Top Syracuse Classes & Workshops

Though known for its ancient landmarks and history, Syracuse also boasts a rich culinary culture that shouldn’t be overlooked. Combine a market tour with a cooking class for comprehensive insight into Sicilian cuisine and benefit from the full attention of your local host throughout. Browse fresh produce in a bustling market, get hands-on experience preparing three regional specialties, and enjoy an intimate dining experience with your private party and host.

You will find yourself immersed in the culture and colors of Sicily, if you are interested I will take you to a unique and special greengrocer to choose with you the products that we will then use to cook our menu. I will explain the various uses of each ingredient to create more dishes and the different seasonal variations. If you prefer to find the ingredients on site, you just have to choose a menu to cook and I will take care of everything. I will welcome you into my home for a unique experience during which you will savor the aromas and flavors of authentic Sicily If you would like to learn how to cook a particular dish, I am ready to accommodate your requests. Mine is a typically Sicilian and generally Italian cuisine, with local and top quality products, the result of your experience will be in the dish that you have cooked yourself. The best souvenir that you will take with you home to amaze your friends with new flavors!

Rather than looking up recipes online, enjoy a more authentic and practical way of learning how to make Italian dishes—a hands-on cooking class in Syracuse. To help expand your knowledge of local ingredients, the experience begins with a market tour to pick up seasonal produce. Then, go to a local’s home for an aperitivo and a chance to make both pasta and tiramisu.

You can't visit Italy without trying at least one pasta dish... So, we'll teach you two! Learn how to roll 'sfoglia' (fresh pasta) by hand and how to prepare 2 simple different kinds of pasta from scratch with your local host. As the icing on the cake, you will learn to prepare also the iconic Tiramisu. Share your passion for the Italian cuisine as you make new friends in this hands-on cooking class. It's a great way to truly experience Italian culture. This experience is held by Cesarine, the oldest Italy’s network of home cooks available in more than 500 cities all over the country. Cesarine stands for "home cook", they are passionate and welcoming local hosts that open the doors of their own homes to curious travellers for immersive culinary experiences. The Cesarine serve only local specialties from their family cookbooks to tell the great story of their traditional regional cuisine.

Experience Sicily’s cuisine and hospitality first-hand with this home pizza and tiramisù class in Syracuse. Meet your host and get right to work kneading and forming pizza dough then finishing it off with classic toppings before assembling a creamy tiramisù. Cap off your lesson by sampling the fruit of your labors over a celebratory meal with your host.

Immerse yourself in a private pasta and tiramisu-making class in a welcoming home, learn the secrets of the region's most famous pasta dishes and tiramisu and taste the fruit of your labour for lunch or dinner accompanied by local wines. During this private lesson, you will learn how to prepare 2 pasta recipes and the tiramisu dessert from scratch. Your Cesarina will reveal the tricks of the trade of these iconic recipes. Have fun putting your cooking skills to the test and amaze your friends and family once home with an Italian meal! This experience is suitable for families with children of all ages. Le Cesarine is Italy’s oldest network of home cooks all over the country in more than 120 cities. They are passionate and welcoming hosts that open the doors of their own homes to curious travellers for immersive culinary experiences.

Our experience promotes the dissemination and enhancement of Handicrafts. The Sicilian Bag called La Coffa Siciliana is the protagonist of our Tour where tradition and innovation come together to make you the most famous fashion accessory in Sicily. The tour is based on the knowledge of what's behind a finished product, emotions, sustainability, discovering Sicilian tradition and culture, unleashing everyone's creativity and flair, uniqueness, Made in Italy and much more ... in one sentence? "Become the/the Protagonist of your Handcrafted Creation." We are waiting for you to find out more!