Ligurian Cooking Class: Make 3-Course Meal in Private Home

Make three Ligurian dishes and eat them overlooking the water

A hands-on cooking class in Anna's private house where you prepare a three-course Ligurian meal—fresh pansotti pasta with walnut sauce, stuffed calamari or meat dish, and peaches with amaretti cake—then sit in the garden to eat what you made, with wine included. The class runs five hours and you choose between seafood, vegetarian or meat menus at checkout. English, Italian and French guides available.

The Experience

You arrive at Anna's house and move straight into the kitchen. Over five hours you'll make three dishes from scratch: hand-rolled pansotti—the region's signature "big tortellini" filled with greens—dressed in the traditional walnut sauce pounded in a mortar; your choice of stuffed calamari with peas, a meat dish, or a vegetarian option; and a soft peach and amaretti cake for dessert. Anna teaches the techniques as you work, showing you how Ligurian cooking builds on a handful of core methods and ingredients that have stayed the same for generations. The kitchen tools are provided, and so is everything you'll cook with.

Once the meal is ready, you move to the garden to eat it. The table overlooks the sea, and wine comes with lunch and dinner. You're not watching a demonstration or tasting what someone else prepared—you're sitting down to eat the three courses you just made, in the setting where Anna cooks every day.

What’s included

• Kitchen tools and equipment.
• wine with lunch and dinner.
• the three-course meal you prepare.
• garden seating with sea view.
• instruction in your choice of English, Italian or French.

Good to know

Infants must sit on laps

Operated by Mandilli de Saea

Is this one for you?Book this class if you want to learn how Ligurian food actually comes together, not just taste it—you're making the pasta, the sauce, the main course and the dessert with your own hands, then eating it in the place where Anna cooks. The five-hour format gives you time to absorb the techniques without rushing through the kitchen.

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Top questions

What's in the three-course meal I'll cook?

The meal includes pansotti pasta with walnut sauce, your choice of stuffed calamari with peas, a meat dish, or a vegetarian option, and a peaches and amaretti cake for dessert. Wine is included with both lunch and the meal.

Can I choose what menu I want to cook?

Yes—at checkout you pick between the seafood menu (stuffed calamari), the meat menu, or the vegetarian menu. The pasta and dessert are the same across all three options.

How long does the class take?

The class runs five hours from start to finish, including the time you spend cooking and then eating the meal together in the garden.

What language is the class taught in?

Anna teaches in English, Italian, or French—you can choose your preferred language when you book.

Is this class suitable for children?

Children are welcome from age 12 and up. Infants can attend if they sit on an adult's lap, though they won't be cooking.