Our Top 11 Cheese Making Workshops in Italy

1.Mozzarella Making Workshop with Wine Tasting

★★★★★★★★★★4.9 · 54 reviews · 2 hours · from $74Our pick

Meet your English-speaking chef at Simbiosi Farm for a two-hour, small-group class covering mozzarella, burrata, and stracciatella. With guides such as Jess, Alyssa, and Vincenzo leading sessions, you will shape fresh cheese, taste it with Tuscan wines, and take home recipes.

“This was a fantastic experience!!! Loved learning how to make the cheese and the meal after was delicious. We had two young kids with us and the host was wonderful with them and they both had an amazing time! Highly recommend”

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2.Mozzarella Cheese Making with Wine and food Tastings

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 37 reviews · 2 hours (approx.) · from $75Top rated

Meet Jess and Giuseppe at Simbiosi in central Florence for a hands-on cheese class in English. With a maximum of 12 people, you’ll shape mozzarella, nodini, treccine, burrata, and stracciatella, then enjoy Prosecco, wine, charcuterie, lasagna, and your own cheese.

“Such an amazing experience!! The host was so knowledgeable and you could tell she really loved her craft. This plus the unbelievable food made this experience well worth it. Cannot recommend more”

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3.Sorrento Half-Day Farm Experience: Pizza, Cheese Making and Wine

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 17 reviews · 4 hours (approx.) · from $144

Francesco and his family lead a four-hour visit to Primaluce Farm above Sorrento. You’ll taste mozzarella, ricotta, olive oil, wine, limoncello, and lemonade, then make pizza in a wood-fired oven. Pickup is offered, vegan pizza is available, and the advertised group limit is 10.

“The hosts were great, very entertaining, very knowledgeable and extremely friendly. The food was good. Their story is beautiful. The house is warm and inviting, a true fun experience. Loved everything about it. This was our 1st time to Italy and we were so excited and ready to have fun! BUT.. Just for your reference don't forget anything you might need, cause you will make others wait if they have to go get it , which is extremely inconvenient and incredibly inconsiderate, it takes away from the tour. (We didnt-others did) I would definitely do this again!”

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4.Dolianova: visit and workshop in a cheese factory

★★★★★★★★★★4.8 · 11 reviews · 2.5 hours · from $84

At a leading dairy company in Dolianova, an English or Italian guide takes you through milk testing, cheesemaking, salting, aging, packing, and shipping. You also make fresh cheese, then taste three or four house cheeses with a glass of Sardinian wine. The workshop suits adults and children, but not visitors with mobility limits.

“Such a unique experience, couldn’t recommend it more! Guide was soo nice and learnt soo much about the process, the tasting was very nice and we even got to make our own cheese!!! Soo fun!”

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5.Tagliatelle, Mozzarella & Tiramisù Cooking Workshop

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 6 reviews · 1 - 2 hours · from $34Best value

At La Perla Cookingclass in Pianillo, you’ll work with an Italian or English-speaking chef, including host Ferdinando, to make mozzarella, fresh tagliatelle, and tiramisù. After a farm tour and hands-on cooking, sit down for lunch or dinner with wine made on the property and views toward Amalfi.

“This was a wonderful experience! Ferdinando was an excellent host and cooking instructor with a great sense of humour and tons of charm. His farm was lovely overlooking the cliffs down to Amalfi. We made pasta from scratch, learned how mozzarella was made and finished with Tiramisu. Then we got to eat the most wonderful, fresh lunch. Highly recommended!”

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6.Martina Franca: Mozzarella and Pasta Workshop with Farm Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.8 · 6 reviews · from $124

Meet your Italian or English-speaking guide, including Valentina on some departures, at a Martina Franca farm. Visit the animals, garden, church, cheese factory, and bakery, then make mozzarella and pasta in a small group of up to nine. Add the tasting option to sample what you prepare.

“Very good, Valentina is very interesting and kind! My son loved it too, suitable for young and old!”

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7.Cheese Making and Tasting Tour from Cagliari with Lunch

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 4 reviews · from $305

Travel from Cagliari to Su Sorgiali in Siliqua for a private farm visit led by Claudia and Barbara. Watch Sergio turn 50 liters of milk into pecorino, learn the secrets of ricotta and cheese mold, then enjoy farm-made food, wine, and a guided tour.

“Amazing day. Informational, educational, fun and delicious. Claudia and Barbara were extremely knowledgeable and accommodating. After the cheese making demonstration we toured the farm. The geese were very funny “yelling” at us. Then we sat and ate the most delicious 5 course meal and enjoyed everyone’s company like it was a family dinner! Truly amazing and memorable experience! Thank you to Sergio, Claudia and Barbara!”

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8.Sorrento Coast Mozzarella Tasting & Cheese Making Experience

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 2 reviews · from $192

In Vico Equense, a Maestro Casaro leads you through a century-old family dairy, showing you how to shape fiordilatte, caciocavallo, and provolone. You work with the cheese yourself, then taste the results with local dairy products, water, and wine in an indoor or outdoor setting.

“Everything! The location was beautiful and intimate - our hosts were incredible! They were so kind and showed us how to make and form the cheese and we made our own! The food and wine was incredible.”

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9.mozzarella cheese workshop in Vico Equense

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 2 reviews · from $114

In Vico Equense, Antonio guides you through a hands-on dairy workshop in a traditional family-run facility. Wear the provided apron and cap, shape fior di latte, bocconcini, and caciocavallo, then taste fresh and aged cheeses with local wine, bread, cured meats, and regional appetizers.

“It was wonderful to experience and appreciate all the time and effort that goes into making mozzarella and many other cheeses. The passion and history that Antonio and Angela shared and to carry on family traditions shows. It was amazing to try the cheeses. I’m really glad I chose this tour”

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10.Private Pompeii, Sorrento & Mozzarella Making Tour from Naples

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 2 reviews · from $355

Spend about eight hours with a private English-speaking driver, visiting Pompeii and Sorrento from Naples with a stop at a traditional buffalo mozzarella farm. You explore independently, pay Pompeii admission separately, and return by deluxe air-conditioned vehicle.

“Marco, our driver was super informative, flexible and very pleasant personality. Pompeii is a challenging walk for anybody but proved difficult for us +65 year olds in the heat.”

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11.Amalfi Coast Farmhouse: Pizza & Mozzarella Making Class

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 2 reviews · 2 hours 30 minutes (approx.) · from $83

Meet at the La Vigna degli Dei farmhouse in Pianillo at 4:30 pm for a hands-on pizza and mozzarella class. A local cook guides you through dough, toppings, baking, and tasting, with garden ingredients, family sourdough yeast, and the farm’s organic wine.

“We were staying next door at the agriturismo as part of a walking tour. Two evenings we spent here. One was for pizza making and one was a wine tasting. Both were incredible evenings where we had such fun doing these activities. I would thoroughly recommend both these activities!”

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