The best experience we had in Palermo! Lorenzo is an excellent translator and personable. It was nice to talk with him. Mia was patient and able to accommodate gluten free pasta and meatballs. Very clean kitchen, quaint, and enjoyable experience. The food was delicious! We recommend Mamma Corleone to anyone wanting to try a cooking class. It was a memorable experience we will cherish forever.

This was a great experience for me and my family. Great and easy to follow recipes. Mamma Corleone and Lorenzo was very welcoming and made the experience amazing! This made our trip better and we can’t wait to recreate the food at home :)

Had an excellent afternoon cooking with Mamma Corleone with an excellent and funny translator Lorenzo! Very easy recipes with mouthwatering results!!! Will now make excellent meatballs in tomato sauce at home! Delicious Cannoli and super panelle!!! Thank you Mamma and Lorenzo!!!!

Fun and amazing cooking experience. (Thanks to Lorenzo and mamma Corleone) Like stepping into a loving and warm Italian familys home and feeling like one of them. We left the kitchen grateful, with a smile on our faces and full bellies. Amazing!

This was amazing! The combination of mama corleone (the chef) and Lorentzo (translator) was Great! Lorentzo was very funny and mamma Corleone had alot of knowledge about cooking that went far beyond our expectations! 10/10 would do again! //Markus

My sister and I were advised by the staff in a hotel in Mondelo that Mamma Corleone had the best cooking school in Palermo and they were right. The delightful Riham met us before the class to take us on a tour of the fabulous Ballaro Markets. Riham had grown up in the area and knew and was clearly adored by all the traders there who let us sample their wares. On our return to the cooking school, we met our Mamma for the day, who was a beautiful teacher. With excellent and informed English translations by Riham, Mamma systematically guided us through the steps of making delicious panelle, arancini balls and watermelon jelly. We lunched like queens on the dishes, accompanied by great local wine and wonderful conversation. This was one of our most memorable days in Sicily.

Excellent experience. La mamma and the student translating charming, location perfect, food delicious. The magic of creating the most extraordinary out of very few, basic ingredients and simple, non-engineered cooking. We highly recommend.

We love food and took this class for an enjoyable end to our visit to Sicily. It was very informative, fun and the food was delicious! Mamma Corleone timed this class perfectly! First, we made our pistachio dessert so it would chill for after dinner. Next, we prepared a pasta dough. While that rested we prepared eggplant. Then we made meatballs and tomato sauce. We cut the dough into tagliatelle and then put it all together for a wonderful meal of pasta alla Norma. A bottle of wine was opened to add to that authentic dining experience. Lorenzo helped with the English translation and his humor and energy kept this a fun class. All of us consider ourselves pretty good at cooking and walked away with added tips.

We had a beautiful morning cooking with Maria and Lorenzo! Traditional Sicilian menu with amazing quality ingredients - the food was so delicious, the best we had on our trip (and that was a high bar). Would really recommend a morning at Mamma Corleone.

Great class! Maria Pia was an excellent source of knowledge and Lorenzo did a fantastic job not only translating but adding some humor and even taking pictures for us. Highly recommend! Btw the class is down an alleyway, don't worry -- you're in the right place. Just come a couple minutes before the time and they'll be there!

Of course, coming to Italy, I expected to eat delicious food. However, I did not expect that my delicious food would also be something I prepared myself! What a delight it was to learn to make classic Sicilian dishes at Mamma Corleone! The instructor was a delight, and the translator, Karin was entertaining and helpful and interesting! Could not have had a better experience, only wish I hadn’t eaten all day so I could have had enough space for all the food we prepared. Plus colorful aprons (for €5) are a perfect souvenir! Would recommend to anyone coming to Palermo!

We had a wonderful lesson with Maria Pia and Kharim. It was lots of fun and interesting chatting to them about food and life in Sicily. The food was amazing and I just hope that we can reproduce the meal when we get home… so that it will bring back memories of our fabulous day. I would highly recommend this course to anyone wishing to have a taste of authentic Sicilian good. Thank you so much Maria Pia and Kharim

Awesome time cooking with Mamma Corleone at her cooking class! We made delicious food following instructions that were easy to understand. Mamma Corleone is amazing, so kind, & very good at what she does! Fun time. Highly recommend for couples, coworkers, families or friends!

This was one of our favourite events in Palermo! Highly recommend this for anyone looking for a fun way to spend a few hours learning about this area in Italy! It was a great experience to learn how to make pasta, meat, and dessert!

Cannot rate this highly enough. If we could give it 6 stars we would. Perfect setting, great translator, learned so much! We, as a family of 4 (two teenagers, 15 & 14), enjoyed the company, the lesson (best bit was how to make our own pasta!), the food and the experience. We got to eat some and took the rest away as there was lots left. Pasta alla Norma, meatballs and pistachio dessert, 3 full courses. Grazie MillE Mamma Corleone! Tip: location is on the same side of the nursery just a little past it. Look up as there is a small sign which we missed.