GetYourGuide and Viator list 21 cooking classes in Abruzzo, most of them in Pescara, Share your Pasta Love and Cesarine. Prices run from €60 to €300 a person, €145 in the middle of the range. 3 are rated 4.5 or better from at least ten reviews; those come first below.

A cooking class here is usually a morning or an afternoon in a home, farmhouse or school kitchen: you cook three or four courses with the host, then sit down and eat them, often with a local wine on the table. Group classes are priced per person; private lessons and chefs who come to your villa cost more.

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Abruzzo Private Culinary Classes

Immerse yourself into a world of unique, yet simple flavours as your Host guides you through Abruzzo's most traditional recipes that have been handed down for generations with our hands-o...

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What Abruzzo eats and drinks

The food and wine pairings our editors chose for Abruzzo, the dishes you are most likely to meet on a tasting or at lunch.

  • Arrosticini with unoaked Montepulciano d'AbruzzoSheep skewers over coals want soft tannin and acidity, not oak. Three unwooded Montepulciano bottlings that carry mutton fat and leave the char alone.Read the pairing →
  • Maccheroni alla chitarra with ragu and Cerasuolo SuperioreThick chitarra pasta under a long cooked ragu needs a rosato with a red wine frame, and the Cerasuolo Superiore tier is built on exactly that frame.Read the pairing →
  • Brodetto alla vastese with Cerasuolo d'AbruzzoVasto's layered fish stew puts oily fish, shellfish and tomato acid in one pot. Cerasuolo has a red's weight and a white's acidity, which is what t...Read the pairing →
  • Scapece alla vastese with cask aged CerasuoloRay cured in saffron vinegar strips an ordinary rosato bare. Cerasuolo with cask time and real structure is the only version that holds its shape.Read the pairing →
  • Pallotte cacio e ova with Cerasuolo d'AbruzzoFried cheese and egg balls in tomato need acidity rather than tannin. Pasetti names the dish on its own sheet, and two other Cerasuolo bottlings do...Read the pairing →
  • Scrippelle 'mbusse with Trebbiano d'AbruzzoCrepes soaked in hen broth with pecorino are all softness and salt. Trebbiano d'Abruzzo supplies the acidity and salinity the dish lacks.Read the pairing →

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Cooking classes in Abruzzo: questions

How much does a cooking class in Abruzzo cost?

Across the 21 cooking classes listed here, prices start at €60 and the middle of the range is €145 per person. Prices are the marketplaces' own and were last checked on the date shown at the top of the page.

Which cooking classes in Abruzzo have the best reviews?

By rating and number of reviews on the marketplaces: Abruzzo Traditional Pasta Making with 85y old local Grandma (5.0 from 19 reviews), Pescara: Private Cooking Demo & Meal at a Local's Home (5.0 from 13 reviews) and Lunch or dinner and cooking demo at a local's home in Pescara (4.9 from 10 reviews).

How long does a cooking class in Abruzzo take?

Most take about 3 hours; the listing for each one gives its exact length.

Is wine included?

1 of the 21 listings name wine in their title. Check what each listing includes before you book: some pour a glass, others a full tasting.

Where do cooking classes in Abruzzo take place?

Most of them start in Pescara, Share your Pasta Love, Cesarine and Villamagna. Each listing gives its meeting point.

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