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Pasta, tiramisu, gelato

Venice cooking class: pasta, tiramisu and gelato

Every Venice cooking class on this site teaches pasta, and three of the four add tiramisu. The cheapest costs $54 for three hours in a restaurant in Venice, with wine, and it has the reviews to show for it: 1,417 at 4.9, against 374 for the next. The others cost $80 for three and a half hours in a 16th-century Venetian palace with a professional chef, $100 for pasta and gelato near St Mark’s Square with Tuscan organic wines, and $111 in a local home, with wine. Each one fills half a day or less.

A cook lifts a long sheet of fresh pasta from a pasta machine at the class table

Quick answer

The short answer. Book the $54 pasta and tiramisu class: the lowest price, the most reviews and the highest rating of the four, with wine. Choose the $100 class if you would rather make gelato than tiramisu, and the $111 class if you want to cook in somebody’s home.

Venice cooking class options at a glance

Pasta and tiramisu, with wine
$543 hours, 1,417 reviews at 4.9
In a 16th-century palace
$803.5 hours, 174 reviews
Pasta and gelato
$1003 hours, 374 reviews
At a local’s home
$1112 to 3 hours, 221 reviews
What you make
Pasta in all fourtiramisu in three, gelato in one
Wine in the listing
Three of fournot in the palace class
Meal at the end
Two of fourthe palace and the home class
Price range
$54 – $111per person

What you cook

What each class cooks, and where the wine is

All four classes start from pasta. The $54 class pairs it with tiramisu in a restaurant in Venice that its listing calls locally beloved, and you sip wine while you learn the recipes. The $80 class makes fresh pasta and tiramisu in a 16th-century Venetian palace, taught by a professional chef, and finishes with a family-style meal; its listing does not mention wine.

The $100 class swaps tiramisu for gelato: pasta from scratch, gelato, and Tuscan organic wines to sample, near St Mark’s Square. The $111 class moves into a local home, teaches the region’s best-known pasta dishes and tiramisu, and ends with you enjoying what you made, with wine.

So wine is named in three listings out of four. If a glass matters to you, the palace class is the one to ask about before booking.

Four classes

Four Venice cooking class options, cheapest first

Live prices, ratings and durations from each listing.

  • Pasta and tiramisu with wine — $54, 3 hours

    Authentic recipes in a restaurant in Venice, with wine as you cook. 1,417 reviews at 4.9, the most of the four.

  • Pasta and tiramisu in a palace — $80, 3.5 hours

    Fresh pasta and tiramisu with a professional chef in a 16th-century Venetian palace, then a family-style meal. 174 reviews at 4.8.

  • Pasta and gelato — $100, 3 hours

    Pasta from scratch, gelato and Tuscan organic wines; the title places it near St Mark’s Square. 374 reviews at 4.8.

  • Pasta and tiramisu at a local’s home — $111, 2 to 3 hours

    The region’s best-known pasta dishes and tiramisu in a local home, eaten afterwards with wine. 221 reviews at 4.8.

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Live prices and ratings, cheapest first. All four teach pasta.

Venice: Pasta and Tiramisu Cooking Class with Fine Wine
Rated 4.91,417 reviews
3 h

Venice: Pasta and Tiramisu Cooking Class with Fine Wine

★ 4.9 · 1,417 reviews

  • Three hours, Make pasta and tiramisu, with wine
  • Guided tour
  • Mobile voucher accepted
  • Free cancellation
$54$18.00 / hour
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Venice: Cooking Class with Tiramisu and Pasta Making
174 reviewsRated 4.8
3.5 h

Venice: Cooking Class with Tiramisu and Pasta Making

★ 4.8 · 174 reviews

  • Three and a half hours, Pasta and tiramisu cooking class
  • Mobile voucher accepted
  • Instant confirmation
  • Free cancellation
$80$22.86 / hour
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Venice: Pasta Making & Gelato near St Mark's Square
374 reviewsRated 4.8
3 h

