Cooking Class - Discover Italian Pasta With a Local Chef in Lecce

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Discover Italian Pasta With a Local Chef in Lecce

€ 75 Per person

all-inclusive: 3-hour class, 4-course meal.

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What You’ll Do

Craft an authentic seasonal menu in Lecce with Chef Enza.

Explore the flavors of Italy's enchanting Southern coast with cooking classes in Lecce on your next visit to this stunning region.

Led by the incredible Chef Enza, who brings unmatched knowledge of Lecce’s rich cuisine to the dinner table, you'll learn authentic recipes made with local ingredients, along with stories and techniques that encapsulate the true spirit of Southern Italy.

Working through the seasonal menu, you’ll start with a delectable mixed platter of cured meats, cheeses and vegetables. Get hands-on with crafting two types of pasta from scratch, including orecchiette with an earthy tomato and basil sauce and a mouthwatering macaroni. Finish with crostata tart for dessert, paired with silky lemon cream and a shot of homemade limoncello. Each course is complemented by regional Salento wines.

Book now to fulfill your dreams of cooking with a local Italian chef.

All beverages and wine are included.

Your Menu

Mixed Platter Appetizer

Served on a olive tray and accompanied by homemade bread and Prosecco sparkling wine

With cured Italian meats & cheeses and a triumph of rainbow vegetables

Orecchiette Pasta

With fresh tomato and basil

Macaroni Pasta

Might change depending on availability of product

With seafood: mussels and clams
With chickpea cream, mint, walnut and sage brush

Crostata: Homemade Tart

With lemon cream and homemade limoncello

Most dietary restrictions can be accommodated if noted prior to the event. Please mention this in the message field when you submit your booking request as adjustments to recipes cannot be made during class.

Details

Minimum Guests 2
Maximum Guests 12
Meal Courses 4
Event Duration 3 hours
Labels Cake Baking, Fun, Group, Italian, Pasta Making

Meet your chef

Chef Enza

13 reviews

Joining a cooking class with Chef Enza is like being welcomed into the home of a longtime friend. Chef Enza showcases traditional Salento dishes, teaching guests about classic Italian ingredients and techniques practiced for generations. After preparing orecchiette or maccheroncini, the kitchen fills with food, laughter and music. With each culinary experience, Chef Enza seeks to unite people with authentic Italian food and hospitality.

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What You’ll Do

Craft an authentic seasonal menu in Lecce with Chef Enza.

Your Menu

Mixed Platter Appetizer

Served on a olive tray and accompanied by homemade bread and Prosecco sparkling wine

With cured Italian meats & cheeses and a triumph of rainbow vegetables

Orecchiette Pasta

With fresh tomato and basil

Macaroni Pasta

Might change depending on availability of product

With seafood: mussels and clams
With chickpea cream, mint, walnut and sage brush

Crostata: Homemade Tart

With lemon cream and homemade limoncello

Details

Minimum Guests 2
Maximum Guests 12
Meal Courses 4
Event Duration 3 hours
Labels Cake Baking, Fun, Group, Italian, Pasta Making

Reviews

Reviews Chef Enza received outside of Cozymeal

Manuel

19 Nov 2024

This was a magical evening of cooking and mingling with people from around the world. The host family were just so fun and promoted making new friends with pasta making techniques. We made three different types of pasta. They provided bubbly, wines to complement the dinner and homemade digestives. It was an evening we will talk about for years to come.

Manuel

19 Nov 2024

Klaus

17 Nov 2024

This was so much more than learning to make pasta. Our night was a total immersion into a family. Chef Enza and the hosts were welcoming from the moment we arrived and the food was fabulous. Come hungry and be prepared to leave full - with recipes that I will now treasure. As a group we had so much fun and I cannot wait to try to make pasta on my own back at home.

Eddy

16 Nov 2024

I spent the most delicious, delightful evening with Enza and Antonio in their beautiful home learning to make macaroni and making/tasting other yummies, creating the most memorable evening of my trip! after meeting this amazing husband and wife team and experiencing their warm hospitality and easy conversation in their private home, we quickly realized that this was a night to remember. It really added to our Puglia experience and our Italian vacation. Take the chance on them. Make the drive. You will NOT be disappointed.

