Cooking Class: Sicilian Citrus Feast With a Local Chef
Cook citrus-inspired Sicilian dishes in this hands-on cooking class held on a local citrus farm.
You’ll start with aged Erei Mountain pecorino, local olives and a wild fennel salad topped with sweet blood oranges. Then, prepare penne with wild greens and toasted almonds, finished with lemon zest and Pecorino. Next, craft eggplant rolls stuffed with spaghetti, fresh mint and buttery caciocavallo cheese. For dessert, make a Sicilian-style tiramisù layered with Savoiardi soaked in orange juice, mascarpone and dark chocolate. Book your spot and taste Sicily at its brightest.
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Selezione di Formaggi e Olive con Insalata di Arance
Selection of Erei Mountain cheese and olives with Sicilian orange salad
With aged pecorino, tuma, Nocellara olives, blood oranges, wild fennel, red onion and mint
Penne con Verdure Selvatiche
Pasta with wild vegetables, toasted almonds and pecorino cheese
With penne, wild greens, toasted almonds, lemon zest and Pecorino cheese
Involtini di Melanzane
Grilled eggplant rolls stuffed with spaghetti, mint and caciocavallo
With eggplant, spaghetti, mint, caciocavallo cheese and tomato
Tiramisù alla Siciliana
Sicilian style tiramisù with fresh orange juice and Marsala
With Savoiardi biscuits, fresh orange juice, Marsala wine, mascarpone cheese and dark chocolate
Most dietary restrictions can be accommodated if noted prior to the event. Please mention this in the message field when you submit your booking request as adjustments to recipes cannot be made during class.
- Minimum Guests 2
- Maximum Guests 8
- Event Duration 3 hours
- Activity Level
Activity Level
- Labels Pasta Making, Couples, Group, Italian, Vegetarian, Beginner, Fun
Outside Reviews for Chef Giuseppe
Silvia
08 Dec 2025
Chef Giuseppe is an exceptional chef whose deep love for Sicily shines through. His passion for the island’s local and regional ingredients and cuisine is truly inspiring. Get ready for an unforgettable experience.
Rooted in the traditions of Sicily, Chef Giuseppe has built his craft in celebrated kitchens throughout Italy, the UK and Australia. His culinary path includes time in a Michelin-level restaurant in Oxford and seasons spent perfecting pasta on the shores of Favignana, experiences that shaped both his precision and his unmistakably Sicilian style. Now cooking from Catania, he invites guests into an immersive culinary world inspired by family-farm ingredients, coastal flavors and generations of local know-how. Those who cook with him are welcomed into an atmosphere filled with regional specialties, engaging stories and the warm, effortless hospitality that defines Sicily.
