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Traditional Home Cooking Experience in Lecce

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Overview

Discover the pleasure of preparing and savoring fresh pasta as it is done in Salento, with the guidance of a passionate local chef Enjoy the fruits of your labor with your chef in a convivial dinner. Get the recipes and continue your cooking adventure back at home!

3-hour Pasta cooking class in Lecce Learn to create regional Pugliese specialties, like Orecchiette
Enjoy your meal with a selection of fine wines
Get an insider perspective on the region from close interactions with locals

Sample Menu

Starter

Appetizer of Salento typical products

Main

Two Pasta Courses

Dessert

Typical Dessert

What's Included

Dinner
Hands on cooking class
Recipes and ferretto pasta tool to surprise guests back home
Alcoholic Beverages

Anything not mentioned in inclusions

Meeting and Pickup

Meeting point

Porta Napoli
73100 Lecce, Province of Lecce, Italy
Pick-up and Drop-off under the arch of Porta Napoli, Piazzetta Arco di Trionfo, 73100 Lecce LE, Italia (Lecce)

Start time

06:00 PM

End point

This activity ends back at the meeting point.

What To Expect

Live an authentic culinary experience in Lecce, the baroque capital of Apulia. Your host will recive you with a welcome aperitizer of Salento typical products, a refreshing Leccese Coffe (In the most ancient Salento tradition, coffee is sweetened with almond milk and refreshed with ice) will accompany you while you enjoy an amazing hands-on cooking, Combine simple ingredients, such as flavor, water, for creating a delicious dish. Mix raw products with passion, and prepare the dough of pasta fresca improving your cooking skills, knead, cut and shape Orecchiette and Maccheroni al Ferretto (ferretto pasta tool). With the guidance of a passionate local chef you will prepare two different sauces to dress your pasta the classic "fresh tomato red sauce" and chickpeas and local vegetables topping
Enjoy the fruits of your labor with your chef and in a convivial dinner, accompanied by homemade bread, finish with a typical dessert and homemade limoncello . Toast with local red, Rosè and white wine to celebrate this exclusive experience.

Get the recipes and your ferretto pasta tool to continue your cooking adventure back at home!

Additional Info

Confirmation will be received at time of booking
A minimum of 2 people per booking is required
Paease communicate in advance any dietary restriction
Not wheelchair accessible

Stroller accessible
Near public transportation
Infants must sit on laps
This tour/activity will have a maximum of 7 travelers

Cancellation Policy

You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.

For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
Any changes made less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time will not be accepted.

Cut-off times are based on the experience’s local time.
This experience requires a minimum number of travelers. If it’s canceled because the minimum isn’t met, you’ll be offered a different date/experience or a full refund.

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Featured review

Andrew_S

Lisa and Fabio were wonderful hosts and very patient with those of us not very adept at pasta-making. It was a great atmosphere (cooking indoors and eating outdoors in a nice garden setting) with great appetizers and a variety of Puglian wines served at a generous pace (I've read about other tours that were less bountiful but Fabio topped up our glasses regularly). We also had a tasty dessert served with limoncello, a great way to end the evening. Lisa took care of the pasta sauces but will be sending those recipes and Fabio forwarded a good supply of photos from the evening. We were fortunate to share the experience with 4 others with whom we got along very well and that added to our enjoyment of the evening. Pick up and drop-off points were centrally located and F abio offered to drive us to our hotel if we wished. Would recommend this cooking class/evening very highly.

Reviews

4.5

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Wonderful cooking and conversation in Lecce!

Patty_K, May 2024

We had a wonderful time with Lisa and Fabio! My husband and I were lucky enough to have the evening to ourselves with our hosts. That made for a lot of good conversation and sharing between the four of us. Our hosts easily conversed in English which made up for our lack of Italian speaking. In addition to teaching us to make the pasta, they hosted a full evening with an apperitivo and appetizers, followed by the two pasta courses, and ending with a delicious dessert. This was a highlight of our visit to Puglia! Highly recommend Lisa and Fabio!

An evening meeting strangers and ending feeling like family,

Bonnie_L, Apr 2024

Lisa and Fabio were just fabulous! So gracious and welcoming! The pasta making was fun, but the socializing and conversation was what completed the evening. Lisa’s antipasti and sauces were excellent and fine examples of local tastes. An evening we will always remember with new friends. COOKING, DRINKING and LEARNING about people from another part of the world!!

Amazing Experience

Ofir_L, Apr 2024

We had amazing time with Fabio and Lisa, The workshop was very interesting and we learned a lot. We enjoyed every moment with them. An unforgettable experience, highly recommend.

Fabulous day with Lisa and Fabio!

Kathy_B, Oct 2023

Lisa and Fabio were the most special hosts and teachers. We had a wonderful time learning from them and then enjoying the creations we worked on together. Highly recommend taking this class. Enjoy the time with them! Oh and by the way it was all delicious!!

