Top Palermo Cooking Classes

Wanna be Sicilian: Palermo Cooking Class and Market Tour

5 hoursFree Cancellation

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from $79

When you’re in Palermo, dodge the tourist trap eateries that you can find anywhere, and make your own pizza and gelato instead. With a local "pizzaiolo" as your host, you’ll learn to make a kneadable dough that stretches wafer-thin, and create the toppings for favorite pizzas such as the margherita, marinara, and capricciosa. After, you’ll turn your attention to chocolate, finishing with your own handmade gelato.

Palermo's Delight: Unleash the Secrets of Pizza and Gelato Making

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from $62

Get more out of your time in Palermo by taking part in this small-group cooking class. Rather than a commercial kitchen setting, this intimate experience takes place at a local’s home. Enjoy the rare opportunity to use freshly picked ingredients from the garden, as you make a delicious pasta dish and traditional Sicilian cannoli—with lots of family traditions and recipes shared throughout.

Cooking class in a villa with Palermo view

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from $136

Get hands-on instruction in preparing two kinds of Italian pasta and a tasty tiramisu during this half-day culinary workshop. Learn homemade, generations-old recipes in an intimate group setting, capped at only 12 participants. Small-group pasta-making workshops take place in the home of a local Palermo chef and include a welcome prosecco with snacks, plus a sampling of your culinary creations.

Cook Like a Sicilian in Palermo: Pasta & Tiramisu Class

This experience does not take place in a tourist kitchen, but in my private home in Palermo. It is not a show: it is real cuisine, with authentic recipes of Sicilian cuisine, local ingredients and the atmosphere of a royal family. For thirty years I worked in haute cuisine in different parts of the world, passing through the most prestigious starred restaurants. I was the Chef of National TV Shows (Rai 1) and author of two cookbooks. I chose to go back to the roots and open the doors of my home to those who want to experience Sicily, not just taste it. Every dish tells a story, every gesture has a value: here you cook, eat, talk, laugh. It is an experience that also nourishes memory. You will not find scripts or fiction, but spontaneity and warmth, just like at the home of a Sicilian friend. I'll teach you what you don't find in books: perfumes, slow tempos, dialect words, hands stained with dough. For a few hours, you will really immerse yourself in Sicilian culture.

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from $93

Palermo Sicilian Cooking Class with a Well-known Italian Chef

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from $117

Sicily is home to a unique cuisine, different from mainland Italy and often hard to access without the knowledge of a local. With this Sicilian cooking class, enjoy an exclusive glimpse into Palermo’s culinary traditions by exploring one of the city’s oldest markets with a local and then preparing classic dishes at a family-run cooking school. Make four courses and sample what you’ve created during a celebratory meal.

4 hours 30 minutesFree Cancellation

Sicilian Cooking Class

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from $116

In a familiar and comfortable environment I will guide you step by step to the creation of an entire 3-course Sicilian menu from starter to dessert. You will be greeted by a welcome drink and immediately afterwards you will tie on your apron to start cooking! We will begin by preparing a starter that varies with the season. Then I will reveal the tricks for making the best fresh pasta at home, starting with the dough made of water and flour, which will be topped with a great seasonal sauce that I will teach you how to prepare. We will also make together a traditional dessert according to the season such as water melon jelly or a cassatella with ricotta cheese. At the end of the preparation we will taste the dishes together with some excellent local wine.

Cooking class in Palermo city center

3 hours 30 minutesFree Cancellation

If you want to discover, taste and learn how to make typical recipes of Sicilian and Italian cuisine, then this is the right experience for you! I will make you discover and love making fresh pasta. We will make one filled pasta recipe and two simple ones together! You will learn to cook these typical pasta dishes from my land!! We will cook together and they will taste the prepared pasta, seasoned with a typical Sicilian sauce. After preparing and cooking we will sit in the garden to enjoy our dishes.

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from $129

Authentic Sicilian Cooking Class in Palermo

Fresh pasta and tiramisù class in Palermo

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from $102

2 hours 30 minutesFree Cancellation

Cooking Class in Palermo - fresh pasta and tiramisù

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from $101

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from $117

Connect with a passionate home cook in Palermo and experience the city’s culinary culture first-hand with this private pasta class and meal in a local's home. Hone your kitchen skills by preparing three different types of fresh pasta and sauces with the help of hands-on instruction from your host. Then relax over a family-style lunch or dinner featuring the dishes you’ve prepared together paired with local wines.

Share Your Pasta Love in Local's Home in Palermo

1 hour 30 minutesFree Cancellation

Private Palermo Pasta & Tiramisu Experience by Cesarine

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from $93

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from $105

Snack your way through the streets of Palermo on this Sicilian food tour. Explore backstreet markets and food stalls specializing in local delicacies such as stuffed rice balls and chickpea fritters as your guide fills you in on local history and culture. Find eateries you’d probably miss going alone. Plus, this small-group tour has a limited number of participants for a more personalized experience.

