Rome Cooking Class: Make Pizza and Pasta with Wine & Dessert

Recommended by 91% of travelers

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Rome, Italy

High interest

Booked 5+ times today.

3 hours 30 minutes (approx.)
Mobile ticket
Offered in: English

Why travelers loved this

4.6

· Diane_S ·

Mar 2026

Great class! This is out of the city and it felt good to get away. The chef is professional and passionate about his classes. He taught well and the food is good. I look forward to making my own pasta and pizza at home!

· Rick_T ·

Mar 2026

A rustic experience in an outdoor kitchen. You learn pizza and pasta dough making, stretching dough, different pasta shapes and then you eat the fruits of your labor.

Overview

After sampling delicious pizza and pasta in Rome, make sure you know how to recreate the culinary magic at home. Learn to cook these favorite Italian dishes during a half-day small-group cooking workshop in the Italian capital. Get hands-on instruction from a chef as you prepare the dough and sauces from scratch. Then, sit down to enjoy the fruits of your labor, paired tiramisu, wine, and limoncello.

All ingredients, plus alcoholic drinks, are included
Receive a recipe booklet to take home with you
Includes return subway transfers to the nearest station
Receive personalized attention during a small-group class

Sample Menu

Main

Neapolitan Pizza

create and eat your own pizza and cook it with the Chef in an authentic fire wood oven

Main

First Pasta dish

prepare and eat your own pasta dish (cavatelli rigati)

Main

Second Pasta dish

prepare and eat your own pasta dish (Fettuccine alla chitarra)

Dessert

Tiramisù Tasting

Taste our great tiramisù

What's Included

Pasta Making Cooking Class
Pizza Making Cooking Class
Tiramisù tasting
Dinner

Your own Pasta (2 courses) and your own Pizza
Alcoholic Beverages

Red and white wine + limoncello tasting
2 ways free transportation to the venue from the metro stop Laurentina
Cooking class booklet (PDF)

Additional alcoholic drinks (available to purchase but with moderation)
Soda/Pop

Our minibar can offer Soda drinks, beers, Prosecco and coffe (extra charge)

Meeting and Pickup

Meeting point

Rome, Metropolitan City of Rome Capital, Italy
⚠️ IMPORTANT: GPS may send you to the wrong place. Do NOT follow the map pin. Read this message. Meet us 20 min before the class at Laurentina Metro (Blue Line, last stop) exit. Look for the “Cooking Class” sign. WhatsApp us if needed.

End point

This activity ends back at the meeting point.

What To Expect

Once in Rome - Authentic Experiences

Additional Info

Confirmation will be received at time of booking, unless booked within 1 hours of travel. In this case confirmation will be received as soon as possible, subject to availability
Not wheelchair accessible
Stroller accessible
Near public transportation
Infants must sit on laps
Minimum age is 3 years old

Minimum drinking age is 18 years old
Vegetarian options are available
Vegan option is available (without the dessert or vegan cheese)
Require the Gluten free option 24h before (+25 Extra charge per person, cash only at the venue)
This tour/activity will have a maximum of 15 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

Heather_G

This was one of the highlights of our Italy trip. Highly recommend this cooking class. Be sure to arrive hungry! You will leave with a happy, full belly and be inspired to cook authentic Italian food when you get back home! :)

Reviews

4.6

based on 664 reviews

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Great!

Erica_A, Mar 2026

Amazing experience. Highly recommend! Would do this tour again if i were to come back and visit Rome.

A rustic experience in an...

Rick_T, Mar 2026

A rustic experience in an outdoor kitchen. You learn pizza and pasta dough making, stretching dough, different pasta shapes and then you eat the fruits of your labor.

Fun Informative Delicious

Gisele_H, Mar 2026

It was a fun and delicious experience. I can recommend this class as i learned a lot on how to make pizza dough and pasta.

Loving the class

Bernardo_G, Mar 2026

A great experience in the Roman countryside. Pasta and pizza were the best I've ever had. Can't wait to make some at home for the family

Fun class!

