It’s every food lover’s dream. A day trip to Italy’s culinary heart, a Michelin star kitchen with a resident Chef, tables laden with celebrated products such as prosciutto di Parma, Parmesan cheese, culatello, balsamic vinegar from nearby Modena and sheets of rich, yellow hand-rolled pasta…
Parma Cooking Classes
Tie on your apron with our Michelin Star Chef and experience a genuine culinary adventure in Parma. This glorious 1 day experience takes you into the culinary heart of Parma for an authentic hands-on cooking class and food tour like no other. Tie on your aprons for a cooking experience in a Michelin Star kitchen with Emilia Romagna’s high quality products such as prosciutto di Parma, Parmesan cheese, aged balsamic vinegar from nearby Modena. Learn the art of making tortellini and tortelloni and delicate sheets hand-rolled pasta in our small classes with personal attention to each cooking guest.
Before your class, take a stroll through the estate’s vegetable garden, fruit orchards and working farm where ingredients are grown, raised and produced. This hands-on cooking class introduces you to the regional cuisine of Parma while making antipasto, pasta, risotto, soups, main courses and desserts.
Although with a tutelage of Michelin stars, this down-to-earth chef is known as The Farmer, dedicating his time outside of the kitchen to his garden. Cooking guests learn as they are amazed at how he turns fresh organic produce from his garden into award-winning food. Set in the heart of the Emilia Romagna countryside and nestled in the triangle of Parma, Cremona and Piacenza on the Po River, our 1 Day Cooking Class is a one-of-a-kind cooking experience!
Following the class, everyone enjoys the foods that were prepared during the cooking class. A toast of wine included.
One-Day Class Includes:
- Hands-on cooking class featuring the preparation of a full menu.
- Cooking apron and recipe booklet
- Dinner follows on the foods prepared in class including wine.
Program Prices
$325 per person, based on 2 guests.
Cooking Classes start in the morning at 9:30am or in the afternoon at 4pm.
* Please note: One-day cooking classes do not include transportation, accommodations, or any other excursions. If you would like to add on transfers to and from your hotel or cruise ship port ~ please let us know your group size and we will be happy to provide a price and reserve the transfer(s) for you. If you have a non-cooker who would like dine, but not cook, please let us know and we will also send you pricing.