Tropea Cooking Experience with Nonna

Enzo and Nonna provided a fantastic cooking experience with locally sourced organic ingredients and wine. Enzo was extremely personable and knowledgeable of Calabria, being from the area originally. His English was excellent having lived in Australia for a period of time. We were taught how to prepare a simple but extremely tasty Italian meal starting with zucchini flower zeppole. We then made two kinds of pasta, cavatelli and fileja, by hand by mixing flour (00 and semolina) with only water. The cavatelli was served with an onion sauce made from Tropea onions, olive oil, and a pinch of salt. The fileja was served with a sauce of Tropea onions, tomatoes, olive oil, salt, and zucchini. Dessert was a homemade tiramisu made from espresso, cookies, and a fresh whipped cream with marscapone. The food was delicious and the company delightful. My wife and I highly recommend this cooking class if you are visiting Tropea!

Thank you for this lovely evening, the host Enzo and Nonna were great, We made to kinds of fresh pasta by ourself and Nonna showed us how to do. We’ve learned a lot new things.

This was our second excursion with Enzo. If you are ever in Tropea, I highly encourage you to book an excursion whether it be wine tasting with gelato or cooking with Nonna, both excursions were excellent and Enzo does a fantastic job.

Great experience, Enzo is a super kind host. The experience is also a social one, you can spend a nice evening with strangers connected by the passion for goos Calabrian food. Nonna Minna was very authentic!

We loved this expereince so much! Mima and Enzo were both so helpful and informative. We had always wanted to make our own pasta and were so glad to be able to do it for the first time in Italy. I would recommend this tour to anyone looking for an authentic cooking experience in Tropea. Just make sure you come hungry!