We had such a wonderful time! It was fun and engaging, and a great way to experience Italian culture!
About Activity
What's Included
Includes
- Apron and the necessary kitchen utensils.
- Garden visit only available at 10am from May to September
- Our personalized gift at the end of class
- Limoncello tasting
- Beers, Wine.. for those over 18 years.
- Fresh Garden Ingredients
- All our secrets recipes
- Lunch or Dinner depening on the choosen time
Excludes
- Gratuities
Departure & Return
Departure Point
- 10am class: meet us at our garden in: Via Francesco Ciampa 23 80063 Piano di Sorrento. 5pm class: Meet Us at our kitchen on the beach: Via Marina di Cassano 92, 80063 Piano di Sorrento. PLEASE DON'T BE LATE AS THIS IS A SHARED CLASS, LATE ARRIVAL ARE NO REFUNDABLE.
Return
- 10am class: meet us at our garden in: Via Francesco Ciampa 23 80063 Piano di Sorrento. 5pm class: Meet Us at our kitchen on the beach: Via Marina di Cassano 92, 80063 Piano di Sorrento. PLEASE DON'T BE LATE AS THIS IS A SHARED CLASS, LATE ARRIVAL ARE NO REFUNDABLE.
Itinerary
On the Sorrento Coast, cooking is more than food: it’s family, tradition and stories passed down from generation to generation. In this small group experience, you’ll discover the true flavors of Southern Italy in a relaxed and authentic setting. We’ll take you out of the busy center and into a more local atmosphere, where real Italian cooking happens. What you’ll experience: • Meet us at our location • Guided garden visit •Panoramic walk to our kitchen by the sea • Hands-on fresh pasta making from scratch (3 pasta shapes) • Preparation of a traditional Italian sauce • Tiramisu making • Enjoy the meal you prepared, drink included • Limoncello tasting • Garden visits are only available at 10am • Garden visits are only available from May to September according to the season. This is a small group class (max 12 pax) to guarantee a friendly atmosphere, personal attention and a real connection. Not just a cooking demonstration! Come hungry. Leave as part of the family!
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Reviews
Such an incredible and fun experience! Wonderful atmosphere, wonderful people, and wonderful food! 100% would recommend adding this to your trip! It's in a beautiful building at sea level right on the water, everything about it pure Italy 🇮🇹
Love our cooking class! Pick up was easy in Sorrento but didn’t know it was in another town. The location near the water was great. Was very interactive and my kids and parents were able to do each activity well. The only negative was that we needed to get our own taxi back to Sorrento. I watched the meter from the taxi coming to the class which totaled $20E for the trip. On the way back the taxi driver made us pay a flat fee of $60E and said if we didn’t like the price we could get out and find another solution. That left a little bit of a sour taste in our mouth after a wonderful evening.
Absolutely amazing food and experience! Truly something different and great to see local mom and son company create such delicious meals. The tiramisu we made was beyond words can describe.
Fun and great food! In a store front by the water. Must take a cab to get to the marina as it is a different marina than is in sorrento proper. Would do it again!
10/10! Such an amazing experience learning how to cook Italian dishes with such fresh ingredients from the garden ♥️ I would definitely recommend - my group had so much fun!! The location is so great as well!
Awesome experience! Food was amazing, highly recommend
It was well worth the money! Had lots of fun
Five stars absolutely amazing gives you a very authentic vibe and explains everything very clearly. This was a perfect place to learn how to make pasta and tiramisu. Thank you so much cooking mama for the amazing experience.
This is a must do experience do not come to sorrento without booking this course it’s absolutely fantastic. Worth every cent - we did the private course and it was well worth it for our family of 5! Tk you so much.
Great food! Super easy to follow instructions. Salvatore is so nice and the whole experience was lovely. Highly recommend!
We had a great cooking class with Cooking Mama. It was a beautiful building in an area of Sorrento we hadn't been to before. My teenage kids really enjoyed it. It was a great family activity! Also, I really enjoyed it was a family business and local.
