Few experiences in Rome beat learning how to cook real Italian cuisine. Guided cooking classes are becoming ever more popular with travellers of all ages. But finding the right cooking class for you can be a challenge. Not everybody wants to share their class with small kids or take part in stripped-down, overly simplified classes that are ‘family friendly’ but superficial.
That’s why we’re sharing our top recommended cooking classes in Rome for adults.
Because this is your vacation, and you should get to spend it with who you want.
Spritz and Spaghetti Cooking Class
This cooking class is unique among food experiences in Rome, combining a cocktail-making demonstration and a hands-on pasta-making lesson. Over three fun-filled hours, you’ll enjoy Aperol Spritz, Campari Spritz, and Limoncello Spritz (or prosecco if you prefer!), learning the tricks and ratios behind the perfect blend, and try your hand at making homemade fettuccine.
Leading the class is an expert local chef, who will share fascinating cultural nuggets about Italian cuisine—and answer the age-old mystery of whether you add cream to a carbonara (spoiler: you do not). They’ll also be on hand to teach you tricks behind kneading and rolling out the perfect pasta dough for your fettuccine pasta.
At the end of the class, choose whether to enjoy your fettuccine pasta with cacio e pepe sauce (a typical Roman sauce consisting of tangy pecorino cheese and black pepper) or carbonara sauce (a classic Roman recipe made from pork jowl, egg yolks, pecorino cheese and pepper).
This class is strictly 18+, meaning we guarantee you won’t be sharing it with families and kids. So let loose, get a little tipsy, and live la dolce vita sipping spritzes and learning time-honoured Italian recipes.
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Pizza & Cocktails Class
Our hands-on pizza & cocktail making class is perfect for fun-loving foodies who want to perfect the art of pizza while sipping on three Italian cocktails. Similar in format to the Spritz & Spaghetti class, this experience blends an immersive cooking class with a mixology demo and is ideal for adults of all experience levels.
Under the guidance of a fun, fluent English-speaking chef, you’ll learn all about how to make authentic Roman pizza, from the secrets behind that thin, crispy dough to the toppings today’s Romans typically use. After kneading, rolling out and topping your pizza pie, pop it in the oven and sit back with a mixology demo of Aperol Spritz and Campari Spritz that will make you king or queen of drinks parties!
This class finishes with a homemade meal of your Roman-style pizza, with a Limoncello Spritz (other non-alcoholic options are also available). Bond with the fellow foodies in the group and enjoy recipes you’ll be recreating at home.
All recipes will be sent to your via email at the end of the class!
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Pasta & Tiramisù Cooking Class
Rome with Chef’s top-rated pasta & tiramisù class teaches you the tricks behind making creamy, dreamy tiramisù and hand-cut fettuccine pasta. You’ll be welcomed to the school with a refreshing glass of prosecco (and throughout the class, your chef will be on hand to top you up 🥂) to break the ice as you meet your fellow foodies. Then you’ll dive straight into making one of the most iconic Italian desserts: coffee-infused and cocoa-sprinkled tiramisù.
After this, you’ll perfect the art of pasta-making as you knead, roll out, shape and slice your pasta dough into perfect strips of fettuccine. The best thing is that no pasta machine is needed; you can recreate this recipe easily at home, and we’ll even send you the recipes via email at the end of the class.
Finish your Pasta & Tiramisù Cooking Class by sitting down with your fellow newfound chefs and enjoying a two-course meal of your homemade pasta and tiramisù, accompanied by local red or white wine.
Please note that despite the copious amounts of prosecco during the class, and the wine with dinner, this cooking class is not strictly 18+. To guarantee you do this with adults only, book a Private Pasta & Tiramisù Class.
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Rome with Chef specialises in cooking classes for adults, drawing on more than 7 years of experience in the Eternal City. All of our classes are available on a private or small-group basis (the latter max 14 guests).
We can also customise classes upon request. Just get in touch with us and we’ll get back to you faster than a professional pizzaiolo’s pizza flip.
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