Funny Cooking Class in Genova with Local Chef: Full Ligurian Menu

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Summary
Experience Details
What You’ll Experience
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Duration
4 hours 30 minutes
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Number of Guests
1 - 15 guests
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English, Italian
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Join local chef Fabrizio in Genova for a fun cooking class. Prepare an authentic Ligurian menu, including focaccia and gnocchi. Enjoy a delightful meal and great company in a beautiful setting.

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For each guest that attends this experience, byFood will donate
10 meals

Experience Details

Be assisted and guided step by step by expert Genovese chef Fabrizio in preparing an entire delicious Ligurian menu!


You will learn how to cook 6 typical local dishes, from appetizers to dessert: Panissa, 4 different types of focaccia, gnocchi with pesto, panera: you'll prepare everything at home with first-rate ingredients, in a beautiful and spacious setting in the center of town.


Afterwards you will enjoy calmly and in the company of chef Fabrizio the delicacies you will have prepared with his guidance, accompanied by a good glass of wine: chatting and laughter are guaranteed...Furthermore, Fabrizio makes and teaches how to make the best focaccia in Genoa, you won't find one this good even in delicatessens!


Fabrizio is a chef with many years of experience, his passion for cooking started when he helped his grandmother in the kitchen as a child. In fact, he also ran for a very long time two restaurants and a home restaurant called “Nonna Leo,” named after his grandmother Leonilda

Sample Menu

STARTER
Focaccia
3 types of focaccia, the most typical food of the area: one type seasoned with oil and salt, one with onions and one with cherry tomatoes and olives.
STARTER
Panissa
Fried polenta bites, made with a dough of chickpea flour and seasoned with lemon, oil and pepper
MAIN
Gnocchi with Pesto
Gnocchi with dough made from potatoes seasoned with the most typical sauce of Liguria: his majesty pesto!
MAIN
Focaccia di Recco
Typical Liguria delicacy, a thin and very tasty focaccia which contains Stracchino cheese
DESSERT
Panera
Typical Ligurian dessert similar to a coffee parfait

What You Get

Guide: Languages offered: English, Italian
You will be provided with all the ingredients and utensils needed to prepare all the dishes included in the menu
Alcoholic beverages
The menu will be accompanied by a good glass of wine
Private transportation

Good To Know

  • Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
  • Public transportation options are available nearby
  • Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
  • All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
  • Wheelchair accessible

What You’ll Experience

This class will let you discover and enjoy the essence of Ligurian cuisine in an all-around culinary experience. You will have fun together with expert chef Fabrizio, who will show you step by step how to create an entire delicious Ligurian menu with your own hands. You will start with the appetizer, panissa that you will season with oil, lemon and pepper and no less than 3 types of focaccia, the most typical food of the area: one type seasoned with oil and salt, one with onions and one with cherry tomatoes and olives. After that you will move on to the first course, you will learn how to cook gnocchi with Genoese pesto, another characteristic dish of the area. Of course you will make both gnocchi and pesto on the spot. As a second course you will prepare an all-Ligurian delicacy: focaccia di Recco, filled with stracchino cheese, thin and very tasty. Finally as dessert you will prepare Panera and your Ligurian menu will be complete! You can then enjoy it leisurely together with Chef Fabrizio among laughter and chatter and accompanied by a good glass of wine. Quality and satiety are guaranteed!

Meeting & Pickup

Meeting Point

Via Malta 4, Via Malta, Genova Città Metropolitana di Genova Liguria, Italy, IT, 16121

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When you arrive at 4 Via Malta, ring the doorbell at extension 2. The name on the doorbell is "Seminario"
End Point

This experience ends at the meeting point.

Cancellation Policy

Cancel your booking at least 24 hours before the experience start time to receive a full refund minus a 3.2% transaction fee.

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Please note that the time is in Central European Time.
Free cancellation (24 hours notice)
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