Top Sicily Food & Drink

Learn the art of making Sicilian food with this half-day cooking class designed for beginner and experienced cooks alike. Tour a local fish market with a Chef and learn the tricks of the trade for buying fresh seafood. In a restaurant kitchen, don your chef’s apron and learn to make classic dishes like dough, pizza, bread, and pasta and enjoy the many dishes prepared by your class for lunch. 

Take a half-day cooking class with a local chef, Antonio, for a typical experience in a Sicilian home. Learn to prepare delicious dishes and take home recipes to make at home. Possible dishes may include fish or meat, with vegetarian options available with advance notice. Top off your lesson with a 4-course dinner of the foods you helped to make, accompanied by wine, coffee, and limoncello.

On your visit to Italy, you’ll want to try authentic Italian pizza. Learn the secrets of Sicilian Pizzaioli when you prepare pizza from scratch with a professional chef. Enjoy your lesson in a famous pizzeria in downtown Taormina, where you’ll start with kneading dough and end with a delicious bite. Get a glimpse into the life of a local chef, and immerse yourself in Italian cuisine and culture.

Finding the best cannoli bakeries—pasticcerie—in Taormina can be a fun challenge, but it can also turn into fruitless trips between neighborhoods. With this tour, take the guesswork out and let a chef help you prepare cannoli from scratch, using traditional recipes starting with the crusty shell and ending with sweet ricotta cream. When you’re done, taste your creations and receive a “cannoli expert” certificate.

Sicily is home to a unique cuisine, different from mainland Italy and often hard to access without the knowledge of a local. With this Sicilian cooking class, enjoy an exclusive glimpse into Palermo’s culinary traditions by exploring one of the city’s oldest markets with a local and then preparing classic dishes at a family-run cooking school. Make four courses and sample what you’ve created during a celebratory meal.

Discover Catania’s unique culinary tradition during this 4-hour hands-on cooking class. Begin the tour at the historic fish market to select your fresh ingredients for your meal. Then head to the guide’s apartment to prepare a 3-course meal from a menu of Italian specialties such as bruschetta, gratin mussels, risotto, fresh ravioli, swordfish, stuffed squid and more. Then sit down and enjoy your freshly prepared meal that you created.

Discover the unique flavors and influences of Sicilian cuisine with a 5-hour, hands-on cooking class in Palermo. After shopping for fresh, seasonal ingredients at a local farmers’ market, head to a well-equipped home kitchen in an 18th-century building. Under the guidance of a chef instructor, learn to prepare an authentic 4-course meal of classic Sicilian dishes including dessert. Sit down to savor your freshly made creations paired with local wine.

Taste your way through the bustling markets and piazzas of Catania on a mouth-watering, half-day culinary tour. Visit fish markets, bakeries, bars and stalls to sample the best Sicilian street food with a local guide. Try regional specialties like ‘arancini’ (stuffed fried rice balls), fizzy drinks, ‘cipollata’ (bacon-wrapped onions), ‘zibibbio’ wine and decadent cannoli. Learn what makes Sicilian cuisine unique from the rest of Italy while discovering some of Catania’s cultural treasures.

Get a taste of Sicilian culture by taking a cooking class at a restaurant in Taormina, one of Sicily's most popular resort destinations, known for its views over the Gulf of Naxos and Mt. Etna. Meet a chef at his Michelin-starred restaurant for a look at the inner workings of a kitchen and instructions on cooking Italian cuisine. Lunch or dinner is included.

Learn the secrets of Sicilian cuisine with a friendly local chef. Visit the food market, and buy the freshest ingredients for your cooking class. Enjoy a typical lunch (with local wine) with your friends and family. Your culinary journey across Sicilian cooking traditions will begin at the market; here the chef will show you how to shop, choosing the best seasonal products from land and sea, always opting for the best quality. You will walk along alleys and back streets, tasting the local life. A coffee break with fresh fruit and Sicilian specialties will be offered to you.

Tour a traditional olive oil estate and take a cooking class on Sicilian cuisine during this half-day experience in Agrigento. Sample olive oils made on the estate, learn to prepare several classic recipes for lunch, then enjoy a festive meal accompanied by wine.

Learn the secrets of authentic Italian cuisine from a professional chef during this cooking class in Ortigia. Experience the buzzing atmosphere of Ortigia market as you shop for ingredients, then get hands-on as you prepare fresh spaghetti, meatballs, and other Sicilian specialties. Finish by tucking into a delicious homemade lunch, accompanied by fine Italian wines.