Venice: Pasta Making & Gelato near St Mark's Square

★ 4.8 · 374 reviews

  • Three hours, Pasta making and gelato near St Mark’s
  • Mobile voucher accepted
  • Instant confirmation
  • Free cancellation
$100$33.33 / hour
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Venice: Pasta and Tiramisu Cooking Class at a Local's Home
221 reviewsRated 4.8
2 - 3 h

Venice: Pasta and Tiramisu Cooking Class at a Local's Home

★ 4.8 · 221 reviews

  • 2 to 3 hours, Cooking class in a local home
  • Mobile voucher accepted
  • Instant confirmation
  • Free cancellation

Every trip, current fare

The four classes compared by price and hour

Every Venice cooking class here has a fixed length except the home class, listed as two to three hours, so its cost per hour is left blank.

TourLengthPriceWhat you getCost per hourRating
Venice: Pasta and Tiramisu Cooking Class with Fine Wine3 h$54Make pasta and tiramisu, with wine$18.004.9 · 1,417
Venice: Cooking Class with Tiramisu and Pasta Making3.5 h$80Pasta and tiramisu cooking class$22.864.8 · 174
Venice: Pasta Making & Gelato near St Mark's Square3 h$100Pasta making and gelato near St Mark’s$33.334.8 · 374
Venice: Pasta and Tiramisu Cooking Class at a Local's Home2 - 3 h$111Cooking class in a local home—4.8 · 221

Which to book

Which to book if…

Each Venice cooking class here, matched to what you want from it.

  • …your budget is about $50

    The $54 class is the only one near that figure; the next costs $80.

  • …you would rather make gelato than tiramisu

    The $100 class, the only one with gelato.

  • …you want a proper meal at the end

    The palace class at $80 ends with a family-style meal; the home class at $111 ends with what you made, and wine.

  • …you want a home kitchen, not a restaurant

    The $111 class, two to three hours.

  • …you want the class with the most reviews

    The $54 class: 1,417 reviews at 4.9.

Is it worth it?

Is a cooking class in Venice worth the money?

At $54 for three hours, the cheapest class works out at $18 an hour, with wine in the listing, and 1,417 reviews at 4.9 back it up. That is the clearest value on this page.

The pricier classes buy a setting more than a different dish: a 16th-century palace for $26 more, gelato near St Mark’s Square for $46 more, a local home for $57 more. Each pasta cooking class Venice hosts on this page also teaches a dessert: tiramisu in three, gelato in one.

Pick the cheapest if you want the recipes and the reviews; pay more if the room you cook in is part of the reason you want a Venice cooking class at all.

A class takes three hours or so. All 66 tours on this site, from gondolas to the Dolomites, are compared by price on the home page.

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Common questions

Venice cooking class questions, answered

Which is the best cooking class Venice has on this page?

By the numbers, the pasta and tiramisu class at $54: the lowest price, wine while you cook, and 1,417 reviews at 4.9. No other class here has more than 374 reviews.

How much is a Venice cooking class?

From $54 to $111 per person on this site. The palace class costs $80 and the pasta and gelato class $100.

Is wine included in a Venice cooking class?

In three of the four listings. The restaurant class has you sip wine as you cook, the gelato class samples Tuscan organic wines, and the home class serves wine with the meal. The palace class listing does not mention wine.

How long does a Venice cooking class last?

Three hours for the restaurant class and the gelato class, three and a half for the palace class, and two to three hours for the class at a local’s home.

Is there a private cooking class Venice hosts run for one group only?

None of the four listings is sold as private. The class at a local’s home, at $111, is the one held in a home rather than a restaurant or a palace.

Do you eat what you cook?

Two listings say so: the palace class ends with a family-style meal, and the home class lets you enjoy the fruits of your labour with wine. The other two listings do not say.

Can you make gelato in a Venice cooking class?

Yes, in one: the $100 class near St Mark’s Square makes pasta from scratch and gelato, with Tuscan organic wines to sample.

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