Authentic Roman Cooking Class & Market Experience

Recommended by 96% of travelers

Rome, Italy

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

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Overview

Immerse yourself in Rome's food culture by adding this Italian cooking class to your vacation itinerary. Access a private kitchen in central Rome and learn how to make an authentic meal with tips from your host and instructor. Learn how locals shop for ingredients during a visit to Rome’s Central Market, where you can chat with vendors. Top off your experience by tasting the recipes you've prepared, served with wine.

Break up your Roman sightseeing and connect with a local host
Improve your cooking techniques with personal feedback from your instructor
Prepare authentic Italian recipes you can recreate at home
Enjoy a personalized experience in a small-group setting

Sample Menu

Main

Hand-made Pasta

Guided by a chef, create classic pasta like ravioli or fettuccine. Complement them with chosen dishes and a chef-selected wine.

What's Included

Guided grocery shopping in Rome's city center
Cooking class with all ingredients, necessary tools, and guidance of a skilled chef
Lunch made up of dishes you've prepared
Complimentary beverages, including Italian wine
Small-group experience (maximum of 8 people)
Available in both English and Spanish languages

Gratuities
Food and drinks, unless specified

Meeting and Pickup

Meeting point

Rossopomodoro
Largo di Torre Argentina, 1, 00186 Roma RM, Italy
Largo Argentina The meeting point is outside the main entrance of Teatro Argentina, next to Rossopomodoro Restaurant

End point

This activity ends back at the meeting point.

Operating hours
.9:30 am

What To Expect

No matter what your level of skill in the kitchen, this Rome cooking class is an entertaining and educational experience that allows you to gain insight into a very important piece of Italian culture—food.

Begin with a visit to Rome’s Central Market, where you’ll follow your guide past stalls where farmers, bakers, and butchers sell their fresh goods. Select produce for your class, and learn how to spot the best ingredients.

Then make your way to the private kitchen where your cooking class takes place. With personal guidance from your expert instructor, learn how to prepare and cook three different varieties of homemade pasta plus a main course. When the cooking is over, sit down with your group to enjoy your creations, accompanied by a selection of regional wines.

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Additional Info

Confirmation will be received at time of booking, unless booked within 3 days of travel. In this case confirmation will be received within 48 hours, subject to availability
For vegetarian cooking options, please indicate during booking.
Not wheelchair accessible

Near public transportation
This tour requires a minimum of 2 booked participants.
This tour/activity will have a maximum of 8 travelers

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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

Summer_R

We had the most wonderful experience today at our cooking class! Chef Francesco was so impressive! He was genuinely so kind to our family and was so knowledgeable about the food we prepared. He broke everything down for us and encouraged us to try every part of the preparation! The kitchen was so nice and well organized! Plenty of space for our family of four! The food was so delicious and the variety was great. We cooked 3 different pastas and meat dish. We truly felt like this was the highlight of our trip to Rome! We all really enjoyed our time together! This is a must do experience and we are so happy we did it!! We totally recommend this experience to anyone!!

Reviews

4.8

based on 363 reviews

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We had a phenomenal time,...

Avu_C, Aug 2025

We had a phenomenal time, made multiple courses including fresh pasta, and learned a lot! Victoria was a wonderful teacher.

Loved this experience! Chef Francesco Was Amazing!

Summer_R, Jul 2025

Great cooking class in Rome

Ellen_E, Jun 2024

Chef teacher was excellent! The professional kitchen and dining space very nice. All very organized and FUN

Highlight of our trip!

Lisa_L, Feb 2024

This was a great experience. We started with a tour of the outdoor market and a few small shops to buy ingredients. The kitchen space was spacious and comfortable. Our instructors were friendly and fun. We learned so much! I will definitely be making pasta at home. Overall, this was our favorite experience of our trip.

Chef luca and team were incredible

alma_a, Jul 2023

The chefs were great the space is unique and loved the visit to the market and walk to the kitchen space through town. Definitely feel like we will recreate some of the pasta dishes when we are back home. The whole day was lovely ending in a delicious multicourse lunch!

Absolutely wonderful experience!

Sarah_H, Apr 2023

I had an absolutely wonderful experience! The other participants didn’t show despite waiting 30 minutes for them so I got a private lesson. Luca was a wonderful teacher! And the food was delicious! I look forward to making pasta using what I learned.

Italian cooking with friends

Teresa_R, Aug 2022

Watching and listening to Victoria explain technique, for example how to add pasta water to thicken the sauce. Also, what steps are the most critical. It was also fun to learn how to roll the fusilli.

Do this

rhonda_v, Jul 2022

The entire experience was great! The group bonded well and really learned some techniques! The space was perfect and the brief history of the area was also appreciated!

Did not learn anything

Andrei_T, Jun 2022

Unfortunately not what we have expected, you will not learn much. The whole cooking we did was chopping some vegetables and mixing dough, no information was given about the cooking process, the quantities, or anything else. At the end we did not even get the recipes of what we „cooked“. The chef and Assistent we’re doing most of the cooking without much explanation of what was happening. If you really want to learn something, this is not the course, if you want cute activity to say you cooked pasta in Italy then is ok.

Response from Host, Jun 2022

Dear Andrei, we are very sorry to read this and we apologize if you didn't like your experience or found it useful. We have to admit it comes a little bit as a surprise because our Cooking Lesson activity is always reviewed very well and our guests are enthusiastic about it. Of course it is subjective and we don't doubt your words. Let us conduct an internal audit or a closer scrutiny to know who was the chef in charge that day and what he/she has to say about it. We're sure you can give us another chance and we'll make it up to you. Best regards, Gray Line Rome Feedbacks Team

Excellent and well worth the cost of the event.