This is a fun activity to do with your family and the food you make is really good! Fun for teenagers too.
This was an excellent cooking class. My 2 daughters and I were fortunate to be the only ones in the class. We were greeted with homemade lemonade, and a tour of the family vegetable garden. We then walked down to the marina where the cooking class took place. The kitchen was beautiful. We learned how to make pasta (gnocchi), the sauce (which was made up of fresh zucchini and onions from their green), and tiramisu. Overall this was a great experience. You won’t be disappointed.
Excellant experience From beginning when we were Welcomed into the hosts garden to the cooking experience in the wonderful cooking mama kitchen Great to learn how to make pasta /pasta sauce and tiramisu whilst drinking white wine . And then to enjoy the items we had made as well as a wonderful starter cooked by the hosts mother Would definitely recommend this cooking experience at the wonderful Location of Piano Di Sorrento
We had a great time! Would definitely recommend! Great location and we learned how to make pasta and tiramisu!
Salvatore was a fantastic host and had such a warm and welcoming personality. He guided our class through some basic techniques and provided feedback as we practiced them with our own ingredients. Really good experience
Such an amazing experience, learning the family history, family in the house to prepare, such dedication to walking thru the steps of authentic Italian. Family family family. ❤️🇮🇹
Great family experience and amazing food!
Experience was amazing! He takes his time and walks you through process Highly recommend doing this and the food was delicious
Salvatore provided a wonderful step by step cooking class providing lots of detail for making different types of pasta and sauce. Highly recommend this class and would definitely take another class with Cooking Mama!
A must do if you are visiting Sorrento. Authentic and fun and easy to follow. We all ate our entire meals. Amazing! cucinare per conto proprio!
An absolute must do experience. Cooking Mama is a family owned cooking class run by a local family who has been in the same location for generations. The ingredients come straight from their garden. While the food was certainly amazing, the most special part is the mother and son duo running the class. The treat you with such care, make it a fun experience, and you can see the love and care that they have for cooking. This cooking class was the highlight of our trip of all over Italy and recommend anyone considering to give it a try, and you won’t be disappointed.
This was such a great experience! The food was so fresh and the atmosphere was amazing! Highly, highly recommend booking this class!!! 10/10!
Our family had such a wonderful experience at this cooking class in Sorrento. From the moment we arrived, the hosts made us feel genuinely welcome and created such a warm, authentic atmosphere. The class was hands-on, fun, and incredibly well organized. We learned how to prepare traditional Italian dishes using fresh local ingredients, and every step was explained clearly with patience and enthusiasm. It felt like much more than a class — it was a true cultural experience. The setting was beautiful, the food we made was delicious, and the entire experience became one of the highlights of our trip to Italy. We left not only with amazing recipes, but also with memories we’ll talk about for years. Highly recommend this experience to anyone visiting Sorrento who wants authentic Italian hospitality, great food, and a genuinely memorable day.
This was an amazing experience! Salvatore and his “mama”, Nunzia, were friendly and welcoming! Salvatore is knowledgeable and shared the secrets to great pasta and tiramisu! If you go to Sorrento, it’s a must!!
We had the best time! By far our favorite part of our trip. Amazing experience, delicious food, and great atmosphere. Staff is very welcoming and made the experience. Worth every penny!
This is an awesome, authentic cooking experience in Sorrento. The entire class was incredible from start to finish. Our instructor, Salvatore, was fantastic. He was super welcoming and made the whole night really engaging. It was highly educational, and we learned actual Sorrento cooking techniques and tips that we’ll definitely use back home. The food we made was amazing, and they were incredibly generous with the wine, keeping our glasses topped off. It kept the whole evening feeling relaxed and fun. Huge thanks to Salvatore and his family for everything. Highly recommend booking this!
Family owned ! Very authentic ! We had the BEST time ♥️
A wonderful time with Cooking Mama in Sorrento, great fun, tuition and food ❤️
We had a fantastic cooking class with Salvatore! He was warm, friendly, and made the whole experience feel relaxed and fun. We loved learning to make tiramisu and fresh fettuccine from scratch—everything was easy to follow and delicious. He was especially wonderful with our young kids, making it a truly memorable family experience. Highly recommend!
