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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.

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Sicily Cooking Class: Homemade Pasta Class in Sicily

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Chef Maria-Pia's Overall Rating

5.0 / 5

Based on 11 reviews

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Reviews Chef Maria-Pia received outside of Cozymeal

Justine

01/27/25

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!!!!!

01/27/25

Flyer

01/25/25

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!!!!

01/25/25

Lucky

01/24/25

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.

01/24/25

Reena

01/20/25

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!

01/20/25

Anna

01/20/25

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!

01/20/25

Dominik

01/19/25

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!

01/19/25

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