Cinque Terre Cooking Lesson: A 4-Course Italian Meal Experience in La Spezia

Immerse yourself in the flavors of Italy with a Cinque Terre cooking lesson. Learn to cook a 4-course Italian meal with fresh ingredients and Ligurian slow-food flair.

Duration: 4 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Piazza Domenico Chiodo - Visit a marketplace in the harbor town of La Spezia and buy fresh fish and vegetables, learn how to cook a 4-course Italian meal with Ligurian slow-food flair and enjoy your meal.
What's Included
  • Expert-led cooking class
  • Complimentary water and soft drinks
  • Authentic local lunch included
  • Selection of fine wines
  • Learn from an expert cook/guide
  • Take-home printed recipes
What's Not Included
  • Hotel pickup and drop-off
  • Gratuities
Meal Options
  • Stuffed muscles cake
  • Gnocchi with pesto
  • Whipped codfish
  • Tiramisù
Additional Information

Master the art of preparing a 4-course Italian cuisine with an essence of Ligurian slow-food specialties under the guidance of a skilled chef. Embark on a trip to a market in the seaside town of La Spezia to handpick the freshest seafood and vegetables, like mussels, sea bream, ripe tomatoes, and vibrant asparagus. After securing your produce, take a…

Location
Viale Giuseppe Garibaldi, 65
Viale Giuseppe Garibaldi
Meeting with the chef, or one of her collaborators, at 10 am in front of the church "Nostra Signora della Neve".
Cancellation Policy

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

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Alrick_d
Aug 27, 2024
Highlight of our vacation - LOVED this experience. It was the highlight of our vacation. We came in with Celebrity cruise but took this independent tour. Chef really let us get hands on but we did feel overworked 🙂. Food was AMAZING. Exactly what I expected from a small Italian restaurant.
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Fearless21204284210
May 6, 2024
Good experience - Very good, highly recommended. Host was very nice and patient with us. The group was small and composed of five people. We had a wonderful time.
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Wilford_d
Jan 3, 2024
True Italian experience! - Perfect day as a couple. We met our chef at the fresh outdoor market to get all our ingredients! Learning about all the local fish available the all the Cheeses was an experience itself! The whole class took approx 3 hrs and we learned so much. Making fresh pasta, fish dish , and topped it off with a fabulous dessert!
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M.simone
Nov 15, 2023
Grate-FULL and happy to have had this experience - For my entire adult life I have remembered places by their cuisine. I always lead with my tummy and on this, my second trip to Italy, I promised myself that I would learn how to make some Italian staples from an Italian. I have always suspected that the true secret to good Italian food was not in the number and variety of ingredients, but in the quality of those ingredients. This is absolutely true! After a short walk through the local market with Daria to collect a few items, I was taken to a local restaurant and shown how to make 4 dishes. Three of these dishes had potatoes (an ingredient I had not previously associated with Italian food). Under Daria's direction I peeled, mashed, mixed, whipped, kneaded... and when I was done I had made a pureed cod and potato patty with olives and pine nuts, gnocchi with pesto (both from scratch), roasted sea bream with olives, tomatoes and potatoes and a mascarpone cream dessert with chocolate shavings. All credit for the presentation goes to Daria who plated and presented my meal, which was served with a very nice local white wine. I am really thrilled and grateful I decided to do this class and Daria was a charming, friendly, patient and a great teacher. Highly recommend this experience.
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Jim_c
Nov 6, 2023
Wonderful Private Cooking Class - We loved our day with Chef Daria Massa! We shopped the open air market, went back to her restaurant (Al Solito Posto), and learned to cook a wonderful lunch in the restaurant kitchen. She was fun and informative - plus we ate the best lunch! It was also great just talking about life in general, what it's like to own a small restaurant, and our common love for food. Can't wait to return.
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Evelyn
Oct 31, 2023
I would highly recommend this experience. - My married daughter and I attended this cooking class in La Spezia and thoroughly enjoyed it. We met our guide, Darie close to the open air market where we picked out fresh vegetables and fish for our 4 course lunch. We were put to work in Darie’s kitchen by preparing the gnocchi and fish of the day, and this was followed with savoring every wonderful bite in her fine restaurant. We loved the experience of cooking and being educated by such a genuinely, lovely and business savvy Italian lady. She even hand wrote the recipes for us so that we could bring the memories home to the US.
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Callie_s
May 27, 2023
Wonderful 10/10 - We had a wonderful time at our cooking class! We first visited the market and then headed to the restaurant where we were taught a 4 course meal that was delicious. We started with a cod, potatoes and olives appetizer, then a pesto gnocchi, followed by cod with tomatoes and potatoes and finished with a delicious marscapone and rum dessert. Everything was amazing and we would definitely do it again!
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Brett_d
Nov 16, 2019
A delicious day that you will love! - A fabulous day with the Osteria Della Corte team - the market visit - choosing our beautiful produce to be cooked up; cooking with Silvie and her amazing team and cooking up a feast of 3 courses to eat; and then finally getting to eat all of it! With a lovely bottle of Ligurian white wine and a taste of the delicious desert too. Thank you for a lovely town and a fantastic introduction to your local specialities - absolutely delicious - cannot wait to go home and try the recipes that you shared in our own kitchen.
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Climber48269463727
Nov 13, 2019
Cooking Class, exceeded out expectations - My sister in law and I had the best time ever. We learned how to prepare, cook and enjoyed a fine Italian dinner. We loved the chef, loved shopping for the ingredients and had so much fun. It is a must if you have an opportunity. We did anchovies, mussels, potato gnocchi, fish with vegetables and fruit desert. Served with fresh bread and delicious wine.
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Wmtj
Nov 13, 2022
Not a cooking class - This was an Eating Experience not a cooking class. It was also a cultural immersion experience, to be with a wonderful cook and her husband. This was not the cooking lesson and experience we had hoped for. We booked this for a Saturday not knowing the markets don’t operate then. The locals know this and still allowed us to book. We booked months in advance so we’re surprised the shopping in the market part of the experience could not be completed. The actual shopping and cooking has already occurred and it was delicious! Did I mention this was not a cooking class. In fairness, we did get food explanations, a few recipes, and the ability to ladle batter into a pan. The food was great but also too much to eat. We never experienced the pasta with pesto or the eggplant parm. We were already full. We did eat the pasta pancakes, mushrooms & pasta (the mushrooms were hand picked from an area the locals know 60 kilometers away), Focaccia bread, apple tort and homemade wine! It was definitely an immersive experience as only the wife spoke English. We were picked up in La Spezia and driven to a private home in the suburbs then returned to the train station (we were staying in Levanto). Wonderful food and cook. Did I mention this was not a cooking class! Below was what we signed up for: Learn to make 1 iconic Pasta type Learn to make the famous Tiramisu (DID NOT HAPPEN) Official ‘Cesarine’ apron (NONE PROVIDED) Tasting session: enjoy everything you've prepared with wine, beverages and coffee included (WE DID NOT PREPARE ANYTHING) Tour detail Contact: Cesarine +39051220797
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