Pasta and Pizza Master Class in Sorrento with Pickup

You make the pasta, sauce and pizza yourself—then sit down to lunch with what came out of your hands.

A cooking class at Villa del Barone in Sorrento where you learn to prepare Neapolitan pizza in a wood-fired oven, fresh tagliatelle with Bolognese sauce, gnocchi alla Sorrentina, tiramisu and limoncello. The morning and afternoon class includes shuttle pickup from Sorrento station, all ingredients, a chef's apron and recipe book, and a full lunch of the dishes you made.

The Experience

The shuttle picks you up at Sorrento station at 11 am and takes you to Villa del Barone, a baronial house set on the Amalfi Coast with its own vegetable garden and lemon grove. Once there, you move straight into the kitchen. A chef walks you through making Neapolitan pizza dough and firing it in the wood-fired oven, rolling fresh tagliatelle by hand, building Bolognese sauce from scratch, shaping gnocchi alla Sorrentina, layering tiramisu and even making limoncello from the villa's own lemons. You're not watching a demonstration—you're doing each step, with the chef's guidance and the real ingredients the villa grows or sources.

At 1:30 pm, you sit down to a complete lunch. Everything on the table is something you made that morning: the pizza you fired, the pasta you rolled, the sauce you stirred, the gnocchi you shaped. The villa provides wine and soft drinks. By 3:30 pm, the shuttle takes you back to Sorrento station. You leave with a recipe book so you can remake these dishes at home, and the muscle memory of how Neapolitan cooking actually works.

What’s included

• Shuttle pickup and return from Sorrento station.
• cooking lesson for all five dishes.
• chef's apron and bandana.
• recipe book.
• complete lunch with wine and soft drinks.
• all ingredients.

Good to know

Wheelchair accessibleAccessible transportStroller friendlyPublic transport nearbyInfants must sit on laps

Operated by Chez Barone Cooking School

Is this one for you?Book this class if you want to cook alongside others in a small group and actually eat together afterward—the lunch is made entirely from what you prepared, so the morning's work becomes the meal. It works well for food-focused travelers and families with children 10 and up who want a hands-on morning that doesn't require arranging their own transport.

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Top questions

What exactly do I make during the cooking class?

You prepare Neapolitan pizza in the wood-fired oven, fresh tagliatelle pasta with Bolognese sauce, gnocchi alla Sorrentina, tiramisu and limoncello. Each dish is made from start to finish under the chef's instruction, using ingredients from the villa's garden and lemon grove.

Is transportation from Sorrento included?

Yes. A shuttle bus picks you up at Sorrento station at 11 am and returns you there at 3:30 pm after lunch.

Can children join the cooking class?

Children are welcome from age 10. They participate in the cooking lesson and eat lunch with the group.

What do I get to take home?

You receive a chef's apron, chef's bandana and a recipe book with instructions for all the dishes you made during the class.

How long does the whole experience take?

The class runs from 11 am to 3:30 pm, covering the cooking lesson, lunch and the shuttle rides to and from Sorrento station.