Margaret_F, Jun 2022

I loved every aspect of the class. Fabio was a wonderful host/instructor! We had a delicious and educational experience.

Best tour ever!

Cathryn_S, May 2022

Shopping at Farmers Market for fresh ingredients, making our own fresh pasta multiple ways. Dining on our fabulous creations so satisfying.and meeting Chef FBio was the best of course

Chef Fabio Bongianni was...

GARYYUNHUI_X, Dec 2021

Chef Fabio Bongianni was a great character and Roy was very helpful. Kitchen is in such a unique part of Roma

Great food, not my favorite format

Mackenzie_C, Oct 2021

Really incredible food with an exceptionally talented chef. A few things though for negatives that prevented a 5 star review. First the chef was pretty late and I didn’t get any notice from the company, second he really was on his phone for probably 45 minutes to 1 hour of the three hour experience, and lastly there was a lot of different dishes that we made so the cooking was a bit hectic. Since we made so much there was not much instruction, and instead a lot of “chef points and you do X” which is fine, but I would have preferred to make less and learn more.

Absolutely wonderful!

Chelsea R, Dec 2019

Monica was our instructor and absolutely amazing! The location was a super unique and the class was super educational! We made so much food and left full and happy! Lots of hands on learning not just watching the chef. Monica made the great experience even better! Would definitely recommend to anyone and everyone!

Fantastic

Rebecca_B, Nov 2019

Chef Monica and her assistant. Nicolette were amazing. From the market to the cooking we learned a lot. The location was very unique and truly outstanding. We thoroughly enjoyed the meal we prepared. What a great experience. We highly recommend it.

Best part of Rome

Randy_K, Oct 2019

The class was wonderful. First we went to the markets and shops to get vegetables , meat and cheese. Then we went back to a beautiful piazza that had a professional kitchen. We made 3 kinds of pasta, sauce. Soltimboca and tiramasu and we ate all of it

Awesome experience

randy740, Oct 2019

This was the height of our 4 days in Rome Monica the chef and her assistant were wonderful! So warm and friendly. First we shopped, then we cooked and then we ate what we cooked- do not eat breakfast before this!!!

So much fun!

BoardingPass829773, Sep 2019

Had an amazing time shopping in the market, learning cooking techniques, making homemade pasta, and enjoying all 4 dishes we created in the beautiful garden. Thank you Marco and Nicoleta for a great experience!

The best

Go05374635508, Sep 2019

This class was so much fun for everyone their weather you could cook or not. Nicoletta was great she and her helper went over everything . Were always by if you needed help or just didn't want to do it. I learned so much about making pasta and cooking in general. I had the best time in this class and the food we made was great much better then I make at home. I would serously recomend to do this class with her if you are in Rome. It was worth the time.

Don’t bother

Debbie_G, Sep 2019

When we signed up for the class it said a maximum of eight and we had 12 people in our class. It was so crowded and so many people that half the time we did not know what they were doing or how to do it You spend a lot of time standing around and really did not get to cook anything. There was not enough room at the Counter for everyone. I felt like they were just trying to maximize their profits and didn’t care at all about the quality of the class. Half the time we could not hear or see what they were doing and the people running it did not seem to care. I felt like it was all about making the most money possible they cramming us all in there. We had taken the same class two years earlier and it was outstanding. This time it was absolutely the worst and a waste of a day in room! I would never recommend this particular class to anyone. I’m quite sure 2/3 of the class was extremely unhappy with the entire experience. we spent most of her time standing around with nothing to do and even when we sat down to dinner they only had 11 places set so when poor person had to wait while they added an additional setting for them. I will say it again find a better class that cares about the experience not just making money!

Cooking lesson in Rome!

Todd_J, Sep 2019

Fantastic time!! We had a great time with Chef Nicoletta and her assistant Laura! It was one of the best things about our trip to Rome!

Rome Cooking Class

Denise B, Aug 2019

Great experience! Lots of fun, great chefs, great food. One of the best parts of our trip! Worth every minute of it.

An excellent experience

Sonya_M, Jul 2019

What a fantastic way to experience Rome. Fortunately, yesterday, due to who knows what, we were a group of 3 only. Nicoleta and Roy taught us incredibly well and the food we produced together was of an exceptionally high stand. The wines were also brilliant. I would not hesitate to recommend this experience to anyone. I will certain sign up for another experience with Fabio's chefs on a return trip to Rome. I will be trying my hand at some of these dishes in a couple of days and hope they will be of the same standard. Thanks again to Nicoleta and Roy.

So much fun

Amy D, Jul 2019

We shopped in the farmers market for the ingredients, got a history lesson about the area. Chef Mary and her assistant was wonderful. The food made was amazing. I can't wait to make everything we made in class for my family

What Fun!!

VICTORIA_B, Jul 2019

We went to Rome a day before our Trafalgar Tour just to take part in this cooking class and were so glad we did. The stops at the various shops/markets were so interesting prior to the cooking portion of the class. The location of the class far exceeded my expectation with room for the group to gather and prepare the pasta. The chef and her assistant were friendly, professional and entertaining as well. Highly recommend!

FABULOUS COOKING CLASS !!!

Sheila_L, Jun 2019

Monica was our chef and did an OUTSTANDING job of teaching us the recipes, food shopping at the market and making the entire time enjoyable. I would definitely rate this experience as Fantastic.

still full!

Kara_S, Jun 2019

This was so much fun! We loved the opportunity to go to the market to buy our food then make three different pastas (each was delicious)

Great experence and food

Michelle_G, Jun 2019

This is a wonderful small type of activity to do in Rome. The cooking class was very fun, the food was great, and during our lunch time eating the results we had great conversations with the other participants. We felt like we made a whole new group of friends.