New: Italy cooking courses compared, prices read from school sites in November 2026
Find a courseStarting with Italy · 58 schools · 114 courses
Cooking classes abroad, side by side: a three-hour pasta class in Rome, a week in a Tuscan farmhouse, a month at a culinary school, or a pizzaiolo course in Naples. 92 prices copied from school websites, each with its date and a link to the page.
Prices checked
Same fields for every course, so a three-hour class and a three-month programme can be compared honestly. The bar shows the median published price.
Pick the place for the food you want to learn.
Pasta workshops, market tours and culinary schools
Week-long farmhouse and villa cooking holidays
Short pasta and tiramisu classes in the centre
Hand-rolled egg pasta, plus gelato training
Pizza workshops and pizzaiolo courses
Farm and family classes with sea views
Published prices per person across all 92 priced courses in Italy.
The cheapest course we found of each type, with what it includes.
Price shown in USD on the page; 'from $70' struck through to '$56'. For Monday 2 Nov 2026 the ticket was Adult (15+) $64.00, Child (2-14) $58.00, infants free. Not recommended for vegans or gluten-free guests. Walks of Italy page showed 'Price from $81 / $56' for the same class.
School page: “$56”
Three 3-hour practice lessons; amateur level. No fixed online calendar: contact booking@vsb-bologna.it for dates. Accommodation not mentioned for this course.
School page: “COSTO: €549.00 a persona. (Tasse non incluse)”
For international culinary students and young chefs with 2/3 years of experience; optional one-month internship. 3rd edition 9 June 2027.
School page: “Official Price: € 4.900 (VAT and accomodation included)”
30 hours of laboratory, for those who just attended Training Vera Pizza or want to improve technique. Min 2 / max 10. Taxes included.
School page: “€ 500,00”
Booking sites list three-hour classes, and holiday agencies sell their own week-long packages. Few put a month at a culinary school next to a week in a farmhouse and a single afternoon class, even though that is the choice most people are making: how long can I stay, and what do I get for the money?
Cookweeks puts every course into the same fields: price and what it is per, length, hands-on hours, group size, languages, lodging, meals, wine, certificate and season. Where a school does not publish something we leave it blank instead of guessing.
Not for: booking directly. You book with the school; we link to its page.
Compare month-long culinary courses, total budget and the 90-day rule.
In Italy, the first country we cover, published prices for day classes run from €50 to €388 per person, week-long cooking holidays from €549 to €5,908, and long-stay courses of two weeks or more from €4,900. Every figure comes from a school website and is dated.
Cookweeks is an independent comparison of cooking classes and culinary courses abroad. We list 58 schools and 114 courses in Italy, from three-hour classes to month-long and professional courses, with the price, length, group size and what is included, copied from each school’s own page with the date we read it. No school pays to be listed.
Yes. Culinary schools such as ALMA, ICIF and CAST Alimenti run courses of two to four weeks or more for international students, and some language schools combine Italian lessons with cooking. Stays over 90 days in the Schengen area need a study visa if you are not an EU citizen. See the long-stay pages for prices and stay rules.
No. Each course card links to the school’s own page, and you book with the school. For long-stay and professional courses you can also send us your dates and budget, and we reply with matching courses and ask the schools you choose.
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