the smell of lemon trees around you.

The class opens with a welcome cocktail—limoncello spritz and bruschette—so there's no hunger while you're working. Everything you cook, you taste; a final pour of limoncello closes the afternoon. Children from age 4 can join, and the garden is wheelchair accessible throughout, with all surfaces and areas adapted for mobility needs.

What’s included

Welcome cocktail with limoncello spritz and bruschette.
vegetable picking in the garden.
practical cooking lesson in a traditional kitchen.
first course such as gnocchi alla sorrentina or caprese ravioli.
second course such as eggplant parmesan.
sweet course such as tiramisu.
final limoncello.
live guide in English or Italian.
pickup included.

Good to know

Wheelchair accessibleStroller friendlyInfant seats availablePets welcomePublic transport nearby

Operated by O' Masto Sorrento

Is this one for you?Book this class if you're traveling as a couple, a family with children from age 4, or a small group of friends—the garden and kitchen work best for people who want to cook together rather than watch a demonstration, and the pickup means you don't need to arrange your own transport to the Sorrento coast.