Authentic Cooking Class in Rome with Lunch or Dinner

Rome, Italy

3 to 4 hours (approx.)
Mobile ticket
Offered in: English

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Overview

Cooking classes are an ideal way to learn about Italian culture, but some just keep you inside a kitchen where you’re unable to experience the attractions. This combo experience starts with a guided walking tour of landmarks including the Pantheon and Trevi Fountain. Next, head to a local kitchen where you learn to whip up an authentic 3-course meal under the guidance of a professional chef.

Prepare classic Italian recipes that you can recreate later at home
Enjoy eating your creations after the cooking lesson
Choose from a morning or afternoon tour with lunch or dinner
Receive personalized instruction during a small-group cooking class

What's Included

Pickup and drop-off from a centrally located meeting point.
Local guide
Lunch or Dinner
All taxes, and fees are included in the tour

Gratuities

Meeting and Pickup

Meeting point

Piazza di Spagna, 18, 00187 Roma RM, Italy
Tours departs from the third palm tree in Piazza di Spagna. This palm tree is a few steps away from the steps/ stairs. You will see the row of palm trees are in front of you, in the right hand side. It is also right in front of the metro gate Spagna at ground level.

End point

This activity ends back at the meeting point.

What To Expect

Additional Info

Confirmation will be received at time of booking
Minimum of 4 per booking .
Wheelchair accessible
Workshop is usually held in a restaurant for an authentic experience with a licensed and experienced chef; however, if there are a few participants or under request, the class will be held at the chef´s house.
Pushchair accessible

This is a hands on pasta making class only, the sauces will be shown to you how they are made in front of you by the chef
The desert will be explained in theory , however, if you would like how to make the desert from scratch, please send us a note, and we will add you to a different class of ours ( surcharge applies)
Near public transportation
There are 2 parts to this tour: the walking part with a guide and the cooking class with the chef. If you participate only in one part but not both, there will be a partial refund provided it is a mutual agreement. If you participate only in the cooking class, the refund is 21 usd or 20 Euros per adult. If you participate only in the walking tour, but not the cooking class, the refund is 40 Euros or 42 USD.
This tour/activity will have a maximum of 12 travellers

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Cancellation Policy

This experience is non-refundable and cannot be changed for any reason. If you cancel or ask for an amendment, the amount you paid will not be refunded.

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Featured review

Kirstin_W

We spent our 12 hour layover wandering around Rome and I would highly recommend this tour. Exceeded expectations by a lot. Our tour only had two couples in it so it was practically a private tour. The guide took us to many popular sites in Rome and was very knowledgeable. The pasta making portion was a highlight of our trip. The pasta was AMAZING and it was a lot of fun being able to make the bruscetta and pasta from scratch, as well as eat homemade tiramisu. We also ended up getting one glass of wine on the house. Such a great tour for the price and well worth it.

Reviews

4.0

based on 80 reviews

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ROXANN_N, Oct 2024

You canceled my tour. I got notified that you had to cancel so I cannot rate the tour. We were very disappointed that the tour got canceled

No show guide

Joanne_W, Sept 2024

Our tour guide never showed up. We waited 45 minutes, had to contact Viator, who tried to contact the tour guide with no success. One hour and 45 minutes later the tour guide finally responded to my three texts, saying we were in the wrong meeting spot, which was a big fat lie. So I’m waiting for Viatir to refund us.

Response from Host, Oct 2024

Customers showed up at the wrong place ( proof been provided ) . For courtesy reason, already proceeded the refund

Dumped in the Piazza Spagna

Marion_C, Oct 2023

We showed up at the meeting indicated early and waited for 50 minutes for the guide, who never showed up. Contacted a Viator rep for a refund. We adjusted our schedule around this event and were very disappointed.

Overall good experience

Vivien_L, Jul 2023

The only reason I gave 4 stars is because the information wasn’t clear on the website. You don’t get to prepare a 3 course meal with a chef but the pasta making with Christian was fabulous although a 7 km taxi drive.We caught the metro back. The information states the tour ends at the same place it starts. You could insist on a taxi back but may risk paying yourself. Our tour before lunch in Rome was excellent with Simone. All up a great experience. Tour details are ambiguous.

Poor customer service

Elizabeth_P, Jun 2023

Notified only one hour before tour that it was cancelled but we were in route and did not receive email that they sent Had to call after waiting 1/2 hour at meeting spot. We had geared our whole day around this class so in essence we lost a whole day in Rome Not happy. Booked with another company for another cooking class Trip advisor

This tour and class was...

Denise_S, Jun 2023

This tour and class was modified. They said they tried to notify us but we did not receive notification. We showed up at 3:00 time ready for experience and had to call because no one was there. Totally disappointed as we scheduled our day around this tour. Spoke with company and we were told we would get a total refund. Would not recommend this tour because of the our experience was handled.

Best pasta ever

James_K, Jun 2023

We made pasta then Christian cooked it at his restaurant with sauce of our choice. Best pasta of the trip!!!!

