Teresa Zimmitti

My cooking class with Teresa Zimmitti turned out to be a private lesson! Teresa was a wonderful hostess who patiently taught me how to make 3 types of pasta in addition to pumpkin gnocchi, pesto and caponata. Her garden is lovely, a delightful place to cook - and then enjoy the fruit of out labors!

The market tour was fun and informative Our lesson was great and the food choices were suited to our taste. Theresa was very accommodating and helpful in every way. We would do this again!!!

Amazing experience to make authentic Sicilian food with a terrific Sicilian. The meal was delicious and we left stuffed and happy. Our teenagers thoroughly enjoyed learning various cooking techniques and had a blast making their own pasta for the first time.

Perfect end to our stay in Sicily. This was a last minute decision - and we were glad we made the decision. She was perfect. She explained different vegetables and recipes in the Ortigia market and also made us taste a few special ones. Taking us back to her villa, she was very patient and taught us how to make 3 types of pasta - specific to Syracuse. She also helped us with some great sauce recipes, specially the pepper one - the one we loved the most was the swordfish with the breading - bellissimo. She was a great host and we would love to come back and repeat this. Very recommended

A group of seven of us were on a walking tour of SE Sicily. It happened that one of our group was having a birthday on our last day. As a surprise for her we arranged for all of us to attend a cooking class. From the first contact, Teresa was wonderful. She was very responsive and arranged for transportation to her lovely house. We met in her peaceful garden where she had all the necessary cooking ingredients and utensils laid out. After serving us coffee, we got to work. We cooked caponata (her grandmother's recipe ), made cavatelli from scratch, a pistachio pesto, and a beautiful parmigiana. The gran finale was Teresa helping us to make a classic cannoli filled birthday cake. We delighted in the feast served with chilled white wine. Teresa brought out her home made limoncello as we sang happy birthday. It was a memorable birthday celebration and a highlight of our trip. Grazie mille to our fabulous and talented host, Teresa!!

We had a wonderful experience with Teresa. She is kind, patient and an incredible Sicilian cook! We hope to book another cooking lesson with her when we return to Sicily!

It was our first time making cannoli and several other dishes and Teresa made it easy and fun. If you feel like learning delicious Sicilian home cooking in a relaxing environment and with a generous host, I highly recommend cooking with Teresa.

Our family of four had a fantastic cooking class in Teresa's garden. The food was fantastic and my son was able to swim in the ocean afterwards. I would definitely recommend this experience to others.