Authentic Food & Wine Tours, Cooking Classes in Puglia with locals

My partner and I were in a cooking class. It was amazing! We have really enjoyed. We learned to make very tasty dishes and the instructors were charming! I really recommend!

The tour was fun and we learnt so much. Rosaria was the perfect host and we were also joined by the family dog who was the best mascot as well. The olive oil history was really well explained and the tasting was great. Thanks very much

Amazing wine tasting experience, would definitely be back.

We had a wonderful experience - the food was exceptional. Very family friendly and would highly recommend!

We booked the dairy farm tour and pasta making class as a group of six, including 4 adults and 2 children, aged 8 and 5. I was looking for an experience that the children could really get involved in and enjoy and this definitely fit the bill. The tour took place at a beautiful Masseria in the countryside near Martina Franca where we were greeted by Marco and first taken to a wildflower meadow while he explained a bit about the Masseria and what we would be doing that day and we got to take some photos. We then moved on to a tour of the dairy, where we saw the cheese being made and were given some to taste. It was very interesting (and delicious!) and one of the cheese makers even made the cheese into little animal shapes for the children's amusement! Next we had the opportunity to make and shape our own pasta, and were shown how to make several different shapes including orecchiette, cavatelli and more. We may not have been the most skilled at making the shapes but we all had lots of fun trying and the children loved this part of the experience, and with support we were all able to make some passable shapes in the end! We were then given our fresh pasta to take away and cook later on. After we had finished with the pasta, we were given a tour of the farm where we were able to meet the various animals, including the dairy cows, calves, donkeys, deer, ostriches, geese, dogs, cats and more. We were also shown the trulli on site, and there were a few pieces of play equipment for the children to enjoy too. We were told to take as long as we would like to explore and then come back to the masseria when we were ready for lunch. The lunch was both amazing and very generously portioned! There were several appetisers - meats, cheeses, bread, a tomato foccacia, some fried zucchini, some little meatballs, all delicious. This was followed by a pasta dish, and then a traditional dessert with pastry and cream, plus water, wine and coffee were included too. All of the staff were very friendly and pleasant. We really enjoyed the experience and would absolutely recommend it with or without children, though if you are looking for a tour like this to do with children I do think this is probably one of better ones to choose. The whole tour was very engaging and enjoyable, and Marco was on hand to help and explain things throughout. A great experience for our family.

Ho trovato l'esperienza della visita in masseria con la preparazione dei prodotti caseari tipici molto coinvolgente. Una nota di elogio va alla guida Marco così come ad Umberto, che con pazienza e simpatia ci hanno mostrato dettagliatamente tutte le fasi della produzione casearia. Ottima la successiva degustazione dei salumi e latticini.