Join Chef Maria on the island of Sardinia for hands-on cooking and shopping with the chef, tour the outdoor marketplace and discover the local flavors of sunny Sardinia!
Sardinia, Italy’s magical island, rich in food, wine and story – not to mention its gorgeous white beaches, Mediterranean climate and beauty! Discover Sardinia, the Costa Smeralda – from Sassari to Cagliari – and everything in between!
Cooking and food culture blend in Olbia near the Costa Smeralda for a one-of-a-kind shopping with the chef food lover’s cooking tour.
Tie on your aprons and join Chef Maria in her Sardinian kitchen for the day. During your stay, discover the secrets of local Sardinian cuisine while slicing, dicing, mixing and preparing traditional cuisine from her family’s cookbook. Learn how to make fresh pasta and seasonal sauces, antipasti and local fish and meat. And if vegetarian is your menu choice or gluten-free, we accommodate any food allergies.
Learn how to mix and cut the famous fregola pasta with a hearty tomato sauce. Prepare fresh seafood and fish in slow-cooked pomodoro salsa. Join Chef Savio in a hands-on cooking class and pasta-making class along with warm-hearted locals in sunny Sardinia!
Cooking Classes In Sardinia
Tie on your apron and join Chef Savio in his Sardinian kitchen. His knowledge and know-how will have you cooking like a local in no time. Together, you will learn how to make lasagne, ravioli, tortellini, and tagliatelle. Main courses include zuppa di pesce, an assortment of fish in a creamy tomato sauce along with burrida, fish in a broth with celery, carrot, onion, and lemon, and aragosta alla Catalana, with lobster, tomatoes, onions, oil, and lemon. Desserts are a must, think papassini, biscotti perfect for dipping into coffee, tiliccas, a honey and toasted almond sweet, and seada, a flaky, fried pastry puff stuffed with ricotta, orange zest and herbs, and drizzled with honey. Following the cooking classes, everyone enjoys the foods that were prepared in the cooking class with Sardinian wine and liqueur.
Cooking Class or Cooking Class with Shopping with the Chef
Program Includes:
- 1 hands-on cooking class including antipasto, fresh pasta and sauce, a main course and dessert with wine included.
- Everyone enjoys the foods that were prepared in the cooking class to follow
- Shopping with the Chef at the local farmer’s market, if you included.
Program Prices
$295 per person, based on 2 guests, with Cooking Class.
$425 per person, based on 2 guests, with Cooking Class and Shopping with the Chef.
For Single Guests: If you are traveling on your own, please call us for the best group price. We are happy to welcome you into an already scheduled group.
*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 reserve transfers for you. Transfers are an extra cost.