Could be a scam

Imran_N, Aug 2022

Terrible scam - booked with an error and never could change anything. Operator never returned contact requests nor did they follow up with Viator.

Not a great del of history

stephannie_w, Aug 2022

The tour guide did not have a lot of historic knowledge. The cooling class was good and the foos as well

Cooking class was amazing!

Josephine_H, Jul 2022

Highly recommend this tour and cooking class. Sara was our tour guide and showed us great hospitality while also providing us recommendations of places to go Rome. We had a wonderful time at the cooking class, the restaurant was amazing and the owner Christian was a treat. Both sara and Christian helped accommodate us with our needs for transportation. Just know that this is a walking tour and may not be for disabled or elderly who have trouble walking far or on uneven turf.

Enjoyable tour and class, but not without room for improvement

Eric_H, Jul 2022

Overall the class and tour were enjoyable. There was a last minute change to the cooking class location which led to needing to get to metro transfers and a long walk to get to the cooking class site after the walking tour which was not enjoyable. Wasn't anything our tour guide could have avoided necessarily, but the company could have done more to make it easier on the guests or make it up to them at the dinner somehow.

Great experience!

Eve_A, Jul 2022

It was a very relaxing and fun way to start a trip to Rome. The cooking class was fun for beginners and a family experience. Would definitely recommend it.

Good experience

Steve_C, Jun 2022

The walking tour part was too long. With the guide, we took 2 trains and walked up a steep hill to get to the restaurant to make pasta. (They said they normally do the class at a restaurant in central Rome, but supposedly the chef had covid). Once we got to the restaurant, we had fun and enjoyed making the pasta and eating. The guide and chef were kind, and the overall experience was good.

Response from Host, Jun 2022

Hello Steve. I am so glad to hear that you enjoyed the tour. However, I am very sorry that you thought the walking part was too long. We usually wanted to make sure everything is covered in the walking tour as far as the main highlights of history goes because there are both the history part of this tour, and there is also the cooking class.

Cancelled without refund

Dana_C, Jun 2022

Cancelled on us last minute and have not been refunded yet… have messaged several times. We were so looking forward to it!!

Response from Host, Jun 2022

Hello Dana. I'm sorry you didn't get our message earlier, but we didn't send it last minute like you said, and we offered an Alternative time but you didn't take it. It s been ONE DAY as the refund takes a few business days to process. You have already received an email from us confirming the REFUND so what you said here is totally not true . It is Your Bank that can take sometimes to post the credit so please rest assure that your refund will be there instead of making false statement AFTER ONE DAY that there is no refund since we already confirmed the refund. Thank you

Our guide was very nice,...

Bonnie_T, Jun 2022

Our guide was very nice, but we did not learn a lot. As mentioned in previous reviews, the cooking class is very basic. The bruschetta was already done. All we did is learn to run garlic on the bread. The cook made the pasta sauce. In addition, we were charged 15 additional Euros per person on the spot because other people (who we did not know) canceled the night before making it a private tour. However, we were not refunded for my husband’s fee who could not attend due to his flight being delayed.

Come hungry, leave happy

Ashley_J, May 2022

Great guide for the Spanish area and great pasta making experience! We made pasta by hand, made bruschetta and they topped it off by giving us tiramisu.

Lots of fun, highly recommended

Victoria_K, Apr 2022

This was a wonderful tour. Our guide was informative, friendly and spoke perfect English. We were a small group of four which was also nice. Saw some of the best sites and made a delicious three course dinner. I would definitely, highly recommend this tour.

Great guide

Albert_M, Oct 2021

Great guide! Sara was extremely kind and took extremely good care of us. Wonderful person. I would certainly recommend this tour.

Nice walk but the class could be better

Daric_M, Oct 2021

Our guide Sarah was very knowledgeable about historical facts and art history. She was pleasant and we enjoyed conversing with her. We were a little disappointed with the cooking class. While we did have a chance to make fettuccine, we did not prepare the bruschetta (only ladled the tomatoes onto the toast) and did not make a dessert.

Expensive, but worth every penny

Eric_S, Aug 2021

This tour was expensive as my wife and I were the only 2 on it, and the price went up. This was okay with us. We had a little trouble finding our tour guide, but we did. Our guide, Sara, was fantastic. Making pasta was fun. Please have fun with the guides, but be careful asking for ketchup may be bad for you. The tour guide as great got to see some things that are not part of common knowledge. Learned about the artists who made some of the fountains. Worth the extra cost.

Didn't show or contact

Eric_S, May 2021

Didn't show up or attempt to contact by phone or email, even after i attempted to contact them. Dont do this tour.

Response from Host, Jul 2021

Hello Eric , I'm sorry you have a bad experience. We tried to always contact the customers in case there s changes to the tour and depending on how their email is set up, our mail can go into the promotion or spam . Could you please give us your booking reference so we could look into this for you? Thank you

Book this tour at your own peril

Amy_K, Jan 2020

e sat in the meeting area for 1 hour waiting for the guide. I called the number on the booking and it went to an answering machine. I also sent a text message and the did not answer for over an hour. Was told guide was there at the meeting spot on time. If he was at the meeting place as they claim he made no attempt whatsover to find us. Also if he was there no sign indicating the tour as said on ticket. I believe this tour is a scam, do not book it. They are refusing to refund my money.

