Explore the art of preparing authentic pasta creations from scratch.
While planning your getaway to coastal Italy, cooking classes in Sicily are a wonderful way to enhance your experience and bring back memories. Led by Chef Maria-Pia, a local gourmet chef with extensive culinary knowledge, you’ll discover tips and advice for preparing authentic recipes using traditional techniques and fresh ingredients.
Begin your experience by learning how to prepare fresh pasta for pasta alla Norma, a traditional Sicilian dish prepared with eggplant, grated ricotta cheese and basil. You’ll also discover the process of making meatballs with tomato sauce and Caciocavallo cheese, a distinctive stretchy cheese from Southern Italy. Dessert is a creamy biancomangiare, a Sicilian pudding made from almond milk, maize starch and pistachio cream.
If learning from a gourmet local chef is on your travel bucket list, secure a spot today.
Most dietary restrictions can be accommodated if noted prior to the event. Please mention this in the message field when you submit your booking request as adjustments to recipes cannot be made during class.
Born in Palermo, Chef Maria-Pia invites guests to experience an authentic taste of Sicily. Immersing visitors in local culture, Chef Maria-Pia teaches time-honored techniques passed through generations of Italian cooks. Working with regional ingredients, she teaches students to craft extraordinary food with traditional methods. Each lesson with Chef Maria-Pia showcases Sicilian hospitality with knowledge, humor and memorable flavors.
Flexible booking: Cancel or reschedule this event's reservation for free up to 48 hours before the event.This experience is not refundable as it includes a meal kit.
Explore the art of preparing authentic pasta creations from scratch.
While planning your getaway to coastal Italy, cooking classes in Sicily are a wonderful way to enhance your experience and bring back memories. Led by Chef Maria-Pia, a local gourmet chef with extensive culinary knowledge, you’ll discover tips and advice for preparing authentic recipes using traditional techniques and fresh ingredients.
Begin your experience by learning how to prepare fresh pasta for pasta alla Norma, a traditional Sicilian dish prepared with eggplant, grated ricotta cheese and basil. You’ll also discover the process of making meatballs with tomato sauce and Caciocavallo cheese, a distinctive stretchy cheese from Southern Italy. Dessert is a creamy biancomangiare, a Sicilian pudding made from almond milk, maize starch and pistachio cream.
If learning from a gourmet local chef is on your travel bucket list, secure a spot today.
Most dietary restrictions can be accommodated if noted prior to the event. Please mention this in the message field when you submit your booking request as adjustments to recipes cannot be made during class.
Reviews Chef Maria-Pia received outside of Cozymeal
Justine
27 Jan 2025
One of the best experiences of our trip!!! We had two weeks all over Italy and ended with Chef Maria-Pia, Lorenzo and RIham!!! They had us prepare the best meal of our trip, we learned so much, we felt apart of their family! AMAZING EXPERIENCE!!!!!
Flyer
25 Jan 2025
Had an excellent afternoon cooking with Chef Maria-Pia with an excellent and funny translator Lorenzo!
Very easy recipes with mouthwatering results!!!
Will now make excellent meatballs in tomato sauce at home! Delicious Cannoli and super panelle!!!
Thank you Chef Maria-Pia and Lorenzo!!!!
Lucky
24 Jan 2025
We love food and took this class for an enjoyable end to our visit to Sicily. It was very informative, fun and the food was delicious! Chef Maria-Pia timed this class perfectly! First, we made our pistachio dessert so it would chill for after dinner. Next, we prepared a pasta dough. While that rested we prepared eggplant. Then we made meatballs and tomato sauce. We cut the dough into tagliatelle and then put it all together for a wonderful meal of pasta alla Norma. A bottle of wine was opened to add to that authentic dining experience. Lorenzo helped with the English translation and his humor and energy kept this a fun class. All of us consider ourselves pretty good at cooking and walked away with added tips.
Joanne
24 Jan 2025
Chef Maria Pia, Lorenzo and Rlham were fantastico. They were all very knowledgeable, kind with a great sense of humor. We truly learned a lot and enjoy our time cooking. It's a must while in Palermo.
Lili
22 Jan 2025
The cooking class that I took here was my best experience while staying in Palermo. Not only did I learn to prepare Sicilian dishes, it also happened in a very friendly and welcoming atmosphere where I felt like I was part of an Italian household. :-) Chef Maria Pia and Lorenzo were extremely kind and helpful during the process, and the food turned out amazing, I will definitely cook them at home too! I can guarantee that if you participate in a Chef Maria-Pia's cooking class, you will leave with the best experience possible. :-)
Markus
22 Jan 2025
This was amazing!
The combination of mama corleone (the chef) and Lorentzo (translator) was Great!
Lorentzo was very funny and Chef Maria-Pia had a lot of knowledge about cooking that went far beyond our expectations!
10/10 would do again!
Reena
20 Jan 2025
Chef did an absolutely wonderful job. It was the perfect pace, the space was gorgeous and those two made it so special. It was so personal and the food was absolutely delicious… I can’t wait to do my next class!
Anna
20 Jan 2025
We had a wonderful evening making fresh pasta, meatballs and a pistachio-based dessert. The attention to detail was amazing, everything was well organised, as well as being fun and extremely tasty! The meatballs were the best I've ever had! It was a brilliant and stand-out experience - one to remember!
Dominik
19 Jan 2025
This was the best cooking class we've ever visited! The food was so tasty, much better then the food you get in the restaurants! The recipies you learn are not so complicated, so you receive a menu you are able to cook at home afterwards, so you have a lasting souvenir from sicily. Also the mamma is really lovely and kind and our translator, Lorenzo translated us everything with fun and joy, so we had a great time!
We can qarmly recommend this to everyone who love cooking, food and are interested in a real Sicilian experience - grazie mille!
Katie
19 Jan 2025
Thank you so much for such a great time, you were all incredible and we really loved spending time with you. The food we cooked was fabulous, we never found cannoli again that was so light and fresh, you completely changed our idea of how they should taste.
Silvia
15 Jul 2024
A truly unique and authentic Sicilian experience. I had a lovely time and really enjoyed learning from Chef Maria-Pia. She was fantastic!
I highly recommend you get booking so you don't miss out on the opportunity to take part!
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