Palermo Original Street Food Walking Tour by Streaty

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from $88

Indulge all your senses on a walking tour of Palermo's rich street food traditions. Join a knowledgeable guide for a walk through the historic part of the city and its vibrant outdoor markets. Start at one of Palermo's puppet theaters and visit a street market, a street food shop, and landmarks in the historic center. Watch the lively scenes around you, observing what seems like another time.

Palermo Walking Tour and Street Food

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from $53

Discover the unique flavors and influences of Sicilian cuisine with a 5-hour, hands-on cooking class in Palermo. After shopping for fresh, seasonal ingredients at a local farmers’ market, head to a well-equipped home kitchen in an 18th-century building. Under the guidance of a chef instructor, learn to prepare an authentic 4-course meal of classic Sicilian dishes including dessert. Sit down to savor your freshly made creations paired with local wine.

Sicilian Cooking Class in Palermo

4 hours 30 minutesFree Cancellation

Palermo: Cooking experience with a local chef (2 people minimum)

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from $201

2 hours 30 minutesFree Cancellation

Launch Offer! €65pp for groups of 5! Travelling Solo/couple? No problema. Message us to join others for the same rate! Higher rates for smaller groups. Pick-up from Palermo city center included! Five Guests, One Nonna, One Unforgettable Table. We believe the best flavors come from the best company. We intentionally keep your classes tiny—just 5 guests—to ensure you aren't just a face in a crowd. The uniqueness lies in the "Dopopranzo" (the time after the meal). We don't just cook and leave; we sit, we share local wine, we tell stories of old Palermo as a family. The experience begins with a warm welcome, as Nonna shares the heritage of the menu. Then, the dance begins. With step-by-step guidance, you will cook side-by-side with Nonna, learning the family secrets of cuisine. The host stays by her side throughout, ensuring every technique and story is shared. The finale: we sit together to enjoy the authentic meal you prepared with the nonna. Buon appetito e salute!

from $130

Cook with a Sicilian Nonna: private Terrace near Palermo sea.

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from $142

An immersive cooking class that explores the origins and secrets of arancine, a symbol of Sicilian tradition. Under Ileana’s expert guidance, guests will prepare the classic butter filling while learning from her how to make a rich meat ragù. The session includes preparing the risotto—essential for perfect arancine—as well as shaping and stuffing the golden rice balls, which will then be cooked using traditional techniques. At the end, guests will enjoy freshly fried arancine, paired with an excellent Sicilian wine, and will receive a digital recipe to take home and relive the flavors of Sicily.

Traditional Sicilian Arancine Cooking Class with local Chef

Nowhere in Italy is the cuisine more distinctive than Sicily, but you need the help of a local to discover the island’s unique culinary traditions. With this cooking and limoncello-making class in Palermo, enjoy the insights of a local chef while you visit the historic Capo market to select ingredients and then enjoy a cooking class in a home nearby. Prepare and sample three classic dishes and limoncello made with your host’s own lemons.

from $89

Market Tour, Traditional Cooking and Limoncello class

4 hoursFree Cancellation

Private Agrigento & Scale of the Turks Tour, from Palermo area

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from $195

8 hoursFree Cancellation

4.7

(25)

from $361

Monreale And Cefalù Half Day Excursion

6 hours

3.6

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from $77

Agrigento and Valley of the Temples Day Trip from Palermo

9 hours

3.9

(150)

from $80

We will welcome you to the beating heart of the company, where you will begin a fascinating journey to discover the vineyards and a unique, fully sustainable and vertically developed winery. A journey that, step by step, will reveal the secrets of wine production processes, between tradition and innovation. The tasting includes 4 iconic wines, authentic expression of the founding values of the company, created by Count Paolo Marzotto in 1997. These wines represent the wine excellence of the territories chosen by Baglio di Pianetto: Palermo, Noto and Etna, always respecting the vocation of the different terroirs. The wines, all 100% organic, that you will taste are: Viafrancia Bianco (Sicily DOC – Organic) Viafrancia Rosso (Sicily DOC – Organic) Stop 125 Etna Bianco – Carricante (Etna DOC – Organic) Stop 125 Etna Rosso – Nerello Mascalese (Etna DOC – Organic)

Sicilian Winery Tour with Wine Tasting from Palermo

4 hoursFree Cancellation

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from $213

Cesarine: Home Cooking Class & Meal with a Local in Palermo

Cooking Class in Palermo - fresh pasta and tiramisù

(15)

from $171

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Karen_J, May 2026

Excellent Palermo pasta class with Tiramisu

UgoChef made this experience so enjoyable. He welcomed us into his home and made us feel like friends. The recipes were easy to make and follow. Also, the appetizers he served were delicious! We would highly recommend anyone looking for a good, informative and tasty pasta/dessert class to look no further and book with UgoChef. 🥰

Cooking class in Palermo city center

Gwen_P, May 2026

An Experience You Really Don't Want to Miss!!!