One of the high points of 3 weeks in southern Italy

Andrew_S, Sep 2023

Perfect

Claire_H, Sep 2023

Thank you Fabio and Lisa for a fantastic evening, we had so much fun! We can highly recommend this cooking experience.

A wonderful Lecce homely cooking experience and dinner

Janene_Y, Sep 2023

A most enjoyable Lecce local experience with wonderful hosts Lisa & Fabio inviting us into their home. We had a wonderful chilled coffee on ice to start with tasty homemade appetizers and wines then onto our pasta making class. We then sat down to dinner alfresco with our pasta and 2 different sauces finishing with a lovey pannacotta dessert.

Highlight of our Italy Trip

Sarah_N, Sep 2023

I am so so happy that we booked this class! Fabio and Liza are fabulous chefs, teachers, hosts, and people! They welcomed us all so kindly into their home, showed us how to make two different types of local pastas and then spoiled us with aperitif, local wine and beverages, and their life and region stories! It was so special! Obviously it was incredibly tasty! Would do it again and again!

The most amazing experience in Puglia

Natalie_W, Jun 2023

We cant thank Lisa and Fabio enough to open the door to their home and introduce us to the fabulous cuisine of Puglia! This cooking experience was the highlight of our trip to Puglia. Lisa and Fabio made us felt as we are cooking and having dinner with friends over a couple of glasses of wine and sharing stories of Puglia. We learned so much and cannot wait to replicate the dishes back home. We can highly recommend to book this class as its an unforgettable experience. Grazie mille xx

Cooking in Lecce

Jan_M, May 2023

We would highly recommend this experience. Lisa and Fabio looked after us so well. We learnt about local food but also about the local culture. Such a fun experience. We will have fond memories of our time in Lecce with Lisa and Fabio.

Amazing food, fun, cooking experience!

Angela_N, May 2023

We had a fabulous experience. Lisa is an amazing chef and the dinner was really good. We enjoyed making pasta and learning her technique. Fabio picked us up on time and even took pictures of us all evening. The wine was terrific and the company was even better. I highly recommend it.

Amazing and delicious experience

Maral_M, Aug 2022

Amazing experience at Fabio and Lisa’a home. We made delicious pasta and had wonderful conversation. Very warm and welcoming experience, highly recommend.

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Annick_B, Aug 2022

We had the most amazing night with Fabio and Lisa! This was without a doubt the most memorable part of our time in Lecce. We would do it again in a heartbeat.

A fun evening in Lecce - cooking and making friends…the best.

Yvonne_L, Jul 2022

This was our first trip to Lecce and we were going with friends. Never have any of us taking a cooking class, so we thought to give it a try. Lisa and Fabio picked the four of us up at the Porta Napoli and drove us to their home along with another couple. Lisa and Fabio were so friendly and open and happy to entertain us all. Truly this was the highlight of our stay in Lecce. We had fun (and some good laughs) learning how to make the local pasta - orecchiette. Fabio took pictures…which he promptly sent to us the next day so we could share. Thank you Lisa and Fabio for letting us into your lives this summer. We will always our time making “little ears” in Lecce.

A night to remember

Evan_N, Jun 2022

Lisa and Fabio were wonderful hosts and would highly recommend this activity. They have a beautiful home and took great care teaching us and two other couples how to make two kinds of pasta. They prepared a variety of local dishes all lovingly homemade. We had great conversation learning all about the food, wine, and culture of the region. They made many recommendations of places to visit. We all left the evening as friends.

Friendly people but disappointing

Naomi_d, Jun 2022

We had a nice evening with nice people, but it was very disappointing. We waited long to post a review (We are still waiting for a reply from the touroperator). Its been a month now, so I decided to post a review. The whole evening was different comparing with other reviews, photo’s and the discription of the tour. The evening was in a regular house: no estate outside Lecce and no garden (just a patio). We made two pasta’s and that was it. No futher information about the wine or more background information. Both ladies were very kind, but they hardly speak english. So we had a nice evening with friendly people, but it was absolutley not worth the €75,- we paid each person. We had a strange feeling because they changed the date last minute. Perhaps the original location was not available and they had to improvice.

Response from Host, Jun 2022

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Great cooking experience

Anthony_K, May 2022

We were 2 Australians and shared the class with 6 Canadians who were great fun. The cooking (and eating) experience was fantastic - the hosts Stephi and Lisa are brilliant. Highly recommended.

Pasta connecting cultures

Caryl_N, May 2022

It was a lovely experience and my sister and I learnt a lot about food and local dishes as well as making pasta. Lisa and Stefanie were great teachers and made us feel really welcome.

Amazing food, delicious wine- great experience!

Donna_M, May 2022

We love taking cooking classes when we travel, and this was one of the best! We lucked out with two outstanding chefs and a really interesting and fun group of travelers!

Lovely experience for whole family

Eric_C, Apr 2022

Very enjoyable experience with Master Chef, Lisa, who cpuld entertain and teach both adults and children, thank you! Wonderful family experience, cpuld have spent the whole day with this lovely host family.Grazie mille!!!!!!

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