Learn how to cook a traditional Sicilian meal from a professional chef during this 3-hour experience in central Catania. Then, dine on the 3-course meal you helped create, accompanied by local Sicilian wines.

On a 3-hour Palermo food walking tour, explore the city center’s squares, monuments and markets with an informative guide as you stop for tastings of street food. Soak up the local culture and learn a bit about Palermo's history while you enjoy samples and meet street food purveyors.

Get off the beaten path and discover the hidden hotspots favored by locals on this in-depth food and drink crawl through Palermo. Hit the cobbled, attraction-packed streets of the old town, passing by top monuments as you sample traditional Sicilian delicacies paired with wine or beer. Top it off with a cannolo or gelato from one of the city’s most atmospheric cafes.

Nowhere in Italy is the cuisine more distinctive than Sicily, but you need the help of a local to discover the island’s unique culinary traditions. With this cooking and limoncello-making class in Palermo, enjoy the insights of a local chef while you visit the historic Capo market to select ingredients and then enjoy a home cooking class in the Vucciria neighborhood. Prepare and sample three classic dishes and limoncello made with your host’s own lemons.

Menu changes every day depending what I will found at market and respect costumer's request. Fish, Vegetable, Meat. We could provide Vegetarian Class, Gluten free and any other exception It includes lunch or dinner 4 courses ,, water, wine, limoncello, espresso or americano, ceramic gift. On request it is possible to have dinner in your apartment or in a restaurant in Ortigia requesting your personal chef who will prepare only for you a typical Sicilian menu, lovingly preparing each dish and explaining the preparation and history of the dish. you will be. I choose the menu based on meat, fish, or vegetarian or a mix of these. the right wine will be paired with limoncello or sweet wine and espresso. The price for person changes according to the menu agreed and chosen with the chef Angelo Ingrassia.

Travel into the scenic countryside with this wine tour in western Sicily. The itinerary can be customized according to your interests, with both a half-day or full-day option. Visit vineyards and wineries to taste some of the region’s best-known wines, including Marsala or Grillo. Hotel pick-up is included.

A full immersion in the olive oil world From the olive growe to the bottle. What means high quality Extra Virgin Olive Oil Grove Harvest Extraction process storaging Bottling. Tasting olive oil Understand quality and negative flavors Positive attributes Pairing with food And much more ... Food tasting & Typical Sicilian Lunch

We will begin our experience early in the morning by meeting at "Porta Carini" entrance door to one of the most famous markets in the city, the Cape. We will enter the market alleys, full of merchandise, and here we will buy everything needed to make the menu you choose together. Among the stalls full of goods, between colors and voices you will have the impression of being in one of the souks of any Muslim city. Visiting a market in Palermo is a multicultural experience, they fully express the multifaceted and cosmopolitan culture of the Palermo area. After our purchases, we will head towards my house, which is just a few minutes from Piazza Politeama. Here our experience will continue with the preparation of the dishes. Under my supervision, my kitchen will become the setting for your culinary creations.

Experience the Mount Etna region to its fullest during this full-day excursion. Reach heights of 2,000 meters as you explore the villages, lava flows, and caves of Europe’s highest active volcano. After your volcano hike, sit down to a delicious Sicilian lunch at a certified DOC winery and sample some of the local wines made right on the volcano before heading back to Catania.

Lovely day, full of fun for the whole family, kids included, or for friends and couples. Atmosphere is just relaxing and genuine. It's an authentic Sicilian style experience. You will help the cook and at the end you will enjoy the meal and grasp some secrets, but not all! Sicilian bottle of wine in included!

The Etna Food & Wine Tour has a relaxed pace and offers the chance to enjoy food and wine from the most authentic Sicilian tradition, while exploring the history of the cultivation of specific grapes and the production processes. You will learn some facts about the production of wine and will see cellars and other facilities. Wine and food tasting are based on fresh produce. Visits are exclusive to your group. In the afternoon, exclusive visits to Taormina and Mt. Etna will be offered with our compliments. • Relaxing atmosphere • Charming resort in the countryside • Pool and spa access • High class meals and service • Immersive experience in food, wine, culture, and nature • Travelosophy representative available 24H during your stay

Learn to cook and eat like a true Sicilian with this hands-on pizza cooking class in central Taormina. Stroll through Piazza IX Aprile on the way to a well-equipped chef’s kitchen housed in a medieval stone villa. Learn about the history of pizza from a professional chef, then mix and toss dough and pile on savory sauce and toppings for an authentic Sicilian dish.