Diane_S, Mar 2026

Great experience

Tyson_S, Mar 2026

Good communication for meeting point. Good instruction for cooking. Great meal! Looking forward to trying at home

Fun and social! Great...

Christa_H, Mar 2026

Fun and social! Great food and a great way to meet some new people. I would recommend to people who are social.

A very good experience....

Elisabete_F, Mar 2026

A very good experience. We really enjoyed it. The chef explained everything very calmly and kindly. We loved it.

It was an amazing...

Ronnie_L, Mar 2026

It was an amazing experience! Perfect for all ages and skill level. Excellent chef instructors. I had my two kids with and they had a blast as well!

Terrific Pizza and Pasta Making!

Philip_N, Mar 2026

We loved it! Giuseppe and Valeri were great! Food was delicious. We met some Polish-German sisters, an American student studying in Spain and a young Italian couple. Such a wonderful way to spend lunch and very hands-on!

Welcoming cooking class

Melissa_G, Mar 2026

Fun cooking class with a very welcoming family and experienced chef, but the location is far outside of rome. You have to take the metro and then ride in a van another 30 mins to the location, which is primarily outdoors. The could accommodate my vegan dietary restriction, with no problem, and the food turned out delicious. However, you dont actually make the pizza dough. It’s prepared and you just shape it, add toppings and cook it

The host never said his...

Maribel_M, Feb 2026

The host never said his name, we were not asked to introduce ourselves, the pizza dough was already prepared by the chef, I wanted to be able to participate in making it, there was not enough ingredients to add to the pizza, the first 5 black women served themselves like there was nobody else waiting,

Not the best

Migdalia_R, Feb 2026

This place is very rustic and runned down. The host nor the chef ever said their names. There was no interaction between the people of the group. You don't make the pizza dough

Great

Alexandria_A, Jan 2026

Really great experience and felt authentic! I would definetly recommend and would go back in the future

It was fun because you...

deloresb, Dec 2025

It was fun because you get to put your pizza in the pizza oven and all the food you made at the end tastes amazing

Th cooking class was fun!...

Crystal_R, Dec 2025

Th cooking class was fun! Loved the transportation from metro, which made it so easy to get there in time

So far from Rome!!!!

Colleen_R, Nov 2025

Don’t take this cooking class!!!!!! It is so far out of Rome. The transportation they offer changed the meeting point an hour before the class. I messaged and asked them to wait 5 minutes bc of the time it would take us to get to the new meeting point. They would not wait. They told us to take a taxi. No taxis would take us bc it is so far from Rome. We tired 4 taxis. They refused to give us a refund even though they changed the meeting point.

Response from Host, Nov 2025

Dear client, we're really sorry, but actually we have the same meeting point since 13 years ago. We don't change anything. Maybe it's a good idea to read the information about the meeting point before (in our 3 communication, once at the booking, once the day before, once the same day via email and WhatsApp).

Great for all ages

victoriamekus, Nov 2025

We had a fantastic time at this class! My grandmother is 81 years old and was able to fully participate, making this a suitable activity for all ages. Good was delicious, instructions were clear, and staff was hospitable. All in a unique setting.

Great for groups and families

Frank_P, Nov 2025

Very fun and enjoyable group class. We had our seven children ranging from 12 to 27 and we all thoroughly enjoyed this!

We had a lot of fun...

Fajer_H, Nov 2025

We had a lot of fun making the dough for the pizza and pasta. Very informative. Everyone was friendly and nice.

Instructors were...

Catherine_C, Nov 2025

Instructors were knowledgeable, personable and the students feel at ease especially those who were reluctant learners. This was a great experience.

6 Stars!

Colleen_P, Nov 2025

We had the best time making pasta and pizza with Valerio. Easy to learn lesson, delicious food, and warm environment. It was one of favorite experiences in Rome!

I had an amazing time...

