Private Hands-on Italian Cooking Class in Pompeii with Sabrina

About this tour

Learn to cook Campanian classics in Sabrina's countryside kitchen near Pompeii, where views of Mount Vesuvius frame your three-hour session. You'll harvest herbs and vegetables from her garden, shape fresh pasta by hand, and prepare a traditional dessert before sitting down to eat your work with local wine. Sabrina weaves in stories of regional life as you cook, turning technique into cultural exchange. The whole experience—garden, kitchen, meal—happens steps from the archaeological site.

Highlights

• Harvest vegetables and herbs from Sabrina's working garden
• Handmake fresh pasta from flour and eggs
• Learn a traditional Campanian dessert recipe
• Eat your meal with local wine and homemade liqueur
• Mount Vesuvius views from the kitchen
• Walking distance from Pompeii ruins

What to expect

Sabrina greets you at her home and walks you through the garden, pointing out which herbs and vegetables you'll use within the hour. In her kitchen, you'll work alongside her—no watching from the sidelines. She demonstrates pasta-making first, then you roll your sleeves up and replicate it. A translator helps bridge language gaps as she talks through the why behind each step and shares local anecdotes. Once you've finished cooking, you sit at her table, plate up what you've made, pour wine, and eat. The whole rhythm feels unhurried and domestic, not staged.

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