Traditional Home Cooking Class in Genoa

Traditional Home Cooking Class in Genoa

Live an authentic culinary experience in Genoa. Learn to cook traditional homemade pesto and other local delicacies in beautiful Nervi district. Learn about local cuisine as you prepare your own lunch or dinner. Cook a refined menu of Italian specialties!

Meet Chiara, a real Genoese, who has also lived abroad for a long time. She is pleased to open her home to all curious travelers who want to experience a real "Genoese lunch".

His home is located in Nervi, one of the most beautiful areas of Genoa, known and frequented since the nineteenth century by the élite of international tourism for its incredibly happy location, washed by the sea and protected from the cold winds by a crown of mountains that descend on the renowned "Golfo Paradiso".

From the windows of the house of Chiara you will enjoy an unmissable view that goes from the promontory of Portofino to the east to Capo Mele to the west, thus including the entire Gulf of Genoa.

You will start the lesson preparing the pesto sauce for the pasta. Then, learn how to prepare famous Panzanella, an incredibly tasty local appetizer.

Once the work is completed, you will enjoy the meal and the dishes tasting with the chef. You will also learn to combine the local recipes with fine Italian wine, which of course you will taste. After the lesson, you will receive a paper with all the recipes prepared with the chef. 

Sample Menu

• Panzanella
• Trofiette pasta with pesto sauce
• Chicken at the Genoese with roasted potatoes
• Home made Yogurt Cake (or canestrellini liguri di Pannarello)