Genoa Pesto, Focaccia & Canestrelli Cooking Class

2 hoursEnglish, Spanish, French, Italian +16Genoa, Italy

Free cancellation

From

$154

Your Experience

Learn Genoese recipes in a traditional hands-on cooking class with a professional chef, then walk to the city center for artisan gelato.

Getting started

Arrive at the cooking venue and meet your professional chef for your traditional Genoese cooking class. After a brief introduction to the session, you will move to your workstation where all equipment and utensils for cooking are already set up. Once everyone is ready, the chef explains the menu, and you begin working with the ingredients to prepare each dish step by step.

What to expect

Genoese cooking class

This experience centers on Genoese cuisine from Liguria, with a complete hands-on class guided by a professional chef. You will prepare a full selection of dishes, then enjoy what you have cooked before heading out together toward the city center.

Features

• A traditional Genoese cooking class with a professional chef anchors the experience, giving you access to local culinary secrets and traditional recipes from Genoa and the Ligurian region. The chef guides you through each stage so you can confidently recreate the dishes at home.

• Hands-on preparation of gnocchi, focaccia, and Canestrelli biscuits forms the core of the menu, including classic gnocchi paired with homemade Genoese pesto, Recco-style cheese focaccia, and traditional Canestrelli biscuits from the Genoese hills.

• Equipment and utensils for cooking are provided at your station, along with all ingredients to prepare all dishes, so you can focus fully on technique and participation rather than sourcing or measuring.

• Tasting of the prepared dishes follows the cooking, giving you time to sit down and enjoy the various products you created, accompanied by drinks that include water, local brews, or craft beverages.

• A walk to the city center and artisan gelato in a historic ice cream shop concludes the class, linking the kitchen session with the streets of Genoa and rounding off the culinary experience with crafted gelato.

Build real Ligurian cooking skills with an expert chef, so you can confidently recreate regional flavors long after your trip has ended.
Settle into a dedicated teaching space where utensils and fresh ingredients wait at your station, then follow clear guidance from the first step on.
Shape potato gnocchi with fragrant Genoese pesto, bake crisp Recco-style cheese focaccia, and form delicate Canestrelli biscuits from the hills.
Savor the dishes you have made with local brews, craft beverages, or water, then stroll to the city center for artisan gelato in a historic ice cream shop.

Included

Traditional Genoese cooking class with a professional chef
Hands-on preparation of gnocchi, focaccia and Canestrelli biscuits
Equipment and utensils for cooking
Ingredients to prepare all dishes
Tasting of the prepared dishes
Drinks: water, local brews, or craft beverages
Walk to the city center and artisan gelato

Not included

Hotel pickup and drop-off
Gratuities

Meeting and pickup

Pickup detailsRead more

• Your voucher will be emailed to you shortly.

• Display the voucher on your mobile phone with a valid photo ID at the starting point.

• Please check your final voucher for the starting point details & specific instructions.

Good to know

Inclusions note: The class includes all ingredients, equipment, tastings, drinks, and an artisan gelato at the end.
Experience flow: You prepare gnocchi, focaccia, and Canestrelli biscuits, then taste them with water, local brews, or craft beverages.
Post-class activity: After the cooking and tasting, you join a short walk to the city center for gelato in a historic shop.

Free cancellation up to 1 day before start