La Spezia Cooking Class: Learn to Make Pasta and Tiramisu with Cesarine
4.8
42 Ratings
La Spezia

Join a small-group cooking class in La Spezia and learn to make fresh pasta and tiramisu with a Cesarine host. Immerse yourself in Italian culture and share your passion for Italian cuisine with other guests.

Duration: 3 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • La Spezia - Learn to make the famous Pasta and tiramisù in local homes with this hands-on cooking class.
    Discover, cook and experience the most iconic Italian dishes with expert home cooks in their own homes. This is a shared cooking class held in a carefully selected local home in La Spezia. Our Cesarine (the name of our hosts) will welcome you…
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What's Included
  • Learn and taste 2 Italian pasta recipes and Tiramisu
  • Shared hands-on cooking class featuring 2 iconic pasta types and Tiramisu
  • Savor local wines, water, and Espresso
  • Enjoy an Italian Aperitivo with prosecco and nibbles
Meal Options

  • Fresh Pasta - Sample pasta dishes: Trofie or Ravioli alla spezzina or Pasta alla contadina

  • Tiramisu

Additional Information

No trip to Italy is complete without savoring at least one pasta dish… Thus, we plan on teaching you to create two!
Master the art of hand-rolling ‘sfoglia’ (fresh pasta) and discover how to concoct 2 unique varieties of pasta from the ground up with your Cesarina.
To sweeten the deal, you will also acquire the technique to craft the legendary…

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Location
La Spezia
This experience will be held in a local's home. For privacy reasons, you will receive the full address of your Cesarina host after you have booked. We will contact you after you've booked to match you up with your ideal Cesarina based on what you are looking for.
Cancellation Policy

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

Customer Ratings
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(42 Ratings)
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Jennifer_s
Jan 2, 2025
This was a great way to... - This was a great way to spend the morning! Wonderful experience. Great food and great fun! Would definitely recommend this!
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Christene_m
Dec 12, 2024
Delicious food with a warm and loving host! - This tour could’ve have been more perfect. Gianni and Daniela were charming, warm, and knowledgeable hosts. It truly felt like cooking with my grandma! The food was excellent and taught in a way that I can attempt to replicate when I get home!
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Lennyb54
Dec 8, 2024
Learning to cook:Italian style - What a great time we had. Local food and drink, making gnocchi, having appetizers, eating too much, making new friends. Daniela was a fantastic hostess and we so enjoyed learning about her food, culture and life. Her knowledge, skill and joy made this experience very special. Can't wait to make tiramisu at home now that I know how.
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Aaron_h
Oct 28, 2024
Wonderful learning experience - It was a great experience! We learned how to cook several items not just those promised. Daniela was lovely! She explained and shared recipes with me that I was interested in. She made it fun and I would highly recommend this for others interested in learning how to make some Italian dishes.
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Yike_h
Sep 16, 2024
Unforgettable Italian Cultural experience with the sweetest hosts - Daniela and Jonny were so kind and welcoming to us. We had the most precious and unforgettable time with them. Through meals, conversations and time together, we learned about the italian culture as well as the hosts themselves, their stories. They were so humble, generous and down to earth. My husband and I enjoyed every minute of it. They even invited us back the next day for lunch because our plan has gotten cancelled due to rain. We are so grateful that we met the hosts on this trip. I highly recommend this to anyone who wants to learn how to cook authentic italian food and experience the local culture.
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Syb4soccer
Sep 14, 2024
Yes! Book this class with Paola! - Paola's cooking class in La Spezia Italy was fantastic! It was the best decision and one of the best excursions during our cruise. We took a taxi from the cruise port. Her home is absolutely lovely with views of the coast that are spectacular! We started with homemade focaccia bread, salami and local cheese. She even brought out homemade pesto! We made our own home made pasta and sauces. I had only made pasta once before and wow, it was so delicious! I am ordering a pasta maker when I get home. We made the best fruit tiramisu. It was refreshing and fabulous addition to the meal. Paola brought out home made limoncello. I am so excited to try to make this at home!! We absolutely adored Paola and her husband, who was able to join us for lunch on the patio. They made us feel at home and like we were their friends. Don't hesitate to book this through Viator. One thing I would add is to ask them to call a taxi to pick you up and take you back to the cruise port. It worked out perfectly.
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John_m
Aug 28, 2024
great small group meal prep and lunch - Doing all the steps to make the whole meal and then sitting down to eat it with the hosts! Everything from appetizers to dessert!
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Clif_s
Aug 4, 2024
Perfect La Spezia Cruise Shore Excursion - Finding Anna’s place was a little tricky because the address isn’t displayed on the street, and the address she gives you is her next door neighbor. We just texted her when we arrived and she came down the hill to get us. Once at the house it was like you were sitting down with family you hadn’t seen in a long time. Anna was the perfect hostess. We chit-chatted a bit, enjoyed some cheese and Prosecco, then started the pasta making. We made spinach and ricotta ravioli, tagliatelle, and then tiramisu. After lunch Anna’s grandmother-in-law joined us, and we toured the property a little bit. What an amazing, wonderful pure Italian experience! This was the highlight of our 7-day cruise.
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Lauren_a
Jul 27, 2024
Cooking Class review - We had a wonderful time doing the cooking class at Daniela’s house. Upon arriving she welcomed us into her home and truly immersed us in the culture. She made delicious appetizers for us and served us wine. She went into detail explaining everything she served us, the process of preparing it, and what ingredients are needed. Additionally, when making the pasta and tiramisu she let us get hands on with kneading the dough, rolling it out, cutting and shaping it. We then got try all the delicious dishes and she brought out even more food and wine for us to have. You could tell her passion for cooking and her love for teaching others how to make her recipes. At the end of the experience she brought out some fresh peaches and marscopone cream for us to have and some of her homemade liquors. It was nice having a small group cooking class in someone’s house, it made the experience feel more authentic. We loved getting to hear her stories and learn about everyone else in the class. Upon leaving she sent us with the recipes for all the things we made which was extremely kind of her. I would highly recommend booking a class with Daniella, you won’t regret it.
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Molly_k
Jun 2, 2024
Most Amazing Dinner - We had the best time ever with Daniella and learned how to make tagliatelle with pesto, tiramisu, and a red meat sauce. It felt like we were cooking with family!
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