Top Lazio Food & Drink Classes in 2026

Swap an ordinary cruise‑port lunch for a moment that can become one of the most special parts of your time in Italy. Designed for travelers who want to feel Italy through food, this 11:30 late‑morning experience takes you from Civitavecchia’s cathedral into the town’s everyday market.Hosted by an experienced travel and hospitality professional, this curated market encounter welcomes you into small family stalls, where you taste what locals actually buy and hear the simple stories behind the ingredients.Along the way, you enjoy savory bites and cheeses, discover how aged balsamic from historic Giusti (est. 1605) transforms everyday food, and observe how Italians choose what they love to eat. The experience ends on a sweet note with gelato from a historic 1949 gelateria, plus local wine and limoncello for those who wish.

Incitur will ensure you a culinary experience designed to be fun for all. You will visit the local lively market and together with a local guide you will buy some of the ingredients necessary to cook later. Meet your professional mamma chef and join him to an intimate restaurant whose kitchen and tables will be just reserved for you! Whether you are a beginner or an up-and-coming kitchen expert, your cooking experience will be interesting and unforgettable. With your professional chef, you will practice the traditional method of making authentic fresh pasta by hand, you'll prepare a delicious sauce to dress pasta and, after that, an Italian typical second course as well as a dessert from scratch, using all the fresh ingredients! Then it will be the time to enjoy and taste the food you have prepared accompanied by good local wine. You will end your lunch tasting limoncello liqueur and expresso coffee! Learn to cook Italian recipies and prepare an Italian Menu with Incitur!

Learn to cook Italian classics in the warm environment of a local home during a private cooking class in Civitavecchia. As well as receiving undivided attention from a private guide, you’ll have your own personal workstation to prepare and cook three classic Civitavecchia dishes. Plus, you’ll enjoy the fruits of your labor accompanied by specially-selected wines.

Surrounded by the beauty of Argentario coast, Giglio Island and Giannutri, you'll learn to cook local recipes, dishes that are influenced by the Tuscan and Roman cuisine. At your arrival you'll taste some Etruscan snack together with the wine. Vittoria will tell the history of the Etruscans and their cuisine handed down to us. Being a member of the Slow Food Cooks Alliance, she uses local products from small local businesses offering fresh and organic ingredients, so that at the end of your class you can enjoy excellent and tasty food. She'll guide you through all the steps, tips and tricks for a successful dish, and will show you the best wine pairings. After cooking together, you'll taste and enjoy the fruit of your work which will be paired with a delicious local wine from the nearby vineyards, all in a fun and friendly atmosphere.

Discover Fiuggi’s culinary traditions in a hands-on class using its famous water. Prepare a potato and sausage pie, sagne e fagioli, and Cesanese wine cookies, learning local secrets and tasting your creations

Join a hands-on cooking class in Fiuggi, a charming spa town known for its historic thermal water and traditional villages. This immersive experience lets you prepare handmade pasta and classic tiramisù while gaining insider knowledge of Italian home cooking techniques and local food traditions. Perfect for food lovers, couples, families with children, and travelers seeking an authentic cultural experience, the class offers a warm, welcoming atmosphere where learning and tasting go hand in hand. You’ll enjoy memorable moments around the table, connect with local traditions, and leave with practical skills and recipes to recreate real Italian flavors at home.

Discover real authentic experieces. Discover local wines and meet the producers. This is not a big fancy location but a real family run activity. Be ready for an informal experience. Taste some of the best olive oil you ever had and visit a traditional olive mill

You will discover the true Italian cuisine as it has been handed down, both that of my region and other Italian regions. You will learn how to use the right ingredients, appreciate their absolute quality, and also use special tools. A vegetarian menu is also available on request. I will explain in detail how to prepare the recipes of the menu, and I will deliver a printed version, so with the technique you have acquired you can replicate the dishes of Italian cuisine at home. You'll have fun learning how to prepare dishes and getting your hands dirty, and eventually we'll enjoy everything at the table, where you'll be sitting with me and my family.

What I propose is an experience where you will be accompanied by me in the preparation of the menu dishes and by my husband in the management of aperitifs and as a support in conversations in English and Spanish. In this way you can experience the atmosphere of an authentic Italian family, share prepared food sitting together at the table and discover the stories of my family, the traditions of my city and Italian culture. Much more than just a cooking lesson!

Food lovers won’t want to miss the opportunity to visit a market in the company of a local guide before taking a private cooking class at their home. Immerse yourself in traditional Italian cuisine, see places you likely wouldn’t find independently, and learn to prepare three regional dishes you can then replicate at home during this hands-on excursion. Plus, sample local wines.

