If you want to immerse yourself in authentic Lecce and Salento cuisine, come to my home where I'll be waiting to teach you the art of homemade pasta with simple ingredients. Together, we'll cook a Salento menu full of delicious aromas. We'll make pasticciotto, Lecce's most famous dessert, and then we'll make Lecce coffee, the kind that has captivated tourists from around the world. I'll use only the highest-quality ingredients, always favoring local, farmer-produced products and using organic products! Come cook and eat with me, a menu also suitable for vegetarians. We'll make pasta with our hands and a rolling pin, and we'll make orecchiette and maccheroncino just like my grandmother used to make.
Out at sunset: the 5:00 PM departure is under way when the sun sets, around 6:02 PM in the coming weeks.
In demand: 12 of the next 30 departures are already sold out.
From the operator’s live schedule on Viator, checked Oct 6.
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For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Salento cooking class and have dinner with what you cooked lasts about 4 hours.
Prices start at $98 per person for this Lecce experience, booked through Viator with the price shown before checkout. There is 1 booking option, so the final price depends on the option you choose.
According to the operator’s current schedule, it runs every day, starting at 5:00 PM.
It can: 12 of the next 30 departures are already sold out, so booking ahead is a good idea.
Yes. Cancel at least 1 day before the start for a full refund. Later cancellations are non-refundable.
The meeting point is Via Giovanni Antonio Orsini del balzo 58. Hotel pickup is not part of this experience.
The experience is available in EN, IT.
It is a small-group experience with a maximum of 6 participants.
Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
Confirmation is sent by the operator within 24 hours of booking.
Travellers rate it 5.0 out of 5 across 26 reviews on Viator and Tripadvisor; it is run by Cooking class pasta salentina con Stefania.
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Cooking with Stephanie was a really wonderful experience. Being warmly welcomed into her beautiful home, it was fun to prepare the food together, really lovely company and then a gorgeous meal. It truly exceeded my expectations❤️
Stefania is an incredible host for this wonderful cooking class. She was incredibly helpful and hospitable to us as we learned to make pasta from the Lecce region. We even were lucky enough to make a dessert! This experience is absolutely worth it if you want an intimate experience with cooking and learning the ways of the locals 😊
We spent a beautiful evening with Stefania, learning traditional pasta making along with the wonderful local specialties of caffè in ghiaccio con latte di mandorla and pasticciotto. Wow, it was amazing! Stefania is a kind teacher and gracious hostess, and welcomed us into her home for an evening of amazing foods and wines. Easily the best night of our trip to Lecce, and since she shared the recipes after, we have even made the pasta dinner twice in our own home! Thank you Stefania, for teaching us how to make these wonderful foods.
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We had a great time learning how to make pasta and pasticciotti with Stefania. She was a patient teacher and did a great job giving us all the opportunity to participate. She was very warm and welcoming. We told her we were doing a bike tour and the cities we were traveling too and she gave us good advice about things to make sure we saw/did and restaurants. The finished products were also delicious. I was very happy we decided to do this experience!
This was a fabulous evening - Stefania welcomed us into her beautiful home where she instructed us, assisted us and fed us - she has the perfect personality to teach - it was fun, informative and not just about the food, but also local culture. We can't wait to test our new culinary skills once we're home - this was a wonderful way for us to spend our last evening in Lecce and we couldn't stop raving about it the next day.
What an excellent evening we had with Stefania. Stefania was a very good teacher. We had great fun forming Orecchiette with the pasta we had made, the meatballs and sauce. We also made Pasticciotto Leccese, a delicious Lecce speciality. We then enjoyed eating our efforts, accompanied by a very nice red wine!
Such a fun learning experience and great evening! Stefania was a gracious host. I learned how to make pasticiotto, orecchiette, and maccheroncini. We also made meatballs and tomato sauce. Dinner was what we cooked with wine. It was a lovely evening!
A wonderful evening in Stefania’s home. Highly recommended early in your trip to Lecce. The cooking class was informal and supportive and we enjoyed a delicious dinner of all we had prepared and cooked. Stefania was full of tips and recommendations of places to visit and eat in the local area.
What a lovely, memorable evening! So enjoyable and Stefania is a great teacher and wonderful host. None of the dishes are hard to make. We made all traditional Lecce food - 2 types of pasta, beef meatballs with pecorino and a tomato-based sauce and a shortcrust pie with a creamy lemon custard filling for pudding. It was all quite delicious, accompanied by a local rose wine. Would recommend this to anyone who enjoys cooking and good food!
Stefania is a charming and welcoming hostess who passed on a lot of information about the Salento culture, besides the secret of homemade pasta and pasticciotto. We were able to taste the famous Lecce coffee with bitter almond syrup and sweet specialties prepared by Stefania. We felt right at home. The course is perfect for cooking and tasting. It was a plus to be able to exchange in Italian. All we have to do is remake the recipes at our place! Thank you for this great experience.
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