Cooking Class Genova

Italian Cooking Class in Genoa with a Local Chef

Welcome to Cooking Class Genova, where food lovers from all over the world come to cook authentic Italian dishes in a real home kitchen. Your host is chef Lucrezia, who guides you step by step through three traditional recipes that you can easily recreate at home.

Whether it’s your first cooking class or you already love to cook, Lucrezia adapts every class to your group, your skills and your dietary needs. Families, couples, groups of friends and cruise passengers stopping in Genoa are all welcome.

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Learn to Make Pesto, Fresh Pasta and Italian Classics

Genoa is the home of basil pesto, and our Pesto and Trofie class is a guest favourite. You can also learn to make fresh egg pasta such as tagliatelle, ravioli and lasagna, soft potato gnocchi, creamy risotto and Italian desserts like tiramisù, panna cotta and cannoli.

How Our Cooking Class Works

  1. Choose three recipes from our Choose Your Menu to Cook page.
  2. Contact us to book a date and tell us about any allergies or dietary requirements.
  3. Come with an empty stomach and a curious mind: we cook together, then sit down to enjoy everything you have made.

What’s Included

  • A welcome drink and snack prepared by the chef
  • All the ingredients for your chosen menu, plus tools and aprons
  • A glass of white or red wine, water or a soft drink with your meal
  • Coffee and Limoncello with dessert
  • The written recipes, sent by email after the class

Lunch or dinner is served at a fully set dining table. See you soon in Genoa, and thank you from Cooking Class Genova!

Popular Dishes

Hand rolling fresh trofie pasta on a floured board - Pesto and Trofie Class in Genoa

Pesto and Trofie Class

📍 Origin: Genoa – Liguria
🌱 Vegetarian
⚠️ Allergens: pine nuts, dairy, gluten

Hand-rolled semolina trofie with fresh basil pesto pounded in a mortar with pine nuts, garlic, Parmesan and olive oil.

Tagliatelle Bolognese Sauce

Tagliatelle Bolognese Sauce

📍 Origin: Emilia-Romagna
⚠️ Allergens: gluten, eggs

Fresh egg tagliatelle rolled by hand and tossed in a slow-cooked Bolognese ragù.

Gnocchi with Sorrentina Sauce

Gnocchi with Sorrentina Sauce

📍 Origin: Sorrento – Campania
🌱 Vegetarian
⚠️ Allergens: gluten, dairy

Soft potato gnocchi baked with fresh tomato sauce, melted mozzarella and basil.

Eggplant Parmigiana

Eggplant Parmigiana

📍 Origin: Campania / Sicily
🌱 Vegetarian
⚠️ Allergens: gluten, eggs, dairy

Layers of fried eggplant, tomato sauce, basil and cheese, baked until golden.

Ravioli filled with ricotta and spinach

Ravioli filled with ricotta and spinach

📍 Origin: Emilia-Romagna
🌱 Vegetarian
⚠️ Allergens: gluten, eggs, dairy

Fresh egg pasta filled with ricotta and spinach, served with butter and sage.

Lasagna with Bolognese Sauce

Lasagna with Bolognese Sauce

📍 Origin: Emilia-Romagna
⚠️ Allergens: gluten, eggs, dairy

Fresh pasta sheets layered with Bolognese ragù, béchamel and Parmesan.

What our guests say on Google

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