Coriyanna_O, Nov 2025

I had an amazing time making this pizza and pasta. My group was so friendly and the instructor was very informative! The wine was flowing and the conversations were great! I’d give 1000 stars if I could

Excellent Class - A Must Do

Erin_F, Nov 2025

Incredible experience - highly recommended! The booking process was easy and the guides communicated well! The class location is very nice and clean, and very organized. The instructor was incredibly knowledgeable about making dough and offered a lot of tips and instructions. The class moved along at a good pace, with time to ask questions. Cooking the pizzas in the oven was a fun experience! Then eating everything we cooked was great! The dessert and limoncello tasting topped off the night perfectly! This is a MUST do!

Excellent Pizza Class — But Confusing Logistics and a Late Night

Timothy_S, Nov 2025

The class itself was fantastic — a full five-star experience. The instructor made it fun and engaging, and I’ve already made Neapolitan pizza several times since returning home. We learned, cooked, laughed, and enjoyed pizza, pasta, and wine together afterward. My reason for giving four stars instead of five comes down to the logistics. Originally, our class was scheduled for 10:30 a.m., but the day before, the tour operator asked us to switch to the 5:30 p.m. class, saying it would be a smaller group. We agreed, but the class ended up being just as full, and we didn’t sit down to eat until after 8:00 p.m. — a much later night than expected. The bigger issue was Viator’s confusing meetup information. The Viator listing said the meeting point was Laurentina Metro Station, but the map on the Viator page showed a pin on Via del Corso, only a few blocks from our hotel. I assumed the map was correct and that Laurentina referred to something nearby. The tour operator also texted “Laurentina Metro”, but I didn’t realize that Laurentina is actually about a 25–30 minute drive from central Rome — not a short walk away. Since we were traveling with my wife’s 80-year-old parents, we decided to take a taxi directly to the class rather than walk to what I thought was the meetup point on Via del Corso. That decision turned out to be the only reason we made it on time — had we walked to Via del Corso as shown on Viator’s map, we would have completely missed the class. To the operator’s credit, they gave us a ride back to Laurentina afterward and were very kind about the mix-up. But when I mentioned the problem, their only response was, “I don’t know why Viator does that.” Bottom line: The class was excellent and absolutely worth doing — just don’t rely on the Viator map for the meetup location. Confirm the exact spot directly with the operator before you go.

Don’t use Viator!

Sarah_C, Oct 2025

This was quite the experience. This class is located 15km away from city center and we did not know until the day of. We took the metro and a van ride to get there. The chef was very nice and the food turned out good but it was a little concerning for the first portion of the class. I booked 6 tours with Viator for my trip to Italy, after this I cancelled the remaining 3 tours. Viator is awful, please book directly with the company or use a different service!!

Response from Host, Oct 2025

Dear Sarah, your 3 star review affect our ranking... If you had a good time with us, I hope you'll understand that if you want to punish the resell, posting a 3 star review to the real company it's not very fair. I really hope you can considerate to remove this evaluation. If you want to leave a review for Viator you can do it on trust pilot not on our page. Thank you for your understanding The Rome School team

Loved this

Nishi_D, Oct 2025

Amazing experience! Really enjoyed the whole thing. Staff were fantastic, really friendly and made the whole experience so much more enjoyable!

Once we got there it was fun

Susan_B, Oct 2025

The meeting place was unclear as google map addresses read the subway entrance , not the stop at end of subway line as stated in the description! Once we arrived it was fun… the food was delicious, instructor was knowledgeable!

Loved it

Heather_G, Oct 2025

Frustrated and poor customer service

William_B, Oct 2025

When I clicked on the link for the meeting place, it sent me to the wrong address. When I contacted customer service, they told me they had already left and said I would have to take a taxi to the location of the class. By the time I was able to get a cab, the class had already started. They were not willing to work with me to reschedule or refund any of my money. I do not speak Italian, and getting around Rome is very difficult. The guy at customer service could have been a little more understanding. I will be contesting this charge on my credit card. I would not recommend any excisions offered by Viator.