An incredible day!!! Prepared a 3-course Sisilian lunch with expert and patient help from Alicia and Francisco. Learned all the traditions of ingredients and preparation passed down from their "nonnas" in a classic, beautiful setting. Had a fabulous experience — learning how to tool eggplant balls, rolling various kinds of pastas, mixing seasonings, and mixing a ricotto dessert and then sitting down with our 2 hosts for some scrumptious eats. They even gave us the name of the best Gelato place in Palmero (!!!) and a family-owned out-of-the-way [but still walkable from out hotel] Sicilian restaurant (fabulous pasta) that caters to locals (and boy was it crowded on a Sunday night!). Both exceeded all expectations. So glad we meet them. But be aware: if you don't have any enthusiasm for learning to cook, having great conversations and don't like meeting locals...this is not for you.😉

Fresh pasta and tiramisù class in Palermo

Diana_F, May 2026

An experience of a lifetime

10/10 cooking class. Francesca is so passionate about cooking and you can really tell. This class is something we will never forget and it was the highlight of our entire trip over the last 2 weeks. We made two types of pasta and tiramisu for dessert. Everything was absolutely delicious. If we ever come back to Palermo we will take another one of Francesca’s classes. Unforgettable and so much fun.

Cooking class in a villa with Palermo view

Maeve_H, May 2026

This experience will...

This experience will exceed your expectations. Carlo curated an incredible experience, combining his warm and personable character (and mother), welcoming you into his home, and mixed with beautiful scenic views, the freshest food, and incredible flavors that will leave you wishing you could experience it again. I cannot recommend this excursion and Carlo highly enough!

Share Your Pasta Love in Local's Home in Palermo

Brittney_V, Apr 2026

Would absolutely recommend!

Maria Giulia was a wonderfully welcoming host for myself, sister, and father from start to finish. She did an excellent job teaching each of us how to prepare ravioli. The food was delicious, the conversation was fun, and we had such a memorable experience learning a traditional Italian dish together.

Authentic Sicilian Cooking Class in Palermo

Lisa_D, Mar 2026

Family Friendly and Authentic Sicilian Cooking at Home

Cooking with Francesca felt like cooking with family, it was warm, fun and delicious! Our kids absolutely adored this experience and it was so special to learn to make so many dishes. We will cherish this memory as a family. Also, the pastas were the best meal we had in all of italy. So delicious! Francesca was a delight to spend the day with and she was wonderful with the whole family!

Palermo's Delight: Unleash the Secrets of Pizza and Gelato Making

Michaela_L, Nov 2025

A wonderful way to spend an evening in Italy!

What a fun evening!! We were met by Lidia our funny and sweet chef for the evening outside the cooking school . We were a small group of six in total which was fabulous as it was intimate and fun. Lidia showed us how to make the dough and knead it so it is soft and fluffy ( hint be gentle) then We all made our own and Lidia made sure we had it to perfection. While the dough was resting we made vanilla gelato which was them out in a gelato maker. Wine time was in between the two!! Once our dough rested we were shown how to stretch it and top it. Then we each were taught how to put the pizza on the paddle in the oven. They take no time at all to cook and then the best part we are it. By from the oven, chewy crust. Light and fluffy and just delicious. The gelato was amazing too!! Lidia took a Polaroid of us and gave us a list of restaurants in Palermo they like. We also got the recipes. A really fun evening. The company is great at sending reminders leading up to and the day of the workshop. Highly recommend.

Market Tour, Traditional Cooking and Limoncello class

Barbara_M, Oct 2025

Cooking Sicilian

Patricia was fabulous. Fun grocery shopping in the market, and then returning to her lovely home in the old part of Palermo. The food was delicious, and learning how to make limoncello was so interesting. Wine was good and conversation was stimulating!! Don’t miss taking the tour with Patrica

Sicilian Cooking Class : Homemade Pasta

LORALEI_T, Sep 2025

Excellent experience for...

Excellent experience for all ages! Maria is an exceptional Chef and Lorenzo brings it all together with his translation skills and his ability to make everyone feel like family. We learnt so much about authentic Sicilian cooking. The meatballs were to die for! And they even accommodated my daughter’s food allergies. Truly wonderful experience, Highly recommend!

Sicilian Cooking Class in Palermo

Adam_M, Sep 2025

Special tour that will be a memory never forgotten!

My daughter and I had such a lovely experience with our host, Patrizia! She was warm and welcoming and full of energy. She taught us how to make beautiful tasty pasta, Sicilian pesto, caponata and a traditional dessert! The meal, wine and company was something we will never forget!

Cook Like a Sicilian in Palermo: Pasta & Tiramisu Class

Debra_H, Jul 2025

Cesarine: Pasta and Tiramisu making

I booked this pasta making class for myself, my husband, 2 kids and their spouses. We had the best time making 2 different types of pasta and our own personal tiramisu. This class was in our host's personal home. Alice and her partner (sorry can't remember his name) were so welcoming, genuine and so nice. We had a lot of fun with them. Once all the pasta was cooking and the tiramisu was chilling, they set us up in their living room with appetizers and Italian wine. We all sat down at their dining room table and had a delicious feast of the 2 different types of pasta, one with a pesto sauce and the other with a ragu sauce served with Prosecco. The fresh pasta and sauce were out of this world delicious. The tiramisu we made was wonderful. If you're ever in Palermo and find yourself with some extra time, I would highly recommend taking this pasta class with Alice. We booked this class through Viator.