Cooking Class: Private Chef, Wine, and Local Recipes

Join private cooking classes in Sestri Levante. Make authentic pesto, pasta, focaccia, and more. Enjoy wine tasting with a sommelier. Book now!

Duration: 1 hour
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • LA SCIAMADDA DEI VINACCIERI BALLERINI - PESTO EXPERIENCE - The most popular course: we have taught more than 20,000 guests how to make Pesto!
    You will learn all the secrets for making REAL Pesto according to the Genoese recipe Work with a real mortar all for you under the guidance of a Personal Chef…
    in the end the PESTO PRODUCT WILL BE YOURS!…
What's Included
  • Prepare two fish dishes with a professional Chef and taste your creations
  • Guided tasting of Vinaccieri Ballerini wines with quality gastronomy products
  • Prepare Genoese Focaccia and Pane Marinaro, taste them, and take them home
  • Use ancient wooden molds to make fresh pasta and take it home
  • A glass of wine offered in every cooking class for…
Meal Options
  • Pesto Experience at the Mortar - You will taste and take away what you have produced.
    Organize lunch or dinner with the products you have made for a small fee
  • Fresh Pasta Course (Gnocchi and Corzetti) - You will taste and take away what you have produced.
    Organize lunch or dinner with the products you have made for a small fee
  • Focaccia and seafood…
Additional Information

Each cooking class is private and followed by a PERSONAL Chef, furthermore a glass of Vinaccieri wine is provided at the beginning for motivational purposes!
PESTO EXPERIENCE: Discover its history and anecdotes about it. With the use of a mortar you will produce your Genoese PESTO which you will taste and take away with you in a special container that…

Location
LA SCIAMADDA DEI VINACCIERI BALLERINI
Via XXV Aprile
Trattoria La Sciamadda in Sestri Levante. Reachable from: Genoa, Sori, Camogli, Recco, Zoagli, San Fruttuoso, Portofino, Santa Margherita Ligure, Rapallo, Chiavari, Lavagna, Moneglia, Deiva Marina, Framura, Bonassola, Levanto and the Cinque Terre (Monterosso, Corniglia, Vernazza, Manarola, Riomaggiore).
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

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C9555drlaurac
Dec 25, 2024
Incredible experience - David was an amazing tour guy. He explained things about Pesto History and fun facts about it. He is really kind and fun! It was an incredible experience👏🏼
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Irene
Dec 5, 2024
Pesto at the mortar - Very nice experience of preparing pesto with a mortar, having a chat and drinking a good glass of wine! :)
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254julianap
Nov 19, 2024
Sensational. Do it! - The course is too much. David and Nic drive in a super competent and relaxed way. It's literally putting your hand in the pulp. I loved and recommend, everyone should have this experience.
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85esmeeb
Nov 6, 2024
Nice private cooking lesson from a real Italian - Had a nice cooking lesson this morning from david, made our own corzetti & gnocchi, got a nice breakfast wine during the workshop, we had a lot of fun and took beautiful pictures, then ate our own creation on the terrace.
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Giusepper788
Nov 3, 2024
Beautiful experience - We received as a gift this magnificent tasting... what about beautiful experience excellent wines combined with dishes of the area, which were at best the fragrances of wines assaggiati.Il guy who followed us, very prepared and very kind.
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Jonaso361
Oct 3, 2024
Super - Nice to make your own pesto 👍👍👍 The food was excellent. Very friendly staff. Will gladly return to you another time.
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D139abtomb
Sep 21, 2024
Fun and tasty - David was excellent, was very knowledgeable and fun! Would recommend to others as was great experience into the pasta culture
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154jaidena
Sep 21, 2024
Five stars - David was so good, he made it look very easy and we had so much fun. And the pasta afterwards was even better. Would definitely recommend and was definitely worth the price and was the perfect amount of time
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Smiville
Sep 18, 2024
Highly recommend! - We had so much fun, the teacher was very enthusiastic and helpful. We did the pasta and pesto classes back to back and both were really worthwhile. Plus the food we got at the end was delicious
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Kevinmx3446vd
Dec 7, 2024
Good experience but price point is crazy - It was a good experience and a nice employee, you get 1 glass of wine and make a little baby jar of pesto over 30-40 mins and that’s it. I would have been very happy if the experience cost $15 which is what it is worth. But $50 was honestly kinda extortion and this place isn’t in cinque terre it’s outside so you need to take a train both ways. Would not do it again based on the price.
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