Private Gnocchi Cooking Class with Professional Chef in Padova

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2 hours
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1 - 7 guests
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English, French, Spanish, Italian
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Enjoy a hands-on cooking experience in Padova! Learn to make traditional gnocchi with a local chef, from sauce to shaping. Taste your creation paired with local drinks in a vibrant setting.

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

Experience Details

Not only you will learn how to prepare authentic Italian gnocchi but you will have an entertaining experience in a top location in Padova city center with a nice Italian chef.


Your first task will be to prepare the tomato and basil sauce as Italian tradition requires. Secondly, you will peel the boiled potatoes and smash them, you will add flour, eggs, and some spices to complete our mix. The chef will teach you how to properly knead the gnocchi dough and how to shape perfect gnocchi with different tools.


Finally, you will cook your homemade gnocchi, mix with the tomato sauce, and add some Parmesan cheese to complete the dish. You will sit down at the table and you will finally enjoy gnocchi with some local drinks.

Sample Menu

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Home-made Gnocchi with tomato and basil sauce

What You Get

Instruments and tools
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Alcoholic beverages
Alcoholic Beverages

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
  • Service animals allowed
  • Wheelchair accessible

What You’ll Experience

Ciao! We will introduce each other and you will be given a white apron and be assigned to a working station. First of all, you will make the sauce for your Gnocchi, tomato & basil with top-quality ingredients. While the sauce is simmering you will start "getting dirty" and make the dough with flours, eggs, and potatoes. When the dough is ready we will start to create our Gnocchi by creating long and thin "sausages" of pasta and cutting them into small cylinders. After that, we will start shaping our gnocchi with the "rigapasta", an essential tool to get the lines on the gnocchi so that the sauce will get stuck on them. Finally, we will cook Gnocchi, mix them with the tomato & basil sauce and we will sit together and enjoy our home-made Italian Gnocchi. Along with the experience you will be offered unlimited wine and drinks so that you won't be thirsty.

Meeting & Pickup

Meeting Point

Italian Food Lab, Corso Giuseppe Garibaldi, Padova Provincia di Padova Veneto, Italy, IT, 35121

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From train station follow the sign for the Giotto Chapel, our school it is right behind it. From train/bus station it is 10 minutes walk. If you come by car you can park close in "Padova city centre parking".
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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Finally I know how to...
May 27, 2025
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Finally I know how to make gnocchi! Francesco was a wonderful teacher and very interesting to talk to. The gnocchi was delicious.

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It was great fun and our...
April 22, 2025
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It was great fun and our gnocchi was delicious. Francesco was very knowledgeable and friendly. We learnt how to go further than the "supermarket" gnocchi, and make a genuine gnocchi da Padova. Espe...read more

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Chef Francesco was...
September 24, 2024
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Chef Francesco was knowledgeable, efficient and well able to give instructions in simple terms which made the experience very relatable and enjoyable. The concise instructions will ensure that I t...read more

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I’d do it again!!!
July 23, 2024
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Francesco is definitely a professional! Not only did he give me great tips on successfully making gnocchi, but he shared a lot of history about the city along the way! He’s a worldly Italian with...read more

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Fun way to spend a half day and learn
June 26, 2023
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Friendly chef works closely with each guest. Patient and personable. Excellent teacher. Shared our creations over lunch. Good fun.

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