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4worldlovers: One of the best cooking schools in Italy. The New York Times, Fodor's, Fox News named us one of the 10 top cooking schools in Italy.

What Is The Best Way to Learn to Cooking? An Active Personal Involvement and An Hands-on Learning, of course!


Our workshops and lessons are based on an experiential, active, concrete learning: a decidedly personal experience!


Our great emphasis is placed on combining the five flavors: sweet, salty, spicy, bitter, and umami (the glutamic taste).

Yes the Regional Italian Cuisine is naturally rich in umami taste (ripe tomatoes, black and white truffles, raw egg yolks, sundried tomatoes, air-dried Prosciutto Crudo, Colatura d'Alici, radicchio, caramelized onions, asparagus, spinach, cabbage, Parmigiano Reggiano and other aged Italian cheeses, tuna, fresh and salted sardines, Bottarga, black cuttlefish or squid ink, beef stock reductions, Dried Porcini Mushroom, and much more!)


We hope that you will explore our website and discover why the Mama Isa's Cooking School is unique!

We offer 1 day - or 2-3 days or week cooking classes or workshops about the art of Italian Regional Cuisine

• Our mission is to offer our guests the cooking vacation of a lifetime.

• Small Cooking Classes: maximum 8-10 people. For foodies, this choice was a no-brainer.

• Availability: Year-round, January-December (available on request for any day). Flexible start dates and duration, as well as a wide range of specialized courses to suit your needs. We work throughout the year!


• With us anyone can learn to be a great cook. You will use your own five senses


• Menus (very flexible) based on the best of what’s in season: farm to table. We love the philosophy of Slow Food Organization.

Everything we do is dedicated to ensuring our guests have the opportunity to become an Italian Cook.

Explore Italy Through Its Cuisine with The Cooking Classes at Mama Isa's Cooking School Venice Italy.

Every day you can choose one of our fav dishes from our cooking classes menu list.

Make your choice as soon a possible on our timeless cooking classes and our menus.

Our cooking classes are equipped with multidisciplinary tools (not only skills about cooking or recipes, but lots of historical informations about the Italian Food and techinques), providing a range of innovative and unique cooking programmes.

Not only you will learn so much about the pasta making or cooking process but also about the importance of the quality of the ingredients you use to make your recipes.

• During our cooking classes we will give you our complete and undivided attention;

• We provide hands-on skills, confidence, knowledge, the techniques involved in the art of Regional Italian Cooking;

• No set menu - there are a large number of different, mouth watering cooking classes items to choose from, with new dishes added every month;

• With Isa’s you get to decide which of your favourite dishes you will learn to cook;

• Our guests simply learn better because they’re allowed to roll up their cooking experience the subject matter in a simulation, rather than being distanced from it by a third-hand demonstration or a simple passage of recipe;

• The food is focused on seasonal ingredients, abundant and excellent products from all over Italy, attentive service and carefully chosen wines;;

• Hundreds of memorable reviews (not only on Tripadvisor, but also on Trustpilot, Yelp, Google Business, HappyCow.... and more;

• Mama Isa's Cooking School has been ranked among top 10 cooking schools in Italy.

• Rated by The New York Times as one of the “Top Five Cooking Classes in Italy”

• Featured in the Fodor's Travel in its last edition "Essentials Travel Italy 2020" as one of the 10 best fantastic cooking classes in Italy;

• Selected by Lonely Planet as the one of the " Top Cooking Classes in Italy";

We have a good vibe, healthy fun, good and authentic food.

• Usually there is no set menu at our cooking school: what decides what we cook is the food market, the climate, the season;

• We use only the best quality and freshest produce available to us here!

4worldlovers:

Ciao, my name is Gioia Tiozzo, born and bred in Venice where I first learnt to cook from my mother and grandmother before receiving professional training. I organize private Cooking Classes, Food Tour and Food&Wine Tasting for anyone interested in Italian food & wine, all of which are conducted in English. I focus on local produce and recipes, wines of Veneto region, and our thousand-year history. Come and join an authentic experience that will connect you with the local culture.


Do you want to learn the basics of Italian cuisine? I organize private Italian cooking classes in Venice for anyone interested in Italian food and wine. The classes, which are held in English, will show you how to cook dishes you can prepare every day at home, so that by the end of the course, you will be able to cook homemade fresh pasta, lasagne, gnocchi, risotto, tiramisù. Read more…


A private walking tour around the places frequented by Venetians, far from the tourist crowds. Learn the history, traditions and curious facts about Venetian food and wine and visit the best shops where to buy local produce. Read more…


An entertaining and informative evening featuring homemade Venetian food accompanied by a selection of local wines. For each dish and each type of wine, there will be a detailed explanation of the history and ancient traditions of Venice – illustrated with maps, objects made by Venetian artisans, and videos – that will set the food and wine in a wider historical, social and cultural context. Read more…

Do you want to learn to cook from the comfort of your own kitchen?

Try my online course. It’s a comprehensive, step-by-step guide which will show you how to master the basics of Italian cooking.


This video recipe explains different methods of how to make homemade tomato sauce. It’s easier than you may think. Start by buying some fresh tomatoes, you choose the variety you prefer. You can also read the comprehensive tutorial to learn more. Read more.

In this video recipe, I will introduce you to the “risotto”, an Italian first-course dish typical of Northern Italy. I will teach you the basics of cooking a perfect risotto, Italian style. Once you have learnt the cooking technique, you can cook any other kind of risotto you may like. Read more.

I am a psychologist specializing in nutrition, a professional cooking instructor, and a licensed tour guide.

I was born in Venice to a large family who taught me the pleasure of sitting around a table and sharing a meal with friends or relatives. In 2015 I founded Cooking&Travelling, my website and my space where I connect with anybody interested in enjoying Food & Wine tourism.

In 2022, I founded Accademia di Cucina Italiana, an e-learning platform that helps people to learn how to cook from the comfort of their homes. Have a look at the pre-recorded videos about the most iconic Italian recipes

If you want to keep in touch with me I have a Facebook account, Gioia Tiozzo, an Instagram account gioia.tiozzo, and you can also find me on Accademia di Cucina Italiana.

My cooking classes will be held in my home, a typical Venetian house which is mainly geared towards hospitality. During the summer, on my sunny terrace, I often have dinner parties. I enjoy opening the door of my home to travellers who love Venice and the Italian lifestyle. My home is in the historical centre in Venice, precisely in the area of Dorsoduro, just round the corner from campo San Barnaba.

★★★★★ The Best Gioia’s cooking class was AMAZING! Definitely worth the time. She started off giving us some history about Italy, and then we starting cooking. She showed us each step, then let us practice. Recommend 100% if you want to know how to make good Italian dishes! Read more…