Local Market Tour + Neapolitan Cuisine Cooking Class

About

This experience begins at the place where we have been going to throughout all our lives: the local market. Antignano is one of the oldest fresh markets in town. I remember going with my mum and tasting all the novelties that each season had to offer. Fruits, veggies, cheese, olives, local wine and produce, and chances to play with fresh seafood all combined in a friendly atmosphere made up of cheerful vendors.

On the market tour, we will visit their little shops and taste what they are offering based upon the season. We will also learn how to choose ingredients according to the season for freshness and, most importantly, the taste. You will be allowed to go around and interact with the friendly locals to learn about their life and culture. 

Back at the cooking school, you will be able to learn in this unique experience made by the first cooking school in Naples. A mix of techniques, traditions, and professionalism combine in a cosy, family style environment.

Giorgia Chiatto and her mum Carmela Caputo, the founder of the school, will lead you through local flavours and cooking techniques, making sure that what you learn is knowledge you will be able to apply in your own home in order to replicate the tastiest recipes from Naples. We offer a hands-on cooking class followed by the tasting of your creations. 

Menu

Depending on the season we follow what nature has to offer:

Pizza

• Calzoncelli - Stuffed fried pizza

Pasta

• Gnocchi alla sorrentina allo scarpariello - Sorento style gnocchi with tomato sauce 
• Pasta alla puttanesca - Pasta in tomato sauce with anchovies and capers 
• Ravioli capresi - Stuffed pasta with tomato sauce

Main

• Eggplant Parmigiana 
• Gattò di Patate - Baked potato gateau with various cold cuts

Dessert

• Torta Caprese with Choccolate Italian almond cake 
• Lemon 
• Pastiera - Neapolitan tart flavoured with orange flower water 

Schedule

• 9:30 am: Meet at the school and we will take a 5 minute walk to the market
• 10:30 am: Return back to the school and be greeted with drinks and finger foods
• 10:45 am: Begin the hands on food preparation
• 1:00 pm: Time to enjoy your own creation
• 1:30 pm: End of the culinary experience