Homemade Pasta and Pesto Class with a Local Chef in Genoa

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3 hours
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1 - 6 guests
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Join a hands-on pasta and pesto class in Genoa with a local chef. Embrace Italian culinary traditions, mastering grandma recipes. Enjoy your creations in a friendly setting.

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

Experience Details

Learn to make authentic Italian pasta fresca with a local chef in Genoa. Discover Italian culinary traditions and learn typical grandma recipes. Taste the fruits of your labor in a convivial atmosphere.

Sample Menu

MAIN
Pasta Fresca
Picagge- traditional Ligurian pasta similar to wide tagliatelle
MAIN
Pesto
DESSERT
Traditional Genoese dessert
STARTER
Genoese focaccia, Focaccette di patate, torte salate

What You Get

Cooking class
Lunch
Meal and beverages

Good To Know

  • Not recommended for travelers with serious allergies to cats
  • Public transportation options are available nearby
  • Communicate in advance any dietary restriction.

What You’ll Experience

Pasta Fresca is one of the Italian masterpieces, get ready to learn to prepare it with a friendly local chef in Genoa. Enter is home located in the historic city center and enjoy the stunning view from the terrace overlooking the city. You will start the lesson by preparing the most famous Ligurian pasta sauce: pesto. It traditionally consists of crushed garlic, European pine nuts, coarse salt, basil leaves, hard cheese such as Parmigiano-Reggiano all blended with olive oil. You will prepare the dough of pasta, flavor, water, eggs for a delicious dish. The secret is mixing raw ingredients with passion and grandma recipes is the best way to create delicacies; you will learn to do it with your family and friends. Get cooking tips while rolling the dough and then shape it. Once the work is completed, take a seat and enjoy the fruits of your labor in a convivial atmosphere. In addition you will taste an atipasto, a traditional Genoese dessert, while toasting with a local wine and finishing with a typical Genoese liqueur The apartment is on the 5th floor in a historic palace, it doesn't have elevator!.

Meeting & Pickup

Meeting Point

Vico Inferiore Valoria 1, Vico Inferiore Valoria, Genova Città Metropolitana di Genova Liguria, Italy, IT, 16123

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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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The Best Taste of Genoa
June 14, 2025
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We had the most unforgettable cooking class on a rooftop in Genoa, learning to make traditional pesto by hand in the most authentic way — with a mortar and pestle. It was an incredible experience, ...read more

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Highly recommend to anyone visiting Genoa
June 13, 2025
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Great experience, would recommend. Alberto is a great teacher, he provided high quality ingredients and has lots of knowledge about the food

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WONDERFUL EVENING
June 12, 2025
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Many thanks for the wonderful evening and all the Tips on your roof top in the j heart of Genova. ...... ................

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We worked with Alberto....
June 10, 2025
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We worked with Alberto. He provided the perfect mix of culinary facts and hands on pasta and pesto making. The location on his rooftop terrace was lovely.

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Did not do this, hard to find, no refund
June 08, 2025
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We arrived at the address on time, checked with other people that it was the correct one, but did not find them. There were no signs or instructions. This tour was booked for us by someone else, s...read more

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