Rome Market Tour & Gnocchi Class

We had a wonderful experience shopping at a local market and learning to make gnocchi with Andrea. Andrea was a fabulous local guide and chef who walked us through Italian and Roman culinary traditions as we wandered through the market visiting with the vendors and tasting meats, cheeses, and wines and picking out the groceries tailored to the season that we would be using for lunch. We concluded at their kitchen where Andrea patiently guided us through making gnocchi with a homemade tomato sauce and zucchini and onion salads tailored to our preferences and seasonal availability. We were also treated to wine and traditional Roman biscuits for dessert with a limoncello finish. I highly recommend adding this tour to the top of your list of things to experience while you are in Rome.

We had a fantastic experience with Andrealetizia on her gnocchi class in Rome. She was warm and friendly from the moment we met, and her English was excellent, so we never missed a detail. The class started with a walk through a traditional Roman market, where Andrea helped us pick out fresh ingredients while sharing tips and stories about local food culture. Then we headed back to cook, making tomato basil gnocchi from scratch along with a bright zucchini salad on the side. Everything turned out delicious, and it was so satisfying to sit down and enjoy a meal we'd made with our own hands. Andrea was attentive throughout, making sure everyone felt included and comfortable, and she was simply a pleasure to spend the morning with. If you're looking for an authentic, hands-on cooking experience in Rome, we can't recommend her highly enough. Five stars!

Andrea was a wonderful guide with experience and made the market tour and cooking experience very enjoyable. She was very easy to follow with all of the cooking steps and the cooking school facility is beautiful. We also really enjoyed experiencing the market and the authentic feel for local shopping. I highly recommend this tour.

We had the best time touring the market and cooking with our chef! It was a delight to purchase and cook the ingredients. The food was fresh and easy to take home with us to do in US.

This was really awesome! A very different vibe the typical cooking class - very interesting and chill. You start off in Trionfale Market and it’s so fun! There is such variety of foods and you can feel the personality of the market from the shop keepers, whether they are serving you, balancing a soccer ball on their forehead, or calling out to each other. Andrea knows many of them and they obviously respect her. And before we left we were served an aperitivo tray that had fresh buffalo mozzarella in it with flavorful olive oil and wonderful & varied salami & prosciutto and bread as well! So after purchasing the fresh ingredients at the market for gnocchi and side dishes (which by the way she has you choose with her guidance) you walk to a sparkling clean, spacious and well-air conditioned kitchen classroom! There you create your meal under Andrea’s tutelage (while sipping wine or water). She great abt being the “guide on the side” and having you do the preparation. The meal is sumptuous to say the least. We’ve done any five cooking classes and this is by far and away the best! Ours was semi-private, they keep the classes small. Price is totally reasonable and the class was just under four hours.