Take a break from the bustle of Rome or Naples with a stop in the resort town of Sperlonga, a popular seaside retreat since ancient times. Join your guide for a stroll through the old town to learn about its history; for an extra fee, you can also opt to add on a wine tasting in town or a winery visit and tasting lunch at a cellar in the vineyards just outside the town.

The experience includes a cooking class where I will teach you how to prepare handmade Puglian orecchiette using the same method my grandmothers used: on the wooden board with the classic flour fountain, we will prepare the dough with which to make the symbol of Puglia, which we will then dress with a simple tomato sauce that I will have prepared for you and a sprinkle of Cacioricotta, another delicacy of Puglian cuisine. Next, you will enjoy a complete lunch which will include the famous Bombette di Martina Franca, a kind of meat rolls cooked in the oven, and which will then be concluded with the Pasticciotto leccese, a sweet from the Apulian tradition now famous throughout Italy. The experience also includes a good bottle of red wine for every 2 people, always from the Apulian vineyards, unlimited water, soft drinks for minors, and espresso coffee.

I will accompany you around the Ancient Market of Civitavecchia to introduce you to the local products and traditions of our city. You will discover the true Italian cuisine as it has been handed down to me, both that of my region and other Italian regions. You will learn how to use the right ingredients, appreciate their absolute quality, and also use special tools. A vegetarian menu is also available on request. I will explain in detail how to prepare the recipes of the menu, and I will give you a printed version: with the technique you have acquired, in this way you can replicate the dishes of Italian cuisine at home. You'll have fun learning how to prepare dishes and getting your hands dirty, and eventually we'll enjoy what you've cooked, and you'll be sitting at the table with me and my family.

Learn how to make two fresh pasta varieties from scratch—topped off by an iconic Italian dessert—during this pasta and tiramisu-making class in Civitavecchia. Master time-tested recipes with hands-on instruction from a chef, letting you keep your Italian vacation alive even after you return home. A pre-dinner aperitivo is included, plus a chance to taste the fruits of your labor.

Here, you really cook, with hands in the dough, in a country farmhouse on the hills of Tolfa. It starts from the vegetable garden, when the season allows, and arrives at the table with fresh pasta pulled by hand, traditional Lazio sauces, and a local dessert. The group remains small and in the end they eat together what they have prepared: lunch for the morning shift, snack for the afternoon one.

To get to know Italy you have to savor the flavors. With me you will appreciate the making and tasting of our genuine cuisine. You can have lunch in a beautiful garden (in summer and spring) and then, if you want, you can take a refreshing bath in the lake or visit the beautiful Collegiate Church or the Odescalchi castle in Bracciano. Great and fun experience for children too. Specify in the request the type of activity chosen.

An afternoon among the olive trees of the hills of Tolfa, inside a farmhouse that produces its own oil. Several extra virgin olive oils are tasted, learning to recognize their aromas, bitterness, and spiciness, then the local wines and some typical Tuscia products are sampled. A small group, maximum 12 people, and the direct account of those who work the land every day.

Your experience begins in the heart of Tuscia, in Canino, at the I&P farm, where an olive oil sommelier will guide you in discovering the culture of extra virgin. You will know the main olive varieties, the harvesting techniques, and the factors that determine the quality of a great oil. During the guided tour of the I&P mill, you will discover how olives are transformed into extra virgin olive oil, what measures preserve its characteristics, and why proper storage is fundamental. Next, the comparative tasting: you will taste three I&P extra virgin oils and compare them with a commercial oil, Guide by the sommelier. You will learn to recognize aromas, intensity, qualities, and any flaws, to choose the oil to bring to the table more consciously.

Just a stone's throw from one of the world’s most breathtaking sunsets, experience the tradition of authentic Maremma tortelli. Discover the secrets passed down through generations of family. In addition, prepare crostini with livers and “ugly but good” cookies. Finally, enjoy the fruits of your labor, tasting the delicious dishes together. This unique experience is hosted by Cesarine, Italy’s oldest network of passionate home cooks, who open their doors to travelers for authentic, hands-on cooking experiences. Whether you’re a beginner or an experienced foodie, this class will leave you with the skills to recreate real Italian ravioli at home.

You will put your hands in dough to prepare the real puff pastry with the method that my mother and grandmother taught me, totally by hand. And then we'll get the tagliolini to dress with the mussels that I've prepared for you. You will find that making Tiramisu is easier than you think. In all this you will be followed by me who will explain my secrets and at the end we will sit at the table with my family to enjoy everything we have prepared together and the other dishes that I have cooked for you, in a family environment with attention to detail. In summer we can enjoy the private garden or if you prefer we can stay inside, away from heat and cold with the help of air conditioning.