Chris

16 Nov 2024

Enza en Antonio zijn echt schatten van mensen. We hebben vanaf het moment dat we door de poort mochten rijden, totdat deze weer achter ons sloot genoten van deze bijzonder "cooking class". Je voelt je ontzettend welkom en leert zelf verse pasta maken, nadat je eerst van een fantastische borrelplank onder het genot van een Aperol Spritz kennis maakt met de andere deelnemers van deze avond. Wij waren vergezeld met mensen uit de USA en Polen. Mooie avond. Enza en Antiono dankjewel voor deze fantastische ervaring. Een om nooit meer te vergeten en om in te lijsten.

Nicol

15 Nov 2024

I can’t say enough about how much all 8 of us enjoyed this experience. It was so much more than we even expected. Being a 30 min drive outside of Lecce and sharing the space with 4 other complete strangers gave us reason to be unsure if we picked the right experience. But, after meeting this amazing husband and wife team and experiencing their warm hospitality and easy conversation in their private home, we quickly realized that this was a night to remember. It really added to our Puglia experience and our Italian vacation. Take the chance on them. Make the drive. You will NOT be disappointed. 5 stars all around!

alexandra

15 Nov 2024

Une super expérience pour apprendre à faire ses pâtes à l'italienne ! Une soirée vraiment géniale ! Nous avons été reçus par Enza et son mari comme des rois. C'était convivial, généreux et nous avons partagé un super moment avec les autres personnes présentes pour apprendre à faire les orrechiette et les maccheroni ! L'apéritif servi était incroyable et le couple nous a préparé plein de petites attentions et surprises tout au long de la soirée... Bref un super moment et j'ai maintenant hâte de refaire les recettes à la maison pour mes proches !

Robby

12 Nov 2024

Enza and Antonio were wonderful. I felt like we were with family the moment we met them!! The cooking class was amazing, the food and wine was exceptional! We made orecchiette and macaroni. It was so much fun. Can’t wait to go back to Puglia to take this class again.

Luca

12 Nov 2024

So happy we signed up for Chef Enza’s cooking class. With her generous hospitality, Chef Enza ingratiated what turned out to be a very diverse international group who signed up for the class. Her husband and daughter were both delightful; it was definitely a family affair! Our evening began with Spritzes and a beautiful display of homemade appetizers as we dined by the pool. We then began learning how to make our pastas. Chef Enza not only shared her knowledge and all of her tips on how to make 2 different pastas; she shared her recipes as well. The evening was well planned and Chef Enza could not have been be more wonderful. Learning to make the pasta was definitely a highlight. It was so much fun. Our evening culminated with a fabulous dinner using our homemade pasta shapes! As a souvenir and a memory, Chef Enza’s husband sent us photos and a video of our class . Meeting everyone from other countries was a bonus! Thank you to our hosts!

Robert

09 Nov 2024

Chef Enza and Antonio were the most gracious hosts! We were warmly invited to her home in a most beautiful private surrounding. We enjoyed a lovely charcuterie outside by their pool with a refreshing Aperol Spritz. Making orrecchiette pasta was so much fun and Chef Enza could not have been more helpful and instructional. We enjoyed all the efforts of our pasta making with delicious sauces to accompany them and no shortage of wine. Her homemade tart was incredible as well. We were surprised to see that host Antonio had put together a short video of our entire evening showcasing all the memories and shared it with us. We highly recommend this memorable experience!!

Dona

07 Nov 2024

By far the best experience we‘ve had and definitely the highlight of our vacation! Would recommend this to anyone travelling in Puglia. Chef Enza and Antonio welcomed us with open and warm arms into their home and it felt like having a nice evening with family. They made us feel so comfortable and we shared so many laughs with them. They also had a surprise for us at the end of the evening which touched us and made us really emotional. We will ne ever forget this evening and this was worth every penny and much more to us :)

Eddy

01 Nov 2024

Chef Enza and Antonio were the most welcoming, friendly, and kind hosts during our amazing cooking class together!! They welcomed us with open arms into their beautifully decorated home! We felt as though we have known them for years and the whole evening was an authentic and very memorable dinner, spent amongst new friends! We shared many laughs together and were sad to leave once the evening was over! We learned how to make homemade pasta and were given recipes and great tips!! We have done many cooking classes over the years but this cooking class was the most memorable by far! The hospitality was unmatched and we know that we have made friendships that will last a lifetime! If you come to Puglia, this cooking class is non-negotiable!!! Do yourself a favor and sign up for this class and experience an evening full of love, good food and laughter!! Thank you so much Chef Enza for our most memorable night in Puglia! Until next time!