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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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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Antonia
Sep 15, 2024
Pesto and focaccia with David - David made our experience crazy. We started from the real history of the place, we used the tools of the past and the perfect ingredients for the traditional pesto and we put our hands in dough for focaccia and bread. All this always accompanied by patience and smiles.
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Elevale17
Sep 15, 2024
Authentic experience in Sestri!! - David was a great super-engaging teacher! We had a lot of fun making pesto and getting our hands dirty to make Ligurian focaccia! Definitely try the other experiences too!!
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Nicol_g381
Sep 15, 2024
Pesto in Sestri Levante - Beautiful experience. Birl followed us, nice guy who taught us how to make pesto Genovese. We also stayed for lunch, friendly and prepared staff. Highly recommended.
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Maps39833632611
Sep 14, 2024
Perfect - The course was unique in a cozy atmosphere, with a lot of background knowledge and personal exchange. Thank you Biri for sharing your insider tips about pesto - we will recook it next spring at home in Austria with wild garlic 😊
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Marybethb119
Sep 13, 2024
Pesto-Making in Sestri Levante - We had Biti as our instructor in pesto making. He was extraordinary. He was patient, informative, and humorous—making our experience the best it could possibly have been. We learned a LOT and ate until we could no longer take another bite. Every single course was delicious and intriguing. It exceeded any expectations we had. We would highly recommend it to everyone!
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From $52
up to 15 guests
1 Adult
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).