Top Cagliari Food & Drink Classes

Italian cuisine is a patchwork of local specialties, and sampling these traditional dishes is fundamental to understanding each city or region. Explore the flavors of Sardinia with this hands-on cooking experience and learn how to make one of the island’s most unique dishes: culurgiones. These fresh pasta dumplings are fashioned by hand and tricky to close, so celebrate your new skill with lunch featuring your culurgiones paired with wine.

Learn to make four Italian dishes in this group cooking class: malloreddus (similar to gnocchi and flavored with saffron); culurgiones (pasta “pockets” stuffed with regional fillings); ravioli (dumplings with fillings); and tagliatelle (long, flat pasta ribbons). After the lesson, enjoy the meal together with local wine.

Experience what it’s like to shop and cook like a local with this authentic culinary experience in Cagliari. Meet your host and instructor for a stroll through the neighborhood market to stock up on fresh, seasonal ingredients. Then, head to her home kitchen to prepare three classic Sardinian dishes together before sitting down to sample your handiwork over lunch or dinner served with local red and white wines.

Your day in Cagliari is just winding down, the sun's about to set... It's time for an Aperitivo. This glamorous Italian tradition is loved all over the world, and this is your chance to learn how to prepare it for yourself, the perfect souvenir.  Preparing the perfect aperitivo is an art; you will learn how to prepare a selection of five elegant nibbles to pair with with a refreshing glass of fizz, ideal for sharing with friends in the early evening. Your aperitivo will be a bite-size representation of its local culture, using typical regional ingredients and local wines, such as a sparkling prosecco or a light red. This experience is held by Cesarine: Italy’s oldest network of 1000+ home cooks all over the country in more than 500 cities. They are passionate and welcoming hosts that open the doors of their own homes to curious travellers for immersive culinary experiences.

Sardinia has a unique traditional cuisine that is hard to find outside of the island’s private kitchens. With this cooking class, learn the art of making culurgiones and other historic dishes with the help of two home cooks in a village home, forming these Sardinian ravioli by hand. Enjoy learning about Sardinia’s culinary history and end with a traditional lunch with your hosts featuring what you’ve prepared.

Delve into Cagliari’s local cuisine with this food and wine tour through the city’s former fishing district. Stroll the narrow lanes of this charming neighborhood with a guide to learn about its history and visit local shops for samples of Sardinian specialties like raw milk cheese, artisan cold cuts, natural wine, fresh bread, and handmade gelato. End with a stop on the panoramic terrace at Bastione di Saint Remy to take in the view.

Step into the home of a local and learn to make traditional Italian dishes during your time in Cagliari, Sardinia. Learn to make delectable dishes, with fresh ingredients, from start to finish so that you can recreate them at your home. Then, sit down and enjoy the fruits of your labor paired with local red and white wines while chatting with your host.