Top Bergamo Dining Experiences

Take a deep dive into northern Italian cuisine and sample dishes you won’t find in tourist restaurants with this exclusive home cooking demonstration and meal in Bergamo. Meet a passionate home cook and watch as they prepare a variety of classic dishes so you can learn new recipes and techniques. Then sample your host’s handiwork over a four-course lunch or dinner, served family-style with regional wines.

Enjoy a wine and food tasting experience in Bergamo. Sample a selection of regional wines and traditional delicacies, including cured meats and cheeses.

Discover the secrets to authentic Italian cuisine with this hands-on cooking class hosted by a home cook in Bergamo. Join your instructor in their kitchen to prepare two types of fresh pasta from scratch plus create a traditional tiramisù for dessert. Pick up tips and techniques from your host to recreate these crowd-pleasing classics at home and sample your handiwork over a celebratory meal at the end of the lesson.

Food lovers won’t want to miss this hands-on, private cooking lesson at a local home in Bergamo. Sip Prosecco as you chat with your host, then learn to prepare pasta or pizza dishes, before tucking into the fruits of your labor as part of a three-course menu plus liqueur and coffee for an intimate and informative experience few travelers get to enjoy.

Get an intimate view of Bergamo culture by learning to prepare regional cuisine from a local home cook. This private cooking class takes place in your instructor’s home, where you will learn to make three different local specialties, including a pasta dish, appetizer, and a dessert such as Sbrisolona cake or Tiramisu. When the cooking is done, you’ll enjoy a meal of what you made, along with a glass of local wine.

Visitors to Lake Como who wish to experiment with Italian home cooking will find the opportunity during this private cooking lesson and farm tour. Learn about regional products like cheese and honey fom your local “cesarina.” Then head inside a traditional house and learn to prepare your very own recipes. It’s a unique experience in a private home, conducted under the expertise of your host. Taste everything you have prepared accompanied by a selection of local red and white wines.

Make two fresh pasta dishes by hand during a small-group cooking class in Varenna, Lake Como. You’ll skip the impersonal feel of a larger cooking class, and rustle up creations in the home of a local, who is part of the Cesarine network of Italian home cooks. Prepare and eat pasta and a tiramisu as you learn about the wider Lombardy region in the best place — an Italian home kitchen.

Start with a panoramic walk in Bergamo, visit Piazza Pontida market for local ingredients, then enjoy a hands-on cooking session at home with tigelle, frittatine, pancetta, dessert, and wine

Would you like to discover the most authentic side of Italian gastronomy and share it with other enthusiasts of the “cucina italiana”? Enjoy this shared Market tour and typical Dining experience. Visit the vibrant local market and learn about the seasonal produce and secret ingredients. Then, head to your Cesarina’s house to enjoy a 3-course dining experience, showcasing the authentic regional dishes stored in the cookbooks of your host. You will take part in an experience which is so much more than just a lunch or dinner. You will make new friends, feel like one of the family and live like the Italians do.

Italian culture centers around food, and there is no better way to get a sense of the country’s cuisine than by visiting its markets and kitchens. This private experience combines a market tour with a cooking class in a local home. Learn how to make traditional dishes from Bergamo with a Cesarina cook, then enjoy a meal featuring what you’ve prepared, paired with local wines.

Get to know Bergamo beyond its sights and landmarks with this private pasta-making class with a local host. Meet your instructor and get to work preparing three different types of classic pasta dishes and sauces, all the while picking up tips and techniques to improve your skills in the kitchen. Sample the specialties you’ve prepared together over a final tasting, along with regional wines and real Italian espresso.

Immerse yourself in a private pasta and tiramisu-making class in a welcoming home, learn the secrets of the region's most famous pasta dishes and tiramisu and taste the fruit of your labour for lunch or dinner accompanied by local wines. During this private lesson, you will learn how to prepare 2 pasta recipes and the tiramisu dessert from scratch. Your Cesarina will reveal the tricks of the trade of these iconic recipes. Have fun putting your cooking skills to the test and amaze your friends and family once home with an Italian meal! This experience is suitable for families with children of all ages. Le Cesarine is Italy’s oldest network of home cooks all over the country in more than 120 cities. They are passionate and welcoming hosts that open the doors of their own homes to curious travellers for immersive culinary experiences.

Go beyond being a tourist and connect with locals in their home kitchen with this pizza and tiramisù cooking class in Bergamo. Be welcomed into your host’s kitchen and get to work preparing homemade pizza and classic tiramisù, picking up tips and techniques from your instructor as you cook together. Sample your handiwork over lunch or dinner, including local wine.

Step into a true Italian home and master the art of pizza-making in a breathtaking setting with panoramic views of Lake Como. In this hands-on class, you'll learn how to create traditional pizza dough from scratch, using only genuine, locally sourced ingredients. We’ll harvest fresh cherry tomatoes, zucchini, eggplants, and basil straight from the garden to top our pizzas, ensuring a farm-to-table experience like no other. Then, we'll fire up the oven and bake our creations to perfection. Once our pizzas are ready, we’ll sit in the garden and enjoy them together, surrounded by the stunning Lake Como landscape. But the experience doesn’t end there—a homemade tiramisu and a special mountain-herb digestif will complete our meal, giving you the full taste of Italian hospitality. Whether you're a pizza enthusiast or a complete beginner, this class will leave you with skills to recreate authentic Italian pizza at home, along with unforgettable memories of Lake Como's beauty and flavors.