Language
Portuguese, English
Duration
3h / 1 day
Difficulty
Beginner
Next Date
10/04/2026

Private Italian finger food workshop in Lisbon for groups of friends, families and companies who want to cook together, eat together and celebrate the kind of Italian food that is made to be shared. Led by an experienced and dedicated chef, this hands-on finger food session brings your group into the kitchen to prepare a full spread of Italian dishes from scratch, building team spirit and genuine connection throughout the process before sitting down together to enjoy everything you made in a relaxed and convivial setting.

The session follows a clear four-part structure: a welcome and introduction to set the tone, a cooking briefing to organise the group and explain the dishes, a fully hands-on practical cooking session, and a shared meal at the end where everything comes together at the table. The menu is a celebration of Italian finger food culture at its best, covering fried polenta, pesto sauce, prawns with putanesca sauce, focaccia with garlic and rosemary, endives with gorgonzola, walnut and sun-dried tomato dressing, and zabaglione and amaretti for dessert, all paired with Poças Coroa D’Ouro white and red wines alongside water, iced tea, teas and coffee throughout.

What your group will experience

🍝 A welcome and introduction to the session and the Italian finger food tradition

🍝 A cooking briefing and group organisation before the practical session begins

🍝 A fully hands-on cooking session preparing seven classic Italian dishes together

🍝 A shared meal at the end where the group sits down to eat everything they made

What’s included

🫒 Full guided session with an experienced Italian chef throughout

🫒 All ingredients and kitchen equipment for the full menu

🫒 Fried polenta, pesto sauce, prawns with putanesca sauce, focaccia with garlic and rosemary, endives with gorgonzola and walnut dressing, zabaglione and amaretti

🫒 Poças Coroa D’Ouro white and red wines

🫒 Water, iced tea, teas and coffee throughout

What your group leaves with

A shared Italian meal cooked by the group themselves, a genuine experience of Italian finger food culture and the particular satisfaction of having made something together worth sitting down to celebrate.

We are the Hands On team and we design private workshop experiences for groups of all sizes across Portugal, from intimate gatherings to large corporate events. This session is available for groups of between 8 and 50 participants and we take care of every detail from chef to ingredients to setting so that all your group has to do is show up and cook. If your group has a specific schedule or setup in mind, we will work around it.

Perfect for team buildings, birthday celebrations, family gatherings, hen parties and corporate events. No prior cooking experience needed.