We had the most wonderful time at Cooking Mama. The food was delicious and the experience was incredible. Salvatore was too good to us!!
A fabulous, immersive and unique class in a beautiful space built into a cliffside once used to store boats of the family’s ancestors.
Salvatore & his mother were the 'quintessential & Amazing creators of a shared & stupendous experience for me & mu daughters celebrating my 70th birthday & my first visit to Europe! O will definitely recommend this wonderful & all around culinary experience to all!☀️
Very special cooking class experience! The instructing was engaging, warm and a welcoming space to learn, laugh and eat many many incredible recipes and foods! We have left very full of delicious dishes and new knowledge - thank you Salvatore!! ♥️ would recommend!
We had the best time!!!!! Definitely would like to book this again. The teacher was amazing, the faculty was clean. It’s an easy class so just go and have fun!!!!
This was one of the highlights from our trip! Everyone was so nice and we learned a bunch of new cooking techniques that will help us at home. Definitely recommend!
Very fun, accessible, and family-friendly. I would highly recommend doing this if you’re visiting Sorrento. The cooking and dining experience lasted about 4 hours in total.
We learned how to make fettuccine, ravioli, and gnocchi from scratch! And we made tiramisu for dessert. Salvatore was a great teacher with his family homemade recipe and also the appetizers provided (made by his mom) were delicious.
Fantastic experience, delicious food and easy to follow. Would definitely recommend
“One of the best experiences we’ve had here! We would recommend it to anyone. The food was fabulous, the atmosphere was fun, and the staff had plenty of great suggestions for local things to do.
The cooking class was so much fun. The hands on experience was great. We had such a great experience.We highly recommend cooking mama.
We had such a great time with Salvatore! The class was informative and fun! He and his Mom treated us to some delicious surprises of bruschetta, their homemade limoncello and this amazing little treat of *potato* parmesan!!!! The sauce was absolutely delicious - probably one of the best I’ve ever had, esp given its rather quick put-together! We ended our class with a nice little sit-down to enjoy more wine, pasta, tiramisu and chatter. Highly, highly, highly recommend!!
This is a MUST when visiting Sorrento! The atmosphere is a cozy, family owned location. Salvatore showed us how to make different kinds of pasta, sauce, and tiramisu. We also got a sample of things that mama made for us! Everything was delicious including the dishes that we made. Such a wonderful experience and I would highly, highly recommend!
Really fun experience with Salvatore. Have always wanted to learn how to make pasta and a good tomato sauce. A well paced and fun morning with lunch and plenty of wine to follow. Authentic location and warm family welcome from Salvatore and, of course, his ‘mama’. Perfect Italian experience.
This was such a fun and delicious experience! The class was a small group of 9, which made it easy to see the steps. We spent about 3.5 hours making pasta, sauce and tiramisu and then eating. It’s also a beautiful building and space. Such a great experience- would definitely do again!
We enjoyed a fun class with Salvatore making pasta, sauce and our own tiramisu for dessert. While we prepared our dough, Mama Nunzia was getting the appetizers ready. Everything was fantastic! Bruschetta, parmigiana, fresh pepper salad and wine! Salvatore was a patient and good humoured teacher. 10/10!
Wonderful experience learning to make an authentic Italian meal with Salvatore. My culinary skills are lacking- he was patient, kind and extremely knowledgeable. The class was a blast!
Our host Salvatore was amazing, he was fun and he knew his craft. Great experience and the food was perfecto! We made fresh pasta, a tomato and eggplant sauce with a tiramisu to finish. Home made lemonade yummy! and then the homemade Lemoncello - buonissimo! Let’s not forget the sunset. A truly unforgettable experience and a must if you are in Sorrento!
The experience was wonderful! Love the hospitality! Love Salvadorie he was amazing. Love mama’s cooking, the brochette and wine! Marvelous place to visit.
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