Cooking Class with Seaview & Taormina's Market with Chef Mimmo
Overview
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4 hours
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Learn how to cook delicious Sicilian specialties in a family atmosphere, a few steps from the beach and the sea, with a professional Chef.
We will make your holiday in Sicily unforgettable thanks to the flavors and aromas of our splendid land. You will taste a thousand of ingredients wisely mixed together so as to never create monotony and you will discover new flavors through rich dishes with a scent of sea, almond, ricotta or even oil, earth, life, of something good.
Discover Sicily in its unique flavors, from Pachino cherry tomatoes to the pistachio of Bronte, a town located at the base of Etna volcano. I will delight you with the taste of aubergines while you prepare a plate of pasta “alla norma”, and discover the flavors of our sea through fresh fish from the local market, and flavored with spices such as capers from the Aeolian Islands and olives born from the fertile volcanic land.
Additional Info
Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
Service animals allowed
Public transportation options are available nearby
Specialized infant seats are available
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
What‘s Included
Tasting of small traditional Sicilian Cannoli, accompanied by a glass of Limoncello
Multilingual guided tour to the local market
Wine tasting
Lunch
Cheese and salami tasting in the restaurant
Private Transfer Service from Taormina Local Market to "Ahoy Bistró Siciliano" Seaside Restaurant
Mineral water
Apron
Certificate of attendance
Taxes
Cooking lesson
Coffee Break with coffee and/or tea
Extra alcoholic drinks
What To Expect
Meet up with the Chef Mimmo Siciliano in the historical center of Taormina and visit the local market. Taste various fresh vegetable products, cheese sold by local sellers. Choose the dishes you would like to cook with the Chef, based on the fresh and seasonal ingredients you will find at the market. Transfer to the Restaurant "Ahoy Bistrò Siciliano" in Giardini Naxos (included in the price), 15 minutes from the market, facing the sea and the Bay of Naxos and Taormina. Start your experience with a wine tasting with focaccia, cold cuts, and local Sicilian cheese. After wearing the apron, you will prepare 3 traditional Sicilian dishes: an appetizer, a fish dish and six different types of fresh pasta homemade by you. And then you will sit at the table to enjoy a real typical Sicilian lunch, a few meters from the beach and the sea, with a final tasting of small traditional Sicilian Cannoli accompanied by a glass of Limoncello. At the end of the experience, customers will be taken back to the meeting point.
Sample Menu
starter
Caponata Siciliana
Typical product of Sicilian cuisine with eggplants seasoned with tomato sauce, celery, onion, olives and capers, in sweet and sour sauce;
main
Fresh pasta made with your hands
Preparation of six different types of fresh pasta handmade by customers, under the supervision of the Chef, and seasoned with fresh tomato sauce;
main
Fish alla "ghiotta", or fish rolls alla Messinese
Second course of fresh fish, cooked in the sauce of tomatoes, capers and olives, to absorb all the scents and flavors;
dessert
Small Sicilian Cannoli and Limoncello
Tasting of small Sicilian Cannoli accompanied by a glass of Limoncello.
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Sicilian Cooking Class in Taormina with Chef Mimmo Siciliano
Reviews
609 reviews
Total reviews and rating from Viator & Tripadvisor
Great fun - really worthwhile
Louise B,
Aug 31, 2025
- Viator
5.00Great fun, very informative - you learn heaps about Sicilian food in a really well organised set up; Chef Mimmo is fabulous and his assistants are really helpful; the food we prepared was easy to do and super tasty and could be easily replicated - recipes supplied
Well worth the cost
Gerry M,
Aug 25, 2025
- Viator
5.00Great fun and very informative. The whole day was amazing. Lots of food ( made by yourself) and wine. All in a beautiful setting on the seafront in Naxos.
This class was a lot of...
AnnieLaurie D,
Aug 23, 2025
- Viator
5.00This class was a lot of fun. My 82 year old father particularly enjoyed it, but the whole family had a great time cooking & learning, and especially drinking wine and enjoying the view while we waited.
Good cooking class market part was not useful
Dorit M,
Aug 20, 2025
- Viator
4.00The market part was a waste of time we did nothing there the guy came with a box of vegetables and explained about them. We didn’t need to be in the market for that .We also waited there a long time there.(a waste of money)The cooking class was good and food was very good. Was very hot there.
Good experience
sarah f,
Aug 7, 2025
- Viator
3.00It was enjoyable but we have done simikar and been allowed to do more cooking whwre here we only chopped & shaped the pasta
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