Sicilian Cooking Class in Taormina

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What You’ll Experience
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4 hours
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Number of Guests
1 - 15 guests
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Language
English, Italian
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Dive into Sicily's flavors! Join us in Taormina for a cooking class with a local chef. Visit the market, choose fresh ingredients, and create a 3-course meal. Wine tasting included.

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For each guest that attends this experience, byFood will donate
10 meals

Experience Details

Cook a 3-course Sicilian meal at a Restaurant in central Taormina, and then savor the dishes with samples of local wine! The 4-hour cooking class is led by a professional local chef, and includes a visit to Taormina open market to select the freshest ingredients of the day. Learn about Sicily’s varied, fresh and fragrant cuisine that follows the seasons, and learn about classic Sicilian dishes like ‘Parmigiana di melanzane.’

Sample Menu

STARTER
Sicilian Caponata
Mixed sauted vegetables with sweet & sour sauce
MAIN
Hand-made maccheroni with tomato sauce
Maccheroni are freshly hand made by the customers. Sauce is prepared with fresh tomatoes.
MAIN
Fish "alla ghiotta" style
Fish is cooked with tomatoes, garlic, parsley, capers and olives.

What You Get

Water
Lunch
Wine
Extra alcoholic beverage

Good To Know

  • Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
  • Public transportation options are available nearby
  • Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
  • All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
  • Minimum numbers of 2 apply.
  • Wheelchair accessible

What You’ll Experience

Meeting at the Porta Messina Restaurant besides the Porta Messina Arch, the activity starts with a guided tour of the market of Taormina to buy the various fresh ingredients. Back at the restaurant the Chef will explain the recipes in program during a coffee break. The preparation and the cooking of the food will then start. The hand-made pasta represents the highlight of the activity. Once the dishes are prepared, everybody is invited to the table for the typical festivity lunch with local wines. At the end of the activity, each participant will receive a certificate and an autographed apron as a souvenir of this special day.

Meeting & Pickup

Meeting Point

Ristorante Pizzeria Porta Messina, Largo Giove Serapide, Taormina Città metropolitana di Messina Sicilia, Italy, IT, 98038

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The Restaurant Porta Messina is besides the Porta Messina Arch.
End Point

This experience ends at the meeting point.

Cancellation Policy

Cancel your booking at least 24 hours before the experience start time to receive a full refund minus a 3.2% transaction fee.

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Please note that the time is in Central European Time.
Free cancellation (24 hours notice)
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