Funny Cooking Class in Genova with Local Chef: Full Ligurian Menu
Overview
Be assisted and guided step by step by expert Genovese chef Fabrizio in preparing an entire delicious Ligurian menu!
You will learn how to cook 6 typical local dishes, from appetizers to dessert: Panissa, 4 different types of focaccia, gnocchi with pesto, panera: you'll prepare everything at home with first-rate ingredients, in a beautiful and spacious setting in the center of town.
Afterwards you will enjoy calmly and in the company of chef Fabrizio the delicacies you will have prepared with his guidance, accompanied by a good glass of wine: chatting and laughter are guaranteed...Furthermore, Fabrizio makes and teaches how to make the best focaccia in Genoa, you won't find one this good even in delicatessens!
Fabrizio is a chef with many years of experience, his passion for cooking started when he helped his grandmother in the kitchen as a child. In fact, he also ran for a very long time two restaurants and a home restaurant called “Nonna Leo,” named after his grandmother Leonilda
What's Included
- Dinner You will eat the entire delicious Ligurian menu that you will prepare with your own hands
- Alcoholic beverages The menu will be accompanied by a good glass of wine
- You will be provided with all the ingredients and utensils needed to prepare all the dishes included in the menu
- Guide: Languages offered: English, Italian
- Private transportation
Meeting Location
Via Malta
4, 16121 Genova GE, Italy
Detailed check-in instructions, including the exact address, are provided with your booking confirmation.
This activity ends back at the meeting point.
What To Expect
This class will let you discover and enjoy the essence of Ligurian cuisine in an all-around culinary experience.
You will have fun together with expert chef Fabrizio, who will show you step by step how to create an entire delicious Ligurian menu with your own hands.
You will start with the appetizer, panissa that you will season with oil, lemon and pepper and no less than 3 types of focaccia, the most typical food of the area: one type seasoned with oil and salt, one with onions and one with cherry tomatoes and olives.
After that you will move on to the first course, you will learn how to cook gnocchi with Genoese pesto, another characteristic dish of the area. Of course you will make both gnocchi and pesto on the spot.
As a second course you will prepare an all-Ligurian delicacy: focaccia di Recco, filled with stracchino cheese, thin and very tasty.
Finally as dessert you will prepare Panera and your Ligurian menu will be complete! You can then enjoy it leisurely together with Chef Fabrizio among laughter and chatter and accompanied by a good glass of wine.
Quality and satiety are guaranteed!
Additional Info
- Confirmation is instant and will be received at time of booking
- Wheelchair accessible
- Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
- All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- This tour/activity will have a maximum of 15 travelers
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Frequently Asked Questions (7)
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- For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the tour start time.
- If you cancel less than 24 hours before the tour start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
- Any changes made less than 24 hours before the tour start time will not be accepted.
- Cut-off times are based on the tour local time (CET).
- This tour requires a minimum number of travelers. If it’s canceled because the minimum isn’t met, you’ll be offered a different date/experience or a full refund.
- Dinner. You will eat the entire delicious Ligurian menu that you will prepare with your own hands.
- Alcoholic beverages. The menu will be accompanied by a good glass of wine.
- You will be provided with all the ingredients and utensils needed to prepare all the dishes included in the menu.
- Guide: Languages offered: English, Italian.
- Private transportation.
The minimum age to participate is 6. This tour requires at least one adult to accompany children..
Apr 2025If a date or time is not listed on the calendar, it’s sold out or unavailable for another reason. Support cannot assist further if a date or time is not on the calendar.
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Apr 2025Accessibility information for the Funny Cooking Class in Genova with Local Chef: Full Ligurian Menu is as follows:
- Wheelchair accessible
- Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
- All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
- Public transportation options are available nearby
Detailed check-in instructions – including meeting point address, Google map, and parking information – for Funny Cooking Class in Genova with Local Chef: Full Ligurian Menu will be included in your confirmation email from City Balloon Tours. Please be sure to double and triple check your email address is correct at checkout so this important email makes its way to you!
Mar 2024Once your refund is processed, it usually shows on your card statement within 5–10 business days. The exact timing depends on your bank or card issuer.
Want it sooner? When you cancel, choose Receive a refund to my wallet instead. The credit is in your Wallet straight away and is applied automatically at checkout on your next booking when you’re signed in with the same email. You can see your balance any time in My Wallet.
If you paid part of your booking with Wallet credit, that part always goes back to your Wallet. Trip protection isn’t refundable.
Oct 2026What's Included
- DinnerYou will eat the entire delicious Ligurian menu that you will prepare with your own hands
- Alcoholic beveragesThe menu will be accompanied by a good glass of wine
- You will be provided with all the ingredients and utensils needed to prepare all the dishes included in the menu
- Guide: Languages offered: English, Italian
- Private transportation
Additional Info
- Confirmation is instant and will be received at time of booking
- Wheelchair accessible
- Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
- All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- This tour/activity will have a maximum of 15 travelers
