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Sorrento: Pasta Cooking Class & Traditional Dinner with Pickup

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Duration4h

GroupUp to 18

LanguagesEN

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Hands-on Sorrento cooking class with villa dinner and limoncello

You’ll get picked up for an afternoon in a real Sorrento villa where you’ll knead fresh pasta dough, fry your own pizza Montanara, and share a family-style dinner as the sun sets over lemon groves. Expect laughter in the kitchen, recipes to take home, and that unmistakable taste of homemade limoncello lingering long after you leave.

Step-by-step itinerary

Pickup from accommodation
Arrive at Villa del Barone
Walk in the vegetable garden
Learn history of the Baronial house
Participate in cooking class
Prepare Sorrento and Neapolitan dishes
Enjoy dinner with drinks included
Receive chef apron and certificate
Drop off at accommodation

The Experience

I’ll be honest — I signed up for this Sorrento pasta cooking class mostly because I was curious about what “fried pizza” even meant. We got picked up right from our hotel (thank god, because the roads around here twist like spaghetti) and driven up to this old villa that looked straight out of someone’s childhood stories. The air smelled like lemons before we even got through the gate. Our chef, who introduced himself as Barone but told us to just call him Antonio, handed out aprons with his name stitched on — mine was a bit crooked, which made me like it more.

The kitchen was already humming when we walked in. There were fresh herbs everywhere — basil under my nose, something citrusy I couldn’t place. Antonio showed us how to make ravioli Capresi from scratch; my dough looked more like a map of Italy than anything edible at first. He laughed and fixed it with a quick flick of his wrist. We all tried saying “Montanara” (the fried pizza) but I think only one person got close — Antonio grinned and said we had spirit, if not pronunciation. The best part? Eating everything together at this long wooden table while the sun started sliding down behind the lemon trees outside.

I still think about that first bite of tiramisu laced with homemade limoncello — honestly, I didn’t expect dessert to hit me harder than the pasta. Someone’s kid ran through the garden chasing a cat while we sipped more limoncello (Antonio kept pouring). By then nobody cared if their certificate had flour fingerprints on it or not. The whole night felt kind of messy in the best way — full of laughter, little mistakes, and food that tasted like someone actually cared about it.

What’s included

Your day includes pickup and drop-off by air-conditioned vehicle, a hands-on cooking class inside Villa del Barone where you’ll prepare fried pizza Montanara and ravioli Capresi alongside other classic Sorrento dishes.
Dinner comes with drinks included plus homemade tiramisu and limoncello.
You’ll also get an embroidered chef’s apron to use during class (and probably stain), a certificate of attendance — flour smudges optional — and a recipe book so you can try recreating everything back home.

Good to know

Wheelchair accessibleAccessible transportStroller friendlyPublic transport nearby

Operated by Chez Barone Cooking School