Sorrento: Pasta & Tiramisu Cooking Class with Limoncello

Summary

Hands-on pasta class in Sorrento with garden tour and limoncello

You’ll walk through a Sorrento garden picking fresh ingredients, then learn pasta making from a local chef before sharing lunch with new friends. Taste homemade tiramisu and sip limoncello under lemon trees as stories flow — it’s less about recipes and more about feeling at home in Sorrento’s kitchen.

Step-by-step itinerary

Day 1 — Hands-on cooking and garden tour

• Enjoy welcome drink and bruschetta
• Learn to make Caprese salad
• Prepare homemade ravioli pasta
• Make tiramisù dessert
• Discover limoncello making process
• Tour traditional Sorrento garden
• Harvest fresh vegetables from garden
• Enjoy glass of limoncello or nocillo

Top questions

Is this cooking class suitable for vegetarians?

Yes, vegetarian options are available if you mention it when booking.

What dishes do you make during the class?

You’ll prepare Caprese salad, homemade ravioli, tiramisu, plus taste bruschetta and limoncello.

Does the class include lunch?

Yes, you eat what you cook during the session as your lunch.

Is there a wine or limoncello tasting included?

Yes, both wine and limoncello tastings are part of the experience.

Are children allowed in this cooking class?

Infants can join in prams or on laps; children are welcome but check age suitability when booking.

Where does the class take place?

The class is held at a centrally located meeting point in Sorrento with access to a traditional garden.

Is bottled water provided during the class?

Yes, bottled water is included for all guests.

What’s included

Your day includes a welcome drink (limoncello spritz or Aperol spritz), bruschetta with cherry tomatoes picked from the garden, all ingredients for hands-on cooking of Caprese salad, ravioli alla caprese, tiramisu dessert, plus bottled water throughout. After lunch you’ll enjoy wine and limoncello tasting guided by an English-speaking chef before heading out relaxed — and full!

What’s the experience like?

"You have to smell this lemon," our chef grinned, holding out a sun-warmed fruit straight from the tree. I actually laughed because it was so much sharper than anything back home — almost made my eyes water. We’d only just arrived in Sorrento and already I was standing in a little garden surrounded by olive trees, trying not to look too clueless as the chef explained which basil leaves are best for Caprese salad. The air had that mix of earth and citrus you only get near the coast, and honestly, I didn’t expect to start the day outside. But there we were, picking tomatoes and brushing dirt off our hands before heading inside.

The kitchen was bright and noisy — not in a bad way, more like everyone’s excited but pretending they’re not. Our guide (I think her name was Giulia?) poured us each a limoncello spritz while showing how to layer tomatoes and mozzarella for Caprese salad. My first attempt looked like it’d been through a minor earthquake, but nobody cared. Someone else dropped their ravioli dough on the floor; we all laughed and started over. There’s something about cooking together that makes people relax — or maybe it was the wine? Either way, by the time we got to tiramisu (lots of coffee everywhere), it felt like we’d known each other longer than an hour.

I’d never actually seen how limoncello is made — turns out you have to zest about a million lemons for just one batch. The chef let us try scraping the peels ourselves; my hands smelled like lemon for hours after. We finished lunch with glasses of homemade limoncello (or nocillo if you wanted) in the garden again, sun coming through the leaves. It’s funny — I still think about that moment more than any big sightseeing thing we did in Sorrento. Maybe because it felt so… normal? Like being invited into someone’s home instead of ticking off another attraction.