Response from Host, Jan 2020

Thank you for your feedback. You know what you are saying here is not true because you were at the wrong Location or late or both. There were 6 others on the tour , and they all showed up on time. When we offered you to catch up, you refused because you missed already over half of the tour and only wanted the refund which wasn't our fault that you were late or at the wrong Location then Didn't want to catch up. Others on the tour was proof for that because otherwise if it was a scam or fraud, you would have gotten a refund from your bank. You also didn't call us till about 45 mins after the tour start to ask where the tour was ? If you were on time, it would have made sense to call before departure time, not 45 mins after the tour departed. I'm very sorry we missed you, but your review does not reflect what had happened.

Best first day in Rome

Brian_V, Dec 2019

We arrived in Rome from Canada, around 10 am and our tour started around 3 pm. After checking into our hotel; we met our wonderful tour guide Sarah. She did her best to keep these two weary travellers going with all the beautiful sights in Rome Sarah obviously has a passion for the city and filled us in with the history and attractions. We finished the tour at a wonderful restaurant where we got to make from scratch, fettuccine, bruschetta and the restaurant provided tiramisu. After dinner she helped us find a couple of shops, and gave us good directions back to our hotel, Thank you Sarah

Change of route...

Carl J, Oct 2019

The route was changed meaning we ate before the tour which wasn't ideal as we had not long had lunch

Good

Mariateresa_R, Sept 2019

Our guide, charlie was very knowledgeable about the spots we saw. She was also very sweet and funny. However, when we got to the restaurant, they were clearly not waiting for us,, so it passed some time while they fixed up something at the restaurant and we we able to start. The class was also nice

Not up to the tour description

Miki_U, Sept 2019

I would not recommend this tour because this was poorly organized and the contents were not up to the tour description. One of the worst parts was that it was once cancelled after 9PM previous day of the tour. They asked me to reschedule it last minute. Then when I agreed with the new timing suggested by them, the guide was late like 20 minutes. As tourists, we are paying money for every minute in Rome, but the guide or the company did not seem to be aware of this. Walking tour was fun and educative, and the guide was nice. However, the cooking class was again not very good. We had to wait for like one hour in total because the restaurant was busy and the cook who would teach us was busy, too. We made pasta (very quickly) but sauce was prepared by the cook. The guide promised us to send the recipes, but they never arrived. What we leaned was "how to mix egg and flour and cut the dough to make pasta" and "how to put chopped tomato on toast to make bruschetta"....well, I don't know about what tourists are like in Italy, but in my case, I kind of know these things. Putting tomato was not cooking, either. All in all "authentic Italian cooking class" was an overstatement. We ate Tiramisu, but we did not make it either. Finally, the tour description said we will end somewhere near the Colloseo, but the guide left us just in front of the restaurant, which was like 30 minutes walk from the Colloseo. I would not mind saying good-bye there. Not at all. But if this was as planned, the tour description should be more accurate. All in all, it was far from what we had expected from the tour description. I have joined cooking classes in various countries, but this was the worst. Way too expensive considering what we get (and the time we lost). This was my first visit to Italy, and this tour even deteriorated my impressions about Italy and Rome. Everything is very expensive, and the quality is not up to the cost.

Best of Both Worlds

Michelle_M, Jul 2019

We were looking to cram a lot of Rome into a 3 day trip and this was perfect for our first day. The walking tour got us a little more acquainted with the area with some excellent knowledge about the history. Plus, it ends in a pasta class which was a must do for us. Our tour guide, Cecelia, was super knowledgeable, relatable, and just fun to walk around with. Our pasta chef was definitely authentic. He only spoke Italian so our tour guide translated for us while snapping pics of us with our camera. Don't skip this tour. It was well worth the money!

Amazing Experience

Kirstin_W, Jun 2019

Great introduction to Rome

Laura_H, Jun 2019

We spent an afternoon with a very kind and attentive guide. He was well informed and patient with our much needed picture opportunities on the walking tour. We were surprised to actually cook with a chef in his own restaurant for the cooking class. The food was delicious and we enjoyed chatting with our guide over lunch. We felt so acclimated to Rome by the end of our tour that the next day walking around the markets on our own seemed easy. I would recommend this tour to any adventurer looking for a good meal and an opportunity to learn about Rome from a local resident.

Great introduction to Rome

Laura_H, May 2019

We were so happy to have discovered this tour. It was a great way to get acclimated to Rome in preparation for our upcoming adventures over the next few days. Our guide was informative, patient with our questions and helpful with picture taking opportunities. The cooking class took place in the kitchen of an operating restaurant and at first I was worried that we were a bit obtrusive on their work,. Very quickly however, I realized that the chef couldn't be slowed down or held up by a few assisted pasta orders. We enjoyed our meal and conversation about music with our guide. I would suggest this tour to anyone looking to pair some delicious food with their walking tour.