Join Chef Raffaele & Pastry Chef Gaetano for a delicious cooking experience in the city of music, Ravello!

Discover Italy’s best-loved Neapolitan recipes with Chef Raffaele & Pastry Chef Gaetano. This cooking program walks you through tasty recipes-all of which you can easily create at home, and gives you the opportunity to learn about Ravello’s traditions and customs in an inspiring atmosphere overlooking the Amalfi Coast.

Cooking Lessons

Cooking classes take place in the professional kitchen where you will learn to prepare traditional recipes of Ravello with our dynamic duo team, Chef Raffaele & Pastry Chef Gaetano. Learn how to make hand-made panzarotti, fresh ravioli stuffed with ricotta & eggplant, acqua pazza: local fish slow cooked in cherry tomato, basil and “crazy water.” And Chef Gaetano’s sweet desserts, pastiera, sfogliatelle, babà, and torta Caprese, will have your new Italian recipe book filled with sweet treasures. You will be learning new recipes and technique, and also the traditions and customs of this ancient village overlooking the Amalfi Coast. Executive Chef Raffaele & Pastry Chef Gaetano will guide you through a selection of their traditional recipes using only the best local ingredients from their garden, along with invaluable tips and suggestions that will ensure your culinary masterpieces are successful time after time.

Chef Raffaele’s Traditional Menu ~ 1 Day Class

Your day will have you cooking Neapolitan classic traditions with our excellent Chef in a city that is steeped in music from around the world. Chef Raffaele transforms fresh garden picked treasures along with seasonal fish and meats, and hand-made pastas into savory favorites. He starts with grilled eggplant rolled with fresh Ricotta and basil then slow baked; or hand-made ravioli stuffed with pumpkin and tossed with olive oil; and fresh caught sole rolled with garden herbs and lemon oil grilled to perfection. His desserts make for a sweet ending, and include almond flour cake, torta di mandorle, topped with caramelized oranges and a steamy espresso, or delicate crostata filled with fresh seasonal fruits. This is just a sample of the Neapolitan classics that will be made.

Traditional menu cooking class includes a visit to the garden in the morning, followed by hands-on cooking class. Lunch follows on the foods prepared in class. Menus vary to use the best fresh seasonal ingredients and to accommodate food allergies and/or diet needs.

Dessert Kitchen With Chef Gaetano ~ 1 Day Class

Chef Gaetano leads your hands-on cooking class in the professional kitchen where you will discover more about the area’s local traditional desserts. While it’s true that chocolate is the absolute protagonist in this program, remember that the Amalfi Coast is home to some of the most wonderful ingredients in Italy. The fragrant lemons make for an unbelievable Delizia Al Limone, lemon cake bathed in Limoncello that is native to the coast, and the local hazelnuts, are famous all over Italy for their quality. Both Ravello and the nearby village of Scala are surrounded by hillsides of chestnut trees, meaning that fall sees the arrival of delicious desserts such as castagnaccia, made with local chestnuts and chocolate. And here on the Coast, the great Neapolitan tradition of pasticceria lives on, as you’ll see by the irresistible pastiera, sfogliatelle, babà, and torta Caprese on offer.

Dessert making class includes the preparation of 2-3 desserts with tastings following. Menus vary to make traditional desserts of each season and to accommodate food allergies and/or diet needs.

2012 Dates: This program is available throughout the year. Cooking classes are available every day. Rates are subject to change based on currency exchange. Call for updated rates. Airfare not included.