Market Tour and Cooking Class

Recommended by 100% of travelers

Milan, Italy

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

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Overview

Don't waste your time trying to find the best Italian restaurant in Milan; instead, get your hands dirty and learn to make authentic recipes alongside an expert guide. Start by following a chef-guide through a typical street market to learn about choosing the freshest fruits, vegetables, and fish. Enjoy samples of cheese, ham, and salami, and purchase ingredients for your cooking class. Then head to the chef’s home, receive a welcome drink, and begin your lesson in how to make an Italian meal. End the experience by eating your creations with Italian wine.

Visit a street market with a chef-guide to select the best produce, fish, cheese and meats for your meal
Learn how to make four classic Italian recipes
Enjoy a welcome drink while you cook plus wine with your lunch
A small group means more attention from your guide

Sample Menu

Starter

parmigiana eggplants

sliced and fried eggplants filled with mozzarella, basil and tomatoes

Main

lasagna vegetarian or traditional with meat

fresh egg pasta hand made by you with white sauce , bolognese sauce or pesto and green beans in vegetarian version

Main

ravioli ricotta and spinaches or tortellini

hand made short pasta filled with ricotta and spinaches or different kind of meat

Main

cod fish in Venezia style

cod fish cooked in milk like Venetian people does

Dessert

tiramisu

spoon dessert with coffee, mascarpone and eggs

What's Included

Cooking class
Market visit
Lunch

Hotel pickup and drop-off

Meeting and Pickup

Meeting point

McDonald's
V.le Sabotino, 38, 20135 Milano MI, Italy
We wait for you outside Mac Donald shop in Porta Romana Square. We do not accept delay more than 10 minutes. When you book leave your mobile

End point

This activity ends back at the meeting point.

Operating hours
.9:30 am

What To Expect

Cook and Dine

Additional Info

Confirmation will be received within 48 hours of booking, subject to availability
Please advise any specific dietary requirements at time of booking
Vegetarian option is available, please advise at time of booking if require
Not wheelchair accessible
Minimum numbers apply. There is a possibility of cancellation after confirmation if there are not enough passengers to meet requirements. In the event of this occurring, you will be offered an alternative day or full refund

Near public transportation
Infants must sit on laps
You will need a metro ticket to use after the tour
This tour/activity will have a maximum of 8 travelers

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Cancellation Policy

You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.

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Featured review

Jennifer_D

Strolling through the Milanese market, as Lucretzia explains the various foods and regions was amazing. And, that was just the warm up for the main course! Cooking with her was such great fun. We learned so much, and then enjoyed the fruits (read: fresh pasta) of our labors. This was a highlight of our entire trip to Milan.

Reviews

5.0

based on 29 reviews

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Awesome, it is a must do!

Kelsey_D, May 2025

AWESOME! With the potential of a private tour. The amount of information and experience was amazing. Would do it again tomorrow. Was upstanding with dietary diets.

Elena is a masterful teacher and a delight - do this tour and lesson!

Sarah_H, Apr 2025

We weren't sure what to expect in terms of group size but we had the teacher (the wonderful, charming, witty, and knowledgeable Elena) all to ourselves for the market tour. Being from the Midwest in the United States, outdoor market was an incredible wealth of fresh and in season vegetables, fruits, seafood, etc. Elena pointed out many items that were new to us, shared about the traditional Italian market and seafood offerings, and definitely left us inspired to seek out locally grown and in season produce when we get back home (note: we live in Iowa so "summer" is when we can get fresh lettuce, tomatoes, peppers, etc from the garden. No year round growing season.:() We then had a wonderful cooking lesson her nearby Cook and Dine kitchen facility which included everything we needed. We were joined by two others, a young couple from Germany, and Elena helped the four of us make delicious gnocchi with a lovely marinara, a vegetable lasagna with green beans, bechamel sauce, and pesto, and delicious tiramisu. We made every item as Elena expertly taught us with good guidance and humor. There were lots of laughs but also a lot learned (eg use the basil stems in marinara sauce as it cooks and then remove - there is much flavor in the stems. And a "pinch" of salt means "an ITALIAN (hefty) pinch of salt! We learned to taste and then season and Elena was great with praise and correction. It was the highlight of our visit to Milan and we enjoyed the meal with our new friends while Elena served us wine and limoncello and cleaned up (she refused to let us help - with the threat of no wine! "You are on holiday"). She was an excellent teacher and just a wonderful person and we enjoyed spending the time learning and laughing. Highly recommend!!!

Perfect market tour and cooking class

PerErik_E, Jul 2022

The guide is a professional and full of knowledge of which she shared in perfect English. The market tour gave us new valuable insight of the variety of Italian vegetables, fish and fruits. In addition many tips on how to prepare it. The following cooking class gave even more knowledge and details of the Italian kitchen and how to make pasta, gnocchi, parmigiana and tiramisu. Gracie mille for a perfect day!

Response from Host, Jul 2022

Thank you Erik, I am very proud of my daughter, chef Lucrezia. You know what? She is receiving more reviews than me and I am happy about this. Best from Aurora and Lucrezia

A walk to remember

Jennifer_D, Jun 2022

Bravo, Elena!

PSchutz, Feb 2020

Totally fantastic experience! Elena was a great teacher and the meal was the best I have had during my trip. Highly recommend Elena and the class.

Amazing experience

J C, Aug 2019

Aurora was amazing from start to finish. The market tour was very informative, and she gave great advice on choosing local produce and the history of the market. The class was a very warm and intimate setting, with lots of great hands-on activity for everyone. For anyone looking for an authentic cooking experience, I highly recommend this class.

More than we had hoped for. Aurora was...

Tom_K, Sep 2017

More than we had hoped for. Aurora was a fantastic guide and fantastic chef.

Aurora, our chef was terrific. We...

Eugenie V, Jun 2017

Aurora, our chef was terrific. We had great fun in the market choosing our ingredients. Then our cooking lesson was very hands on. We learned a lot and enjoyed a delicious meal.

WE had a ball. She i very...

Caroline C, Jul 2016

WE had a ball. She i very knowledgeable and friendly and was able to keep four teenagers engaged throughout the process. It was an amazing meal and we left so full we did not need dinner.

This was absolute fun! The market...

Alison P, Mar 2016

This was absolute fun! The market tour was very interesting and a great way to start the morning. The recipes we made were so delicious. We recently re-made them for all of our friends and it was a big hit. I would definitely recommend this to anyone who is visiting Milan.