COOKING CLASS in Taormina at Chef Massimo HOUSE!!

Join Chef Massimo in Taormina for a hands-on cooking class. Shop local markets, cook Sicilian dishes, and savor your creations with homemade wine.

Duration: 5 hours, 30 minutes
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Via Guardiola Vecchia, 36C - embark on a tour of the local market followed by a cooking class, complete with plenty of homemade wine. Enjoy a lunch featuring the dishes created together, and receive the recipes along with a complimentary apron.
What's Included
  • Bottled water
  • Alcoholic beverages
  • Lunch
  • kitchen
  • Other
What's Not Included
  • spirits
Meal Options
  • Catch of the day in the Messina style - with the freshest fish that we will find together on the market, we will cook together a typical local recipe !!
  • flowers of zucchini stuffed with ricotta
  • stuffed artichokes
  • fresh pasta
Additional Information

Participating in a cooking course does not only mean learning new local recipes, but also deepening the true culture, customs and habits of a food type.

  • Starting from the Market, where the most important phase takes place.
    Guide to the right qualitative purchase: Selection of “Zero Kilometer” products, knowledge of the fresh seasonal product and…
Location
Franco Wine bar & Typical Sicilian Food
Corso Umberto
under the Arch of Porta Messina Taormina
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

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Trip279695
Oct 28, 2025
Best Chef in Taormina - The best part of my Road Scholar's Cooking in Sicily tour. Chef Massimo accommodated my dietary needs, I'm a pescatarian, as he did for others. We made uncommon, local meals, with fresh ingredients. This was not a demonstration of how to make pesto! Local wines were generously poured with our multiple course meals. His school is well equipped and in a lovely setting away from the tourist area of Taormina. Chef Massimo made working in the kitchen fun and going to the fish and vegetable market an informative adventure.
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Diane_d
Oct 21, 2025
Buon Appetito! - Massimo was The best! Shared great info re: buying fresh produce, meat and fish; great cooking instruction! Beautiful class, beautiful setting, excellent food and teaching! Grazie Assai!
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Kavocato
Oct 16, 2025
Great Cooking Class on Sicilian food - The experience was fabulous. We started at the markets and Chef Massimo explained everything with a great sense of humor. The class was both informative and entertaining. The food was fabulous and I can't wait to try the recipes.
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Tripplannerguru
Oct 15, 2025
Fun cooking experience making dishes and fresh pasta with Chef Massimo at his home with breathtaking views - This was such a fun experience for us all and one of the best hi-lights of my trip. I highly recommend this activity while visiting Taormina. You won’t be disappointed. Thanks chef Massimo for teaching us on how to prepare an amazing lunch. We can’t wait to cook for our friends and family back in the states. I will definitely do this again!!
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Lorraine
Oct 14, 2025
Cooking class with a Master Chef - I took this class on a recent visit to Sicily. I’m a chef and owned an Italian Restaurant in Chicago so I have some experience with cooking. Chef Massimo blew me away. I learned so much. The class is in a beautiful setting overlooking the sea. It was so organized I couldn’t believe how many different dishes we learned. We then enjoyed the fruits of our labor with local wine and lunch al fresco. This class was one of the highlights of our trip!
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Kathleen_m
Oct 11, 2025
Food was Excellent! - We had so much fun at our cooking class. Massimo is very entertaining but all the while was teaching us so much selecting fresh food and preparing it. This is a must do tour!!
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Jackie_v
Oct 9, 2025
Excellent!! - Massimo was the best . We learned so much from buying produce to making pasta and cooking whole fish .
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Anonymous
Oct 6, 2025
Chef Massimo was... - Chef Massimo was wonderful. So personable. He explained everything in detail and with such a love of cooking. We enjoyed this class very much and would highly recommend it. Not to mention the food was delicious! A wonderful experience!
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Mara_u
Oct 4, 2025
Fun cooking class - This experience was a 10/10. Chef Massimo is passionate about Sicilian cuisine and his passion is infectious, this class truly felt like I was preparing a meal for the family with my Sicilian relative! I would definitely do it again! The food, wine, experience and the gorgeous views from the terrace and preparation room, were an excellent way to spend a day in Taormina. Thank you Massimo for a wonderful day. We can’t wait to cook the recipes at home.
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Michael_s
Oct 10, 2025
Great Cooking Lesson, Worth It! - The views from the chef’s house is an amazingly beautiful setting. Everyone gets involved with the food prep and it’s more than slice this or fold that. It really is hands on. The end result was extraordinarily delicious 5-course meal we all enjoyed together at the end! His staff did all the cleanup behind us. After the class we walked downhill and rode the cable car back up to Umberto. The only downside was that the pre-class at the market was too much detail in the lecture, but the chef does know that he talks too much! We would prefer fewer details, but much of it was useful information.
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From $165
up to 15 guests
2 - Adult
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).